tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post2847297767234294670..comments2024-03-28T08:01:34.001-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: Free Falling (From A Plane)Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-36384688169999367172022-09-20T05:32:37.297-07:002022-09-20T05:32:37.297-07:00Thanks John. Reflecting back, the almost overall ...Thanks John. Reflecting back, the almost overall absence of real fear is interesting to me, although I have no idea where that came from. Really. I am one of the most fearful people I know.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-25730002317596398842022-09-20T05:31:30.781-07:002022-09-20T05:31:30.781-07:00Hey FNB! Thanks, and sounds like your son definit...Hey FNB! Thanks, and sounds like your son definitely confronted his fears directly.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-54766427044341767942022-09-19T19:51:10.096-07:002022-09-19T19:51:10.096-07:00Franknbean forgot to add. Hey there TB
I’m still ...Franknbean forgot to add. Hey there TB <br />I’m still following Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-25731862922257653362022-09-19T19:50:05.308-07:002022-09-19T19:50:05.308-07:00Good narration as always.
My youngest son was sca...Good narration as always. <br />My youngest son was scared of heights and uncomfortable in jetliners. Afraid to help me on the roof hanging Christmas lights. Out of HS he joined the Army and went airborne with the 82nd AA. <br /><br />I think the airborne bit was just his way of ensuring he got out of his fears. Nearly 10 years out now and a doting father of three small children. Yes he’s fearless now….Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-14123899227912148572022-09-19T16:56:10.060-07:002022-09-19T16:56:10.060-07:00As others have said, great post, enjoyed the trip,...As others have said, great post, enjoyed the trip, and so not for me. <br /><br />I would also worry about the extra charge for deep cleaning of the sky diving suit. John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-69625311016808678162022-09-19T10:24:48.352-07:002022-09-19T10:24:48.352-07:00Linda, interestingly this has been a point of disc...Linda, interestingly this has been a point of discussion here. Of the five of us, two of us have now done it (turns out Nighean Gheal did it last month and forget to tell us until she posted something on social media last week). Nighean Bhan wants do it upon graduation from college. The Ravishing Mrs. TB and Nighean Dhonn have no interest. Not sure that mirrors the population.<br /><br />I am a bit claustrophobic as well - not to the point it impedes me, but I prefer open space to closed in.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-74452560378952611852022-09-19T10:20:16.057-07:002022-09-19T10:20:16.057-07:00Fantastic! So glad I conveyed it appropriately. I...Fantastic! So glad I conveyed it appropriately. In a lot of ways, it was a unique experience in my life. Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-36218193500454010212022-09-19T10:18:56.519-07:002022-09-19T10:18:56.519-07:00Ed, for me it is not so much have my feet on the g...Ed, for me it is not so much have my feet on the ground as the stability of what I am standing on (as noted above, ladders are never comfortable). That said, I cannot imagine having to do this under "real emergency" circumstances. I am sure the risk goes up exponentially.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-4583455238446248322022-09-19T07:59:56.425-07:002022-09-19T07:59:56.425-07:00Great post, TB. It is something I will never do. J...Great post, TB. It is something I will never do. Just like skin diving. I am claustrophobic. Not seriously ( well maybe, never tested it), but enough that I would not be able to function, even with the air tank.<br /><br />You all be safe and God bless. LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-90978165533062769542022-09-19T07:57:00.472-07:002022-09-19T07:57:00.472-07:00So wonderfully descriptive. Feels like I went alon...So wonderfully descriptive. Feels like I went along!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-69687364172889079682022-09-19T07:18:03.662-07:002022-09-19T07:18:03.662-07:00You did something I hope to never voluntarily do. ...You did something I hope to never voluntarily do. But I just hate not having my feet on the ground in general. I'll challenge myself in other ways. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-66477376282941659492022-09-19T05:32:24.606-07:002022-09-19T05:32:24.606-07:00Oddly enough, 6 to 8 foot ladders are far more dis...Oddly enough, 6 to 8 foot ladders are far more disconcerting to me than jumping out of a plane was. Mostly, it has to do with stability of the surface (and to be fair, the plane was stable).<br /><br />Many years ago when we visited the Queen Mary in Long Beach, part of the tour was a catwalk across some kind of deep pool in the ship. With a figure in a diving suit at the bottom. The only I could get across was to look directly ahead and not down, so I completely get the deep pool.<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it and hopefully conveyed the experience enough that you were almost "there".Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-13533968435201543452022-09-19T05:28:35.126-07:002022-09-19T05:28:35.126-07:00Thank you Nylon12. It went from a "hmm, that...Thank you Nylon12. It went from a "hmm, that is interesting" to "hmm, I think that is something I can do - why not?" And at this point, really why not? Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-33651663081316778542022-09-19T03:07:11.039-07:002022-09-19T03:07:11.039-07:00It sounds like you had a great time. I don't ...It sounds like you had a great time. I don't think I could do it unless I was under duress (plane damaged and about to crash). I am afraid of heights and even snorkeling over a deep saltwater pool in crystal clear water gave me the willys, lol.<br /><br />Your description of what your jump was like was great - thank you for allowing me to share it vicariously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-30576022150530471502022-09-19T02:48:21.478-07:002022-09-19T02:48:21.478-07:00Jumping voluntarily out of a functioning airplane ...Jumping voluntarily out of a functioning airplane is one way of stretching yourself TB, congrats on the experience and the solid tale today.......... :)Nylon12noreply@blogger.com