Chicagoland Skydiving Center
Rochelle, Illinois
June 14, 2013
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Mike tapped the altimeter three times and we kept falling as I was enjoying it too much.  Then he tapped it three more times so I reached back and gave the ripcord a yank.



If you're the type of person who likes positive G's then this is the moment for you as the sudden deceleration is quite a kick.  Not painful but the straps around your legs really dig in.

Oh I'm not sure if I was on the most extreme ride there as when we opened the chute I looked down to see the plane that took us up land beneath us to start loading more jumpers.  We were the last ones out, took a course straight down and he still beat us.  That had to have been one extreme dive.  Chicagoland Skydiving Center offers an observer ride so you can watch everyone jump before diving to the airport and I might have to do that the next time I'm up there.



Kevin and his instructor made it down just fine. 



What goes up (in a plane), must come back down (not nececerilly in a plane).   As we floated above the airport Mike gave me the straps to control the canopy and with a yank to the left we spiraled down almost perpendicular to the ground.  Leveling out I gave the controls back to Mike.  I just didn't like being in control of it.  I just really like being able to let go and not have to be in control (part of the attraction of coasters to me) so I instructed Mike to give me a heck of a ride and he did.  Swooping around there was a blast but no where near as good as the feeling of falling.



Before we went up Mike asked how I wanted to land.  He said we could either run in or slide as it was a little windy.  Being a little concerned about my knees after having had surgeries on both of them due to martial arts I went with the slide option.



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