Kim Knor from Colorado has been skydiving most of her life. Her first experience was in 1959 when she was only 20 years old. Skydiving got her attention when she was in Chicago and overheard a group of Army reservists talk about a skydiving club.
It piqued her interest almost right away and not long after, Knor learned this special skydiving team needed her just as much as she needed them.
"They didn't have any American team for the World Champions. They had men going but not women," said Knor.
And just like that, she threw herself into it -- skydiving all over the world and making great friends and beautiful memories along the way.
"When I got a job in Washington, the guy that defected my 'chute in 1962 was from Yugoslavia and a friend of ours in Washington got us back together, and we got married in three months," said Knor.
Suddenly, Knor's husband had a bad accident testing parachutes one day and Knor vowed she would no longer skydive from that point on. And she didn't -- for 37 years.
"My husband died and the kids were growing up and then the grandkids started coming and I started jumping again," she said.
At 84-years-old, Knor has almost 600 jumps under her belt and says she hopes to complete 1,000 jumps in her lifetime. She shares her love of skydiving with family and friends.
"Today's jump is exciting because I'm taking my youngest grandson is taking his first jump," said Knor.
"I'm just following tradition of everyone in our family jumping with her for the first time," said John Norsen, Knor's grandson.
Knor is so passionate about skydiving and says that anyone of any age could and should try skydiving.
"I feel fantastic! I mean, this is what I live for," she said. "Anytime life gets too difficult or too sad just go make a jump and then everything's good!"
Source: CBS Colorado