freefall
freefall was my worst fear for many years.
i finally overcame it at 6 flags, a mammoth fun park in the middle of new jersey, on their freefall ride. i think it was in '93. we called in sick to work, convinced some friends to come along - yes people: that's a shout out to Jenny Klopp (yep, still in hoboken!) and Will McKenna (now playing acoustic bass in LA: who'da thunk it!). and we had a stellar day of playing hooky. a much needed 'mental health day' on a wednesday!
well, as we wandered about with our hot dogs and ice cream, we found ourselves in line for the FREEFALL ride!! gulp. center. focus. "you can do it!" i sucked it up, and did it. 3 times. fuck yeah.
conquered that one.
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so now it's everybody's favorite time of the show... The Damn Wicked Pissa Link of the Day....
www.yeeguy.com/freefall
(goes well with Protection, by Massive Attack)
and today's photo of the day. me. on top of Ben Nevis, the tallest peak in the United Kingdom. set near the sea, in the highlands of Scotland, she is often shrouded in rain or fog. at only 4,406 feet, i was quite confident she wouldn't be terribly difficult. after all, i'd done 18 4k-footers in New Hampshire, where the all rocks have been carefully placed by god with their sharp pointy ends facing up. however, several people separately warned me not to underestimate ben nevis. well, she did not disappoint! fog, a bit of rain, snow at the summit...i saw the snow near the ledge - the pamphlet had warned against the ledge there. i got close enough just to get a shot of the snow (last thing i would need is freefall off a cliff in a foreign country).
i got onto the trailhead at 5:20 PM and was up and down and back at the hostel/pub at 10:40 PM.... on july 9 in the north of scotland it only just starts to get dark at 10:15pmish! unbelieveable. there were plenty of other hikers on the trail, all very friendly. and i made it back to the pub just in time to get 'last orders.' i love hiking!! (some of you have seen the summit pic before, but it's worth posting. plus here are a couple of my favorites.)
bull at trossach's woollen mill, outside rob roy, scotland
a beautiful loch on he way to ben nevis, july 2005
triumphant. on the summit of ben nevis. july 9, 2005
i finally overcame it at 6 flags, a mammoth fun park in the middle of new jersey, on their freefall ride. i think it was in '93. we called in sick to work, convinced some friends to come along - yes people: that's a shout out to Jenny Klopp (yep, still in hoboken!) and Will McKenna (now playing acoustic bass in LA: who'da thunk it!). and we had a stellar day of playing hooky. a much needed 'mental health day' on a wednesday!
well, as we wandered about with our hot dogs and ice cream, we found ourselves in line for the FREEFALL ride!! gulp. center. focus. "you can do it!" i sucked it up, and did it. 3 times. fuck yeah.
conquered that one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
so now it's everybody's favorite time of the show... The Damn Wicked Pissa Link of the Day....
www.yeeguy.com/freefall
(goes well with Protection, by Massive Attack)
and today's photo of the day. me. on top of Ben Nevis, the tallest peak in the United Kingdom. set near the sea, in the highlands of Scotland, she is often shrouded in rain or fog. at only 4,406 feet, i was quite confident she wouldn't be terribly difficult. after all, i'd done 18 4k-footers in New Hampshire, where the all rocks have been carefully placed by god with their sharp pointy ends facing up. however, several people separately warned me not to underestimate ben nevis. well, she did not disappoint! fog, a bit of rain, snow at the summit...i saw the snow near the ledge - the pamphlet had warned against the ledge there. i got close enough just to get a shot of the snow (last thing i would need is freefall off a cliff in a foreign country).
i got onto the trailhead at 5:20 PM and was up and down and back at the hostel/pub at 10:40 PM.... on july 9 in the north of scotland it only just starts to get dark at 10:15pmish! unbelieveable. there were plenty of other hikers on the trail, all very friendly. and i made it back to the pub just in time to get 'last orders.' i love hiking!! (some of you have seen the summit pic before, but it's worth posting. plus here are a couple of my favorites.)
bull at trossach's woollen mill, outside rob roy, scotland
a beautiful loch on he way to ben nevis, july 2005
triumphant. on the summit of ben nevis. july 9, 2005
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