CFIVA PRESIDENT BREAKS WORLD PARACHUTING RECORD

Wednesday, November 6, 2002

Geronimo!

He joined adventurer Graham Spicer in California where they jumped from a height of 30,000 feet in temperatures of minus 36 degrees Centigrade. They both made safe landings, half an hour later, in a cornfield. Their survival depended upon each parachutist carrying three bottles of oxygen and wearing several layers of thermal clothing beneath their jump-suits.

Cruickshank is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Association of British Military Parachutists. During the 1990's he played an important role in developing the Croatian Army's parachute-commando-sniper training programmes and has seen action in four wars, including Burma. The world record breaking team, includung Major Cruickshank, intend to break further parachuting records next year.

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