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Drifting towards the Skydive Arizona wind tunnel in a balloon, the green strip of grass around the swooping pond stands out in the early morning desert.

Drifting towards the Skydive Arizona wind tunnel in a balloon, the green strip of grass around the swooping pond stands out in the early morning desert.

In the 19+ years that I have been sport parachuting, I hear people come up with reasons of why NOT to skydive. “Never, in a million years”; “Over my dead body’; “It’s too dangerous”; “I’m afraid of heights”; “It’s not the right time to jump”; “I’m too afraid to die”; “What if the parachute doesn’t…