151 though wisconsin skydiver kevin burkart fell short of completing his goal of 300 jumps in 24 hours on wednesday he still managed to accomplish another feat raising 130000 for parkinsons disease research the 45yearold skydiver whose left arm is completely paralyzed told abc news today that he had set out to beat his previous jumping record in honor of his 75yearold father gary burkart whos been battling parkinsons for nearly two decades parkinsons is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement and can cause dementia i decided to combine my two passions skydiving and raising awareness of parkinsons to make a difference in my dads life and the 1 million americans living with pd kevin burkart said according to a news release from the national parkinson foundations minnesota chapter as hard as it is to skydive with one arm its even harder to face this disease on a daily basis he added skydiving greatgrandma celebrates 100th birthday in style over 200 skydivers set new sequential formations world record gopro bomb squad deathdefying jumps are just another day at the office kevin burkart previously completed 151 jumps in 24 hours in 2013 setting the state record in wisconsin for the most skydive jumps attempted in the span of one day according to the united states parachute association uspa kevin burkhart owner of skydive twin cities in baldwin minnesota began his attempt to complete 300 skydive jumps in 24 hours on june 15 2016 wqow burkart was determined to beat that record on wednesday in baldwin minnesota as part of an event he created to raise money for finding a cure bad weather however forced burkart to end the event early he still managed to complete an impressive 101 jumps in 12 hours and burkart said he was incredibly proud with the turnout the event was held outside the skydive twin cities facility which he owns kevin burkhart owner of skydive twin cities in baldwin minnesota began his attempt to complete 300 skydive jumps in 24 hours on june 15 2016 wqow every jump i did was in honor of someone living with parkinsons he said throughout the whole time we had a professional announcer reading these brave peoples stories and we had multiple activities and contests throughout the day burkart hopes he inspired other people to go out and do something that scares you i think that if you want to change the world you have to push the envelope and be willing to overcome your fears he said