Break during training: Tiffany,
Tonia, Mike, Sophia, Tim, and Mike
Jon and Sophia: stoked
geared for the jump: Seth, Jon, Zaak, Brandon
in order of heaviest to lightest
after the
jump: Seth, Jon, Zaak and Brandon |
I
went skydiving on September 27, 1998 at the Skydive Ranch in Beiseker,
Alberta. A whole bunch of us CUC students went in several vehicles one
Sunday, looking for some intense excitement!
I was the fourth to jump from my load. Seth, Jonathan, Brandon, and
some stranger were in the plane with the jumpmaster, the pilot, and
me. I got rather nauseous in the plane so I was glad to jump out of
the thing!
Actually a funny thing while jumping out of the plane... After
Mike (my jumpmaster) checked my chute and said all was well, I crawled
out of the door and clambered out onto the strut of the plane and held
on (basically flying like superman) awaiting instructions, Mike gave
the go ahead and I yelled "Hi Mom" to the camera on the right
then looked at Mike for the thumbs up, got it then as instructed I looked
up at the bottom of the wing and looked for the 'dot' that I was told
would be there. As soon as I see the dot I am to yell dot and
let go of the strut, but there was no dot on the wing. I must
have spent a while looking for the dot before I finally gave up and
yelled dot anyway and let go.
The jump itself was
terrific. I totally forgot to count before checking my chute, I was
understandably frantic. Loads of fun maneuvering the chute to
where I was supposed to land. My landing was OK, the chute caught air
after I landed on my feet and pulled me over before I could bunch it
up. I couldn't afford the video so... no live shots for y'all.
I highly recommend doing it once, easily addicting though, so be careful.
The six-hour training and the one jump (from 3500 feet) cost $64.20
(can) including GST (it was so cheap because we were a large group).
I did get permission to use photos and such from the Skydive Ranch.
"Sure No
problem if you want to use some of the graphics and we would appreciate
it if you add us to your page"
Jim Mercier
Skydive Ranch" - from e-mail Dec 17, 1998
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