{"id":16412,"date":"2013-12-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=16412"},"modified":"2013-12-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T00:00:00","slug":"2013-12-24-merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2013-12-24-merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/938b52e0-ed82-4ba2-9f57-5fa30e2f64d2.jpg\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/b9bf6fd4-f254-42e5-93bd-5accc8233ec5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Alastair Macartney base jumped from the 500 feet high Tonsai wall in Thailand, wearing a Santa Claus hat to raise awareness for Service families that can\u2019t be together at Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This Base jump was performed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jump4Heroes\">Jump4Heroes<\/a> at sunset near Krabi, Thailand from a peninsular jutting into the Andaman Sea. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/almacartney.com\">Alastair Macartney<\/a> deployed his Poppy Legion parachute before piloting down to a precision landing on the beach where he was met by his wife holding an ice-cold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.singhabeer.com\">Singha Beer<\/a>. 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