He didn't need a mid-life crisis to start jumping out of things — he was there years ago.
Former Army, current fire and rescue, and somewhere in the middle of all that he picked up paramotoring and skydiving the way most people pick up a new podcast. He's one of the reasons any of this seemed like a remotely reasonable idea in the first place — patient enough to talk a nervous 55-year-old through his first flight without laughing (out loud)... maybe.
Wife, kids, a job that already involves pulling people out of trouble — and word is he's eyeing a spot on the dive team next, because apparently dry land and solid ground were starting to feel a little too safe.