One of my good friends Ann (front left) wanted to go indoor skydiving for her birthday. You know that I'm always game for a good adventure so I didn't even think twice about joining the group (Darren M, Ann G, Steve G, Tracie E, and Darci A)! I was issued the bright yellow and purple L.A. Lakers jumpsuit - apparently the dark slimming jumpsuits are only available to shorter people! Indoor skydiving is quite a different experience from outdoor skydiving but ironically, our instructor Dusty was the same guy that was tandem with a friend when I went outdoor skydiving several years ago. We had two rules: 1) Chin up and 2) Hold still. If you have a neck or shoulder injury, no flying for you. If you weighed over 250 pounds, no flying for you. If you don't pay the fee, no flying for you. Luckily I was able to pass the restrictions and fly. Check out the website for a demo (http://www.iflyutah.com/). I wasn't able to get live action photos - didn't have the camera setting on "action" so they turned out kind of blurry. We did two 1 minute flight experiences and the air flow surprisingly sucked you up from the top of the tunnel room rather than blew you up from the bottom. One minute actually is a very long time when you're trying to hold still with a HUGE grin on your face while you fly. I definitely recommend this experience - it was truly a BLAST!!!
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You got your blog going! I knew you were thinking about it, I just didn't know you had really started. Very exciting! I am excited to read your adventures.
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