In The Air
Jump #15 Met up with Mike and got ourselves manifested for the load. We didn’t have a lot to go over on the ground as we would be doing the exact same jump from last night, more swoop & docks until I got them just right (or at least close enough to be safe to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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