"The most fun you'll have without taking your clothes off!" This was the last thing my tandem partner told me before jumping out of a plane at 17,000 feet. He was right. I decided the day before to go. Turning 21 and the birthday before not being everything that I had wanted it to be, I didnt want to waste another birthday. Shelby and Alex went with me to watch. I have to say that I wasn't scared. I have always had the mentality of "Well, if I die, it will probably be on impact PLUS what a cool way to die" type of thing. Skydiving, rollercoasters, anything extreme I guess. Everything happend so quickly anyway, it would have been hard anyway to be anything but excited. I spent the rest of my birthday getting black
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