Skydiving with the Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team

http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo - http://twitter.com/GKMikeTT - http://chris.pirillo.com/skydiving-for-dummies/ - Yes, believe it or not, I jumped out of an airplane with a Golden Knight strapped to my back! If you've never done it before because you're afraid of heights, keep in mind that I get dizzy when climbing a regular ol' ladder. The sensation? A little bit like sticking your entire body out the window of a car traveling at 120mph.

Here's the problem: the only way I'd ever do this again would be with the Golden Knights, and I don't think they'll be inviting me back anytime soon. Apparently, I didn't pass the "stay dry on the way down" test.

If you would like to remix my skydiving experience and upload it as a video response, here are the original files for you to work with:

http://drop.io/gkchris123
http://drop.io/gkchris56
http://drop.io/gkchris4photos
http://drop.io/gkchrisphotos

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[MrPolskadupa]

@lockergnome hi Chris, Ryan McDermott here. My mom Trish McDermott, she worked for match.com and she was on your tv show a few times

[lockergnome]

@MrPolskadupa Wow how is she? Have her drop me a line. My email is pretty public: chris@pirillo.com - Look forward to hearing from her.

[eimer64]

w-w--w-ww-w-w-w-w-w-w-wwhoat are we going to d-d-d-d-d do? *ROFLMAO*

[horseluvrxox]

What a cutie you are!

[1ruby11]

sh-sh-sh-shure

[MrChucky619]

your g g g g g g gay.

[ChaomPR]

it would be a dream come to to work in the army golden knights...

[PaulBoydTV]

Nice job Chris. Love it. I jumped with Mike a few years earlier during an Inside Edition story. All the best. Paul

[TheGreatVIMAL]

Nice, Brave Boy :D

[zoneforgamers]

sh sh sh sh sure xD

[bw01a]

That Army dude reminds me a lot of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

[Matt4Badgers]

jumping tandem would be so easy... its making yourself jump thats the hard bit :P

[MetalShreader]

geez, I want to skydive so bad now :P