Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane

with only a strategically folded and critically packed parachute to slow your decent is statistically much safer than driving to 7-11 for a slushy. BUT! Shit DOES happen.

Most everything in life is a calculated risk; but death is gonna get you some how, some day, no matter how sedate or how temerariously you LIVE.

IMO it's much better to die while embracing or knowing you embraced life than regretting that you never LIVED.

it's that sudden stop at the bottom.

I did it once, ten years ago or so. It's the best thing I've ever done in my life. I never got around to going back, but if my circumstances were different - that is to say, if it were more convenient for me and I had the time - I could see myself doing it regularly.

Will you free fall, or is it a static line jump? For me, it was all about the free fall; kind of like a 45 second orgasm

and the pilot is still in his seat and conscious, I ain't leavin'. By the way, if I'm on the ground to catch you, I'll be the first guy you see, right?

Forget The Sky Diving...I Want To Be The First Guy She Sees...I Have A FeelIng That Will Be The....

wilder adn more fun ride anyway!

LOL


Of course it could be a little messy if she shits her pants and has a heart attack on the way down, but with every great reward must come some great risk...and I am willing to risk it!

I am a giver that way!

Yes, I have. In fact, about five more dives and I'd be certified. However . . .

I have done a lot of static-line jumping out of Navy planes and a few Army helicopters. Does that count?

Go for it, hon!  It's the best high you'll ever have. Nothing -- and I mean nothing -- compares to it, unless you engage in hand-to-hand combat with a shark underwater, or jump off a cliff on skis.

Also, on the more serious side, please everyone: Pray for my father. He's pretty sick and in the hospital again. My mom is, too, so she cannot take care of him. With any luck and his health hopefully improving, I will be home next week.

I will have Internet access but may not be able to answer emails on a daily basis.



Hugs,
Ciara





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I jumped at 9,800 feet!  Most intense thing I have ever done!  Getting out of the plane was the scariest, but once out...and the free fall..OMG!  Once the shoot came open, it was the most brilliant silience I could ever imagine.  You just float.  You hear no wind.  No ..nothing...awsome!

The landing is tricky but luckily I didnt crash and burn!  lol

Do it.  It is a wonderful experience.  I did it despite (and partially because) I am not comfortable with heights.  While floating down, you do not experience being high because there is no falling reference point.  My jump was done with two instructors that jumped along side me, then floated away when the chute opened.  I was coached to a landing within 15 feet of the target.

A friend and I went several years ago. We went in the morning- and still had an adrenaline high that evening. One of those things that everyone should do at least once. Have fun!

No its not safe!! But it is fun. I jumped my first time at 21yrs old on my birthday. ( no I won't tell you how long ago that was, ok it was 24yrs ago this summer. Wow that really seems like a life time ago now that I think about it.) I have been in love with the thrill ever since! What is safe anyway?  It's about as safe, or risky as your profession depending on who you ask. Seeing as you are in this biz you by nature are a risk taker to begin with. So go for it.
Next on your thrill list should be buying a motorcycle, Now thats a reasonable thrill. You will love that also I am sure. I know I love my bike~~~

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