SKYDIVE 2008 over zions national park

So after feeling extremely jipped after my dive in 2007, I was able to make it up this year! The reason I feel like my second dive was a waste was because, my instructor didn't let me do anything- Cody was able to do flips out of the plane and it was only his first dive, and this past weekend when we went up to Salt Lake for Chuckey's wedding we found out that he is on a billboard for SKYDIVEUTAH. (he lived right by the billboard and drove by it every day for about two months thinking, man that guy looks familiar, then one day he realised it was him...oh Chuckey! how we have missed you!) however I am glad I was not on Chuckey's dive because his chute did malfunction- however the reserve was not deployed!
Well my first two dives were with SKYDIVEUTAH, my third dive was with SKYDIVE ZION


This is what it was...yes it scared the daylights out of me

The five of us had to leave Cedar at 5:15 in the morning to get down to Hurricane, UT. I figured it would be like my other dives and we would be out of there by seven or eight at the LATEST. Boy was I wrong, we drove into the airport and we saw this little shack, and I thought...oh great we are going to die- when Rick stepped out to greet us (Rick was our dive partner) He is the only one that actually does the dives, and so its him and the pilot, and then someone to re-pack his parachutes. Three people and that was it...the plane we went in, well it fits 3 people tightly! so we all had to go one at a time, Doug decided he needed to go first because if not he would chicken out- after that we decided to go by experience. So Doug jumped at 7, Sam at 8, Melanie at 9, Cody at 10 and then it was finally my turn to go...So I jumped at around 11-11:30


Cody and Doug on the ride down to the airport






I got to do flips out of the plane, and I did did all of stuff myself, I had to check what altitude I was at while falling and make sure that I checked my rip cord, and then I had to pull my rip cord and then guide us down to landing- well I passed my level and so my next dive can actually be SOLO! (however I was only suppose to check my rip cord 3 times and then pull it...I checked mine 5 times and then pulled it...I guess I needed to make sure it was really there...) I loved this dive even though I really couldn't see out of the plane to acutally look at Zions...and I would much rather go in a bigger plane with more people- but this dive was definantly fun and I did still end up with the bruises to prove I went!