Bump from a fellow plane jumper.
I decided to go on a whim, and called a bunch of friends. At first, lots of people were interested, but when it came down to it only 2 other people came with me.
I had all the waivers filled out when i arrived, so there wasnt really much to review before the jump. My instructor briefly went over the hand signals, and told me the sequence of events. We waited for the twin otter to taxi over to us after getting fuel, and we all climbed on.
A few weeks ago, i did my first dual cross country flight to 44N near Poughkeepsie, NY which is east of the Hudson river, and i was able to see some of the same landmarks even though the jump was west of the river.
I kept checking my instructor's altimeter so i wouldnt be caught by surprise when we reached jump altitude (which was 13,800, i think). Walking toward the open door, i instinctively grabbed the door frame, but the instructor reminded me to keep my hands on my harness, thereby taking from me my ability to hesitate. The camera guy was hanging like spiderman to the fuselage just outside the door and before i could object, the instructor thrust us out the door. The falling sensation only lasts a few seconds while you are accelerating to terminal velocity, at which point it just feels like a 120 mph wind in your face. I had a slight goggle malfunction, so the right side flipped up, and i lost the contact lens in that eye. Not a big deal. Since i was so preoccupied with fixing my goggles, i missed the signal to pull the cord so the instructor had to do it himself. After that, he relaxed the harness a bit, and we messed around with some maneuvering. I gave a good tug on the left and right controls, and did some pretty wicked turns. The ground came pretty quick, or so it seemed, and we had a nice smooth landing. Much like landing a plane, you ease the chute into a stall condition just as you touch down. pretty cool.
Anyway, enough yammering.
about something. I said to myself "Today will be the day I go skydiving." I went to work. Called the skydiving place after my shift only to find out they were closed. I was 
that they told me they were opened only Weds. - Sun. Then they told me they had a crew going up to come on out. I was :smile:.
, here 
. Actually...when people watch the video it looked more like I was about to 
. I had my arms across my chest.....he was on Let's...I wasn't ready and went to put my hands back on the side of the door and all of a sudden it was "GO!!!!!" I had to fold my arms back in really quick and flip out. 
for jumping but I tell them I just like to live life to it's fullest. 
