Captain Insano jumps out of Plane-Os
 Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject: The Ultimate Rush |
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| Most of you know me from the "other" board, as I post mainly over there. It is just so much easier for me since I make run reports, though recent events have caused me to take a step back from posting as much. Every time I start posting a bunch, something happens and I regret posting. I may eventually just move over to this board permanently - not sure. This is one post that I don't want on the "other" place because I feel that this board is quite a bit more open-minded, and with this post I really can't handle anybody interjecting their personal opinion about why they think this is a bad decision.
The decision has already been made, and personal opinions will just hurt my feelings, so please please PLEASE don't respond if you are going to just tell me how stupid I am. Ok, here goes... When I was a little girl, I dreamed of flying often. Since my dad and mom lived thousands of miles apart, I flew in an airplane at least twice a year, but typically 4 times a year from the time I was 6 until 18. Flying in an airplane just wasn't enough for me because I couldn't feel the wind. I would go to the beach and watch the hang gliders soar off the cliffs. On many of my drives in Southern California, I would see floods of hot air balloons and parachutes. I always closed my eyes and wished I was up there with them, feeling the wind on my face. It was always just a dream. Recently, I was telling my husband about this dream, which he already knew about but for some reason this day I really couldn't stop talking about it. 45 minutes after my conversation about this, I received 2 phone calls letting me know a friend's husband died at the age of 42. It occurred to me that I'm not getting any younger and what if I died before experiencing my biggest dream? That was 3 months ago, and I finally have the money, time, and ..... guts..... to do it! This Saturday at 8am Central time, I'll be taking a 6 hour jump course and jumping from a plane at 4000 feet. If you've ever been skydiving, the DropZone I'm attending combines Accelerated Freefall (AFF) and Static Line (SL), in which my jump is more like a hop 'n pop and I will have my own ripcord rather than the SL. I will have an instructor with me, but he will be on his own chute. I can't believe my dream is finally a reality. It's my turn to fly and to touch the clouds. Obviously skydiving is dangerous or everyone would be doing it. Though unlikely, it is very possible that I won't make it to Sunday. There are thousands of jumps in the world every year, and so far this year there have been 23 reported fatalities worldwide. But I would be kidding myself (and quite arrogant) if I thought I was immune to the possibility. It finally hit me yesterday morning at 2.30 am what I'm going to be doing and for the first time I'm nervous, but it's like the kind of nervous you had when you first drove a car. You knew that if you did something stupid you could die, but you did it anyway. My 6 hours of training should hopefully alleviate the stupid factor. It is for this reason I am posting... not to receive opinions, but to tell my friends on tt how much I truly cherish them. Some of you know that you have made my day better, and some of you don't. You all know I wave to people, but you may not know how much those waves back mean to me. It's always ironic to think that some of the finest people I've ever met have been on a child's online game. You are all very dear to me, even those of you that aren't on my friends list. If you are led to pray, please say a special one for me at about 3pm central time, which is when my airplane takes off. My husband and son will be on the ground taking pictures and probably wearing Depends. I will post pictures when I return. _________________ Why did Max McWoof give me this salt shaker for Christmas????? And why is it engraved, "WOOP!"????? Fishertoons/Gardeners: Dizzy Twinklemuffin ... 128 laff ... HW50/RB50/BW50 McZilla ... 123 laff ... HW50/RB50/BW Little Dizzy Twinklemuffin ... 121 laff ... HW50/RB50/BW Landlubbers/Blackthumbs (Ubers): Mousewife ... 83 laff ... RB50/HW50 Super Dizzy ... 74 laff ... RB20s Miss T. Fied ... 39 laff ... HW50 |
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