Skydive Blog on August 31st, 2007

Jump #14 As to the fact that Midwest would be closed on Sunday & Monday for the holiday, I decided to drive up there right after work on Friday. Which in hindsight, driving through Detroit at rush hour is NOT fun… getting there was 10x more dangerous that whatever I could do one I got [...]

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Skydive Blog on August 26th, 2007

Jump #12 After a week of rain, today ending up being great! Blue Skies all over! Anyhow, got to the drop zone and met up with a new coach today, Steve. Working with him went pretty good, I pretty much called out what I planned on doing on the jump and he was just like [...]

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Skydive Blog on August 18th, 2007

Jump #11 Wow, this is kind of sad… the novelty is starting to wear off… normally on the drive to the dropzone i’d get butterflies in my stomach… but not so much anymore. It’s definitely something that I love to do, just not with the same anxiety as before. Today I was hoping to get [...]

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Skydive Blog on August 4th, 2007

Jump #8 Wow, what a good weekend… left town Saturday morning, just before noon and got up to Midwest by 2pm it didn’t take long to get on a load. This was the jump I.d really been looking forward to, back flips! Still getting used to exiting by myself, I always seem to barrel roll [...]

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