So, my wife asked me

It was definitely fun. I even had some drama. When she pulled the main chute I remember thinking two things.

1. Wow, that didn't jerk me as much as I thought it would when she pulled the chute.

2. Wow, we sure are still going pretty fast after having pulled the main chute.

After a while it dawned on me to look up. Just as I did, the thing fully deployed. She showed me the altimeter and said it deployed at decision height and she was about to cut it away and deploy the reserve! When we landed the camera guy and several others ran up and high fived her for doing such a good save.

Here is a shot of her working out the tangle and my dumb azz looking at the pretty scenery, oblivious to the fun going on behind me. I signed her log after the jump and she had done 10,500+ jumps. Glad she was there. I'd go again tomorrow.

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tuwood - 2012-09-23 7:50 PM haha, awesome.  That's one thing I've yet to do but have always wanted to.  

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Happy Half a Century!!!

I likez teh sky-dive.

much more my speed

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My GF bought my a skydive for my 23rd bday, was awesome, only problem was I was ready to hop back in the plane and do it again right away!

Good move on the GF's part too, she got a ring 1 month later.

Looks like a thrill and a great 50th experience.

I myself hate heights and would probably pass out and miss the view.  We went on a ferris wheel Saturday and I was white knuckled.

Happy 50th!  It's one hell of a buzz isn't it, plus an extra bit of drama during yours too  I'm glad it worked out though   I've done 2 tandem sky-dives and I loved both for very different reasons. 

I suffer from chronic vertigo, and did the dives to try and help me with it, plus it was part of my whole ongoing mid-life crisis thing!  The strange thing was, I only got a 2 second "oh cr*p" moment as I was standing right on the edge of plane just before we tumbled out, which apparently is completely normal.  No more fears after that, absolutely loved the freefall, and I got a couple of fun instructors who did all sorts of acrobats and steep turns after the chute deployed.

My words on my 2nd skydive when the chute deployed were:

Me: "Thank goodness for that"

Instructor: "Yes, everyone is happy when the chute comes out".

Me: "No no, I wasn't worried about that, I'm just glad it's not pink, because I really really hate pink!".

Instructor: Hysterical laughter, followed by "you are utterly insane"!

Just for the record, I suffer from chronic vertigo (a genetic problem with my inner ears), and I found that skydiving really helped alleviate the problems for about 3-6 months after each dive.

I'd do it again...but I had more fun bungee jumping. You actually had that stomache in your throat feeling - thats what I like! (You don't with sky diving...)

Happy Belated!!

 That's weird isn't it? I assumed I'd get a rush like that, but didn't. We did the zipline in Calgary from the Olympic ski jump tower and that was more of heart in your throat rush than skydiving was. Bungee is next on my list. Thanks all for the Bday wishes, it's actually Thursday.