It’s Skydiving Time!

On Monday morning we decided to take advantage of the mild temperature and went for a run, so the active vacationing concept was reinforced once again. Halfway through our 5 km jog we miraculously bumped into our Airbnb-host family from Windhoek! What a coincidence… It was a happy surprise, but so random that by now I believe it was meant to be. Because like I said, Swakopmund is seen as the top adventure sport city of Namibia, and one of the things you’re able to do there is a Tandem free fall Skydive from 3km, something I’ve had on my bucket list for a long time.

Nevertheless, when we first got to Swakopmund, I came up with tons of very good reasons why I shouldn’t check it from the list quite yet. You know, one should have something to look forward to even after the 30th birthday. Might also be that my severe fear of heights took the stage, and so I was convinced this was not yet the right time for skydiving. Well, we were catching up with our Airbn-hosts as they told us they’d been skydiving the day before and it had been great. And that was it, the thought started to linger, at least in Timo’s mind. I on the other hand was very skeptical and even a bit afraid of the thought (further down the road there were even a few tears involved). 

Ground Rush Adventures is one of the leading agencies in Swakopmund with a great track record on skydiving. So I called them in order to get the confirmation that no free spots were available during the days we’d spend in town. How pleased was I to hear that there were exactly two spots available for the same day at 2 pm. Great!

But rest is history, and these pics tell you more than a thousand words. So I encourage all of you fellow fear-of-heighters out there to kick some skydiving ass cause it was just amazing <3

-Riina

We did it!!