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79 Year Old Grandmother Leaps off Auckland Skytower (Video)

Submitted by GregR on May 20, 2009 10 Comments

Paul Henry’s Mum Olive turned 79 last week and all she wanted to do was throw herself off the Sky Tower.

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Moon Over Martinborough says:

May 22, 2009 at 1:07 pm

This is great. I’m not so sure I’d want my mom to do that at 79, but good on Olive for doing it!

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yasinta says:

May 25, 2009 at 10:47 pm

Must be so tiring.. She is so strong at her age!

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yasinta says:

May 25, 2009 at 10:48 pm

I would prefer if my Mom don’t do that, lol..

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tfox says:

May 27, 2009 at 12:25 am

Grandma has more guts than I will ever have. How very cool for her to do that.

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Tom from Green Tea Benefits says:

May 28, 2009 at 6:59 pm

Utter maddness but awesome – fair play, if i can still be doing that at her age i’ll be happy!

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kim from dental products says:

May 31, 2009 at 10:48 pm

WOW that was really fantastic. Olive should be included in the guinness book of world records.

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Stephen from free ps3 says:

June 4, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Haha! That’s great I can’t beleive she’d do that, fair play to her I say.

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MAW says:

June 9, 2009 at 5:38 pm

Certainly shows that one can take risks and perhaps enjoyment at any age. Great stuff!

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heather says:

December 23, 2009 at 9:55 pm

I am not sure that her doctor would recommend this ! LOL but good for her – still living her life with excitement – I love the Bon Jovi song in the background too
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Anna says:

April 7, 2010 at 7:34 am

This wonderful woman has a very young soul and she has an ability to experience pleasure! That’s great, because there are many young people who have lack of such feature.

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