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Old 06-17-2009, 09:09 PM
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IMHO, if you are fully recovered 8 years... the question is about the safety of skydiving... not about being a spine patient.

If you would participate in other physical activities... riding motorcyles in desert, water skiing, etc... then you are accepting the relative risks of the activities. A normal skydive with normal opening and normal landing is something that old folks do all the time with no issues. George Bush 1 just celebrated 85th birthday with a skydive.

Abnormal opening... malfunction... abnormal landing all increase the risk of injury. IMHO, the risks are manageable... but not everyone agrees.

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