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| Dave, Donovan, me, Linny, 11 Aug 2012 |
Another great day at the Drop Zone yesterday! I didn't write a post on Saturday because by the time I got home at 5:30pm I was ready to drop. I know that Linny can make twice as many jumps in a day as we did yesterday, but I can't. She is only five years younger than me, but she's got more than twice my stamina. She had to leave at 3:30pm to go to her second job, probably worked past midnight while I was snoozing away in my bed. She's simply amazing. Whenever we land from a good jump, that's the word she always says as her feet touch down: "Amazing!"
As we were waiting to load the plane for one of our jumps, we commented on the cute outfit on this young man. I went over to investigate. It turns out that his friends gave him a bachelor party, and part of the event included taking him to the Drop Zone in costume as a cheerleader, where they would all make tandem jumps together. They were quite amenable to me taking their picture, and I was on the ground when they came in under canopy. I knew it had to be them because they were making quite a ruckus. I ran out to the landing area and got this picture after their jump.
The "cheerleader" is the one in the middle. They were all bouncing with the exuberance that only comes from men that young, and they were quick to get the guy back into costume after the removal of their jumpsuits. I waved goodbye to them as they left, all thrilled to have made their very first skydives (and probably their only ones).
All in all, it was a great day playing in the sunshine. As you can see, their wasn't a cloud in the sky, the temperature was in the mid-seventies, and a light breeze assisted our landings. Couldn't have had a much better day. I'm ready to take it easy today, since tomorrow I'll be heading back south with my Trailblazer friends to climb Mt. Dickerman, a fairly hard hike. You know I'll be taking pictures!
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nice..it sounds like a good day...i had a good friend who just went and brought me the video to watch...crazy...i am getting closer....smiles.
ReplyDeletethanks for explaining that cheerleader! too cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day. those young men seemed to be having a whale of a time. Loved the photo of the 'cheerleader'. I stand back in awe at your stamina!
ReplyDeleteThis post made me laugh. I can just imagine the fun dropping from the sky and meeting all of those gorgeous young men! Yeah, way to go, DJan!
ReplyDeleteHope you manage to get a little sleep between events. Oh the things we do when we 're young.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, what exuberance. You amaze me! Don't be thinking that all the stamina and enthusiasm is being shown by the youngsters. You more than hold your own.
ReplyDeleteYou and Linny could be sisters. How wonderful that you found each other dropping out of the sky together.
ReplyDeleteSounds like super day.
ReplyDeleteGood for you to pay attention to these young guys. many times they are very much wanting adult attention and respect.
Have a great hike tomorrow.
What a crazy thing to do for a bachelor party--wearing the cheerleader costume, I mean--LOL! ;)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good day and some "amazing" jumps. :)
The cheerleader costume is so funny. The enthusiasm of those young men comes through in the photo so I can imagine what they must have been like in person.
ReplyDeleteThe weather looks gorgeous. Glad you had a great day.
Lovely, lovely day. Thank you so much for the photos and the big fat smile which is still stuck on my face for the poor cheerleader.
ReplyDeletethat giant cheerleader is priceless and hilarious
ReplyDeletewhat good sports
fun group
I love how Top Gun you look in your jumping gear :)
The photo of the "Cheerleader" was too funny - good sports, those young men. What a great bachelor party and way to celebrate with first jump. Nice photo of you all DJan and looking forward to photos and news of next hike. How's the garden, fair Maiden?
ReplyDeleteI bet you have lots of cheerleaders on the sidelines DJan!
ReplyDeleteYou're wearing purple!!!! I love purple. Looks like quite a crowd of highly active people...both YOUR group and the cheerleaders buddies.
ReplyDeleteAre you allowed to take photos while jumping? I'd love to see what you see on your jumps.
Enjoy your hike....yes, look forward to the next installment and your photos
What a hoot, that cheerleader.. such fun stuff. It sounds like you and your group had a perfect day. Don't you usually? :)
ReplyDeleteSo if you jump out of airplanes I suppose that makes those rather precipitous looking ridge trails a piece of cake???? :)
ReplyDeleteSo if you jump out of airplanes I suppose that makes those rather precipitous looking ridge trails a piece of cake???? :)
ReplyDeleteI could only hope to hike like you do, as for sky diving never have had any desire to do that..One thing I get a kick out of is the pictures you take I get to see how cool it always stays up where you live in Beham as I call Bellingham, whatcom county, it is cool and lovely most of the summer up there, then the rain, snow, ice and cold comes in like a bat out of hell.. You must enjoy that cold area, at least we are getting our annual blast of sunshine and humidity and blue sky, only for a few days if at most, then the metereologists say we will be getting a blast from alaska this year, brrr..can almost feel it now in my bones. Love your blog, you are an active ineteresting well read and lovely person, keep up all your adventures. I enjoy reading it daily!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat must have been some bachelor party. I love it that they let you take their photo.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a happy bunch..of course your group looks great too! Always good to hear you had a fun day with safe landings:)
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