n. The state of being stimulated, refreshed, or elated
What am amazing experience! There's nothing quite like paying someone a bunch of money to jump out of a perfectly good airplane at a really high altitude, only to plummet to what seems pretty clear to be your imminent death. But then the cord is pulled and the world floats back into perspective. Thank God I'm going to live another day!
The feeling of falling was not nearly as frightening as the split second when you see the guy in front of you sucked into pure air and realize you're next. All I remember hearing before flying was "Put all ten toes out the door!" Then I spent the next minute or so trying to explain through hand gestures that I couldn't breathe and thought I was going to die. All I got in return was a kiss on the cheek.
Suddenly the pressure dropped and I was still alive. Safe. Breathing. You might be laughing, but I really thought I was going to suffocate in the air. How ironic would that be? My instructor took us on a million loopty-loops on the way down, spinning so fast I could see the parachute straight in front of me. It didn't occur to me until that moment that I so blindly trusted this thin, sheer material with my life. Wow.
Here are some more photos. And a link to my AOL Photogallery if you want to see more. Michelle let me take this photo of her nursing a nose bleed. Her fall was not so graceful when the wind changed and she fell 10 feet to the ground with the instructor landing on her.
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LAURA! Congratulations on your jump out of a plane! I am so amazed that you did this...I'm not sure I could even get myself on the plane! ;)
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