- Okay! Ready, set, - Woo Hoo!
(funky music)
- I'm 67!
- 66, babe!
- I'm 72.
- Oh wow, bravo. - Sweet! Yeah!
(funky music)
- Uh, swam with snakes in Argentina.
- White-water rafting.
- I'm not gonna say.
- Oh!
- Too extreme.
- My name's Bill Booth.
I developed tandem jumping in the early 1980's.
There is not now, nor will there ever be,
a perfect parachute, a perfect airplane or pilot,
or for that matter, a perfect student.
(women singing)
- I don't see any gravestones.
(laughing)
- We're gonna get you all ready right now.
Who wants to be the first to?
- Why not? I'll go.
(laughing)
- At first, my friend said,
they're not really gonna make you go skydiving are they?
Which I think is hilarious
but I'm so grateful for the opportunity.
- You gotta get out there and enjoy life.
What's life if you don't live it?
Let me feel that jumpsuit.
- I want a jumpsuit!
I think they are adorable looking.
- I think I'll go au naturel.
- Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
Don't take life too seriously.
- I love that one.
I used to say that all the time, I'd forgotten it.
(ominous music)
- [Voiceover] You ready to skydive?
- Sure am!
- [Voiceover] Yeah!
(intense music)
- [Voiceover] They open the door for that first time,
and you actually see how far you are away from the Earth.
That's where it really begins to sink in, what you're doing.
(inspirational music)
They say there's peak life experiences.
Well this was one of them!
You can't grab enough of the scenery in your mind's eye.
- [Voiceover] It's total faith
knowing that everything's going to be fine.
- [Voiceover] I felt no fear.
I felt no fear of the ground below
and me not attached to it.
The transition to the parachute opening
is almost like going through a different dimension.
- [Voiceover] It was so peaceful.
- It was like some kind of euphoric sorta nirvana.
You see the ground coming up
and you know it's all going to be over in a few seconds.
And it was just amazing.
Woo! Piece of cake babe.
What are you talkin? - [Voiceover] Yeah!
- [Voiceover] You can let go of the harness now.
(laughter)
- Now I need a shot of whiskey!
(laughing)
- I feel like I aged 10 years.
How does my hair look?
- That air is so loud like a freight train.
- And I'm still not hearing very well,
I hear echos in my head, but that will go away.
- It's not a matter of feeling younger,
it's just being more confident, being in more control.
- I don't feel old anyway.
(laughing)
- I just exceeded I think one of my own limits.
- I feel very proud of myself.
- Regret would be not to do it.
- It was wonderful.
I never want to do it again.
- I would do it again if I had the opportunity.
- I've always taken that leap of faith
and it's always paid off.
(inspirational music)