Yes, that's me in my own personal WTF moment!

I never got a chance to put these on back when I did this in September 2007 but I thought it was too cool to not post. How many people actually get a chance to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?? Talk about conquering your fears. There was a time when I wouldn't set foot on a commercial airliner much less cram onto the floor of a crop duster with one seat and 5 people! Terrifying, exhilarating, surreal, (unfortunately nauseating), and absolutely crazy is all I can say! There was a point when I felt like I was the only thing in the sky, all by myself, free falling for about 6,000 feet and it was basically an out of body experience. Even though it was a tandem jump, believe me, you have no sensation that the expert is even there until the chute goes out. It literally went from the noisy rush of air to absolute silence and stillness inside of a huge fluffy cloud. The very coolest of experiences!

(Oh, and that picture taken from inside the plane of the big clouds?? That was only HALF way up to our jump point of 11,000 feet. Yeah baby! When they flung open the door (which was the entire side of the plane under the wing) and the wind came whipping in, it was truly a holy shit moment! That and having to swing my legs out of the side of the plane to stand on a little step and lean out of the plane while my instructor finished tightening up everything. We did manage 3 sommersaults out of the plane though.Those big clouds are where we pulled the chute and we coasted through one of the clouds for awhile. C-r-a-z-y!)