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Out of the Plane! |
Instant Blur |
Entire View of Earth Patchwork |
This is GREAT! | |||
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| We stepped off the ramp of the plane. | For a second, I closed my eyes, but then I forced myself to open them. | The view was incredible. My entire field of vision was filled with the earth below. | This was the greatest rush I had ever experienced. | |||
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More than Falling |
More than Motion |
More than Flying |
It's FREEFALL! | |||
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| The cold rush of wind was stunning. | I had to acknowledge the photographer, but all I wanted to do was look back down! | Falling through the air at about 120 miles per hour! | I've got to this again! | |||
| Look at me, I'm Flying! | Having FUN | How Long? | Ready to PULL | |||
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| I think at this point I was screaming "I'm flyin' I'm flyin'!" | I was having fun with the photographer, knowing I would watch this over and over. | We fell through the sky for miles. I was beginning to wonder how long it would last. | The instructor was getting ready to pull the cord. I was oblivious to my task (cross my arms). | |||
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The cord was Pulled |
I was waving at the photographer |
I felt the pull of the parachute |
Going under parachute! |
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| I looked back down toward earth again as I felt a tap on my arm. | I looked up to wave at the photographer. Suddenly, she disappeared. | Oh, we're pulling the cord. I felt a gentle tug as the parachute came out of the rig. | There was another incredible feeling as we first transitioned from freefall to canopy flight. | |||
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Going under canopy |
Floating down with our chute. | Gentle Flying | Landing | |||
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| I enjoyed the flight down, although my ears were full from the pressure change. | We floated down to earth underneath the parachute. The adrenaline washed over me like waves. | We could see for miles around. We watched as the airplane that took us up landed. | I asked that we not do a bunch of tight turns, so we landed a little ways off the mark. | |||
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Friends Celebrate! |
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| We all could barely believe it. We did it. I was one of the greatest adventures of our lives! |