My Skydiving Adventure - Page 2 - Rob's Photos

Photos of my skydive at 12,000 feet.

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Photographing-Ohio > There was five jumpers plus the pilot in the plane. Tom and myself, plus three solo jumpers.

Photographing-Ohio > It was extremely cramped in the plane. I could barely get my left leg inside the plane. Once we got down the runway for take off, we had to close the door. I was thinking, "Are you kidding me?"

Photographing-Ohio > No turning back now! ;-)

Photographing-Ohio > It was a little odd to be sitting next to the pilot, who was wearing his parachute during the flight. Was he trying to tell us something? ;-)

Photographing-Ohio > The back of my harness is attached to Tom's harness/chute. There is a small foot peg on the outside of the plane that both of our right feet stands on. At this point we are half in and half out of the plane. It was a little odd to be half out of the plane at 12,000 feet in the air. Tom tilted my head back (very important) and we went out of the plane, sideways, turning clockwise as we left the plane.

Photographing-Ohio > With the excessive clouds, we were flying around for a long while, waiting for the clouds to pass. Due to the extra time in the air, we climbed to 12,000 feet instead of the standard 10,000 feet. Here, the videographer gets a photo of us just as we are leaving the plane. You can't tell in this photo, but I had grasped the front of my harness with both hands until Tom told me to extend my arms out into the skydiving position. Once we were safely away from the plane, Tom tapped me on my shoulders, which was the signal to extend my arms and start skydiving. 7000 feet of free fall. SWEET! :-)

Photographing-Ohio > Being that Tom was controlling the parachute, I obviously had no idea when we were turning etc. This did cause my stomach to get a little upset. With a breathing technique that Tom suggested, I was able to over come the upset stomach.

Photographing-Ohio > Here we are as we just got over the landing area.

Photographing-Ohio > Now we began descending towards the landing area. At this point, Tom loosens my harness and I actually drop down a couple inches in my harness. This allowed me to be able to grab the straps of my harness that were around my legs/groin area and slide them down under my thighs towards the back of my knees. This required me to bend my knees, lift my legs up one by one, and AGGRESSIVELY pull the straps down towards my knees. I almost could not get the straps to move. If I could not get the straps to move then I would not of been able to lift my legs and slide to a stop on the ground.

There was five jumpers plus the pilot in the plane. Tom and myself, plus three solo jumpers.

> There was five jumpers plus the pilot in the plane. Tom and myself, plus three solo jumpers.

There was five jumpers plus the pilot in the plane. Tom and myself, plus three solo jumpers.

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