{"id":28282,"date":"2020-09-23T11:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T11:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=28282"},"modified":"2020-09-25T06:21:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T06:21:15","slug":"growing-bolder-the-fall-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/growing-bolder-the-fall-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Bolder: The Fall Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Bill Booth was a college student, he was driving when a man literally fell from the sky, landing in the road directly in front of him… <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Man. The Legend. Bill Booth <\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was a skydiver, a participant in what was then an experimental and risky sport. Booth picked him up, drove him back to the airport and that changed his life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we can safely say Booth is one of the most interesting men in the world. Find out how his passion for adventures created a one-of-a-kind lifestyle for his family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GrowingBolder\/videos\/658290548135923\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bill Booth was the right guy at exactly the right time”<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Bill Booth and UPT colleagues at PIA Symposium<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bill is one of the originals who developed the concept of tandem jumping, holds 12 patents for skydiving safety systems, invented the hand-deploy pilot-chute, 3-ring release system, Sigma Tandem system, the SkyHook reserve deployment system AND the founder of United Parachute Technologies<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video courtesy of Growing Bolder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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