Sunday, February 15, 2009

Paracaidismo en fin.



Skydiving? Stories? Well I got into this amazing jumpsuit and helmet and got a couple of quick instruccions, though you still have no clue what you're doing. Board a tiny plane that only holds 10 people and get up into the air---at first it was jerking me higher and higher and I could feel your stomach start churning which made me a lot more scared than I needed to be---By the time I got up there, which is 15,000 feet in the air, I could look down and just see a bunch of fields far away! They slid the door open and there we were in the middle of a blue sky ready to free fall! The instructor hooked me up close and sat on the edge of the plane to prepare himself. This means that I was not seated anywhere, just dangling in mid air by my harness...He yelled ARCA (arch) and I threw my neck back and my feet back under the plane. Now note, I am in a bright yellow jumpsuit so I am basically just making myself as close to a banana as possible at this point, if you can imagine it, and suddenly there was nothing underneath me and I was plummetting to my death! Well not really...but in the first feww seconds it sure feels that way! I threw my arms in the air and looked all around, and I am not kidding you when I say that felt as close to heaven as it gets... For the next 60 seconds I basically was just flying until he pulled the parachute and started bringing me down, with tricks and all. The whole ordeal doesn't last more than a half hour but after I was done I was in complete disbelief---and such an adrenaline rush that I was screaming running in circles ready to do it again! I cannot even explain it, it was an amazing experience and I would give anything to relive it! Ahhh I wish I could do it justice trying to explain it, but I guess that's about the best shot I have up my sleeve. Try to imagine it!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I cannot even imagine I bet it is amazing! Sounds a little frieghtening. Great snapshots you have there too.