June 21st, 2010
DEBRIEF OF THE DAY
Thanks again to all of the volunteers. Here’s a recap of the day:
The jumps went well.
We were held back on our start until 11am so we were behind all day. I was at 125 jumps around 10pm and told the group we’d stop at 150 which we did at 11:30pm after 20 jumps in the dark. It was the right decision. I couldn’t keep them until 2:30am or ask them to come back in the morning. The day was about PD, not skydiving, and we were successful on the PD front.
I can’t complain with 150, no shame in that.
I had a reserve ride on jump 26. I got sick on jump 43 and vomited all over myself in flight under canopy. The wrong diet and plane fumes contributed. I took a break at jump 50 and got IV fluids and meds for nausea from the ambulance crew and felt much better after just 30 minutes. Then went straight through to the end.
Could have been better, could have been worse. All in all a great accomplishment and I’m very fortunate to be surrounded by such caring people that made it happen.
-Kevin
June 17, 2010
Hi everyone, late last night I was jumping in the dark and decided to call it at 11:30pm. After a long day I couldn’t keep my crew going anymore. And the day was about Parkinson’s Disease, not skydiving. And we accomplished our goals, nearly $65,000 raised for PD and tremendous support by the media put awareness of the disease on the pages of many major news outlets. Here are some samples:
Read about it at:
Star Tribune
New Richmond News
Thanks everyone for your support and efforts, amazing!
-Kevin
