I arrived in Taupo on Friday the 24th of March at around 11am. By 12pm I had a skydive booked and by 3pm I was in a plane preparing to jump. I put on the suit, the fannypack, the cap and grabbed goggles and an oxygen mask. Damo, my tandem partner strapped me up and we boarded the plane. I was the last one in so the first to jump. We climbed in with our sides right at the door. Damo didn't close it right away, and I realized afterwards that was so he could throw out his apple core. He closed it before we took off. Taking off and reaching altitude was normal except for the strange position I was sitting in. As we got higher, we were hooked up to the oxygen masks, no
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