Wow, that is all I have to say. wow. Skydiving is by far the most extreme thing i have ever participated in, and hopefully Ill see if I can get some friends to go back next year. I can die happy now, knowing that I willingy swan dived out of a plane at 14,000 feet. So much fun, and whats even better was that our plan finally came to fruition. i was almost have expecting some last minute problem to come up, and this trip was so easy to plan, i wonder why we didnt just plan independently in the first place. it would have been so much easier, several times the outing club almost screwed us and we should have been the ones to go when is was initially scheduled. Either way today was incredible, the weather was nice it was a bit chilly, but totally worth every cent.
On a different note, this is a very good example of flow. According to Csíkszentmihályi, flow is an altered state of conciousness, or the state of being "in the zone" so to speak. I mean while in free fall, it was like nothing else mattered, time had come to a stand still, and just an awesome indescriable feeling of freedom. It is this feeling that i am trying to describe that i believe attracts people to adventure. Then again, when you falling at 120 mph in 10 degree air, its hard to think about anything else.
Lastly, we still need to raise money for reimbursement purposes. We are getting $15 back from the outing club each since we did not go with them, and that coupled with our bottles weve amounted so far and the pizza's donated from tim's dads resaurant, it think we should do alright.
Link to photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=57123&id=530967099source:
Mihaky, Csíkszentmihályi, (1997). Finding Flow. New York, NY: Basic Books.
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