Coming in for a Landing
Six loads of laundry, four-and-a-half pounds of mail (including a dozen credit card offers), and 52 work e-mails later, I have (reluctantly) re-entered my real life a week after coming home from our awesome vacation in Wyoming. No wonder recent studies show that fewer Americans are taking traditional week (or longer) vacations nowadays; with two-income families, work schedules are harder to coordinate and clearing the decks before vacation and catching up afterwards kind of undoes the benefits of getting away. Not that I am complaining!
Anyhoo, the hubby finally downloaded some of our pix, so I am posting them here to share with you. Here’s me having hiked a couple of miles up one of the Grand Teton mountains, resting at “Inspiration Point” (the hubby called it “Perspiration Point” and for good reason).
And here I am getting ready to throw myself off a mountain to go paragliding. I still can’t believe I did that and now that I have, I feel I can dine out on that story for the next decade or so.
...and here's me in the air!
So let’s hear: What daredevil kind of thing did you surprise yourself by doing?
Comments
The scenery is breathtaking! Did you experience a zen-like state on the way down or were you too scared?
Was that a tandem glide? If not, how much training did you need to learn to steer?
Chloe, The scenery WAS breathtaking. And unbelievably enough, the scariest part was running down the rocky incline to jump off the mountain. Once I was airborne, I wasn't scared at all...it was like floating, and I was just in awe.
Of course, part of the reason why I wasn't scared was it was, as Curious asks, a tandem glide (great question, BTW, sorry I forgot to mention that part!) so I was strapped to an experienced instructor. I let him do the steering and opted for just a straight glide. My Y-chromosomed relatives, young and old, however, all chose to do tricky upside-down, roller coaster-like maneuvers (none for me, thanks).
Anyhoo, my advice is if you have the opportunity to try this, go for it! Thanks for reading...Cheers, Laurie
Wow! I am so proud of you (and a little jealous)!!! It loks amazing and to think what a long way you've come to be able to run down a mountain. You give me hope and inspiration. May you always be able to run (and jump) off many mountains!
You are awesome, great job!! I went Kyacking for the first time and thought I was great!!
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