i have always wanted to do a skydive, but it was just too expensive! but then we thought oh well, ill just have to work 200 hours a week instead of 199 to pay dad back! so, completely spur of the moment (after discovering 2 discount vouchers :D) i rang up the people and they said they're pick us up in 2 hours.....eek! so we went and did our shopping for our walk tomorrow and then came back just in time! the bus ride took and hour to get there, so i had no nails left by the end! When we got there, we were ushered in, put in a harness, interviewed for the dvd, put in a plane and off we went! i didnt even have time to think about being scared! although the plane took 15 mins to get to altitude (13,000 ft!!) so i was very, very scared then! my jump master was brilliant though, and as i sat on his knee (i was too scared to worry about squashing him!) he strapped me to him and explained how safe it was. i was now ready to go! so after watching tom and another guy get hurtled to the ground at 200 kph, it was my turn! i was shuffled towards the door (still on him knee) and hung out, with nothing holding me in except the harness that was attached to my guy! then i had to wave to the camera, then the guy started rocking, then we were gone! my stomache went but that lasted about a second and then it was amazing! hurtling towards the ground at 20 stories a second is so much fun! then the next minute, the shute was opened and we came to abrupt halt. and it was soooooo quiet! and then we were landing...and it was over :( AMAZING!
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