A 100-year-old great-grandmother has celebrated her birthday by undertaking a sky dive in Cape Town, South Africa.
Georgina Harwood, pictured above and dressed in a red jumpsuit, performed a tandem jump which saw her plummet to earth at 125mph with instructor Jason Baker. She was watched by friends and family who flew in from Australia and England to celebrate the milestone birthday with her and
handed her a glass of pink champagne on landing.
handed her a glass of pink champagne on landing.
“I was much more conscious of everything this time because I had a better idea what I was going to do,” she said of the experience.
“It was wonderful, exhilarating, and special. I’m trying to think of the adjectives I can add to it.”