SKYDIVING

Besides the horse riding, I always was a fan of skydiving sport and still.For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to try this great sport. There seemed to me a great challenge throwing oneself out of a an aircraft and heading marvelously towards the hard, and merciless ground.

I still remember my first jump when I emptied my pockets of anything that could fall to earth and then went through the basic routine associated with such a sport. It was in the morning when I saw my aircraft: a big, green, "C -130" aircraft. We clambered in, sat on the floor and within seconds we were prepared for take-off. Through the small window I could see the horizon dropping away. The roads disappeared into pencil lines and the cars become like ants.

My skydive instructor provide us with some instructions before the jump, and since it was my first one I listened as if he were telling me how to earn a million dollar!!

When the airplane back door opened, I stared straight down, and I felt the air pushing me outside the plane. and suddenly when the green light went on, my instructor gave me the order "jump" and then found myself falling loudly and violently towards landing area.

The view was truly magnificent and I was able to turn by moving my arms and legs. Eventually, after what seemed just a few seconds but was actually about a minute, the parachute opened with a smack and was banking to the left and the right using two main handles.

I had completed a full course in skydiving with about 15 jumps from over 16,500 feet.