Re: I\'m Pretty Mad At Myself
I might disagree with this. I went (tandem) skydiving once. I found that the time for fear was when you had any chance of backing out. As a passenger, you could theoretically make a huge scene and demand that the plane land -- certainly skydiving, and I suppose on a commercial aircraft (true, you'd face serious penalties, I imagine). Once you're out the door, however, I found that I was not fearful at all (after a second or so). I really think the main difference was that there was no longer any option to back out.
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