I arrived at Orange to discover that I wasn't the only hopeful student. There were quite a few of us. I don't remember names, but everyone was very friendly. I met a young woman named Erin, and a man named Nate. We were together for some of our ground training.

The day didn't look promising, but every now and then we'd see a big blue patch of sky in the middle of all the clouds - a sucker hole. It was just enough to encourage us to stay another hour.

We were all thinking the same thing...maybe in an hour the weather will break and we'll be able to jump!  Suckers...