Talk about holding a life in your hands: Woman nearly slips out of harness while tandem skydiving.

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Skip to the 2:20 mark to see the jump start.

Interview

[tblue37]

1. I bet there wasn't a dry pair of pants in the vicinity!

BTW, What was that last thing she said she wanted to cross off her bucket list? I couldn't figure it out.

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2. She wanted to drive in a race car.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. She said, "I never have ridden in a race car."

[Nye Bevan]

4. I avoid situations like that by refraining from leaping out of airplanes (nt)

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5. I feel like the perfect candidate for skydiving. One of these days I'll go tandem jumping.

If I like that, I'll try to get my certification.

[Nye Bevan]

6. You must have that gene. I don't.

Good luck.

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7. I am to a certain extent an adrenaline junky. Which is why I ride motorcycles.

The only sport that has ever actually scared me was downhill long-boarding. After hitting the pavement at 30 mph with minimal protective gear, I was an idiot at the time, I put my board in the closet.

[TorchTheWitch]

8. why on earth was her harness not checked?

You can see how loose it was when she's in the plane, and one shoulder strap fell down off her shoulder down to her arm. Good God, that is some really serious negligence. Just how the hell do you push a person out of a plane without checking that their gear is on correctly especially since it was obvious to anyone with eyes that it was WAY too loose???

[uppityperson]

9. Seriously at 1:40 the strap is slipped way down. I never had a harness that loose. Bet they will

be more careful in the future.

And yes, I used to skydive, solo though. The harness needs to be tight enough to not slip around at all, forget being comfortable. If you are comfortable, it is too loose. And yes, it was very exciting and fun.

[uppityperson]

10. And WTF is he doing shoving her out when she decided not to? ARGH. Link to article, includes locatio

Yes, people do change their minds at the last minute and yes it is a pain in the butt if they are not the last ones as that means those behind her can not jump. But WHAT THE FUCK? Over and over he pries her hands off the door as she says "no no no".

My first couple jumps were very difficult to do, to leave the plane. But if someone had forced me when I said no, good lord. Whoever the fuck this was should get their asses sued. Seriously. I don't care how old you are, that was wrong in so many ways.

And being 80? They are lucky as hell she didn't get hurt worse than she did.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/26/laverne-everett-80-year-old-woman-skydiving-harness-video_n_1547933.html

[sammytko]

11. yeah, i saw that - she was terrified and changed her mind!

But he probably figured it was just cold feet. The woman could barely walk when they showed her before she boarded the plane.

With that makeup and hair, they probably didn't see an 80 year old woman. My mother is 89 and no way would I want her sky jumping at 80. Sure Bush Sr. did it, but he was a jet pilot in a previous life.

[TorchTheWitch]

13. OMG I missed that!

Good lord! He shoved her out the door when she changed her mind AND didn't check her harness??? What, was he TRYING to kill her? And this was an old lady for heaven's sake! It's amazing after that horror that she hadn't died of a heart attack.

[aikoaiko]

12. Its fitting that someone with your username would post this video

wow.