ntrprnr 0 #1 May 26, 2006 Hey guys... So this coming Sunday the 28th of May marks one year since I got strapped to a Hungarian man named Danish and fell out of a plane for IAF-1 over Gardiner, NY. Sunday marks one year since my life changed, and since all that shit that I used to take so damn seriously, (work freakouts, client crisises, my investors yelling at me, my being 33 and single, etc., etc., etc.,) took a step downward on my "must freak out about" list. A year since I discovered the beauty of the sky. Technically, close to six years since my first tandem, but a year since it started changing me. A year since I discovered this world of people I never before knew existed. A year since I started making some truly amazing friends. A year since I allowed myself to broaden my horizons and open up my world to what I had heard existed, but had never desired to experience. A year since I had to learn how to answer the "why would you do that?" question. A year since I realized that the majority of people criticizing me for doing this really don't, and probably never will, understand why. A year since I learned that as creative as I've always thought I was turned out to be about 1/1,000,000th as creative as I now am, thanks to some well placed and neural passageways, newly created by the endorphines produced by my reaction to this sport. A year since I became a skydiver. Thank you to everyone here who's taken the time to answer my questions, however stupid they might have sounded. Thanks to everyone at the Ranch for the advice that started on day one and has never stopped, yet has never felt unwanted. Thanks for letting me discover things about myself that I didn't know. Thanks for helping me grow. Have a happy, fun, and SAFE holiday weekend. (Or just a happy safe and fun weekend, for our international friends.) And thanks. "I don't know why I come here, but I know I'll never leave, it's the only place I wanna be. Yeah, yeah, yeah." -Uncle Kracker. Peter Otherwise known as NTRPRNR._______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #2 May 27, 2006 Happy Sky Anniversary. June 14th will be my 3rd full year.~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #3 May 27, 2006 A year since I became a skydiver. *** Following your posts and your progression this past year...I'd say you've probably always been somewhat of a 'Skydiver'. The jumping just brought it out! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redramdriver 0 #4 May 27, 2006 And thank you, for all the beer. Thats a first again, isn't it?? Happy Airday.So, you bring your beer? Its 5 o'clock somewhere POPS #9344 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #5 May 27, 2006 HAPPY SKY BIRTHDAY! TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #6 May 27, 2006 Happy Sky birthday my friend.... so how long has it been since you wore a diaper in front of 150 of your friends ?Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
