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Old 06-20-2010, 01:00   #14
Last hard class
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Originally Posted by Green Light View Post
I don't like heights. Period. But I was a static line and HALO jumpmaster. People who know about my previous life who see me hanging Christmas lights always ask me about the seeming contradiction. For me it's easy.

First off - there's a difference between height and altitude. Altitude is your friend, height is just a storage of potential energy bled off at impact. .
I have never been scared on a jump. While there is an adrenaline rush, it's like everything is happening in slow motion. Total clarity.

However:

At 70' on a cliff face, I have been known to get sewing machine legs.
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