Ok, I know, this is a little goofy.  I was looking through some old photo albums and found some old photos that brought back fond memories.  I did a few adventurous things in the past.  Now that I am older, I think I would have second thought about some of these things.  Good thing I already did them :-)

Probably the most daring thing I did was going skydiving.  I would have serious second thoughts about doing it again, but it was a great experience that I will always remember, so I am really glad I did it.  My good friend Chad and I saved our money and then went to Desert Sky Ranch in Arizona.  We took all the lessons and got ready to jump.  Then the winds came up and we couldn't go.  We had to wait for another day.  Anyway, we were bound and determined at that point, so we waited for another day and then went back and made the big jump.  It was many years ago (1991 I think) so I don't remember a lot of the details, so I will just guess.  We did a static line jump from somewhere around 5,200 feet (??).  We brought a friend of ours from work (Tammy) to take photographs of our big day.  My only requirement was I didn't want to go first or last.  Turns out they make the heaviest jump first.  I lost that one and had to jump first.  I wasn't too thrilled by that one.  I also wasn't too thrilled when I saw the small rickety plane we jumped out of.  When it was time to jump, we had to put our foot out on the plane landing gear, reach out and grab the wing strut, then get out of the plane while hanging in the violent wind going hand over hand across the wing strut to get out of the way of the landing gear.  Then the big moment arrived and our coach gave us the thumbs up to let go.  I was bound and determined not to make any noise, but that rapid drop ripped my stomach out of my throat and I had to yell.  Once the parachute opened, it was super cool.  The view was awesome, it was highly maneuverable, and made it all worth while.  Anyway, check it out...

Chad and I getting ready for the big jump!




Dang, is that thing safe to fly??? :-)




That's me!



That's Chad



I don't mean to brag, but what the heck :-)  I was the only one from our plane to land
        on my feet standing up.  It wasn't pretty and it hurt my ankles just a tad (no big deal)
    but I was pretty happy to be back on solid ground!




Chad touching ground.  I wonder if he is as happy to be on solid ground as I was :-)



You know, its funny, when we did it, we were on an adrenaline high for days.  We made all these plans
to keep jumping until we got our fifth jump when we could do a solo, non static-line jump.  Well, it was a
good plan, but it never happened.  That was my one and only jump.

I also always wanted to try hang gliding, but never got around to it.  Oh well.  Darren and I used to go rock climbing and rappelling, but I don't think we ever took pictures.  I even asked Darren once if he had any pictures, but he said no.  Oh well.

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