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		<title>You&#8217;re never too old to skydive!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine who happens to be a Francophone skydiver from Quebec only took up the sport a few years ago. She&#8217;s someone who impresses me. She has her motorcycle license, she has her skydiving license and she&#8217;s just an overall &#8220;bad ass&#8221; woman. She gave me permission to post an article that she wrote up for Canpara (Canadian version of Parachutist) This is the article: Skydiving in your early 50s? Written by Normande Cournoyer Translaled by Gaëlle Vercollier Yes, it is possible. ln 2004, around the end of the summer, I was looking for a special project to... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2012/02/02/youre-never-too-old-to-skydive/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Been a while&#8230; Lots more blogs coming up :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! It&#8217;s been quite some time since my last post, I&#8217;m so sorry about the fact that we haven&#8217;t come up with much new content this past while. I&#8217;ve had to take a year off from skydiving to sort of reassess where my life is as well as pay off some debts that I sorta just left lying around&#8230; I&#8217;ve been staring at the skies waiting till my chance to get back up there. I missed the 100 way Canadian record attempt that was done at Parachute Montreal. They didn&#8217;t manage to break the record due to weather issues,... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2012/01/29/been-a-while-lots-more-blogs-coming-up/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The University of Minnesota Skydiving Club &#8211; Fall 2011 Tandem Event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick highlight reel of our Fall 2011 Tandem Event! University of Minnesota Skydiving Club 2011 Tandem Event from AJ Stuyvenberg on Vimeo.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2011/11/15/the-university-of-minnesota-skydiving-club-fall-2011-tandem-event/</link>
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		<title>Winter Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it sure has been a while, how about a quick update? Rewind back to November &#8211; our University of Minnesota Skydiving Club has been vying for a way to get to the USPA 2010 Collegiate Nationals in Eloy, AZ. After writing a massive essay, we received word that we had been given a 2,000 dollar grant for the tournament. Needless to say we were excited about the idea of spending a week in skydiving paradise. Most of our crew had only jumped from Cessna&#8217;s and the occasional Pac-750. Skydive AZ has multiple skyvans, a fleet of otters, a DC3,... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2011/04/10/winter-recap/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Skydive Varadero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I just got back from Varadero Cuba&#8230; Absolutely had to pop into the local DZ to check it out and hopefully to do a few jumps with the locals&#8230; Turned out it&#8217;s a tandem factory, but they&#8217;re fairly welcoming to other skydivers. Weather didn&#8217;t permit us to jump on the day of my visit, so we played dominoes together&#8230; (I snapped some photos, but haven&#8217;t developed them yet) The DZ is actually owned by the government there, they fly a 20 seat soviet chopper (didn&#8217;t get to snap any photos of it though) Depending on wind conditions, you either... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/11/11/skydive-varadero/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Been MIA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all, I know it&#8217;s been ages since I&#8217;ve posted anything&#8230; Skydive season&#8217;s over, I&#8217;ve been dealing with tons of my &#8220;real life&#8221; stuff, work&#8217;s been hectic, planning two vacations, preparing myself for snowboard season, and simply haven&#8217;t jumped at all, so had a bit of a lack of material so to speak. I&#8217;m actually heading to Cuba November 3rd and I&#8217;m hoping to get to jump at the DZ they have in Varadero&#8230; They use a WWII Soviet war plane and helicopter, I&#8217;m quite excited to jump from them&#8230; If they&#8217;re still running of course. I&#8217;ll hopefully have some... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/10/25/been-mia/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/10/25/been-mia/</link>
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		<title>Quick update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys! Quick update while I have time between classes - This weekend is quickly approaching, and I&#8217;m extremely excited about it. Basically the University of Minnesota Skydiving Club is headed out to Skydive Twin Cities in Baldwin, Wisconsin for a day like no other. We&#8217;ve succesfully signed up over 80 tandem first-jumpers from the U of M! We weren&#8217;t expecting this many people at all, but I&#8217;m super pumped. This club has also afforded me the opportunity to meet some awesome new people. Kaleb Lommen, our club president, introduced me to a bunch of his friends (and coworkers) from... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/10/14/quick-update/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Balance &#8211; What&#8217;s That!?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[S#1t – Life (skydiving) has been keeping me busy lately, REALLY busy!! My apologies to everyone for being so slack with blogging. As I am now on my skydiving club’s committee, lots of hours at home are spent working on club newsletters and helping redesign the website. When I am not working on committee / club stuff I am researching my new *possible* project (more about that just now). I am glad to say that my jump numbers have been racking up very nicely – after this past weekend, I am up to 70 . I know I am still... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/10/12/balance-whats-that/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/10/12/balance-whats-that/</link>
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		<title>34 and Counting: Part II – AFF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I begin this, my apologies to Adam and all of you for being a slacker on the blog. I have been a little busy since my last post, but not so much as to justify my lack of blogging for so long. So yeah……I’ll take the “slacker” stamp on my forehead like a champ. Also, although I now have 44 jumps, I thought it best to leave the title of this series of writings at 34…..for continuity if nothing else.  The holidays came and went, and 2010 got off to a good start for me. With plans to start... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/10/10/34-and-counting-part-ii-aff/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter jump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s nearly the end of the season in Quebec and in most places actually&#8230; Although there&#8217;s still a couple of weeks left to the season, it&#8217;s over for me at this point. I ended it with a bang though, got my first helicopter jump done (4000 feet). And yes, I bought beer&#8230; And rum actually haha. To give some of you a quick description of what it&#8217;s like to do a heli jump as opposed to a normal skydive from a plane, when you jump from the chopper, you&#8217;re getting off out of a vehicle that&#8217;s barely moving, so... <a href="http://www.skydiveaddiction.com/2010/10/02/helicopter-jump/">&#187; Read more...</a>]]></description>
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