12,000 feet!!!

I did it!!! Sorry Mum, I thought I'd tell you afterwards! I just did a tandem 12,000feet Sky Dive at 200kph. It was absolutely awesome! I won't lie to you I was terrified before I got in that small plane. But once on the runway and hooked up to my instructor Trev (from Blackpool) there was no going back. We made the slow ascent to 12,000 feet, with quite a bit of turbulence over the mountains. The rugged snow peaked moutains were fabulous from the air and I took quite a few photos on the way up. Twenty minutes later though and we were ready to go. Once the door was open, Trev put his leg out, I swung mine round, smiled for a photo and then we were gone!!! The force of the wind was amazing sat in the doorway. We free fell for 45 seconds which felt like 10 at the most. Doing a brief spin to watch the plane disappear from view. The noise and the force of the air as you plummit to the ground is overwelming and surreal. Then all of a sudden, silence, the parachute opens and you're left suspended in the air. Trev then talked me through things and took a few photos including a short video on my camera! Before you knew it we'd returned to Earth on our bottoms for a very smooth landing! An amazing experience that I would certainly do again, however I don't think the views would be quite as impressive. Now I'm on a high I'm going to head to the pub with the magic crew and celebrate! Sorry Mum!!!!!!