 A 101-year-old man is believed to be the world's oldest skydiver after he accepted adarefrom friends and jumped out of an airplane at nearly 10,000 feet.
Frank Moody, from Holloways Beach on Australia's northeastern coast, beat the record set by a 94-year-old Norwegian in 1999, said Amanda Pilkington, from Skydive Cairns, which organized the jump. On the morning of June 16, Moody jumpedin tandem withan experienced skydiver from more than 9,900 feet, she said. "He's an absolute legend. It was a bit of a drunken dare by some of his mates at the local Holloways Beach football club. He said: 'Sure, I'll go jump out of an airplane,'" Pilkington quoted him as saying, adding she nearly fell off her chair when she first heard Moody go for the record. "We decided to attempt to beat the record as well as giving Frank an awesome experience and one that he'll remember for the rest of his life. He's veryswitched-onand very witty and charming. It's an absolute pleasure to have done this for him," she said. Pilkington said the club would send video of the jump and other details to the Guinness Book of Records head office in London and expects confirmation of the record shortly. Moody went down to the football club with his son John after the jump to have a Guinness beer to celebrate and collect on bets place by his friends. "He's been given his footage and photographs so he's got proof and evidence that he's done it," Pilkington said. (Agencies)
| 一位101歲的老人被認(rèn)為是世界上年齡最大的跳傘者，他接受了朋友的挑戰(zhàn)，從將近一萬(wàn)英尺的高空跳下。
來(lái)自澳大利亞?wèn)|北海岸霍烙韋海灘的法蘭克·穆迪打破了一位94歲的挪威人在1999年創(chuàng)下的記錄，凱恩斯跳傘俱樂(lè)部（Skydive Cairns）的阿曼達(dá)·皮爾金頓說(shuō)，她組織了這次跳傘活動(dòng)。 她說(shuō)，6月16日早晨，穆迪和一位有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的跳傘運(yùn)動(dòng)員合作，從9,900 多英尺的高空跳下。 “他絕對(duì)是一位傳奇人物。那只是他的一些同伴在霍烙韋海灘當(dāng)?shù)氐淖闱蚓銟?lè)部喝醉酒后向他提出了一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。他說(shuō)：‘當(dāng)然，我會(huì)從飛機(jī)上跳下去。'”皮爾金頓引用了他的話，她還說(shuō)，最初她聽(tīng)說(shuō)穆迪要挑戰(zhàn)記錄時(shí)，差點(diǎn)從椅子上摔下來(lái)。 她說(shuō)：“我們決定嘗試著去打破記錄，同時(shí)也給法蘭克一次驚心動(dòng)魄的體驗(yàn)，讓他終身難忘。他喜歡趕時(shí)髦，機(jī)智詼諧且富有魅力，對(duì)于他來(lái)說(shuō)，做這件事絕對(duì)是一種樂(lè)趣。”
皮爾金頓說(shuō)，俱樂(lè)部將把這次跳傘的錄象帶和其他詳細(xì)資料寄往《吉尼斯世界記錄大全》的倫敦總部，并期望這一記錄盡快得到認(rèn)可。 跳傘之后，穆迪和他的兒子約翰一起回到足球俱樂(lè)部，喝“吉尼斯”牌黑啤酒慶祝，并收取他朋友們交出的賭注。 皮爾金頓說(shuō)：“他拿到了錄像帶和照片，所以他有證據(jù)證明他做到了。” dare:挑戰(zhàn)，激將
in tandem with:同……合作
switched-on:時(shí)髦的 (中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站譯)
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Updated: 2004-06-18 01:00
