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Jumped out of a heli with a parachute! due Spring 2010

For my birthday in October Sindre and some friends bought me a tandemjump from 10 000ft. from a helicopter with a parachute! That’s two things I always wanted to do: riding a helicopter and parachuting in free fall. I guess Sindre actually listened when we were watching TV of someone parachuting and I discreetly mentioned how badly I wanted to try that. That’s my good Yeti! Sindre had arranged with some parachuters in Trøgstad, 1 hour driving from Oslo, so I get to see my hometown and Oslofjorden from the air.

The jump was planned October 10th in the morning and we told our friends, a chauffeur was arranged, my parents calmed and my excitement built up. When the big day arrived, it rained. The jump was thus postponed to October 17th. Cue arranging, telling friends, calming down my folks and building up a greater load of excitement. To my delight that Saturday morning was a beautiful, sunny day with no visible clouds in the sky. I got up early (I hate that), did my morning routine, got dressed in warm clothes and a permanent grin started to develop on my face. Sindre made coffee to bring and packed his backpack with his camera to take pictures. About 20 minutes before our chauffeur, Kjell, was arriving we got a call. The jump was cancelled again because of too strong wind. *sigh*

We came to the conclusion that we had to postpone the jump to Spring next year, sometime during March or April. The winter’s coming in fast (well, it’s Norway) and it gets too cold to mess around at 10 000ft in November. But I am gonna get my jump!

People say a picture is saying more than 1 000 words. So here it is.

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