For my 25th birthday, my boyfriend surprised me and booked a skydiving trip - so cool! Skydiving has always been an item on my bucket list so what better way to celebrate living a quarter of century than jumping out of an airplane? We drove to West Point, Virginia and met the folks from No Limits Skydiving at their office to sign paperwork, throw on jumpsuits and got prepped to jump. I was excited to learn that the guy I was jumping with had jumped over 16,000 times; I was in good hands. We drove across the road to Middle Peninsula Regional Airport, got in the small plane and took off. After about a fifteen minute climb, we jumped out of the plane at around 15,000 feet, while the plane was going around 100mph - ah! I, of course, asked Clark to jump first so I watched him jump and followed right behind him, free-falling tandem for 30-45 seconds. At around 5,000 feet, our parachutes opened and we glided the rest of the way down to the ground. Jumping was an incredible experience - there was so much adrenaline running through my body and since we jumped over the York River there were spectacular views of the rivers and bay below! We landed safely right next to where we parked our cars and quickly exchanged what the experience was like for each of us. I had such a good time skydiving. Although I am not dying to go again tomorrow, I would definitely go again. Thanks Clark for ringing in 25 with me in the air!
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