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Judy Wade didn't want her birthday to be boring.
The 82-year-old grandma decided to go skydiving to celebrate her big day.
She was accompanied by her grandson, New York Daily News staff writer, Joe Kemp.
"It wasn't a big surprise to me when my grandmother, Judy Wade, called to say she wanted to celebrate her 82nd birthday by jumping out of an airplane," Kemp writes.
He notes that Wade took him on his first motorcycle ride when he was just 6-years-old.
Wade isn't the only senior with an unrelenting desire for thrills. Back in 2009, former President George H.W. Bush jumped out of a plane to mark his 85th birthday.
Wade is also not the only grandma who enjoys generation-x activities. Just take a look at this 99-year-old woman who loves playing Nintendo.
But Wade's feat is impressive in its own right. WATCH the jump below:
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But I heard she lost her teeth around the 5,000 feet mark.
So she landed safely on the ground and her teeth landed in the next county over.
The instructor said prior to jumping, “You will go out on a static line which will open your chute. If for some reason that doesn’t happen pull your emergency cord and you will glide down and Jose will be there to pick you up.
I jumped and waited for the parachute to open, it didn’t. I yanked on the emergency cord and still the parachute didn’t open. While falling I thought, “I’ll bet Jose will not be there to pick me up.”
Good for you!! There are two types of people in the world......Those who have exited the aircraft and those who haven't.
RLTW