Mercury reporter takes plunge in first skydive

By Josh Butler
Updated February 6 2014 - 11:24am, first published February 5 2014 - 5:28pm
Reporter Josh Butler's first skydive. Picture supplied by Skydive the Beach
Reporter Josh Butler's first skydive. Picture supplied by Skydive the Beach

With my legs dangling over the edge of a small passenger plane 14,000 feet above Wollongong, having two feet on the ground seems a good option. At 13,000 feet and falling - 12,000 feet, 11,000 - terra firma isn't so tempting as I hurtle towards it at 200 kilometres an hour.

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