'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
FYI to all of you contemplating Skydiving Or Bungee-Jumping:
Bungee-Jumping is by far scarier than tandem Skydiving, in my opinion. If you train enough to do your first skydive solo then that could possibly be scarier.
Standing over a 50 foot drop with only something that you hope is securely fastened to your ankles as you look down, mustering the strength to leap. When I went bungee jumping I had that moment of courage where I started to lean forward, but then survival instincts kicked in and I wanted to put a foot infront of me to catch my fall, I couldn't though because they were tied together so instead my knees just gave out and I plummetted.
When I went tandem skydiving, I was buckled into the other jumper and basically just had to lean my legs outside the plane and he'd push us out. I do have my pilots license though so the flight alone wasn't scary for me at all which may otherwise may add extra nervousness to people who don't go up in small planes.