Sky Diving... Check!
I'd first like to say thank you to Mitch and Cody for keeping me and Donald alive! Most fun and scariest thing I've ever done by far!
We chose Skydive Georgia because as some of you may know Donald is big and beautiful. The only skydive facility in Georgia that takes people as big and beautiful as Donald is this place... BUT he had to pay the fatty fee of $70. He paid $70 extra to have a guy smaller than my size strapped to his back and jump out of a plane.
We were introduced to our tandem instructors and I saw there were blow up bowling pins outside. I asked the instructor if we could try to knock them down when we land and he said "Hell yea!"
We were totally cool and excited up until we got into the plane and it started to take off. All of the sudden I felt like I was going to vomit and cry at the same time. We were told the guides don't attach to our backs until right before the jump in case the plane crashes and the guide dies we have the chance to get out alive... very reassuring.
On the way up the tandem instructors were joking with us saying "well that looks a little loose" and "you didn't pay the goggle fee?!? They didn't give you goggles?!?" The best one we heard was Donald's instructor on his back saying "You know how you can tell if you're having a good time, you feel a lump in your throat. You know how you can tell if we're both having a good time?... you can feel a lump in your back." Classic.
We get up to 14,000 feet and Donald had to go first. He's so tall he literally had to sit with his legs hanging out of the plane as the guide gets to his feet and they jump out. I screamed soooooooo loud! I wasn't prepared to see someone fall out of a plane. Then my turn! I was sure that I was super excited and confident and jumped right out of the plane but my video showed something very different. I crab crawled to the edge as the instructor shoved me towards the door and he totally had to push me out.
On the way up the tandem instructors were joking with us saying "well that looks a little loose" and "you didn't pay the goggle fee?!? They didn't give you goggles?!?" The best one we heard was Donald's instructor on his back saying "You know how you can tell if you're having a good time, you feel a lump in your throat. You know how you can tell if we're both having a good time?... you can feel a lump in your back." Classic.
We get up to 14,000 feet and Donald had to go first. He's so tall he literally had to sit with his legs hanging out of the plane as the guide gets to his feet and they jump out. I screamed soooooooo loud! I wasn't prepared to see someone fall out of a plane. Then my turn! I was sure that I was super excited and confident and jumped right out of the plane but my video showed something very different. I crab crawled to the edge as the instructor shoved me towards the door and he totally had to push me out.
I screamed until I couldn't scream anymore for about three seconds then just started laughing hysterically and saying "this is so cool!!!" I was slobbering the entire time... to the point I had to wipe it off my face when I landed. I'm assuming it's because I was about to puke most of the experience. The instructor gave me no warning whatsoever that the shoot was about to open (probably because I told him I was hoping this experience would scare the s*** out of me) and when it did my life flashed before my eyes and it literally knocked the breath out of me. Beyond fantastic and amazing! Once the shoot opened and we started floating down, the view was just so incredible! We even went through a cloud! My landing was filled with nothing but grace as I slid in on my side desperately trying to knock down the bowling pins. Donald's landing was beautiful as well, looked like a pro! We would both absolutely do this again!
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