life on the ground is dangerous

[cptfunky 0]

I’m planning to begin my AFF Course in the next three weeks. I can’t await my first solo jump and the feeling i will have then. But i’m also often thinking of the risks this sport has and that can’t be denied. But risks are everywhere.

I’d like to share with you, what happened to me this morning:

Beside the place i’m working, a new house is build up and they use a big crane to lift up all the materials needed.
As this new house has not yet an adress, i’ll get the owners post on my table and bring it to him everyday. And when i walk over to him i’ll have to go under that crane, because there is no other way. Today, they just wanted to lift some pre-build concrete staircases, that were very massive and heavy. And one of the workers said „Oh, when they’re to heavy, the crane will stop automatically“.
Next thing i heard was a big bang and the whole f***ing crane came down! And hit the ground on the spot i’ve stood on 2 minutes before.
Nobody was injured but something like this has never happened to me before. Just this 2 minutes made the difference for me.
This happened 3 hours ago and i still feel very strange now. But my ‚natural‘ fear of leaving a plane for the first time alone became somehow smaller. Also i consider the chance of having an accident in the air not that big anymore as i did before.

Please, excuse my bad English but i’ve left school centuries ago. I’ll go home now and have a beer or two to come down a little bit.

Blue skies, no cranes,

m

[skydiverbrian 0]

And that experience, my friend, was realizing your own mortality. We're all just seconds away from The End. Get right into that AFF course and you'll start to understand. Once you start skydiving, you realize that walking on the edge is completely different from going over.

In a world full of people, only some want to fly... isn't that crazy! --Seal

[falxori 0]

sue them for mental distress

and be happy luck was on your side.
O

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."