Skydivers' Stories: NSTIWTIWGD-And Other Tales We Tell Each

Skydivers' Stories: NSTIWTIWGD-And Other Tales We Tell Each Other

An action-packed day of adventure involving parachutes often ends with pumped-up jumpers exchanging stories at the bar or around a bonfire. When the tales they tell each other begin with â€œNSTIWâ€, they may or may not include â€œTIWGDâ€, but theyâ€™ll always have everyone within earshot leaning closer, waiting to hear the tale of near death, hilarity and/or mishaps their friend experienced. These stories are written by the people who lived them. Most of oneâ€™s jumps tend to fade over time, but those jumps where something went wrong are forever etched in our memories. The reader will find tales that begin up thereâ€”in the bright blue yonderâ€”and end on terra firma, usually happily and without injury or death. In-between are the moments of terror, self-doubt, triumph, and Adrenalin-pumping action that define a jumperâ€™s world. They are part of the history of the sport called skydiving, and around the world, at parachute centers and drop zones everywhere, their telling and retellingâ€”often with embellishmentâ€”is part of our ritual. Even if youâ€™ve never thought youâ€™d want to strap on a rig and jump from an airplane, you can laugh, sweat, and shake your head in wonder along with the rest of us who enjoy a good story. Most of these stories happened in the 1960s to the â€˜80sâ€”the early days of skydivingâ€”when sex was safe, and skydiving was dangerous. When the rules were just rough guidelines and the sport went from round canopies and style/accuracy practice to squares and relative work (todayâ€™s formation skydiving). From the joy of seeing a friend survive disaster to taking part in a DZ prank or two, these stories bring back that era like none other. This compilation of stories (150pp) was first published in late 2015 to entertain their fellow skydivers and friends, and is a labor of love by its collaboratorsâ€”Tim Long, Doug Garr, Michael Kearns and Jan Works. Profits from the book's sale will be donated to building and maintaining the International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame.

Country	USA
Author	Parachutists Around the World
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781726750950
IsAdultProduct	0
ISBN	1726750957
Label	Independently published
Manufacturer	Independently published
NumberOfPages	150
PublicationDate	2018-10-17
Publisher	Independently published
Studio	Independently published
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Skydivers' Stories: NSTIWTIWGD-And Other Tales We Tell Each Other

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