"Parachuting and Skydiving are potentially dangerous activities. There is a risk of serious injury or death with every skydive or parachute jump." - Skydive Hawaii Disclaimer
Today I signed roughly 8 pages of paper which thoroughly described the methods in which the above disclaimer could come true. I received approximately 2 minutes of instruction from my jump guide before I found myself in a single engine airplane rising to 12,000 ft and preparing to jump out into the wild blue yonder....
Me, James, Erika, Dan, and Nathan prepare for our jump
My instructor Mark takes me to the plane
Getting ready to climb aboard
Minutes before an alarm sounded, the plane leveled off, and I found myself in the great blue yonder.
The view of the Airfield on the way up
The view of the North Shore on the way up
One last look at the airfield
Nearly to our drop altitude... And above the clouds...
GERONIMO!!!
The first few moments were INCREDIBLY exhilerating
WOOO HOOO!!!
Falling through a cloud
Preparing for landing
Coming in for landing
Successful touchdown!
I also had a videographer make the jump with me so check out the video!
That looks like fun. Perhaps one day I'll work up the courage to jump out of an airplane. For now, I'll have to stick with using them as a means to an end, but your post makes me want to try it.
ReplyDeleteI love Hawaii, and doing that there would be so much better than California's central valley.
Interesting blog!