One word: WOW!!! That sums up my most recent adventure. For those of you that don’t know I went skydiving on Sunday. I am now hooked! My friends Chris and Lisa also jumped with me. Lisa was the one who set this whole thing into motion. We plan on doing it again in a month. The intent is to get certified to do solo jumps ASAP. I’ll have pictures up in a week or so. I also have a video of the jump. If I can get it online I will.

The jump itself took around 5 minutes. During the one-minute of free fall we fell from 13500 feet to 5000 feet. Doing 120 mph is an awesome sensation. My jumpmaster, the guy who I am strapped onto for the jump, looked a little like Vin Diesel.

By the way, looking out of the back of a plane at 13500 feet is odd. Especially when you know you will be leaving the plane through that door. The first few seconds are complete sensory overload. First you have the sensation of complete nothingness below you. Then you hear the air whipping around your head as you start the backflip. The plane comes back into view for a split second, only up side down. Once you stabilize time sort of loses meaning. Your only reference is the altimeter on your wrist. Every 6 seconds you fall 1000 feet. It’s amazing. I highly recommend everyone try it. Nothing I have ever done has made me feel the way jumping did. The buzz lasts 24 hours. The perma-grin still hasn’t worn off. I have a feeling the sense of accomplishment will last well into the future. This was the ultimate confidence booster.