A Texas man, Alfred “Al” Blaschke, reclaimed his Guinness World Records title by going skydiving at the age of 106 years and 327 days old. Previously, Blaschke had earned the title of the oldest person to tandem skydive when he jumped out of a plane at the age of 103 in 2020. However, his record was broken by a Swedish woman named Rut Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson, who was 103 years and 259 days old when she went skydiving.
To recapture his title, Blaschke went skydiving again at the age of 106 years and 327 days old. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also joined him on the jump, marking the governor’s first time skydiving. Blaschke shared his wisdom by stating, “If you think you can’t, you’re just underestimating yourself. Everyone is more capable than they think. They just need to make the decision to try,” to Guinness World Records.