Skydiving...Anyone else play the odds?

[chimivee]

My GF took me for my b-day when I turned 19 or 20.  We both did tandem, and I think it was under $150 each.

It was awesome, but I didn't have an epiphantic moment or anything.  Actually jumping out of the plane isn't really that crazy, cause when you're at 12000 feet or whatever, you really have no perception of height.

I agree w/ Pablo that the parachute part is amazing too.  I think I enjoyed it as much as the freefall.

Tigerstyle: Check out Perris Valley - that's where we went.  Seemed like a decent operation... although the bastards mucked up my video, so I didn't have a tape of my jump.  Had I been a bit older/wiser/pissed off I would have insisted on a 2nd jump to get a video!