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Published: July 20, 2008
Skydiving is writer's lofty pursuit
By David Zizzo
SKIATOOK — I'm hanging on to a metal strut, dangling over the patchwork of green fields a mile beneath my feet.

The guy leaning over beside me, his hand on my shoulder, yells. But I have to read his lips for the word I'm expecting, the one I can't hear over the noise of a 70 mph wind: "Ready?”

"Yeah!” I yell back.

"Go!” he appears to say. I check to be sure. "Go!” Yep, that's what he said. I relea...

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