Conquering a Fear of Heights

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For some reason, I didn’t really feel that scared about jumping out of a plane. Okay, I was a little scared, scared of freezing my buns off because the temperature was probably 30 degrees at 10,000 feet. Thankfully, my Mother-in-law shared her gloves and wind-resistant jacket with me. And her shoes. I wasn’t about to jump out of the plane in slip-ons [the only shoes I brought to AZ].



This video is a little hard for me to watch. It’s somehow incredibly embarassing to hear myself saying “OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!” a million times. My favorite part is when my tandem diver says “oh GROSS” in reaction of Chris and I swapping spit, then immediately follows it by a hang-loose sign and “SWEET!!”. What a weirdo. Also, for your listening pleasure we cropped and re-edited the video to new music. Ratatat seems more fitting for skydiving than raver music.

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    1. L says:

      You are my inspiration! I have always wanted to do that! “A” and I both dig Chris’ beard. Tell him for us. You both ROCK!

    2. Jenn says:

      Wow! You two are incredible! That is so brave. I got chills watching that.

    3. Brooke says:

      i love that your tandem diver did the “throw up” sign after saying “gross” to your kiss. so funny that thats who you got stuck with.

      On a better note, you looked fantastic! Im so impressed by your bravery. The music seems to be a nice addition as well.

    4. Laurie says:

      OH MY GOSH! you are crazy girl!!

    5. maegan says:

      SA-WEET! So I watched with both the kids and Jack kept saying “uh-oh” :), perhaps because I explained you were jumping out of an airplane…Elyette thinks thats pretty cool, so do I.

    6. Julia says:

      Meliss, you are so brave! I couldn’t stop laughing! Ben went right before we got married, and he thought it was awesome. What a thrill!

    7. Christina says:

      oh my gosh are you crazy ahhhhhhhhhhh! Ü

    8. I want to hear about your crazy brain freeze. And what were you thinking as you were falling? Was it cold? That looks so awesome! Starting at about 2:09, it looks like you keep yawning. :)

    9. Jane says:

      I can’t believe you brought a camera – how awesome! it’s a good thing you did b/c this is the closest I’ll ever get to skydiving…most likely. never say never, right. go esplins!

    10. Tanya says:

      Death defying acts – yikes! I think I might try something like cave diving before even approaching sky diving. Maybe one day – an inspiration for sure.

    11. Heather says:

      That is so cool! When I was younger I always wanted to go sky diving and I really should have because now that I’m older I’m not as brave. Pretty sweet!

    12. Margaret says:

      This is narly. Baby P is lucky to have such cool parents.

    13. Melissa says:

      Because of the windchill and falling through a cloud, I got a crazy brain freeze. Not the kind that’s at the back of the throat, but all over. It was crazy. Also, from going through a really dense part of the cloud, I started hyperventilating a little bit, because of how humid and thick the air was. It was awesome.

    14. heww says:

      I’m Jane’s old man. Exhilirating! Thanks for sharing that!

    15. Nicia says:

      “I’ve got a crazy brain freeze.” haha. That’s awesome! Cracks me up. Way to go skydiving! Joe was totally jealous. He misses it tons! Maybe someday I’ll go.

    16. sarah says:

      That seriously made me want to vomit, I can’t believe you jumped out of a freaking plane!

    17. Janine says:

      OMG!! Your freefall seemed like it lasted forever!!! Im watching and start thinking, when is he gonna pull?!?!
      Awesome!
      I liked that your tandem instructor was also the photographer (sound is good). I had a separate film guy who dove with us. And once we pulled he was gone.
      I went w/ my boyfriend, and i went FIRST as well, but his shute didnt open! Ahh, so they had to cut away and pull the reserve. A very tense 30 seconds for sure. Even the instructor was quite shaken up and he has over 10,000 dives. TG for those reserve shutes!!!
      I loved watching your vid, makes me want to do it AGAIN!
      Such an amazing experience, I get a rush just watching!!!

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