A centenarian woman in Chicago is expected to soon see her name appear in the Guinness Book of World Records after she became the oldest person to skydive last Sunday.
“Age is just a number,” Dorothy Hoffner, 104, proudly told the crowd below after her seven-minute parachute descent from Skydive Chicago Airport in Illinois, the New York Post reported Monday.
On Sunday, the Chicago centenarian temporarily ditched her red treadmill to jump 15,500 feet in the air, equivalent to just over 4 kilometers, in tandem with a jump trainer.
“It’s a really incredible feeling, seeing the ground there, it was so beautiful. And Sunday was a beautiful day, and all the green grass there was amazing.”
When Dorothy Hoffner landed, she was greeted with thunderous applause from a small crowd gathered to watch what would become the new Guinness World Record for the largest person to skydive.
American media said that steps to ratify the record are currently underway.
Until now, the record was held by Sweden’s Linnea Ingegaard Larsson, 103, who jumped in May 2022.
“I don’t understand why all these people were there [à applaudir]. As I say, all I did was get old. She immediately told the press agency that she had become older. “I’m not old, I’m getting older.”
The woman, who will turn 105 in December, is already planning her next adventures in the air, especially on a hot air balloon.
“I’ve never been in [montgolfière]She stressed, according to what was reported by the New York Post.
“Total coffee aficionado. Travel buff. Music ninja. Bacon nerd. Beeraholic.”
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