It so happened that our Edmonton Team went for a sky dive last saturday.
People, I can hear my heart beat when I think of jumping from an airplane.
This is an email that Miguel sent out to the team a few days before the skydive:
...The short answer is YES. I am scared, very scared, but nothing is gonna stop me! I will be there to make one of my dreams come true! I do not know what of the above has scared me the most. But after August 5, 2006, I will certainly know which one will have done it . I know that because nothing else has scared me that much with one week in advance. I used to get scared only a few minutes in advance, when it was time for the action!
I hope we all will enjoy it. I do not know if there are any experienced sky jumpers in the team, but I know we all will be at least a little bit scared. That will not be a reason to give up. There are different ways to cope with anxiety. Having written this message and shared it with all of you has been mine. Now I am not as scared as I was when I typed "Welcome to the air everyone". I am confident I will face it much better...
On Monday when I came into the office, Miguel was online. He was on night shift from Edmonton.
Miguel briefed me about the team outing.
Here is the Chat log:
Me : Good Morning Miguel :) !
Miguel :
Miguel : we survived
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Me : Hey, name all of em... lemme guess
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Me : Adam in the center
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Miguel : TIP: only 4 of us work with SP
Me : aw!
Me : kk...u with ur hand raised
Me : red helmet
Miguel : you got it
Me : who are the others with SP?
Miguel : Jasen and Luckron
Me : Jasen the sitting one
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Me: Luckron? Never seen him b4
Miguel : the last one, right side
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Miguel : we all had lots of fun
Me : how many times did ya jump?
Miguel : only one, I jumped at 9:30 PM. no time for more jumps
Miguel : lots of people yesterday
Me : night ? :o
Miguel : PM, but still with some Sun light, we are in the North, jejejeje
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Miguel : so, it was not in large airplanes, ok?
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Miguel : yeah
Miguel : there were at least 100 jumps yesterday
Miguel : from only 2 small airplanes
Miguel : so, it was a very busy day
Me : 100 people jumping! :o
Me : and u jumped with an instructor ryt?
Miguel : no
Miguel : the instructor was always the last one to jump
Miguel : so, each time 4, 5 or 6 people
Miguel : + the instructor
Me : man, so it was a .....whew!
Miguel : but the instructor would be the last one
Miguel : heheheh
Miguel : the instructor had never reached anyone whose parachute did not open
Me : i can feel myself falling...... aaaaaaaaaaaah
Me : did someones parachute not open?
Miguel : oh no
Miguel : that had finished the day sooner than expected
Miguel : can you believe that in a country that has less than 40 million people we have so many risking their lifes? LOL
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Me : and was it easy falling guiding the parachute?
Miguel : yes, that is the EZ part
Miguel : I lways knew that
Me : and wen u guys were falling...u fell silently or did ya scream
Miguel : I do not know if anyone screamed
Miguel : I do not think so
Miguel : for first jumpers the parachute has a system that the instructor deploys and the parachute opens in less than 6 seconds
Me : too much of technology, eh?
Miguel : not reallyMiguel : all is mechanical...and based in simple physical laws
Miguel : the deployment system is not electronic or wireless as u might have thought
Miguel : it is like a very small parachute that the instructor pulls as you jump
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Me : so he pulls the string and ask u to jump
Miguel : no, actually he has it in his hand and when you jump he just stays there in the plane
Me : so u just gotta fall....
Miguel : so, it will release the actual parachute in just a few seconds, and you just fall
Miguel : and if it does not open thaye will spend a long time placing all your pieces together
Me : lol
Miguel : there was only one accident yesterday
Miguel : and it was not from someone we knew
Me : :o accident
Miguel : A guy just broke his ankle in the landing…
Me : uh!
Me : hows the landing, btw?
Miguel : most of the time is EZ
Miguel : but if you make a mistake you can brake your feet, knees or some other bones
Miguel : and if that happens it is also noisy
Miguel : crack
Miguel : you can hear that from several meters away
Me : ah!
Miguel : but that is nothing compared to a parachute that does not open
Miguel : I am finally gone
Miguel : after this line
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Those who never turned up from edmonton, guys u missed the fun!
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