SIMPLY SKYDIVE! TRUE FEELINGS;

 

//JUMPSTATS
 XSTRERMID:               SS13
JUMPER:                      HASAN AZHAR
ALTITUDE:                  7000 FEET
WINNING SPEED:         220KM/HR
INSTRUCTOR:              PAUL YB
CAMERA:                   ADRM ON HAND
LOCATION:                 SKYDIVE DROPZONE
COUNTRY:                  EARTH
DATE:                                15-MARCH-2006

AIRCRAFT:                 PIPER NAVAJD

 

 

Around 11am I reached the air base, it was pretty late according to 8am schedule; that was due to the raining at morning and beautiful weather but for plane it was worse. After I filled the different type of forms and signed on whatever written there; they also took witness for that. Everything of course was in well and perfect supervision but titanic sink when it claimed to be totally perfect.

 

The plane started and took off in minutes, it was flying with an angle of about 65 degrees, seems the pilot wants to save each second of time and when it got above the clouds it took a left sharp turn with heavy horizontal angle like pilot wants to rotate it at 180 degrees horizontally. As the door was open it was stunning watching from there.

 

When the plane was at the altitude of 7000 feet with the huge noise of propeller. I dived out of plane in the air. My speed towards earth was 220km/hr, for 16 seconds I joy the moments without caring of anything even the death! The experience was totally different from the bungy jumping. It was like the total freedom, it was out of this world! Behind every dream there is a dream to fly! And it was more than flying.

 

If riding in an airplane is flying,

Then riding in a boat is swimming.

If you want to experience the element,

Then get out of the vehicle.

— Anon.

 

I opened my hands with joy freely in clouds towards earth, even forgot I may possibly hit the ground and it will be a really hard hit.

 

For 16 seconds the moments was like you have a glass of water with a thirst of hours, you don’t care of sips; rather you swallow and relish every gulp like you are drinking and tasting it very first time, forgetting that it may cause a serious injury in your neckline but you do and you take pleasure of every drop.

 

After free fall from 7000 feet the parachute opened near to the last white smoky cloud. And first time ever in my life I experienced the purity of sky, the peace up there. Maybe because humans still not up there and cannot fly and thanks GOD they cannot. It was more than the phrase we use ‘pin drop silent’, it was total 101% quietness, not any type of any hearing. I never experienced such quietness on ground where ever I was, I really mean never!! While coming through the smoky clouds now you can see the city more crystal clear, Sydney was totally different comparing when you walk on streets. Everything was peacefully very quietly without making any noise without saying any word was working, just imagine! The lakes, the grounds where people was walking, the generators, the busses, even trains everything looks working silently, and you are coming down towards that and getting amaze what the HEAVEN up there! You will love it. Then I started to land on the given base with the same style I practiced before departure, that’s the most important part or I will sure break my legs.

 

People there was watching me with circle round eyes that maybe I am alien. And after the good landing and physically alright; people eyes gets from 360 degree circle to normal oval. And the first question hit me was “how was that” second “how’s the feelings” third “was it scary”? Foreigners from different parts of the world want to know the same thing before they also do that. My answer was short and simple “cool”  “pretty cool”.

 

The staff then handover me the certificate of skydiving in Sydney. That skydiving was from the Blue Mountains area and city can also be watch like opera house and harbor bridge with the view of lakes and beautiful greeneries but the vision depends on how much clouds up there.

 

I got two interesting questions. One “Would you repeat it?” Second "How would you rank it on a scale of 1 to 10?". Answer to first; Behind every dream there is a dream to fly! When you are in air (just after jump) and moving with 220km/hr, it’s like the total freedom and maybe you are the only one in world feeling that. This is the moment of joy when you even forget that you may can hit the earth, you really enjoy those moments and completely forgets all fears in life even the fear of death. Then the peace, calm, 101% quietness and silence while you float down slowly towards ground.

 

Answer to 2nd whatever the joy is but craziness is behind for such type of actions. After my arrival I continuously with focus watched the person who was packing the parachutes for next flights (there is a special license for that), if he just miss one hook And someone life will be miss! When I took off the jacket I noticed the same. And the material with hooks was looks like the same you have with your laptop bag (just seems like that). In craziness I will rank ’10’ (it’s about life); about joy "sofar" also ’10’. As smoking kills too!

 

They also told me to point my country by inserting a pin in big world map. That they can show from which various countries in the world people came and dare for skydiving in Sydney, and I inserted the first pin in Pakistan!





TAG LINE: FEAR IS AN ENEMY OF ALL DREAMS!!!


 


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