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June 23rd, 2016 
Awake Goy He said it took him eight different parachutes to complete his jumps while with the adrenalin rush dually raising money for the Michigan charity Leader Dogs for the Blind that provides seeing-eye dogs to the blind.
‘My friend who works there is the manager,’ Mr Ekstrom told WDIV. ‘I thought this time would be a good one.’
While Mr Ekstrom is an experienced skydiver with 46 years’ experience under his belt – or 13,476 jumps to be exact – the amazing accomplishment wasn’t all that unique to him, though it certainly was his personal best.
‘I did 60 for 60 for my wife who has [multiple sclerosis],’ he told WDIV of his series of jumps ten years’ ago.
In all he said he raised about $6,000 to fight the disease from that day’s jumps alone.
He said that if anyone became worn out from it all, it was his pilot.
‘I find out ten years later from the pilot that I wore him out,’ he said. ‘We had a good time doing it.’
Approached between jumps on Wednesday and asked his reasoning, he told WDIV: ‘It’s just another milestone and proves somebody can do something.
‘See ya!’ he cheerfully waved before getting back in the plane.
Mr Ekstrom said he hopes to break his record with 80 jumps on his 80th birthday.
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