So I guess I forgot to mention in my emails that I was going skydiving today. Opps my bad. Well anyways I did it and I survived! Today was unreal, first of all waking up to fog and a little rain made me believe that we wouldn’t have the chance to go. Should of known to never give up because after a morning of waiting around we finally got to load into the vans and depart to go skydive. I was more excited than nervous about skydiving; I knew it was something that I wanted to do. I wasn’t nervous until we pulled off the road into the skydiving complex, seeing the skydiving sign immediately gave me butterflies. I was beginning to feel a little unsure about oh you know falling out of an airplane. But seeing the 10 or so other Global Lead skydiving group already there made all those feelings go away. A couple of them had already gone and raved about what a rush it was and how awesome the experience was. Basically these people said all the right things to give me that encouragement back. After waiting around for the rain to pass we had beautiful blue skies. Chris, Carey, and I suited up and headed for the plane with of course the three instructors. In the airplane I was like a little girl at Christmas so intrigued by the scenery. However, after about 5 or so minutes I looked down and saw how high we had already ascended. At this instant of course all the bad possibilities came rushing to my head. What happened if my parachute didn’t come out, what if a strap breaks, etc. Well all this worrying took the smile off my face and I think my instructor could see that I was getting nervous because he quickly asked me if I was okay. I told him that I was and that is when I reassured myself that I really was okay and that I wasn’t just saying that. Realizing that I was in South Africa and looking down at the coolest city in the world brought back my energy and excitement. After about 20 minutes in the plane it was time to jump. I went third so I had the honor of watching my two friends reactions as they fell out of the plane. Oh dear what had I gotten myself into. Dangling out of the airplane waiting to jump I wasn’t scared at all. I could look 9,000 feet down and see the ground yet I felt nothing. Falling out of that airplane was probably the coolest experience ever; I still do not know how to describe how amazing it felt. Literally free falling from the sky in Cape Town, South Africa sounds like the perfect day to me.
After going skydiving today I realized that I CAN do anything. “Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.”
So don’t just go… Jump!
-Paige Biringer
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