For some reason, I didn’t really feel that scared about jumping out of a plane. Okay, I was a little scared, scared of freezing my buns off because the temperature was probably 30 degrees at 10,000 feet. Thankfully, my Mother-in-law shared her gloves and wind-resistant jacket with me. And her shoes. I wasn’t about to jump out of the plane in slip-ons [the only shoes I brought to AZ].
This video is a little hard for me to watch. It’s somehow incredibly embarassing to hear myself saying “OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!” a million times. My favorite part is when my tandem diver says “oh GROSS” in reaction of Chris and I swapping spit, then immediately follows it by a hang-loose sign and “SWEET!!”. What a weirdo. Also, for your listening pleasure we cropped and re-edited the video to new music. Ratatat seems more fitting for skydiving than raver music.
You are my inspiration! I have always wanted to do that! “A” and I both dig Chris’ beard. Tell him for us. You both ROCK!
Wow! You two are incredible! That is so brave. I got chills watching that.
i love that your tandem diver did the “throw up” sign after saying “gross” to your kiss. so funny that thats who you got stuck with.
On a better note, you looked fantastic! Im so impressed by your bravery. The music seems to be a nice addition as well.
OH MY GOSH! you are crazy girl!!
SA-WEET! So I watched with both the kids and Jack kept saying “uh-oh” :), perhaps because I explained you were jumping out of an airplane…Elyette thinks thats pretty cool, so do I.
Meliss, you are so brave! I couldn’t stop laughing! Ben went right before we got married, and he thought it was awesome. What a thrill!
oh my gosh are you crazy ahhhhhhhhhhh! Ü
I want to hear about your crazy brain freeze. And what were you thinking as you were falling? Was it cold? That looks so awesome! Starting at about 2:09, it looks like you keep yawning. :)
I can’t believe you brought a camera – how awesome! it’s a good thing you did b/c this is the closest I’ll ever get to skydiving…most likely. never say never, right. go esplins!
Death defying acts – yikes! I think I might try something like cave diving before even approaching sky diving. Maybe one day – an inspiration for sure.
That is so cool! When I was younger I always wanted to go sky diving and I really should have because now that I’m older I’m not as brave. Pretty sweet!
This is narly. Baby P is lucky to have such cool parents.
Because of the windchill and falling through a cloud, I got a crazy brain freeze. Not the kind that’s at the back of the throat, but all over. It was crazy. Also, from going through a really dense part of the cloud, I started hyperventilating a little bit, because of how humid and thick the air was. It was awesome.
I’m Jane’s old man. Exhilirating! Thanks for sharing that!
“I’ve got a crazy brain freeze.” haha. That’s awesome! Cracks me up. Way to go skydiving! Joe was totally jealous. He misses it tons! Maybe someday I’ll go.
That seriously made me want to vomit, I can’t believe you jumped out of a freaking plane!
OMG!! Your freefall seemed like it lasted forever!!! Im watching and start thinking, when is he gonna pull?!?!
Awesome!
I liked that your tandem instructor was also the photographer (sound is good). I had a separate film guy who dove with us. And once we pulled he was gone.
I went w/ my boyfriend, and i went FIRST as well, but his shute didnt open! Ahh, so they had to cut away and pull the reserve. A very tense 30 seconds for sure. Even the instructor was quite shaken up and he has over 10,000 dives. TG for those reserve shutes!!!
I loved watching your vid, makes me want to do it AGAIN!
Such an amazing experience, I get a rush just watching!!!