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Its a few years old. I haven't posted in a long while. Alot has changed. I got married. I have my skydiving licence. I quit the oilfield after 5 years and continued my education. I also got fat and traveled the world. I cant thake the photo credits from this though. I dont know who took the video.

#skydive #funjump

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I got a friend a job on my rig, and man is he retarded. I was too when I first started, but damn is it rough.

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The Truth About Skydiving

Lots of people talk about skydiving as a crazy, life threatening activity that people do just to check off their bucket-lists or get a big adrenaline high. It is often described as extreme, dangerous, and sometimes even as idiotic. There is a huge stigma surrounding going skydiving, and since I just did it (and clearly survived), I wanted to take a few minutes and give you some facts about the experience.

1. You are 8.3 times more likely to be hit by lightning than die skydiving. The chances of dying while skydiving, assuming you jump once every year, are 1 in 100,000 (as of 2012) while the chances of being hit by lightning once in your whole lifetime are 1 in 12,000.

2. Injuries are VERY uncommon. The only real area you could possibly encounter an injury is with the landing, but, if you listen to the training (which is quick and simple-by the way) and do as they tell you, landing is super easy! Plus, you don’t even touch the ground at all until the hard part is done!

3. The whole experience is basically effortless- you literally do almost nothing! If it’s your first time going, your only option is a tandem dive. This means that you are literally the attached via harness to an instructor who does everything for you- you are just along for the ride.

4. The most painful part was the harness. As per necessity, that thing is strapped on tightly, and if you’re not careful you could end up with a bit of a bruise. This makes the whole experience a tad uncomfortable, but it was not painful at all.

5. There was no crazy adrenaline high- at least not for me. The whole jumping out of the plane thing happened so fast that I didn’t have time to be scared (which was good), but I also didn’t have time to get excited. One second we were in the plane and the next we were falling. The whole jump took under 10 minutes.

6. Nothing compares to the view of the earth from that angle. The one part of the experience I can say I remember perfectly was how amazingly gorgeous the ground was as we were descending. I just kept thinking that (even with the harness discomfort) I could stay right there, in that moment, forever, and part of me wished I could.

7. Nothing exploded. I’d call this one self-explanatory based on the fact that I’m writing this in good health with pictures to show for it.

For all the parents reading this, I hope you have been even a little reassured. For all the people reading this who are considering going, heed this advice- go for it, it was definitely a worthwhile experience, but make sure you know it’s not exactly what people make it out to be.

Going skydiving was literally #1 on my life bucket-list, and I am so happy to have been able to have that experience (as you can I’m sure see from the picture of me right after I landed). The view was incredible, the instructor super nice, and I know this experience is something I will look back on forever.

“If you don’t jump, you’ll never get the chance to fly.”

There is my beautiful set up. And I've jumped it twice already. The first time was awesome. I tested it out at full altitude and the second time was extremely nerve racking. For the first time I felt like I was gambling with my life. I had a good skydive. It was my first unsupervised pack job for my canopy. That's why it was so scary. Everything worked out. Since my grandmother helped pay for it I got her name stitched on it. So when I need to cut away ill have an angel saving me! :)

My container finally came!!!!

Hey there sailor

I forgot I had this thing. Lets see. I have my skydiving license. I have about 46 jumps so far. Some in different states, and after next month I will have some in different countries. My friend Jeremy got fired from work for losing his temper and punching me. Good ridden. I already beat him up for hitting my brother on new years. My grandma passed away on valentines day. That sucked. My best friends mom past away a week ago. Also sucks. But other than that I'm pretty happy with life. Good job with good money. Good hobbies with good people. I'm also friends with Erica again, so that's a win. I'll post a video soon so you can see my progress. Ttyl tumblr

#lovelife

update

whats up tumblr, haven't been on in a minute. Ive been way to busy. new years was dope. I bought a bottle of habusake. got in a fist fight cause someone punched my brother, and I didn't have that bad of a hang over. I have a gf now. im not to thrilled about it. I like her, but I don't want it to last forever. Ive tried telling her this, but looks like ill be breaking her heart. Ive also been getting fat paychecks. I just bought a gopro today and I start jump school tomorrow. should be interesting. anyways. its been fun!

getting tatted up

‘Oxymoron’ album available now http://smarturl.it/Oxymoronive had a couple nights like this. cant wait for the new year fool

#trippin balls

#Roughnecktanline

life

Well, another awsome paycheck for not working. On another note, my heart bleeds for the friends and family of the oil worker that died today. I worked with haliburton alpha before. Its a shitty thing that happened. Goes to show how dangerous my field of work is and things i need to watch out for. Life is unforgiving.

#doghouse #bored

I've had this for a while now, thought I'd finally share it with tumbr. The one tattoo that's bad ass, but I regret it.

My new toy

Expensive

I bought an expensive toy today.... I've never been so scared of my license till now lol

#work :)

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