Valentines Day Jumps

I got three jumps in. They have a special for free gear rentals Monday through Thursday. The weather was bad all week, but today looks great. Three jumps cost me $85.50. Normally they would run $141. Not too shabby.

Th first jump was uneventfull until I failed to land into the wind. It was a crosswind landing. The flare did next to nothing to reduce my speed and I slid across the ground on my knees for at least 20 yards then came to a stop and hopped up. Thankfully there weren't any rocks in my path. Another skydiver at a similar experience level was standing nearby and managed to conceal his laughter. A few minutes later he told me that his landing was a mess also.

The second jump had a hard landing when I forgot to look at the horizon on my final approach and flared the canopy at about 2'.

The last jump of the day was my 40th!!!! WOW. I pulled an accuracy landing so close to the flag that my lines came down over the pole. Sweeeeeet.