June 30, 2022
June 28, 2022
Beautiful
I posted about my skydiving fears on a beginner's forum and a woman gave this beautiful response:
I have 199 jumps and am STILL scared every single time. That’s the beautiful and therapeutic thing about skydiving. You have to leave everything at the door. All your fears, all your anxiety…you leave it at the door and you let go. And for that one moment…all you can do is BE in that moment. It forces you to be in control and relaxed in chaos. For that one moment, nothing else matters, but to be alive. True freedom. It’s saved my life in my darkest of days and continues to do so everyday. Words don’t exist to truly describe how incredibly beautiful this sport is. There’s nothing like it.
June 26, 2022
June 12, 2022
June 9, 2022
It has been awesome.
Pondering mortality and wanted to mention that I have had so many great adventures, with hopefully years more to come. I also have a creative job and have been able to pursue a lifelong student sensibility, which includes lessons in piano and guitar. I do some hazardous things, but never in a reckless way. Sometimes I take all of these things for granted, and I shouldn't. It has been awesome.
Whitewater kayaking, vertical caving, skydiving, skiing, gravity sports: these things can be very unforgiving. Losing a friend in February in a whitewater accident has really shook up my local paddling group, and we are all in a process of dealing with the reality of her loss. Many of us have returned to the river, because that is where we find peace and tranquility.
And once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you would return. - misattributed to leonardo da vinci but it is true nonetheless.
