Re: Any bikers on RMGD?

On Fri, 30 May 2008 09:24:27 -0400, "The Iron Muffin" <You must ask me
for my email address.> wrote:

DVD wrote:

Every now and then I get the urge to skydive, I challenge my friends
and family to talk me out of it, so far they have been successful. Most
likely because I am not a skydiver and despite the urges I am afraid of
becoming a stain on the landscape.

You know, I have that same urge from time to time...but I have never
acted on it. I think of it in a "gee, you know, that would be kinda cool"
way, but the scary outweighs the exciting.

The rush is incredible, it's well worth it. For me, the scariest part
was getting in the plane to begin with. I was in the last batch of
our group to jump, nobody had chickened out so I knew if I got into
the plane the only way off was by jumping. Once I was in the plane
and it took off I was busy concentrating on what I was supposed to do
when it was time to jump (of course, it was a tandem jump so my main
responsibility was don't puke, but I was able to convince myself there
was more to it than that). Although putting your foot out the door of
a plane when you're 10,000 feet up in the air is a bit unnerving I
really wasn't worried/scared at that point, I figured it was too late
to change my mind and decided to enjoy myself.
.

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