Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, One of the things I notice about the instructors, the guys who jump regularly, is that they are very quick on their feet! I see some tumbles, but these are usually beginners. Sorry about the shoulder. That's a bummer. I think that if my late wife, Donna, had confronted me as Irene did you, I would still be bearing the scars. In her mind, I had responsibilities to her and our family, and risking my life was not a part of that picture. By the way, she had a number of relatives in Alberta, all the way from Medicine Hat to Peace River. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 6/12/2016 5:17 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Jim, > On my first Jump it was, "solo!" Oh I had some brief explanations of what > to > expect and do. > I know I was smiling and partly laughing as I was so happy to have made it > to earth without crash diving 6' under! :-) > One moment you are safely in the plane the "Jump-Master" facing you and all > of a sudden he yells... "GO!" And without thought..... out you go into the > wild blue quickly falling toward Planet Earth. > You look up to see if the chute opened? What you see is the tiny "looking" > plane you just left a few moments ago. And there is the chute canopy in > full > bloom in it's beautiful colour gently lowering you downward. > "THEN YOU LOOK DOWN AND THE WORLD?" appears like it's sort of coming at you > very quickly! :-) It isn't, unless your chute didn't open??? We wont talk > about that? > Unfortunately for me I did come into the landing a tad fast, hit the ground > rather hard right shoulder down. (Notice not feet.) Well they did, but I > lost my balance as I was coming in a tad fast! OOPS! A year later > re-wrecked right shoulder when falling in a graveyard while on assignment > in > Russia on the Chernobyl children. Oh it hurt, not too bad! But then if > you've never been in a Russian hospital? Jeeesh "DON'T GO THERE UNLESS > YOU'RE DEAD!" > Just grin and bear it until back home. > Eventually a few years later had my right shoulder re-placed. Oh well what > the heck that's part of being a world travelling photojournalist. Things > happen. :-) :-) > Would I jump again? No because I promised my dear wife Irene I wouldn't. > But > that was because she quietly offered after the first jump! > Actually she didn't know I was going to jump until our son drove her to the > airfield. "if I ever did it again and even though I landed OK?" She would > kill me! Smiled eyeball to eyeball then quietly walked away. There you are > good Sir. And no I have never jumped again! :-) > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >