A Rush of Adrenaline

I suppose that the title of this post accurately represents my skydiving experience. J

From the time that we left San Jose to when we arrived to the Hollister, CA Municipal Airport, I was extremely surprised that I wasn't freaking out about jumping out of airplane and freefalling for 11,000 feet. I even signed a waiver saying that I know this is crazy and I might die but I still want to do it, and THAT didn't even freak me out! I just figured that at least by the time we were flying up to our free-fall location I would start to be nervous. Hmmm

The Experience:
Skydiving is something that a only .000001% of our population actually wants to do and does. It is dangerous and risky and often times it is only associated with people who are considered "adrenaline junkies".

I never ever considered myself an adrenaline junkie. I was scared to do most things like jump off cliffs (which I have done with a lot of persuasion), jumping out of airplanes and even riding roller coasters. I learned that it isn’t the danger of these things that I am afraid of, it is the pain. I am truly scared of pain. I would much rather jump out of an airplane and have the exhilarating feeling of free-fall, then jump off of a cliff into a body of water.

Free falling through the sky is unexplainable. It is an experience that although almost no one has, but one that everyone should have. It doesn’t matter if you are scared of heights, or scared of pain, or scared of death, the feeling is so surreal that once you’re up there, nothing even matters anymore. You are literally flying. It’s truly magical, and for me, it was not scary at all!

I would also like to give credit to my amazing jumpmaster, Scott. He is the one who helped make this experience so enjoyable! He walked me through the whole entire process and the only thing that I had to do was open my mind and take it all in... Oh and smile at the camera, of course. Jumping out of an airplane 15,000 feet up in the air with Scott was awesome!!



I have found a passion/hobby that I am sure I will be doing many more times in the future. I have decided that my New Year’s resolution is to become a certified skydiver, enabling me to jump solo and pretty much whenever I want to. I asked my mother this question when we found out that this was our Christmas present, “What if I want to become professional skydiver instead of a businesswoman/ (what would you do if I dropped out of school to skydive for the rest of my life)?” Her response was, “I have always told you that I would support all of your decisions and that if you don’t want to live an average life then that is fine with me!”
…..Hmm, I wonder how she feels about that question now.