Tandem Skydiving 🪂 (I am absolutely TERRIFIED of heights)

I am on a mission to complete my bucket list. Despite my fear of heights, I’m determined to do things that challenge me mentally and physically. I’m not sure why I decided to tackle skydiving before many other not-so scary adventures, but I don’t regret it. I wanted my 33rd birthday to be epic and this experience did not disappoint.

The folks at Cadence Sky Sports made my experience amazing. I went alone but they were so warm and inviting that I felt completely comfortable from beginning to end. Kellen, my instructor, was an experienced skydiver who talked me through everything. The videographer was also an experienced skydiver who actually prepared this video and it truly captured how epic of an experience skydiving was.

For folks wondering if I was afraid or nervous, I’d say yes and no. I was exceptionally nervous that I would forget the instructions and do something wrong. However, I wasn’t afraid of the jump because I had a somewhat delusional belief that skydiving is like floating on a cloud lol. The free fall from the plane was terrifying and just like the drop you’d feel on a roller coaster (except at about 14,000 miles high). As soon as the parachute was deployed, it was smooth sailing from that point on. As we moved around in the parachute, a bit of my fear of heights started to creep back in but this was overtaken by the amazing view. The landing was an absolutely spectacular and soft landing.

I did it! What bucket list adventure do you recommend I tackle next?