Jumping out of planes at 12000 feet
This picture was taken at my first ever (tandem) skydive. I got talked into it in a bar in Taupo one night. They needed someone else to fill the plane. I was a bit doubtful the next morning but after I'd done it, I just wanted to go up and do it again and again. What a way to start a day. Freefalling is an experience which can't really be compared to anything else. Just to hang out of an open plane door is something to be experienced. (While the plane is in the air, of course!). And then jumping out is plain crazy. At least that's what I think every time I do it. I started a course two years ago but gave up after I'd failed a few jumps. I've turned back to tandem skydiving but it's not the same and also expensive. The idea to complete the course is still somewhere in the back of my mind. So if someone knows a jump zone where they have patient, friendly instructors let me know.