Kevin Burkart will jump out of perfectly good airplane 200 times [Video]
A couple of years ago, Kevin Burkart completed 100 skydives in one day to raise $40,000 for Parkinson's Disease. But no, that wasn't enough. So tomorrow, June 16th 2010, Burkart's doubling down: He plans to make 200 -- that's right, 200 -- skydives for the same cause.
Photo courtesy 200 Perfect Jumps Kevin Burkart doing his thing
And the cause is personal. Burkhart's dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1999, just before he was supposed to ease into a life of retirement.
And thus began their journey with Parkinson's Disease, with its medications, side effects, frustrations, lifestyle changes and depression, Burkhart says on his website.
As a way to gauge motor skills on his first visit to the Struthers Parkinson Center in Golden Valley in 2000, the staff asked him to write a sentence.
"Parkinson's sucks," he wrote.
The attempt will be staged from Skydive Twin Cities in Baldwin, west of Hudson on I-94 in Wisconsin. The goal is to raise $60,000.
Here's video of the 100-jumps day:
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