A 101-year-old woman from Ogden, Utah, has claimed a world record as the oldest female tandem paraglider after she took in September. Mary Hardison celebrated her birthday last year by paragliding with an instructor. She decided to paraglide after her 75-year-old son became interested in the sport. “I didn’t want him to get too far ahead of me, so I decided that I’d go too,” she said. Hardison’s other interests include quilting.
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