Why Did I Go Skydiving????

Why did I go Skydiving???

Don’t know if you’re ever gone skydiving before but it’s the most thrilling thing I’ve ever done. The first time I went because a good friend of mine talked me into it. That’s right I’ve done it 3 times so far.

I’ll never forget it was going to happen the day after Thanksgiving. I was over at his house for the big feast to pound some beers and watch some football. The main topic was whether or not I was going to chicken out and not show up. I assured all my buddies that weren’t going to do it that I was committed to making the jump.

We had a great time and as I was getting ready to go my buddy, Ken, said hey here’s something to think about before you go to sleep tonight.

“You know when you jump out of the plane you’ve just committed suicide….. until you land safely.” See you tomorrow.

I thought to myself as I was walking to my car why in the hell did he just tell me that????

I knew he was just messing with my head but damn I thought we were buddies.

This is me in the plane right after take off.

This is me just committing suicide!!!

This is what I call total chaos!!! You’re free falling at about 120 mph for about 60 seconds.

He just pulled the rip cord and now I’m about to get the living shit jerked out of me. When that parachute opens it jerks you straight up!!!

This is me landing safely. It was really a soft landing, you’ve just got to keep your legs lifted up as high as you can.

If skydiving is on your bucket list then get to it!

I can remember vividly all 3 times I jumped because different things happened each time.

The second time I jumped when the parachute opened we were inside a cloud so it was very surreal.

I always tell people that there are 2 phases to skydiving.

1. The free fall is total chaos.

2. The float down after the parachute opens is total serenity.

Hope you enjoyed this and just maybe nudged you a bit closer to checking this off your list….. Frank