Associate Programs Newsletter #564 Jan. 19, 2014.
I jumped out of a plane at 15,000ft a few days ago. It was a
fantastic, awesome experience... except for the bits that
weren't.
The worst part was the flight up there.
Imagine it...
To your surprise, the Cessna Grand Caravan doesn't have any
passenger seats. About a dozen of you - jumpers, instructors and
photographers - are sitting on the padded floor in two rows, with
your legs spread wide so another guy can squeeze in close.
Your instructor is sitting behind you. You can feel him attaching
his gear to yours. Your webbing is yanked and tightened.
The little plane seems to take forever to get up to 15,000ft. You
have 15 minutes to sit there thinking about the fact that soon
you're going jump out into nothing, nearly three miles high.
The plane is noisy, so hardly anyone attempts to talk. I'm
thinking: "Why did I agree to do this?"
And why did my instructor, Greg, hurry ahead and put me into the
plane first, telling me I'd be the last one out? Do they put the
person who's most likely to panic in that position?
I look around the plane. Is anyone panicking? The young guy next
to me looks frozen like a statue, glassy eyed.
Instead of staring at him, I hoist myself up and look out the
nearest window.
BIG mistake. We're close to a mountain range - New Zealand's
Remarkables - and I'm looking down on a snow-capped mountain.
Oh heck! A wave of vertigo hits me. I can feel my heart pounding
and I'm gasping for air. And I'm at the front of the plane,
nowhere near the door yet.
"It's OK," I try to convince myself. "It's a tandem jump with an
experienced instructor. It's OK. You can do this. Relax."
I force myself to do deep breathing.
I breathe in very slowly, silently counting "One." I breathe out
slowly, "Two."
It's a relaxation technique I use sometimes if I can't get to
sleep. If I do it correctly, it's so boring I eventually fall
asleep.
I tell myself, "Think only about your breathing. Nothing else."
As we keep climbing higher, and eventually level off at 15,000ft
- that's nearly 3,000ft higher than New Zealand's tallest
mountain, Mt Cook - I keep doing my deep, slow breathing.
It's working. I'm going to be OK.
My instructor and I scrabble awkwardly to the open door and I sit
on the metal edge with my legs dangling in the air, my hands
holding on to the webbing at my chest as instructed. I'm still
doing my deep, slow breathing, still trying to think of nothing
else.
We're nearly 3 miles high. This is insane. Don't think about
that! One, two, One two...
I don't look down. I look straight out into wispy clouds and I'm
amazed to discover that my deep breathing has calmed me down
enough so I feel OK. Stunned and frozen in place like a sitting
statue maybe, but OK.
We sit on the edge for a few seconds... A few seconds more...
Then Greg leans into me and we topple out.
For a few moments we're upside down. All I can see is white
cloud. Was that supposed to happen? Is everything all right?
We keep tumbling and suddenly, through the clouds, I can see
green land far, far below.
We're hurtling down at maybe 124 miles per hour. An icy gale is
racing up my nostrils. In spite of the goggles, my eyes are
watering and my view is blurred.
We freefall for 60 seconds. In all that time, just about the only
things I think about are the icy air going up my nose and the
fact that I'm trying to keep my mouth shut to stop my gums from
flapping. I paid $400 for this!
Then there's a "Whoosh," and a jerk as the parachute opens. My
eyes clear and I can see again.
Now there's no sense of falling. We seem to be floating in the
air.
We're high above some of the most fabulous scenery in the world -
Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables mountain range near Queenstown
in New Zealand.
"Are you OK?" Greg asks.
"Fine," I say, and I'm surprised to discover I AM fine. I really
do feel good. The view of mountains and lakes and greenery is
absolutely awesome and I don't feel scared at all.
Charles Lindbergh described this state as exhilarated calmness.
"What a way to make a living," I say.
I'm not even down on the ground yet and I'm eager to try
ballooning, so that I can float up there for much longer.
After the 1 minute of freefall, it takes about another 4 minutes
for us to float down to earth.
Greg does this all year long, 10 jumps a day. I ask questions and
tell him my wife doesn't know I'm doing this. I'm more talkative
than usual, hyped up on adrenaline.
The land races to meet us faster than I expect and I'm too slow
to react. Instead of landing on my feet I collapse on top of him.
It's painless. It's all good. I'm grinning from ear to ear.
My legs are a bit rubbery, but I'm feeling wonderful.
Here's the outfit I went with...
http://www.nzoneskydive.co.nz
No. Unfortunately, they don't have an affiliate program.
I'm really glad I did it.
Sometimes to get good things out of life, you have to move out of
your comfort zone.
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Thought for today: Butterflies
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"You may never get rid of the butterflies, but you can teach them
how to fly in formation." - Author Unknown.
All the best
Allan Gardyne
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