Margaret Morford skydiving
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I've been bugging Margaret Morford to post a picture of herself, since she was bugging everyone else to. Well, here it is:
[url]http://www.hrhero.com/forum/margaret_skydiving.jpg[/url]
Yes, that's really Margaret, jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. She's doing a tandem dive, where the instructor is strapped to the student's back to prevent the jump from ending with a big [i]splat.[/i]
She asked me to post this while she's in New Orleans for the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium. And she says she's wearing her HR Hero T-shirt under the jumpsuit.
Pretty impressive, if you ask me.
James Sokolowski
HRhero.com
[url]http://www.hrhero.com/forum/margaret_skydiving.jpg[/url]
Yes, that's really Margaret, jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. She's doing a tandem dive, where the instructor is strapped to the student's back to prevent the jump from ending with a big [i]splat.[/i]
She asked me to post this while she's in New Orleans for the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium. And she says she's wearing her HR Hero T-shirt under the jumpsuit.
Pretty impressive, if you ask me.
James Sokolowski
HRhero.com
Comments
Chari
Very cool picture. How was it taken? I have parasailed after a few tequila shooters in Mexico, but skydiving would be terrifying to me. Good for her!
Elizabeth
mom-ism! Way to go Margaret! But, James, if the instructor is to avoid the jump ending in a big splat, shouldn't he be on the bottom not the top?
Did you get a video? I got a video so that I can someday show my great grandkids just how crazy their grandma is/was. A co-worker's mom jumped with us this summer and she was 79 years old!
To answer everyone's questions:
I did not know the tandem instructor before I went. I simply asked for the tallest guy they had. I wanted his feet to hit the ground long before mine did!
I do have a video, which shows the three summersaults out of the plane doorway as well as the landing.
We jumped from 14,000 feet.
Margaret Morford
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There is nothing like jumping out of a plane -- and living to talk about it. I did it for my 30th birthday (way long ago). Wish I had a photo to post of it, but I only have one of me on the ground all suited up and looking like a scared rabbit. Oh well, I still recall the BIG noise, wondering if my chute would open or if I had to open the backup like they taught us, the freedom of flying, the beautiful scenery and the awesome landing. Gee, I might just do it again.
Oh, BTW I did not have a helper -- had to jump out on my own.
I'm glad I did it, but in my lifetime since then I've fallen off the roof of my house and spent three months on crutches. Won't be jumping out of planes anytime soon.
I like Margaret's method a little better anyway, with a cute guy crammed up against me. x;)