Thursday, June 07, 2007

You gotta jump!!!!


Are you Crazy!!!!!
Don’t you love yourself!!!!
How can you give control over your life to someone else!!!
Are you sure you wanna do this!!!!!
WOW… that should be an experience!!!!!

No these weren’t the reactions when the news of my engagement was out… ;)

In fact, these were the reactions I got when I told that I have booked myself to jump off a plane from 12000ft…

A warm clear sunny day was what made be hurry into this decision. .. I desperately wanted to try this before leaving Montreal and its just 15 more days.. and with the weatherman not too optimistic about the sun in the coming days.. It was either now or never..

Result of some avid search on the Internet and two enthusiast frens.. three of us booked ourselves for our first tandem SKYDIVE>>

Oouch… it does hurt on the pockets with the total cost around CAD 430 (read approx INR 16K) but the experience is priceless…

The day before I was on the internet and in the build up to the dive, I would have watched close to 50 random skydive videos on You tube.

Man I was excited.. I was already experiencing the thrill in my dreams the previous night..

Finally the day arrived and the three musketeers set out to a place called Joliette in a rented car …. After getting lost on the roads a couple of times we finally made it on time..


A briefing on the ground and looking at parachutes popping up in the sky one after another .. my eyes followed each one of them floating in the sky until they landed on the ground.. the time was coming.. we were given the jump suits and belts tied on our backs..

The cameraman arrives and follows us to the plane..

All excited .. was getting goose bumps in my stomach.. the plane flies.. Richard, my instructor, starts the mid air briefing.. time to jump.. the door opens… a few ppl jump before I do.. then its time for me.. and there I go…







Post landing experience... phewww .. did i really did that.. man it was too good... (a glance at the sky) i was there too just a few moments back .... an experience to savor on all my life...

NOTE: VIDEO coming soon...