Skydive success

 

So today I did my skydive.
I arrived at the airfield super early after getting diverted into a farm! I was the second person there so I was on the first tandem jump out! I was quite nervous and the briefing seemed to just fly by, although obviously I paid lots of attention, and we even had to practice positions that we had to get into whilst falling and landing.

My tandem instructor/ unfortunate soul that I was strapped to was quite funny and tried to put me at ease by telling me the parachute was full of holes, that the plane was falling to bits etc! We were the last to jump out of the plane and it felt very strange to be jumping out of a plane!

The first thing that hit me was just how cold it was! I managed to keep breathing as they said sometimes its hard to breathe and if you cant breathe scream!!!


It was an amazing experience and I was in the air longer than anyone else, (my family told me this- im not just being a drama queen!) This was because I was being taught how to turn the parachute and did quite a few spins!  It was an amazing experience and I would recommend that everyone does it at least once. Once you are out of the plane it is exhilarating falling at 120mph!


I have tried to upload a video of my landing- I even managed to land standing up but the internet is being the drama queen!

I guess my dive has taught me that I am capable of doing things by myself and that I do have the inner strength to fight on. I normally get quite anxious over things I cant control which results in me vomiting but the fact that I jumped from 15,000ft without being ill shows me how I am actually able to do things that frighten me.

I received lots of lovely messages from my friends that were filled with envy (ha yeah right!) and made me feel rather loved and special..... (pass the sick bucket!!)



A very smiley

SP