Unique story on a first jump

[DSE 5]

This guy comes into our DZ, very nice guy, and very overweight, very nervous, very everything.
Turns out he's got a very unique writing style, and he wrote a nice piece for a Utah newspaper about his first jump experience.
Kudos to Kyle and Chris (Parachutist) for making him feel comfortable in spite of his overwhelming fear.
STORY HERE

[shropshire 0]

Nice - it's great to see a well written +ve piece

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

The way he articulates his experience is really visual and entertaining. That's great!

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[akarunway 1]

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This guy comes into our DZ, very nice guy, and very overweight, very nervous, very everything.
Turns out he's got a very unique writing style, and he wrote a nice piece for a Utah newspaper about his first jump experience.
Kudos to Kyle and Chris (Parachutist) for making him feel comfortable in spite of his overwhelming fear.
STORY HERE

Nice story. Still a puss. Should have done AFF1

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[eeneR 3]

That was a fantastic account of a first jump! Great work to the guys who took good care of this guy!

She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway."
eeneR
TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto

[mamajumps 0]

That was an awesome article!!! I love reading a story where I can visualize what the author is saying. That is one article that needs to be kept around as a very positive kudo in the skydiving world.

[dixiegypsy 0]

great story...very well written. i was in the moment!

God, I love skydivers. And skydiving.

Moab in a week...Elsinore in 2... *stares out the window*

"Love all. Trust few. Do wrong to none." -Shakespeare

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[vskydiver 0]

Great story! I liked his reminiscence after his jump of how you told him he'd never be the same after skydiving. I never thought about it like that but it's true.

[flyhi 24]

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A retired journalist, technical writer, musician and producer, the 46-year-old jack of all trades lives a life that can only understatedly be termed “extreme variety.” He has been skydiving for just over two years, but has nearly 1,300 jumps under his belt. As somebody who had already accomplished much of what I plan to, I felt an immediate kinship.

Sounds like someone has a little bit of a mancrush working here. And I mean that in a Tom Brady/Southie Boston sort of way.

Nice article.

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.