Dewey, I jumped in Illinois, about 20 minutes, or so, outside of St. Louis. I lived in St. Louis at the time, but chose Ill. because it was flatter, more farm land.

I'm glad I did the tandem jump, or I woulda went THUMP! When we hit the 5,000 foot mark, the instructor was beating on me to pull the chord, but I was too busy having fun!
At around 4,000ft. I pulled the chord...