The funny thing about skydiving is that you have to put all of your trust in guys who do everything not to be trustworthy. (They say they are hung-over and folded their chutes while drunk.)
In the plane Robin and I crack jokes, more to hide our nerves than anything else when suddenly. WHHHSSSHH... the door opens. I can see Rob's face turn blank and I'd bet a million that he can't remember what we were talking about. As Rob exits the plane I can see his slight worry turn to terror as he realises he was just hurled out of a perfectly good plane.
My turn.
As I fall down I am very much aware of everything around me. It is fantastic, what a rush! When the parachute opens I expect a jerk... which doesn't happen... Instead we are violently turning and still falling... another twist, this time clockwise. Bang! another twist and still falling. It feels like minutes and when I hear the dive master yell "WHOA!" I know something is wrong.
After a quick: "are we cool?" - "yeah Bro" - "Are you sure mate?" - "All good bro" we fly the chute left and right, couple of twists aaandd. Land! Whoa! I can see this addictive.
It turns out there was a twist in the parachute and in the Lines.
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