01 Jul 2012 9 Comments
Just a normal day at 14,500 feet!
Yep, you read that right! I went skydiving the other day with my dad! I still can’t believe that I jumped out of a plane. I had wanted to go skydiving for years, so that’s what I got for my 18th birthday!
This was me getting all strapped in to the harness. I did a tandem jump, so that guy getting me strapped in is the guy I jumped with.
I was pretty freaked out at this point as he was walking me through the whole jump.
The scariest part of the entire experience was just waiting- there was about a 4 hour wait until we jumped and then the ride up in the plane takes about 15 minutes. Once I was out of the plane, I wasn’t scared one bit!
There’s my dad! He used to skydive all the time and has over 200 jumps, but he hadn’t gone in about 16 years.
Here’s the plane parking lot. We didn’t jump out of that yellow plane, ours was a little bigger to fit the 10 people jumping.
The free fall was incredible- it feels like you’re just floating in the air! I liked the parachute ride, too. My instructor made us spin around which was really fun :)
This was an absolutely incredible experience! I would recommend it to anyone. Even though I had wanted to do it for years, I was really terrified when the day came to actually do it, but I’m so glad I did it even though I was scared.
I hope you are all doing well and having all sorts of adventures this summer!
Jul 02, 2012 @ 19:03:41
Skydiving looks like a lot of fun! My cousin did that a few years back, and a few of my siblings went to watch. They also said it was a really long wait before her jump. I can imagine that’s the worst part.
Jul 02, 2012 @ 21:50:04
It is a blast! The anticipation was the worst part for sure, but the jump was so cool!
Jul 03, 2012 @ 00:03:12
Wow! You are so brave! What a cool experience to mark your birthday. :-) Happy Monday to you!
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Jul 03, 2012 @ 00:04:22
It was the best birthday present I could have gotten! :)
Jul 03, 2012 @ 12:12:32
That is so amazing! I’ve always wanted to skydive. By the way, you look really pretty in the pictures!!
Jul 03, 2012 @ 12:23:54
I think you should go for it, Imogen! And thank you so much, you’re so sweet :)
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Jul 03, 2012 @ 23:10:37
Whoa, you’re so brave! I think I would have passed out. Cool that your dad has over 200 jumps!
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Jul 04, 2012 @ 00:16:26
It was definitely an empowering experience! Thanks for stopping by, Steph :)