Skydiving!

I finally was able to skydive! After two reschedules, we successfully jumped on Friday March 19! Our first attempt, it was too windy. Our second attempt, it was pouring rain. Our third attempt was successful. It was a beautiful day outside – clear skies and windless.

My family was here too, so that made it neat. Nick, my brother, did the jump too. We arrived in Titusville about 10AM. Nick had to fill out all that long “sign your life away” paperwork. Several other people came out to jump that day as well. Since Teresa and I were reschedules, we were priority, so we got on the first plane.

There was a waiting period. But, finally they pulled the plane out and suited us up in harnesses. I also ordered a video. I’ll try to post it on here, but I haven’t been successful with facebook so I don’t know if it will load on here either.

It was such a neat experience. I recommend everyone to do one jump in their life. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. Many people have asked, “What is like a rollercoaster or what?!” I am a rollercoaster junkie and I must say, it felt nothing like a rollercoaster.

It was also such a beautiful view. I was nervous for three seconds. Before I knew it, we were loaded into the plane and the plane was taking off. I did not jump solo; I had an instructor person strapped to me. The training was like two minutes so literally anyone can do this jump.

15,000 feet rushing at 120 MPH = Amazing

My instructor was pointing out the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Canaveral, and The Kennedy Space Center to me. My three seconds of nervousness came when that door opened and it was almost time. The plane honestly leveled out and it felt like we were floating. The standby light turned green and we moved closer to the door to jump.
Nick jumped in front of me. Then, I went out. Teresa brought up the rear. However, Teresa also flew the plane a little bit. We had met the pilot previously when our jump was canceled, so she made buddies with him and he actually let her steer a little bit since she was sitting at the back by him.

I love watching my video over and over to in a sense repeat the experience. However, it was just awesome. I was out in the sky, falling, still hard to believe myself that I did it because it happened so fast. I had to pop my ears a couple of times. And in the video, when we pull the parachute to go under canopy, I look like I almost passed out, but I didn’t. It was just a jolt to go from horizontal to vertical in a few seconds. But, then we drifted the rest of the way down and I was even able to steer my chute by pulling on the sides to turn and spin circles.

We landed on the ground successfully and it was a good day.

Afterwards, for the family, we drove by the Kennedy Space Center and stopped at Cocoa Beach for about an hour. My Aunt had never been out to Florida so we wanted to show her more than just Disney!