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From being lame. Just try it. It's just the rush you're looking for. Think of how monotonous most days in your life are, and take a chance on something new and exciting that you'll remember forever. If you're worried about safety, don't be. Skydiving has become extremely safe with todays technology. Your chance of dieing is roughly 1 in 100,000 . Not good enough for you? Let's compare it to an every day activity like driving your car. Guess what your chance of dieing in a car wreck on any given day is? 1 in 6,000! That's 17 more times dangerous than skydiving and you do it everyday!
I'm writing about this now, because I just did my first jump and it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. It was something that I'd been meaning to do and just kept putting it off. I'd come up with one reason or another, "I don't have the money" or "No one else can go this weekend so we'll just do it another time". I had a severe case of excusitis. It finally occured to me that if I just kept making excuses, I'd never go. So I stopped waiting for people to go with, and saving up money months in advance and just did it. I left work early on a Monday afternoon, went to Sky Jump in Pepperell and dove out of a plane at 6,000 feet. If anyone at work ever asks me if I have a "case of the Mondays", I'm going to say "Hell yeah! Let's go jump out of a f*#!ing plane!"
Speaking from experience, you have no idea what skydiving is like until you do it. You put on your suit, parachute and get in the smallest plane you've ever flown in. As you take off, your heart starts beating faster and it finally starts to set in that you're actually going to do it. Your heart really starts pounding when the door opens up at 6,000 feet and you know you're jumping out. You get chills, tons of adrenaline and think about your life and how good it's been. Then you get shoved out and you fall at 120MPH!! Imagine that you're walking into the strongest wind you've ever felt and then multiply that by 10. It's incredibly intense and a feeling of freedom that you've never felt before. It's the closest to flying that a human can get.
Once the parachute is pulled, it all slows down and you just look around in awe of the scenery that you're floating above. (Hopefully you're harness is more comfortable in the groin region than mine was) You drift down, do some fun turns and spins with the parachute, and have a nice, easy landing. When I was done, I had this great feeling of accomplishment and couldn't have been happier that I did it. I can't see anyone regreting the experience and I think it's one that no one should miss out on! Hope you try it out!
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