 1 I hooked up with Douggs and brought out a Violet Crumble to get him to jump with me. Fancy finding another lunatic Aussie, in the middle of summer, in Idaho of all places on the planet. |
 2 The tin crow we hopped on was a Sky King. From ground to 14000 feet takes 7 minutes. Whoosh!!! |
 3 The landing zone (or LZ). Try not to land on the hangars, the locals get a bit upset if you scratch the paint |
 4 Douggs and I just hangin' around. |
 5 Please return your hostess to the upright and normal position in preparation for landing!!! |
 6 Here's the weather report: The wind's coming from the North at 15 knots...... |
 7 ......and out of my arse at 20!!! Nah, not really. |
 8 Some people say "Terra Firma" "More firmer, less terror!!!" Not me mate, I had an absolute ball. |
 9 Douggs, Coy (the dude who video's my jump) an yours truly having a de-briefing. |
 10 I'll tell you what. Try 70 seconds of free falling and try NOT having a shit-arsed grin like this!!! |
 11 "What the sow does this thingymebob do???" |
 12 What a ball tearer. I'm up for another got at this!!! |
 13 Douggs, Brian, Claire, Cory, Claire, Chuck, Elvis, Coy and Dave were on the jump with me as well as Sipper who is in front of the ute. |
 14 My good mate Scott "Sipper" Howard, yours truly and Douggs getting set for another jump. Seriously, you just can not go up once. |
 15 Back in the tin crow we go. |
 16 INCOMING!!!! |
 17 Assume the position! |
 18 How easy it this??? |
 19 Just like a stroll in the park. |
 20 I know it's only my second jump Douggs, but I don't know you THAT well!!! |
 21 Your's truly and Douggs. Check out his office attire. He even combed his hair for the camera. |
 22 ere's a shot of the big tin crow that took me for my first two jumps. The Sky King gets to 14000 feet in 7 minutes. Can you say WHOOSH??? |
 23 This was the final jump of the day. I stayed on the ground so that the experienced jumpers could have some fun. |
 24 They look a hell of a long way out from the landing zone. |
 25 Just hangin' around. |
 26 I reckon if I take up the sport of skydiving I'll take some cash up with me. That's to pay for the taxi ride back!!! |
 27 Here's the only person to get closer to the landing zone than a 10 dollar cab ride. |
 28 Yes she is a shiela. Her name is Claire and she is the Pommy girlfriend of Douggs. |
 29 Douggs is the Aussie lunatic who took me up for my jumps. |
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 31 To end the day, my mate Sipper ran his chute into power lines. Hell of a way to celebrate you 100th jump don't you think??? |
 32 Sunday the 21st of July saw me heading out to Skydive Idaho for some fun. If you're in town, give Brian and the boys a jingle on (208) 455-000 if you want to have a go. |