Skydiver Pulls a Mary Poppins, Uses Umbrella for a Parachute

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Neha Prakash
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Skydiver Pulls a Mary Poppins, Uses Umbrella for a Parachute

Mary Poppins was a true role model for many of us: nannies, people who love big bags, those of us who enjoy spoonfuls of sugar and -- mainly -- skydivers.

Because, to those skydivers, Poppins was truly the only person to defy gravity with such style.

Extreme athlete Erik Roner paid homage to the original Supernanny by jumping out of a plane using an umbrella as his makeshift parachute. Granted, no one is as gangster as Mary, so Roner's umbrella broke midway down, forcing him to trigger his back-up parachute.

Roner captured the entire experience on a GoPro Camera, so we can all see what it looks like to float down from the sky like our favorite babysitter.

H/T ViralViralVideos. Video and image courtesy of YouTube, GoProCamera

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