Nathan listed my first piece of gear I ever owned to sell. I am taking an extended break from the sport of skydiving. Break as in I am not sure when or if I will jump again.
There are many reasons, some of which are personal but the main reason is in skydiving I can not include my children. The day I taught my kids to climb a rock was one of my most prized moments. The pride I felt as I belayed them is something that even the best skydive cant compare to.
Ill still hit the occasional boogie, I might even borrow gear for a coach jump, but from this moment on to say I am a skydiver would be a lie. I havent been a "skydiver" for some time now. Yes I still jumped, but it was more out of doing something familiar then desire for the sky. Yes it was fun, but not nearly as fun as my day to day life. I guess its safe to say that skydiving became just another way to spend the day. I am not willing to die skydiving, so I have no business jumping.
I dont want to die rock climbing... I am however able to accept the risk. Hope the "sky friends" will still be friends, but if all we had in common was the sky then we probably arent very good friends anyways so we wont miss each other.
Its been a lovely ride though.
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