“If you think you can’t, you’re just underestimating yourself,” the resident of Georgetown, Texas, remarked.
Blaschke’s motivational comments came in a write-up published recently by the GWR website, whose organization is known for maintaining a database of more than 40,000 world records.
The particular record which Blaschke has now captured twice made international news because of an entirely different person altogether this past fall.
On 1 October, 104-year-old Dorothy Hoffner of Chicago made a tandem skydive aimed at landing her the world’s record for essentially being the oldest person ever to jump from a plane.
But eight days later, while awaiting Guinness’s official certification of her achievement, Hoffner died in her sleep at her senior living community.
Sweden’s Rut Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson surpassed Blaschke’s mark by a relatively slim margin in 2022, at 103 years and 259 days old.
As he put it, whether it’s to celebrate his grandsons’ birthdays or set to world records, “it’s got be something … extra special”. »
