The swing lackey said he liked to jump off them too! Did everyone just swing for the bit at the end where they jumped off?!?! I felt like I'd let life pass me by! I should also mention here that I don't dive into water either...not even a safety step. NEVER.
I think the two fears are connected.
So I made a conscious effort next time I went swinging to try and jump off but my arms got caught up in the chain and my alabaster skin got damaged (see opposite). I'm still trying everytime I swing but only increasing the height that I jump from (at this stage it's more like a step than a jump) very s-l-o-w-ly.
So you may ask whether I'm the right person to be writing this blog seeing as I'm not partaking in one of the popular facets of the swinging experience...but to that I say "make your own 'I love to jump off swings after I swing on them' blog". Ha.
2 comments:
you tell 'em sister
i remember my first jumping off experience. i was 6. i jumped without positioning my arms appropriately (outside of the chain beth!) and got tangled. the swing flipped me upside down and my skull banged on the rocks below. years later i mastered the jumping technique and competed with the boys in who could jump the furthest. we used to mark our jumps with sticks. those were the days...
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