14 Dec 08 Skydiving is the new black
I’m not what you could call athletic and my sense of adventurism has never taken me any place outside Europe. I also have never been a fan of extreme sports. However all my aversions against adventurism and adrenaline overdose-inducing activities vanished when I got a whiff of skydiving. Yeap, the one guy who’s always steered clear off danger has gone nuts over an activity that dare challenge the concept of “security and safety”.
There’s a big misconception about extreme sports though. I’ve been a guilty of this myself when I used to regard bungee jumpers, sky divers, etc. as irresponsible people who have no regard for their life and the lives of people who care for them. It turns out I couldn’t get any more wrong. Various safety measures have been made over time making these sports not any more dangerous than, say, driving to and from work. Skydiving for example, has seen much less accidents than universally considered safer sports such as basketball, ice skating, and (facepalm!) boxing.
A bout with skydiving exposed me to an adrenaline rush I’ve never felt before. The feeling of the wind rushing through your body, the strenght of gravity pulling you towards land, the majectic sight of Earth’s surface from thousands of feet above - these all add up to quite a phenomenal experience. I can’t even begin to describe the intense excitement once I dove from the plane. It’s an experience that no string of words can give justice, one has to try it to fully appreciate it. Now excuse me while I live out my current more “dangerous” and loads more exciting life!
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