October 4th 2013. It was the day I had the guts and decided to go skydiving. I had a really bad accident earlier this year. After my experience I decided to start a Bucket List. Skydiving was first on my list. My experience with Startskidiving was Incredible to say the least. I was really nervous but the vibe and the environment was so relaxed that it made me think I was maybe over thinking what I was about to do. I decided to Tandem Jump, my Instructor was Lonnie Kire and he was AMAZING!! My photographer was Melanie and she was the BOMB!. Both Lonnie and Melanie made this experience unforgettable. Melanie is full of energy and she will get you excited and ready. Lonnie is very funny and definitely relaxed me. I think over all the ride up in the plane was the scariest plane ride I have ever experienced, not because the plane was shaky or anything like that but it was the anticipation of what was about to happen. It did help that we had 3 students jump at 6 thousand feet. Lonnie made me look at the window to see what would happen. Well their jumps were successful and looked like a lot of fun. After that I was okay still a little nervous but okay. Once we got to our height, I was the second to jump out of the plane. It was a little scary but last minute I decided to relax and clear my mind and let (Lonnie) the expert to his job. I kind of panicked as soon as we jumped out. I was not expecting the air to be so restricted up there! I took a deep breath and couldn’t breathe. It literally took my breath away. My videographer, Melanie, captured the quite hilarious efforts of me trying to breath (I looked more like I was trying to pant, pant, blow, smile, blow) but it all worked out, especially when the chute opened and I was able to finally relax and enjoy the view. The whole time we were falling I was just trying to smile and relax. Once the chute opened Lonnie said "Welcome to my office" Oh how I Loved to hear those words! We were in the Air, chute open, and safe. The view up there was incredible!!! I will never ever forget this once in a lifetime experience! And I am definitely jumping again! I will let all my friends and family know how much I loved it and they need to try it. I can’t believe people do this for a living. Must be the best Job in the world! Thank you Lonnie and Melanie you two made my experience memorable! Thank you!!! :)
