Ever wanted to fly? Me too. So last week I thought I would see if I could and spent the week jumping out of a plane!!!
As crazy as it may sound it was one ofthe most amazing things I have ever done. I spent the week in a small town called Picton about an hour outside of Sydney doing a course to learn how to jump from a plane at 14,000 feet and not die.
The course is 9 stages long starting with a day of ground training and then the next day you jump!! The first couple of jumps are with 2 instructors holding onto either side of you.
Once you can get yourself stable in the air falling at over 200km an hour you then move on to the next few stages and jump with just the one instructor until such time as you are deemed safe enough to finally jump on your own (obviousley with an instructor very close by) and you learn to do a few moves in the air on the way down. Some turns, some trackin (flying in a straight line) and some very fun backflips.
And then the last and most frightening stage (I almost shite myself when I was told). 2 low level jumps, 1 from 4,000 feet and 1 from 3,000 feet called hop and pop's. Basically you jump out and have about 5 seconds to pull your shute before it all goes horiblly wrong :)
So after a week of training I passed the last stage and learnt to skydive so to celebrate the occasion I went for my first solo jump, just me and the rappidly advancing earth!!!
So after a most amazing time this is now my new hobby and I would recommend it to anybody, just give it a try you can almost fly (if it wernt for gravity).
