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Defining yourself, part two.

August 10th, 2010 | 5 comments | Skydiving, Unfiltered

“I would do anything to reinvent myself.” -some guy at the drop zone, right before he got on the plane. A couple of weekends ago, I was shooting the shit with my friend John who was at the DZ to repeat his first AFF jump. Coincidently, two of John’s friends showed up to do tandems and we were all sitting...

 
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Get Your Groupon for #jumpforacure

August 6th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Skydiving

Remember how I said we’re going to jump for boobies? Well fortunately, the fine folks over at Groupon are offering up a tandem skydive for $120 at my home (three days a week),  aka Chicagoland Skydiving Center. That’s monumental savings, people. As part of my No Boundaries adventure (rockin’ program at Weber Shandwick that selects six people twice a year to...

 
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The latest addition to my family.

August 3rd, 2010 | 7 comments | Skydiving

I’d like to formally introduce you to my rig (yet to be named), which will be here in approximately nine weeks. After searching high and low for used gear, doing the math on how much longer I could afford to rent gear while I was searching, and taking a look at financial options for ordering new, I finally have gear...