Trip to Cedar Point – June 1-10, 2001

As a graduation present I paid for Amy and Antny to do the RipCord, which supposedly "combines elements of skydiving, hang-gliding and free-fall-type ride experiences into one thrilling adventure." Basically, it's a gigantic swing that hangs from a huge arch, and they haul you up on a wire and let you drop. Antny'd done it before, but Amy hadn't. Hence her freaked out face.

Once they get you strapped in, they drop the floor and you end up hanging. Then they start hauling you up to the top of those big metal towers behind the arch.

Here they are almost at the top. Once they get up there, the voice on the mike gives a countdown and then somebody (Antny) has to pull the ripcord. I guess Amy was screaming obscenities so loudly at this point that Ant had difficulty hearing the announcer.

Snookums managed to capture the two of them at the bottom of their initial free-fall. Pretty scary, huh?

Meanwhile, I had turned around to capture them soaring way above our heads. There they are!

Once they slowed down a bit, we were able to get a better shot of them flying by.

And they survived! Amy's still shaking, but Antny (as usual) is cool, calm, and making a ridiculous face. He has very expressive eybrows.

Seriously, this is one of the funniest pictures my sister's ever taken. The larger version is even better.