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Kristine and I would like to send a very heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been a part of this magnificent adventure. At 14:40:33, 15 April 2009 we landed tandem jump number 103. This landing established a world record for the most tandem jumps by a team of two people in a single day. We had originally planned to start jumping at 0800 on Tuesday, 14 April, but it turned out to be the worst weather day in central Florida of the year so far. There were low clouds, high winds, thunder storms, and even tornado watches. Our tent blew down, our porta-potties blew over, and the packing carpet got drenched. Kristine and I took an Ambien and went to sleep in an RV until around 4:30 PM. We finally started jumping at around 6:00 PM. After that it was one jump at a time until we set the record at 103 jumps. We simply could not have even approached this record number of jumps if not for the fantastic support of everyone on the ground and in the air with us. We’ll be posting an article we are writing for parachutist magazine here soon and lots and lots of pictures and some video. Check out the links to news reports and video from the event on this site. Also, the donation website will stay up until 30 June 2009 so please go to
www.firstgiving.com/tandemworldrecord and make a donation to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.