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Adrenaline junkie granny takes on sky dive and shark swim for 100th birthday



1100 years young Georgina Harwood takes on a skydive. Most people look forward to a slower pace of life when they reach old age.
But not this amazing centenarian from South Africa.

2Centenarian Georgina Harwood, sits inside an airplane with Jason Baker, right, before her tandem parachute jump forming part of her birthday celebrations, in Cape Town, South Africa

Georgina Harwood is marking her 100th year by jumping out of a plane and being plunged in to shark infested waters.

3Centenarian Georgina Harwood, celebrates after her tandem parachute jump forming part of her birthday celebrations, in Cape Town

Yesterday she took to the skies over the Melkbosstrand area north of Cape Town with 15 family members and friends as they launched themselves out of a plane in groups of three.

4Centenarian Georgina Harwood, centre, prepares with Jason Baker, for her tandem parachute jump

The exhilarating experience  marked her third ever sky dive- her first in 2007 when she was 97 years old.

5Centenarian Georgina Harwood, prepares with Jason Baker, for her tandem parachute jump

Speaking yesterday the adrenaline junkie said it was wonderful seeing all the others around her.

6Georgina Harwood, comes in to land

Tomorrow Georgina will take part in a shark dive which will involve being locked in a cage and plunged in to the ocean to feed the creatures.



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