Utah woman, 101, paraglides into record books

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Just living to be 101 is a momentous achievement, but Mary Allen Hardison set the bar even higher -- about a few hundred feet in the air.

Hardison celebrated the big 1-0-1 last September by going paragliding over the skies of her hometown of Ogden, Utah, and, as a result, she now owns the Guinness World Record for "Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem."

Hardison, who set the record in front of a group of spectators that included her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and even great-great grandchildren, admitted that part of the reason she took to the skies was out of competition with her 75-year-old son.

"I don't want my son to do anything I can't do, so I decided to go have fun like he did," Hardison told KSL-TV right after the record-breaking flight, which was done with the help of her instructor, Kevin Hintze.

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[Growled Member]

I hope I have that same competitive spirit at that age. :)

[DocM]

Good for her!! U go girl !!

[Hum]

Congrats.

A lot of much younger people would have heart failure, doing scary stuff like this. :laugh:

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

well that's just spectacular :laugh: