October 11th, 2008 “Skydive” Arriving at the small airport hanger just outside of Racine Wisconsin – I felt both calm and nervous with what we were about to do. We registered, took a very short class...We glided gingerly into the ground and I was amazed and thankful how skilled Jay was at crazy pastime. I made it. I figured I would – but it felt great to feel the ground, once again, below my feet
... but thats okay cause ill just keep on working hard. and i'll hope that i'll get pushed in the right direction. cause the right direction is the only direction i'll be going in :) i also started skydiving. i cant stop thinking about it. and i think im gonna commit to it. i'll be working out and boxing and doing school work on weekdays. debating and skydiving on the weekends. i think its a pretty...
...with permanent injury (at least not really serious injuries). Being a skydiver, a back fracture is not really uncommon, although I did expect a brace and a pile of pain killers in stead of surgery. My skydiving friends' reactions usually were "ups, that's bad, you'll be in braces for few months now then." On the other sideI realized most of my non-skydiving friends were a lot more concerned, as they...
Вышел на улицу, бросил медузу открыл зонт - не хреновый хлопок и ветер вышибает зонтик на изнанку. "Куя себе",- подумал Штирлиц ! "Мне что, слайдер даун на терминалку уложили ?!" :) И пошел пить чай.
Just came back from a lot of traveling! From the arctic splendor of Alaska to the arid wasteland of Vegas. (Well, it felt like a wasteland, anyway!) Whilst there I decided to try indoorskydiving. I mean, why not? When would I ever have the opportunity to do this again? I optimistically hoped my limbs would stay attached, and they did. More or less. What spectacular bruises I sprouted! But...
...itself is 1.5 hours long and it is entirely acted hoisted up midair, and encapsulates a whole 30 seconds of a skydive. The real beauty behind this act of faith is that in real-life, one of the 'skydiving' actors is a quadriplegic. Here's the writeup about the play, as expressed on the Theatre Calgary website: Leap into an exhilarating celebration of imagination in the pursuit of the universal...
