Persuasive Essay: Why Do We Skydive?

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Register to read the introduction… A lot of people who I have talked to said it was just to overcome their fears. I was talking to my instructor the day of my dive and he said he wanted to skydive so he could be in the air to be closer to his father who has passed away right before he did his first jump, “back in the day”. The reason I did it, was to get the thrill of so many emotions running through me, all at once. I was nervous, scared, and exhilarated all at once, which just made me basically throw myself out of that plane. I think the explanation people go skydiving depends on who you are as a person. …show more content…
Maybe people just feel like doing it. The day I jumped, I did not even know we were going to skydive. My cousins and I completed the training. Basically, we signed our life away on the paper, and jumped. I think skydiving is something a lot of people are afraid of, so they just do it. I know I am very proud that I can sit here today and say I threw myself out of a plane, going one hundred and sixty miles per hour. Flying eight thousand feet in one minute would not be some ones idea of fun, but it is. You could talk to all the professionals today they say they will do it because is just

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