This is one of the first videos that we shot in Morrisville...that it snowed 2 feet...Enjoy the video...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Monday, August 21, 2006
Night Fall...
This once again like a number of other titles that i have used in my blog, is misleading. But this one is more literal that others....
As it says...its about a Night and a Fall...and trust me this one was one of the most exciting and breath taking experience i have ever had. And i know that i am not going to stop at this.
How many days do you know, when you have done more than one exciting thing? Now i know atleast one or maybe this is one more to the ones that i remember....
First one on the day...19th August 2006 was that i completed a 932paged novel. Its more of a biographical account than a novel....Shantaram.....thanks to shrikant for suggesting this one to me. Thanks bro! It took me more than 6 months to read the entire book to completion...and now that its over i really feel bad that i cant have more of it. I would suggest this one to anyone whos facinated about Bombay and how this city shaped to what it is today.....and the life of the people living in it.
I wish i could complete have as many experiences as the autor has...an Australian who was convicted and put in the maximum security prison in Auatralia. He escaped over the wall of the prison and came to bombay....the book is an account of his life in bombay.
The second and more exciting of the two was what i have called Night Fall.....but people better know it as Tandem Skydive. Its a skydive where you are hooked in front of an experienced diver. Its more like the baby kangaroo in the mothers pouch. The day was a very long one as we waited for our turn to take the jump. But i guess all good things require patience. We were the last group to take the jump at around 8pm. It was almost sunset when we took the flight (a small glider) up to the clouds. The interior of the glider reminded me of those war movies where all the soldiers are crammed up into a small plane and then they jump in to enemy territory and fight their wars. The dim light on the top and the red light near the door looked pretty scary. Then when my instructor finally got me hooked and strapped, for the first time i really thought about it...what am i doing here? why the heck did i ever decide to take this jump? and then before i knew it the door opened and the light turned green...indcating that its time to jump....
As we jumped out of the glider.....i felt the cold air and clouds taking me in their embrace....at 13500feet above ground....then the thought struck .....what if the shoot fails to deploy? is it worth the risk...but then as soon as my instructor tapped me (pre-determined sign to say its ok to open your hands) i let go of my hands....and enjoyed the fall.....i dont think i can ever describe the experience in words but for what its worth i guess the video might do it a bit of justice ;)
As we finally landed we ran to our cans of beer and guzzled it down our throats...thats the advantage of taking the last jump...you get to contest in the beer run....where each diver is judged for his landing skills and his beer guzzling skills....
This is one thing that i will never forget....its imprinted in my brain...forever.....
As it says...its about a Night and a Fall...and trust me this one was one of the most exciting and breath taking experience i have ever had. And i know that i am not going to stop at this.
How many days do you know, when you have done more than one exciting thing? Now i know atleast one or maybe this is one more to the ones that i remember....
First one on the day...19th August 2006 was that i completed a 932paged novel. Its more of a biographical account than a novel....Shantaram.....thanks to shrikant for suggesting this one to me. Thanks bro! It took me more than 6 months to read the entire book to completion...and now that its over i really feel bad that i cant have more of it. I would suggest this one to anyone whos facinated about Bombay and how this city shaped to what it is today.....and the life of the people living in it.
I wish i could complete have as many experiences as the autor has...an Australian who was convicted and put in the maximum security prison in Auatralia. He escaped over the wall of the prison and came to bombay....the book is an account of his life in bombay.
The second and more exciting of the two was what i have called Night Fall.....but people better know it as Tandem Skydive. Its a skydive where you are hooked in front of an experienced diver. Its more like the baby kangaroo in the mothers pouch. The day was a very long one as we waited for our turn to take the jump. But i guess all good things require patience. We were the last group to take the jump at around 8pm. It was almost sunset when we took the flight (a small glider) up to the clouds. The interior of the glider reminded me of those war movies where all the soldiers are crammed up into a small plane and then they jump in to enemy territory and fight their wars. The dim light on the top and the red light near the door looked pretty scary. Then when my instructor finally got me hooked and strapped, for the first time i really thought about it...what am i doing here? why the heck did i ever decide to take this jump? and then before i knew it the door opened and the light turned green...indcating that its time to jump....
As we jumped out of the glider.....i felt the cold air and clouds taking me in their embrace....at 13500feet above ground....then the thought struck .....what if the shoot fails to deploy? is it worth the risk...but then as soon as my instructor tapped me (pre-determined sign to say its ok to open your hands) i let go of my hands....and enjoyed the fall.....i dont think i can ever describe the experience in words but for what its worth i guess the video might do it a bit of justice ;)
As we finally landed we ran to our cans of beer and guzzled it down our throats...thats the advantage of taking the last jump...you get to contest in the beer run....where each diver is judged for his landing skills and his beer guzzling skills....
This is one thing that i will never forget....its imprinted in my brain...forever.....
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