That was a crazy thought a bunch of 20 years old kids had. And the bunch of 20 years old kids I am talking about is my friends and I. =D We used to suggest everything on Earth but never get our hearts into doing it. Finally we had something done that is sky diving.
I made the decision to jump of the plane in quite a short time. My friend messaged me about it and wanted me to make the decision by next few days. Every decision made was so quick I did not even have time to prepare myself and the day of jump has arrived.
After a journey of more than an hour we finally arrived at the place. Hmmm... There were so many houses and shops around I wondered how the heck we were going to dive! I doubted that we were going to land on the houses! Were we? Ha! We actually went to the office of the diving school instead on the diving ground! Gosh!! It took us another two hours drive to the diving ground, Euroa.
Cleared sky and open air land. This place looked more like a place to dive!
*dup dup* *dup dup* *dup dup*
My heart beat was racing up quickly once I stepped out from the car. My thought was, 'What the hell are you thinking jumping off the plane?' We registered ourselves at the counter and there were tonnes of paper work to do! Filling in your details... health conditions... yadda yadda yadda... and signing the 'death' form stating that it will not be anyone responsibility EXCEPT your own if any accidentals happen! I hate signing that form! Geez! I don't plan to die okay!
There were nine of us diving that day, so it took a bloody long time for each and every one of us to dive! Because there were only two tandems (the instructor who jumps with you) which means each time only two us could dive. Time needed to gear you up. Then you have to ride at least 20 minutes up to the intended height before the jump. The jump itself takes another 10 minutes. In total each jump takes about 40 minutes!
I was so sick of waiting all my adrenaline rushing through my blood vessels were gone. Instead of 'OMG! I am gonna jump soon!', it was more like 'OMG! When can I jump?'
After a freaking long wait, it was finally my turn! I was all geared up with the jump suit and harness. There was a short briefing on what you should do while you were diving. Oh... I took the video package thingy to capture every moment of my dive. It was quite embarassing actually because there was this part of interviewing about how I felt. All I said was... 'OMG!!! I am excited!' Blekzzz...
Fuh... That 20 minutes ride in the plane up to 10,000 feet was long! The longest ride I ever took! The adrenaline which was far gone suddenly came back rushing through every inch and corner of my blood vessels! My heart beat was raised to 10-folds! It became *dupdupdupdupdupdupdup*! Every foot the plane went up, the pressure and the temperature dropped. My hands were so cold I felt as though my fingers were dropping off!
The pilot indicating the right moment to jump, 'In five...'
*gulp*
'Four...'
*gulp*
'Three... Two...'
*gulp* *gulp*
'One!'
*gulp* *gulp* *gulp*
The 'door' (more like a piece of cloth) of the plane was lifted up and my eyes FREAKING POPPED OUT! We were at such a FREAKING HIGH from the ground! One of the sky divers jumped off the plane and my heart beat raised 100-folds! Without noticing, my tandem has already pushed me out of the plane and my legs were dangling in the air!
I said it out LOUD, 'OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!'
Before I could finished my fourth 'OMG!', I was dived out from the plane at 220km/h!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was all I freaking did! I freaking screamed from the moment I jumped! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! The feeling was incredible, unbelievable, astonishing, fantastic, implausible...! Being able to free fall for only 10 seconds (which felt longer than that) felt so FREE! There was no 'heart-jumping-out-feeling' like those you experienced from roller coaster! All I could feel was nice free feeling! It wasn't a tiny bit scary at all! Serious! No lies!
After the ten seconds free fall, it took quite some time to parachute down to the ground. My tandem made us twirl and twirl and twirl I nearly felt like puking! But thank god I took motion sickness pill before this! Another great experience from the parachuting was I get to enjoy the scenery which streched all the way to the horizon. So breathtaking!
And... I was back to the ground! Woohooo!
The dive from 10,000 feet at 220km/h marked my 21st.
P/S: There are ZERO comments in my last entry. *sob* Help me by leaving a comment PUHLEEEZEEE *down on my knees*
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