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Brave Barry's 10,000ft drop.


A BRAVE barman is putting the spice back into his life by doing a skydive sky·dive  
intr.v. sky·dived, sky·div·ing, sky·dives
To jump and fall freely from an airplane, performing various maneuvers before pulling the ripcord of a parachute.
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Barry Thompson is doing a charity jump from 10,000ft to raise money for Willowburn Hospice.

The 28-year-old, who is bar manager of Spice Venue in Consett, County Durham “Durham county” redirects here. For other uses, see Durham County.

County Durham is a county in north-east England. It can be used to refer to 4 different entities:
  • the historic County of Durham
  • the administrative county of Durham
, is scared of heights.

But he is determined to fight his fear and has even dropped two stone in order to complete the challenge.

At 17-and-a-half stone, Barry weighed two stone more than the allowed limit, but he has managed to shift the pounds, with help from coaches at Spartan Performance. To sponsor Barry, call 07507 887 551.
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Publication:Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:Oct 23, 2009
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