Tonight, on the roof of a three-story building along the Hudson River, I climbed up a rickety ladder to a small platform, rubbed chalk on my hands, reached out far out into the void for the bar, and JUMPED! I then did the impossible (I was sure it would kill me): I swung my legs up onto the bar,
let go with my hands, then swung upside down by my knees with my eyes open. This is called the "
knee-hang" for somewhat obvious reasons.
Scary. Cool. What else can I say? (The picture is not of me, but of someone trying the next step after the knee-hang, where you actually swing forward and letting go of the bar so someone can catch you. He was a natural - got it on his second try, as shown in the photo below.)
Capped off a great day that started with 1.8-mile run in the park to my latest
jump-mix.
3 comments:
Wow! That's so cool! Are you going to keep taking lessons?
Congratulations!
I am afraid of heights (I was not like this when I was younger...) but I would love to come with you next time you do it. Let me know...U "B" O
I'll go once more before the end of the summer. Just need to schedule it a few weeks out....
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