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04-13-2016, 06:58 PM
100-year-old D-Day veteran celebrates birthday by going skydiving
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LONDON — Only a true badass would spend their 100th birthday casually jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet.
SEE ALSO: 101-year-old woman proves you're never too old to play in the s**w (http://mashable.com/2015/12/04/101-year-old-woman-s**wball/)
Record breaking 100-year-old Verdun Hayes did exactly that, though — and he raised money for charity and set a British record into the bargain.
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"I really, thoroughly enjoyed it," says an impressively casual Hayes in the clip.
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Badass.
Image: youtube/odn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFe2OUlu4qA)
"Coming out of the plane into the actual freefall, it was lovely."
Hayes is thinking about going for a world record next year, with a**ther skydive to mark his 101st birthday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/100-year-old-man-birthday-skydive/)
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LONDON — Only a true badass would spend their 100th birthday casually jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet.
SEE ALSO: 101-year-old woman proves you're never too old to play in the s**w (http://mashable.com/2015/12/04/101-year-old-woman-s**wball/)
Record breaking 100-year-old Verdun Hayes did exactly that, though — and he raised money for charity and set a British record into the bargain.
via GIPHY (http://giphy.com/gifs/l3V0vrqhRrN4OcTWo)
"I really, thoroughly enjoyed it," says an impressively casual Hayes in the clip.
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Badass.
Image: youtube/odn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFe2OUlu4qA)
"Coming out of the plane into the actual freefall, it was lovely."
Hayes is thinking about going for a world record next year, with a**ther skydive to mark his 101st birthday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/100-year-old-man-birthday-skydive/)
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