its been ages since my last post, (pretty much nothing since my trip to oregon!  in the space of time inbetween i've been busy working on the a DLL release for Passport authentication which will be open to the public.  Last weekend my friends helped me ring in my 22nd year with some responsibly enjoyed alcohol (i'm not posting any pictures from that though...) and this weekend, a few of my friends took the plunge and went sky diving!

 

Picture album has been posted of our trip out to Kapowsin for some free fall!  We took an Otter up to 13,500 feet and walked out the door.. let gravity do its thing and free fell for one minute, then glided down from 3,500 feet to a gentle landing on Terra Firma (about a 5-6 minute descent with parachute). 

 

I have to say, the whole experience was a lot of fun.. the best part for me was the plane ride up to our drop height, and that moment when you jump out the door of the moving plane.  amazing :)

I jumped first (blue parachute in the photos), then Nipun (red and white parachute) then Sameer (yellow parachute i think).  The most amazing part about Nipun's flight was screaming like a girl all the way down (jk nipun), and the best part about Sameer's drop was feelling like his harness was going to fall off (i'm glad i didnt feel that way!)

 

The Free fall itself was neat but it went by too quickly...I could feel the temperature of the air increasing as I fell and the view is pretty nice - when the ground is so far away it looks pretty harmless.  when the parachute deploys you feel yourself getting yanked up and jostled around a lot and the spins that the Tandem instructor puts you into are also pretty amazing.

 

After the jump we packed up and went home, stopped by the company picnic on sunday (it was far too hot), and its back to work tommorow.  Lookign forward to the next weekend though!

 

ps. saki graciously came along and helped us take photos and look after our things.... thanks Saki!  (she also had the list of "Emergency Contacts" just incase she had to make some phone calls, which luckily she didnt).