Skydive Three and Four!

A week after my second skydive at Wollongong, my boyfriend and I were booked in for another skydive at Picton.


We had stayed in a cabin at Tuggerah Lake the night before with a group of friends, so the morning started off pretty hectic. 


When we woke up, we scrambled to get all of our things together and piled into the car, trying to get to Picton in time for our jump.


When we got there, I saw the instructor that my boyfriend had the first time that we went skydiving. "Back again?" He asked. "Well that didn't take you very long."


We met our instructors and they quickly went over the procedure again. 


This time, I was excited for the jump. I still hadn't worked up the courage to look out the window of the plane when we were taking off though, but I wasn't nervous like the last two times that we went.


This time, my instructor and I were the second ones out of the plane.


Before we jumped, my boyfriend and I were telling our instructors that we wanted to do the course to be able to skydive solo. 

My instructor told me that when we jumped this time, if he pointed left, then I should push my left shoulder down and if he pointed right, I should push my right shoulder down. 

I wasn't sure exactly why he was telling me this, but I was about to find out. 


When we jumped out, he pointed left, so I did what he'd told me to do and pushed my left shoulder down. When I did this, we started to spin in a circle. 


When he pointed right, I pushed my right shoulder down and we span the opposite way.


When it was time to open the parachute, he let me steer it nearly the whole way down. He showed me that the harder you pull the left or right cord, the faster and steeper you turn.


As we were landing, we could see our friends down below waiting for us and taking pictures.


We enjoyed it so much, that we decided to go again, right then and there.


When the instructors came out to get us harnessed up, they couldn't believe that we were going again so soon. "You two are crazy!" They said.


This time the plane ride up was great. I was so excited that I looked out the window the whole time. 

That was the first time that I'd actually been able to look out the window from take off because funny enough, I'm actually afraid of heights!


My fourth skydive was definitely the best one that I have done so far! I can't wait to go again!


Lela xx