LukeAikinsHeavenSent

I was so fortunate to come across a sponsor like Stride Gum that helped me accomplish something that seemed impossible to everyone else. I'm staring at 5 cases of Stride Gum in my office.

Yes they dragged me down a little thats why I was off to the side a little. No a hamburger is not a sandwich.

1-100% sure I ws going to land into the net. 100% sure the net would work based on all the testing. 2-There was no backup plan. 3-The other jumpers wore smoke that provided the ground crew visual reference to our position. The other jumpers also took my O2 system during the fall. 4-No, I didn't say goodbye... I said see you in a minute. Most were nervous about the jump, my mom refused to talk about it. 5-I wrote 1 letter my son that he will never see.

The landing was remarkably soft, whether it was adrenaline or really that soft... I won't know. But it didn't knock the wind out of me.

On my chest there was a camera and all the hardware to transmit the signal for Live air to ground. On my back I wore a MTN bike Spine protector and I wore a neck brace. Thats it. The handle check in air was an inside joke to the skydiving comminutiy. They're the only ones that noticed.