met Tom at the 486 foot Perrine Bridge at 7:30 am for our first jump. got in 4 jumps before noon, starting simple with pilot chute assist and hand deployment launches with no delays. yup, it’s scary… difficult to put the feelings into words, pushing off from the railing, 5 seconds until impact with the ground. back to the office for some more instruction and lots of packing. returned to the bridge and met up with Amy. got in 3 more jumps, including our first stowed jumps. finished after 9:00 pm with 7 jumps in all, and was a bit tired and sore from the long day. after every jump there is a 1 mile hike out of the canyon. took a quick shower and the 3 of us went over to the Outback for a late dinner. fun night discussing our first day BASE jumping.