Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LOL - actually I meant me - and that is funny because I travel cannot travel by plane without a couple of drinks in me - do not like having my feet off the ground - I'm one of those that watches the facial expressions of the air stewards..., hideous I know but have not been able to shirk that anxiety yet. In the meantime DVT is the huger threat - so those drinks may get me afterall. > Karina wrote: > >>> Reconsidering jumping out of that plane at 80. (with chute, off > course!)<< > > Hi Karina, > Don't know if you're considering jumping out of the plane at 80 or whether > you meant me? > > I did my first and only parachute jump solo a month after I turned 65, I > figured if I waited any longer I'd be too old! ;-) > > Great ride, no I didn't take a camera, I figured I can't drive and talk on a > cell phone at the same time, so trying to take pictures and drive a > parachute was going to be utterly impossible. ;-) > > At 80? No I think there are somethings in life I can pass over. Besides I > figured I made the first jump 800 % successful, only tore some shoulder > tendons on landing, so I don't want to press my luck for a 1000% at 80! :-) > Be a hell of a deal if I failed! :-( > > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html