Ep. 918: World-Record Skydiving - Melanie Curtis

Ep. 918: World-Record Skydiving - Melanie Curtis

Melanie Curtis is a professional skydiver who led a group of 80 women skydivers from 22 countries to make history by setting a new world record: the largest all-women head-down (“vertical”) skydive. Named Project 19 after the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote, the spectacle celebrated women’s rights and highlighted women’s issues.

Though they aimed for a record of 100, this fantastic team still got it done (breaking the 2016 record of 65). They took 29 jumps in total, including practice and warm-ups. The ladies pulled off the only successful skydiving world record this year; there were two others mixed men/women.

Melanie has completed over 12,000 jumps to date and is a sought-after speaker and consultant. Melanie also co-hosts her own podcast, Trust the Journey with Jason Moledzki, which focuses on creating conscious connections through raw and vulnerable sharing. She is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Women’s Skydiving Network and co-founded the Highlight Pro Skydiving Team, an all-female demonstration jump team.

Learn more and follow Melanie:

https://womensskydivingnetwork.org/

https://www.instagram.com/project19_skydiving/

https://twitter.com/womensskydiving

https://www.facebook.com/project19womensverticalrecord/

https://uspa.org/

https://www.instagram.com/melaniecurtis11/?hl=en



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Ep. 942: Losing 200 Pounds to Hike the PCT - Part 2 - Josh “Long Story” Murphy

Ep. 942: Losing 200 Pounds to Hike the PCT - Part 2 - Josh “Long Story” Murphy

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Ep. 941: Cycling Namibia’s Skeleton Coast - Revisited - Kate Leeming

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Ep. 940: Losing 200 Pounds to Hike the PCT - Part 1 - Josh “Long Story” Murphy

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Ep. 939: The Sharp End of Life and Raising Alex Honnold - Revisited - Dierdre Wolownick

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Originally aired April 26, 2019Long before her son was doing some of the most incredible climbing in the world and her daughter was solo bike touring around the west, Dierdre was living a life full of...

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Ep. 938: Climbing Every Colorado 14er in Winter - Chris Fisher

Ep. 938: Climbing Every Colorado 14er in Winter - Chris Fisher

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Ep. 937: How to Walk From a City to a National Park - Revisited - Julia Oleksiak

Ep. 937: How to Walk From a City to a National Park - Revisited - Julia Oleksiak

Fill out our Listener Spotlight form here.This episode originally aired May 10th, 2021When Julia wanted to express the difficulties that others go through to just “get out there”, she decided to make ...

2 Juni 202350min

Ep. 936: Path of the Panther - Eric Bendick

Ep. 936: Path of the Panther - Eric Bendick

Eric is an Emmy-winning director, producer, and writer whose films explore connectivity, conflict, and ingenuity at the intersection of human and wild spaces. He’s led storytelling expeditions to the ...

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Ep. 935: World Record Highlining - Revisited - Ari DeLashmutt

Ep. 935: World Record Highlining - Revisited - Ari DeLashmutt

Originally aired April 27th, 2020The world of highlining is often misunderstood as simply walking from one point to another across a thin webbing hundreds of feet in the air. While it is that, it’s so...

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