Pushing the immortal envelope

I would love to go BASE jumping but only if I could be sure that I wouldn’t be dashed to pieces on the side of a mountain. I think best case scenario I would spend the entire jump screaming in terror and the rest of my life with post traumatic stress disorder. Worst case scenario I would pass out part way down the mountain and billy goats would be picking little bits of me out of their teeth… on second thought I’m not sure which is the worst case scenario.
Anyways, it’s pretty cool to experience... vicariously.


Learning to fly - Pink Floyd
Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction is holding me fast, How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Gotta keep my eyes from the circling sky
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I...

Is there some deep desire in us to fly? I think so and it looks like some day we will, metaphorically and literally.

but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. - Isaiah 40:31

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. - Thessalonians 4:16-17

I’ll save up my flight angst for the afterlife when I’m an immortal. Unless you are a trained BASE jumper I suggest you do the same. However, you can check it out now through the relative safety of your computer by clicking the links below.