Sunday the 15th of September 2013

So yesterday I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane! 

Luckily despite my nerves, once we got the ball rolling with our safety briefing and then suiting up, it all happened rather...well not smoothley as there is a lot of manhandling involved... but quickly and somewhat efficiently! 

My instructor was Andy who was great and we also had Rich with us taking photos and videos and making me laugh as we made our way up to our jump. I have to admit it was a surprise to be above the clouds and then find out we still had another 10,000ft left to climb!!! 

Of the jump, one of my best memories is of Rich plummeting to the ground. And no, before you think that he was in trouble and that I'm mean for laughing, I should state that he was in total control the whole time.

Since Rich was jumping alone, it meant that he continued his freefall while our chute opened giving me my first look at how fast we had gone! We had been told during our briefing that we would be travelling at 120mph during our 60sec freefall but it really didnt feel as though we were moving much at all. Hence seeing Rich's descent put it all in perspective!

All in all the day was a great one and something i'll always remember.

Thanks to everyone whos supported me this far, I'm amazed at what we've achieved and I'm still hoping we can raise a little more in the coming weeks.

xox

 

 

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