As soon as he woke up and all the way up until he got his suit on, I kept asking him if he was nervous and if the butterflies were starting to invade his tummy. I'm not sure if he was just trying to be tough, but he said he wasn't nervous at all. He's been looking forward to this for so long, I think the excitement was overpowering the nervous energy. He was so caught up in the moment, that he didn't even say goodbye to me before he left for the plane!!! In saying that, I was so excited for him and caught up in the moment as well, that I didn't even realise until the plane had taken off.. hehe.
[Az filling out the pages of paperwork .. I loved the sentence on the left .. "Parachuting is Dangerous" .. for those that don't notice the obvious!]
He had a French Instructor/Tandem Jumper.... and you know how Az is with accents - he had no idea what he was saying! Which was quite funny when he started pulling at straps around the family jewels! The suit that he was given was quite snug and the funniest part was the bum was nearly worn through .. hilarious! The Instructor had me worried for a bit - he was a bit late and as he came past me, he mumbled, "I've only been awake for 5 minutes".. and proceeded to get the parachute pack and check it over .. I wanted to throw a cup of coffee at him and get him functioning a little more before he started looking at their lifeline! The majority of the boys around the drop zone were hungover .. imagine jumping with a hangover . . no thanks. Actually, I think I'll just pass on the whole jump thing all together.
The instruction part was so brief that his parents were able to come down and see him jump, which was great, as we thought they'd miss it. They kindly bought the DVD of his jump, so he can relive it as often as he likes. Am sure he'd like to take the hobby up but after finding out that the initial costs in getting your license starts from $10,000, don't think he'll be taking up that hobby!!
[Az looking mighty snug in his flying suit]
[Walking with his instructor to the plane and then showing the boys his moves]
The plane seemed to take forever to climb to the 14,000ft that they were jumping from. We kept losing it in and out of the clouds, but finally heard the shutes being opened.. looked up and saw him like a fly in the sky. You should have seen the smile on his face - I could see it before he even landed! Needless to say, he was absolutely buzzing from the adrenalin and the experience.. and wanted to go straight back up and do it again! The bank balance was keeping his feet firmly on the ground though :)
[Aaron's reaction to his jump]
[The plane...]
[The Aaron...]
[Aaron with his Nan - so happy she was there to see it]
His new plan is to do another tandem jump, as often as he can .. need I say more??
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