justchrisdsp 0 #1 November 1, 2004 i dont know if anybody rememers but today is the day of the dead. kind of a quaint holiday and i think that as skydivers we should somehow recognize it. what with the depravity of denouncing a fellow jumpers final moments. the act of learning from another's mistakes has become the simple act of telling other people that they are stupid for not knowing why he/she died. ladies and gentlemen, this is a dangerous sport. the things we do in the sky is always overshadowed by the fact that there is always a ground waiting to meet us head on if we decide to take our rapture too far, and i gaurantee that the ground will not give way. i want to thank everyone that i have met in this sport and everyone that i will meet; i want to thank all those that have come before and died so that innovations can be made; i want to thank all those that have lost loved ones and have stored that knowledge to pass on to others so that the same will not occur again. still i find it hard to believe that, as a community (and dont deny the truth, no matter what your discipline or skill level or involvment, this is a community), we do not take more care to watch over each other. we have factions and splits to the point where one person is willing to decry another's safety if it will "get him out of the way". we have people purposely hosing planeloads so that they can get a better spot. most importantly and outrageously we have people who are too much of an ass to let someone else tell them that they might be in danger. skygod or not, if to play with the edge you soon will fall off. my only hope is that, on this day of recognition to the past lives, we stop and take a moment to think of what we are doing and why. remember that the people that you jump with and the people all over the world are your brothers and sisters. like those that share a common religion we share a common bond of the proportion that only those in the experience can understand. we are unique to the world of outsiders in that we all have enjoyed the rapture of freedom while relying ourselves on the boundaries of that which we cannot control. remember brothers and sisters that our lives are not permanent and that our only lasting impression in this world is that which we place upon others. take a moment today to remember those that have come before so that you may truely begin to understand to importance of that which you do today. BLUE SKIES, BLACK DEATH! - The only bad skydive is your last! chris "sonic wookie" harwell Piedra-belluda-roja Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
