Skydive

13 July, 2002
Cleveland, OH

A tandem jump with, of all things, a Dutch man (my family is Dutch). We did the training and the jump entirely in Dutch, just to make it that little bit more interesting.

All I could think during freefall was "breathe out!" because the air is going up your nose and you feel a bit like you're choking. Then the chute engages and you unlatch the clips at your hips (so you're attached only by two clips at the shoulders) and glide down for a peaceful 15ish minutes.