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ATHLETE PROFILE
JUMPING FROM GREAT HEIGHTS WITH
MELISSA LOWE Words by Brooke Welsh | Photo by Raymond Adams
M
elissa Lowe began soaring through the
he got out, my uncle and my dad started sport-
sky when she was a little girl and has not
parachute jumping, and then I started when I
stopped since. A third-generation skydiver and
was old enough,” Lowe says.
a 23-time world record holder, Lowe is based in
Montrose, Colorado, and uses her platform to
defined by Lowe is five years old. She started
speak on greater issues going on in the world today.
off tandem skydiving, which includes another,
usually more experienced, diver. Once she was
Skydiving is not an average sport taken up
by many kids. Lowe grew up in a family that
16 years old, Lowe embarked on solo jumps.
thought of jumping out of the sky as we think of
kicking a soccer ball.
wind tunnels, indoor skydiving has grown in
popularity over the past 10 years. Kids as young
“My grandfather started in World War II as
an 82nd airborne paratrooper and then when
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In case you were wondering, “old enough”
With modern technology and advanced
as three years old can even jump, too.
