Skydiving
A Hair Short
At the end of our August camp, I’d hoped to finish out my goal of 20 lbs off by Nationals, started on July 12th. Here I sit on September 9th, leaving tonight for Chicago, at 16 lbs down. And I’m actually really happy with that. I’ve done it by remaining sane about food. I’ve done … Continue reading
On to Nationals!
The video above is the 32nd jump of our final camp … we were getting a little punchy by then, but it was a fun, great way to end the season of training and get fired up for Nationals in a few weeks. In case you can’t figure out which one is me – I’m … Continue reading
Camp 3 1/2
The original plan for my 8-way team was to do one three-day tunnel camp and three four-day skydiving camps. We decided in May to add a fourth skydiving camp, but only a two-day camp.
A Wet Prairie
This year’s trip to Lost Prairie was the wettest I can remember – by a long shot. I think maybe one year in the five previous years, I remember a little bit of drizzle …. but nothing like the storms Mother Nature unleashed this boogie.
I Should Probably Write More
It’s been way too long since I’ve written – another Blue Ice camp has come and gone, along with lots of other stuff. Summer is, as always, wonderfully busy. In early June, my parents came out to visit – we kept busy with a trip to the DeYoung Museum, exploring and wine tasting in Sonoma, … Continue reading
It’s a Good Tired
Seems like a lot of what I do lately on this blog is bitch about being tired, usually from too much work or too much travel or too much stress or too little sleep. So this time I’ll say I’m glad to be tired because it means I really pushed myself in a good way … Continue reading
This one time… at tunnel camp …
… I worked my ass off, learned a lot, and ended the weekend exhausted, sore, and happy. This weekend was the first training weekend for my 8-way team – Perris Blue Ice. I’m one of four new members this year, who joined with the four returning members (including our player-coach). Our first weekend was in … Continue reading
Beyond Belize
The rest of the trip was relatively uneventful – I did wind up getting three more jumps in on Sunday, culminating in a sunset load that turned out (with clouds and wind rolling in on Monday) to be the last load of the boogie. The Otter did a spectacular fly-by of the landing area, and … Continue reading
Belize So Far
I feel the need to start to write about Belize lest I forget it. The sights, the sounds, the flavors! Our trip started off well enough, but quickly turned into a bit of a travel hassle. On Friday we flew from SFO to Miami, hopped a shuttle bus to our airport hotel, and had a … Continue reading
Our Friend the Sun
… is back in town this weekend. Despite an iffy forecast, yesterday’s weather turned out to be pretty good, so I headed up to Skydance. I got 4 jumps in fairly quickly, and spent the last couple hours just hanging out and chatting in the (not-too-cold) sun, drinking a tasty adult beverage (Captain Morgan Silver … Continue reading