“Life is all about the experiences.”

Tandem skydiving is much easier than many other things I’ve done before. First off, you’re attached to an experienced sky diver who will guide you the entire time. I have always wanted to sky dive and knowing that many people have done it before, there was no reason to be scared. Although my face showed fear, I was pretty confident within that all would go well. But don’t get me wrong, sky diving is an exhilarating experience.

My friend Joseph and I were the first to go for the day at around 10am. You’re first required to watch a safety video about how to skydive and you’re assured many times that it is dangerous, but that wasn’t stopping us! You’re then put into a jumpsuit and harness that is fitted tightly to your body size so you don’t go anywhere. You load onto the plane and watch as you keep going higher and higher. Between 13,000-14,000 ft above ground is where you jump.

Jumping from that high up you’re going to be free falling for what feels like a lot longer than it actually is. It’s recommended to jump out of the plane smiling (with your teeth showing), not because they’re capturing every moment of you, but because it will be easier for you to breath. I did not have any trouble breathing, but my ears had a lot of pressure build up and they hurt a lot during the free fall. It’s actually 9 hours later now and I still can’t fully hear out of my left ear, but I feel it getting better. My left side was the one that went out of the plane first, so I think the pressure impact is why it was affected more than the other ear.

Once the parachute went off, it was smooth gliding from there. You could direct the parachute to go left or right and even in circles, but watch out from getting to queasy! The view is amazing at this point and you really get to appreciate things. You no longer feel like a falling bird at this point, but rather a graciously falling bird. Although my ears suffered a little bit, if I had the opportunity, I would probably do sky diving again.