Because apparently the Warrior Dash wasn’t enough adventure for the month of May, Chris and I, along with 10 or so of our friends, signed up to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
This is the conversation that was had about two weeks before The Event.
Co-worker: Oh, you guys are going skydiving out at that place in Jamul?
Us: Yes, that’s the place!
Co-worker: My buddy used to work at that place, I know it pretty well. Lots of people around here skydive there. In fact, do you know that older guy who works for one of our clients?
Us: Oh, yeah, we know him! He skydives?
Co-worker: Yeah, he’s a certified instructor even. He’s been on thousands of jumps.
Chris (to me): See, there’s nothing to be nervous about. That guy’s been on thousands of jumps and he’s still standing!
Co-worker: (clears throat) Well, technically, I suppose he is. He does have two prosthetic legs. From a mid-air collision while skydiving.
In the end, however, we went and we jumped out of plane and we had a blast. I would totally do it again some time.
