HEALTH worker Adele Dawes is to skydive from 10,000ft in a bid to overcome her fear of heights - and raise money for charity.
The 23-year-old clerical and data administrator with Darlington's Drug Intervention Programme has already tried abseiling from the top of the Transporter Bridge, in Middlesbrough, but is now planning the big jump.
She said: "I am scared of heights and this is one way to overcome my fear. The abseiling helped but the parachute is tackling the fear in a big way."
Miss Dawes plans to complete the jump attached to an instructor at Peterlee Parachute Centre on June 4. She hopes the feat will raise £400 to £500.
Proceeds will be donated to the British Heart Foundation as a friend's three-year-old child has heart problems.
She said. "I am scared but it is for a good cause."
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