Those guys are absolutely insane! It looks awesome, but terrifying. I've also heard it's completely exhausting. You are wiped out for days.
We'll see if this is in the cards when I'm 50! Shag On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Jennifer M. Smith <[email protected] > wrote: > Good for you, Shag!!! > > If you're looking to top that experience for your 80th....you may want > check this out: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiXNxlM4BeE > > Imagine how safe it'll be in 40 years....or not. > > Dr. Jen > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here is the commentary on my skydiving jump, if anyone is interested. >> Many folks here have already seen this, but I thought I'd share for those >> who hadn't. And if you don't care, then just delete. >> >> http://youtu.be/dzr2rENGGc4 >> >> Skydiving is something I've wanted to do my whole life. Since I was >> turning 40, I figured now was a good time to scratch this off the bucket >> list! My wonderful wife was kind enough to arrange this for my birthday! >> Thank you, Gena! >> >> We went with Skydive Jacksonville. Several of my family members were >> there to help celebrate the occasion (or collect my remains if it went >> horribly wrong): my wife, daughter, step-son, father, step-mother, sister, >> and brother-in-law. It was so nice of them to travel just to see me jump! I >> wore my Superman t-shirt for the occasion. I considered wearing my >> Firestorm shirt, but if you are flying you gotta go with Superman, right? I >> did carry a small Firestorm action figure (the Action Heroes Brightest Day >> Firestorm), just so I could say Firestorm made the jump with me. :) >> >> I tandem-jumped with a great guy named Kevin. Kevin was so pumped and >> energetic; you'd never guess he'd already skydived nearly 3,000 times! His >> son also jumped with us. It was fun to be there with father and son jumping >> at the same time. >> >> I thought I'd be nervous before the jump, but I wasn't at all. I felt >> super-charged and really excited! I was amazed the plane ride was so >> smooth. Normally when I fly my stomach momentarily drops during take-off, >> but this was smooth as could be. Probably the smoothest airplane ride I've >> ever had! The plane took us up to 12,500 feet (a little over 2 miles up in >> the air)! You could see all of Jacksonville, even the coast in the hazy >> distance. As we opened the door of the plane and prepared to jump, I only >> felt excitement - no fear! We jumped and free-falled (free-fell?) for about >> 7,000 feet over the course of 45 seconds. If I've done my sums correctly, >> that means we were falling at over 100 miles an hour! Surprisingly, the >> jump wasn't scary at all! It was very smooth and the pressure of the wind >> made me feel supported instead of out-of-control. I did a few Superman >> flying poses, c'mon, you should have expected that. It was very, very loud >> and I could barely hear myself cheering. Then the parachute was deployed; >> also much smoother than I expected. It suddenly became very quiet and Kevin >> and I could talk in nearly normal voices. It was absolutely breath-taking >> up there! The video and pictures don't do it justice. We sailed the >> remaining distance over about five minutes, doing some fun spirals and >> spins! For the landing, we came in fairly slow over the field we started >> from and slide to a halt on our bottoms. Now I will admit I hit the ground >> at just the wrong angle and bumped my tailbone pretty hard. It's still sore >> (5 days later), but it's slowly getting better. That was the ONLY downside >> to the jump! >> >> I had an absolute blast and look forward to jumping again! A fantastic >> way to celebrate my 40th birthday! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
