My "quarterly update" is on it's way, but I'll write and post that one later. For now, I really want to share my entire story on the skydiving adventure.
On July 16th Nick, Mallory and I went all the way up to Barrie to jump out of a plane. We got ourselves super pumped up, filled out the forms, watched the safety video (which was filmed circa 1984), and we were lining up to get our gear. And then it happened... "how much do you weigh?". I shared my (large) number and then I was informed that there wasn't anyone small enough to jump tandem with me! Needless to say we were super disappointed, but the good news was that there was a national skydiving champion who usually works at the place who could jump with me a few weeks later.
We left that day disappointed, but fixed the whole situation by making our own pub crawl route up and down Yonge/Eglington area. :)
In the mean time, my good friend Dustin from university asked me if he could come jump with us (apparently it's hard to find people to do these things!) and of course I said it was a great idea!
Finally- On August 6th, 2011, we did it! The best part is, as we were getting our stuff ready, Mallory decided that she couldn't live with herself if she didn't also jump. She was worried about peeing her pants, but with some encouragement we got her to gear up! Here's a shot of us before we went up in the air:
I'm not a very religious person, but I do believe in something larger than us. Floating through the air was an absolutely amazing experience and it was literally life changing. What would you be thinking to yourself if this was you?
For me- it was as simple as "Holy Crap! I'm actually falling through the sky! This is amazing!". Somehow it really did touch me deep down inside... almost like I realized there are so many things in this world I've never experienced, which makes that drive to experience them that much greater.
In the end I landed safely, made some amazing memories with some of my best friends, and wet my appetite for more adventure.
Would I do it again? Absolutely.
Will I do it again? Probably not- I want to seek out something I've never done before.
Awesome Corey! I'm so glad you finally wrote about this (I remember seeing a FB update about going). I've always wanted to try skydiving, but am also a nervous flier/scared of heights (haha) so I'm not sure I'll ever get the balls to do it! Maybe one day.
ReplyDeleteMallory was in the same boat as you. My advice- get a group of friends together who actually want to go and go with them. The peer pressure will make it much easier ti jump!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adventure!
ReplyDeleteI wish i could meet you guys someday. You are so cool.
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