{"id":1331,"date":"2013-07-31T00:17:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T23:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2019-03-05T23:27:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:27:31","slug":"skydiving-soroptimists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2013\/07\/31\/skydiving-soroptimists\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydiving Soroptimists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/07\/Skydive-Soroptimist-Margaret-in-flight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1332\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/07\/Skydive-Soroptimist-Margaret-in-flight.jpg\" alt=\"skydive soroptimist margaret in flight\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/07\/Skydive-Soroptimist-Margaret-in-flight.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/07\/Skydive-Soroptimist-Margaret-in-flight-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>Two Soroptimists from South Lancashire Region recently completed a sponsored skydive. Victoria Smerdon (SI Widnes, regional President Elect) and Margaret Baker (SI Bolton, regional Vice President) took to the skies to raise money for the North West Air Ambulance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Margaret said, \u201cAt 15,000 feet the Earth is a beautiful place, and the inside of a perfectly good aeroplane is a sensible place from which to view it. The plane will turn soon and return safely, descending slowly and gracefully to the runway so far below. So to sit back and enjoy it would be a very good idea \u2026 Then again, one could open the door and jump out; freefall 10,000 feet at 125 mph and open a parachute at 5,000 feet to float gently down to the ground.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cHow does one describe that? The instant of falling from the plane, the point of no return, the rush of air, its strength and power, far stronger than you. You are alone in your own strange, alien world, invisible to those on the ground so far below \u2013 and all you can do is lose yourself in the experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThe rush, all too soon, gives way to a more gentle descent with the parachute opened. Nevertheless, the landing field approaches at an alarming speed. So it\u2019s feet up (or else!) for a gentle slide on your bottom to a halt. Well that\u2019s the theory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThen the realisation and glance skywards \u2013 did I really just do that?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Victoria added \u201cMy original parachute didn\u2019t open and went to the reserve \u2018chute. I don&#8217;t think I realised that at the time! However, apart from that, everything went smoothly and I did a perfect landing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sponsorship for the <a title=\"link to north west air ambulance\" href=\"https:\/\/nwaa.net\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North West Air Ambulance<\/a>\u00a0came from all over South Lancashire Region and the <a title=\"link to cheque presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2013\/09\/30\/soroptimists-hand-over-skydive-cheque\/\">cheque presentation<\/a> was a happy occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Soroptimists from South Lancashire Region recently completed a sponsored skydive. 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