My Skydiving experience on my 24th Birthday

in #philippines7 years ago (edited)

Jump out and everything will be okay.!


Video Credit to Skydive Dubai

You will never know what's your limit until you take a challenge and learn from it. And yes, this experienced gave me a lesson that you should not let yourself interceded by fears. Yes, fears which are created only by your thoughts.


Skydive Dubai Palm Drop Zone

Jumping out of the plane above 13,000 feet will never be an idea for someone not unless you're adventurous and you don't have that so-called thing "Fear of Heights". Well, I am adventurous and I don't fear heights but the idea of jumping out of the plane and not sure if later on, the parachute opens up freaks me out. I booked my Tandem Skydive (Palm Dropzone) online at Skydive Dubai website mid-June and due to the weather, my flight always get rescheduled. Finally, on 27th January 2016, few days before my 24th birthday, I got my scheduled and thank goodness, the sky was clear and the weather was perfect!


Tandem Schedule

Since I lived in Abu Dhabi, an hour travel from Dubai, I have to wake up early as I have to reached there an hour before my flight (10am) for the short briefing, positions and guidelines of the Do's and DONT's. On my way to the drop zone, my heart was pumping so fast but I was feeling excited until they got me sign on a many pages waiver. That was my first time to see and sign a waiver that was like a book. This strucked me and made me felt so anxious, pretty scared and nervous. So I signed and we were on our way up to the sky and there's no turning back. I was as scared as the rat being chased by the cat and I was praying to God deep inside to have our parachute open after we jumped.


A must last picture in the land pose - Just in case the parachute won't open :D


With Jo - My tandem Pilot

Finally, the green light turned on and that's the signal that we're ready to go. Jo, my pilot in the tandem, led me to the door. I was attached to him so I was a bit confident then positioned me, and had me looked up, and he said I'll count to three then we'll jump. So... 1... Jump...! I was like, man you said 3 not 2!


That Scared Face Tho :)

Finally! the parachute opened and realisation hits me. That was not scary at all. It was totally fun and a memorable experience anyone could have. The fears were gone and I abundantly enjoyed watching the creation of God and the beauty of Dubai!


The world stopped when this opened


WOOOHHH!!! We landed Safe and alive!

FEAR IS INEVITABLE BUT DEEP COURAGE AND TRUST IN YOURSELF CAN DEFEAT IT! LEARN TO LET GO OF WHAT'S SCARING YOU. GO OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE. EXPLORE WHAT IS NEXT TO THAT HORIZON. REMEMBER, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!

~P.S. Special Thanks to Jo for keeping me safe and Alex for capturing this moment. :)

Information on how to avail: Book online through Skydive Dubai's website http://www.skydivedubai.ae/
Price:
Option 1 (Palm DropZone): AED 1,999
Option 2 (Dessert Campus) : AED 1,699
Location : Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Note: Pictures, Video and personalised USB are inclusive

Thank you so much for reading! Please don't forget to follow me, upvote and resteem! I am looking forward to read your comments! :)

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Congratulations! You have fulfilled your dream and you have conquered the initial fear of jumping. They say it takes only 20 seconds and the fear is gone. I imagine for me it might be much longer. Hahaha.

Thank you so much @hiroyamagishi! Indeed it was a dream come true! But you know it was terrifying but it was gone in less than 5 seconds the moment we jumped out of the plane. :) you should try :)

Wow I’d like to experience too but i am afraid of height😓😓😓

Honestly once you step out of your comfort zone, any fears and phobias will be eliminated. Go for it @crisgojar! 😊 you can do it! 😊

Nice photos! Skydiving is one of the things in my bucket list. Once I can do it, I can probably say "I'm living the dream!"

Thank you @j-alhomestudio! You should try! It’s worth it and self fulfilling ☺️☺️

That is my DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want that also!!! Soon I will do that!!!

God willing kuya you can do this also :)

i really had fun watching the video. your facial expression looks really scared but you faced your fears! thanks for sharing your experience with us! :)

Thank you @andywong31! It was very scary and I was having second thoughts. My pilot in the tandem asked me "You will Jump right?" and I was pretending to be brave and nod my head. haha :D Sharing my experience is an achievement specially if a lot of people can learn from it. :) Thank you for the warm comment.

Haha i can only imagine you trying to be brave but deep down, you're already scared as hell! But you did it and i bet it was all worth it! Im a filipino by the way! 😀

Haha yes you guess i right! :D :D :D Oh! I thought your chinese (Sorry) kabayan :)

hehe yeah im chinese. filipino-chinese that is. :)

Oh that’s why 😊😊😊😊

Man it's definitely somewhere at the top of my bucket list.. I bet it's an amazing experience, I love the adrenaline rush!

Hopefully @rexodia you can! The feeling is incomparable and you would wish to do it over and over again. 😊

Awesome Dude 😍😍

Yes it is! Thank you! :)

Welcome 😀mate

I don't know if I will ever get the courage to do this!

Great going apple-bee! :D

haha. Let's jump out of the car nalang Ms. A! hahaha

Nooooo!!! Kenneth did last saturday though.

OMG! Why?

Haha. Read his post. Enggss

Nice!

Thank you! ☺️☺️

I am happy you got to realise that fear is only an illusion we create in our head...
Thumbs up brother...

Looks like fun!

It is @germanexplorer! You should try. ☺️☺️

Great job Applebee 😍👍🏻👏🏻

Thank you ate @charmaine0524! 😘😘😘

very scary but I would like to try

It is scary but not at all when you already tried. 😊 do it bro. 😊

Wow nice sis :D

Thank you sis @marizen 😊

Wow.. you're so fearless!

Thank you! I am but i had second thought before i rode the plane. Haha 😂

so glad you have faced many peoples fear! If you can do that you can do anything! Are you going to jump more often?? I just got my solo licence this year!:)

I am planning and hopefully I will do again in other countries and places. Wow! You’re amazing @colbyunicycles! In case you’re off for a tandem please include me. 🙈🙈☺️☺️

Hello! How' sky diving? It looks fun and hopefully I can try it in the future! Upvote!

Hi @joshjunderer! Skydiving is so much fun you should try! :) Thanks for the Upvote :)

Wanna experience it too.. even if I am afraid of height. Lols..

You can conquer your fear @theree2389. You’ll be proud of yourself after. And the memory is priceless 😊

You did it like a champ!! Well done :D

Thank you so much for your kind words @westernriders :)

someday, skydiving too...MEEEEE!!!
thanks for sharing your post!

I’m excited for you @erlasblog! I’m happy you like my post. Thank you so much. 😊

Nice job you did! Glad you could enjoy it. Hope the view was amazing.

Thank you @steef-05 😊

The view was breathtaking. 😊

Omg. I dont think i could do this! 😨😨

Hi @bgie8311! Conquer your fears! Once you do it, it's priceless. :)

Wow, I admire your courage. Good job, you have fulfilled your dream.

Thank you so much @jocelynsiano! 😊

Wow congratulations sir @appleskie you did your best... upon reading your page it feels me like I've experienced your moment flying in the sky. How I wish I can experience that someday to test myself I have a fear of heights. Hehe.. well post kabayan.

Salamat po for your kind words kabayan @sharatots 😊

Just started skydiving this year and love to see content like this on steemit