Jumping through clouds is prohibited because it's like driving through fog-the skydiver doesn't know where he is and can't see where he's going.Jumping Through Clouds is reserved for families of victims. Or so it seemed to one victim's mother when her son died of injuries suffered on his first day of instruction. Blinded by grief, blocked from knowing what had happened by conflicting accounts of the accident, she didn't know where she was. Nor where her search for information would take her.A true story. A memoir both personal and political. The book to read before you or someone you love tries skydiving.
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Jane Melbourne was born and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Collinwood High School and Hiram College. While raising four children, she earned graduate degrees in English from Case Western Reserve University and in Education from Cleveland State University. At Cleveland State, she was Director of the Northeast Ohio Writing Project. She was later a member of the English Faculty at Lynchburg College in Virginia. Now retired, she's back in Cleveland.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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Biased and singleminded,
This review is from: Jumping Through Clouds: Surviving a Son's First-Jump Skydiving Death (Paperback)
It is a real shame that this book was written at all, or indeed had to be written.Whilst everyone obviously feels for Mrs Melbournes loss the inacuracies and blindness in the fact of the facts make this book a waste of time and sections of it a work of fiction. three key things. Facts. Facts. Facts. The only person to blame for this accident is, unfortunatly, her son. No-body else. Shame but there we go. If you have ANY interest in Skydiving, really, do yourself a favour and give this a miss.
27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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misleading woman,
This review is from: Jumping Through Clouds: Surviving a Son's First-Jump Skydiving Death (Paperback)
This book is filled with inaccuracies (laughable inaccuracies to most skydivers), and she seems to not want to admit that her son was responsible for the accident that caused his death.Some of the more choice things from the book: - She thinks that waivers should not be allowed or mean anything. - She thinks there is much money in skydiving instruction. - She think the FAA "protects" skydiving. - She thinks skydivers are egotistical because they defend skydiving. - She mentioned that Parachutist showed pictures of skydivers "jumping barefoot, jumping without helmets, ... jumping head first". (My gosh, you mean that dangerous head-down flying!) The front cover has a picture of a butterfly. (Yawn...) Appendices include: - The MSPC waiver - The MAC/FAA report - The statement from the MSPC staff An excerpt from the back cover: " A true story.... The book to read before you or someone you love tries skydiving."
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Glaring Inaccuracies,
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This review is from: Jumping Through Clouds: Surviving a Son's First-Jump Skydiving Death (Paperback)
I read a borrowed copy of this book and am glad that I didnt spend my money on this. It is filled with emotion and not facts. Every year there are half a million or so people who make their first skydive (tandem or otherwise) and if this sport was truly as dangerous as this book would like you to believe we would have half a million people dead every year. Seriously, spend your money elsewhere if you are looking for a fictional / emotional rendering of reality.
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Jumping Through Clouds, Jane Melbourne, United States Parachute Association, Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission, The Critograph, Cedar Valley, Fort Benning, Del Balzo, The Gateway, Skydive Orange, Church of the Covenant, Bill Robertson, Miriam's House, Susan Chase, Massachusetts Sport Parachute Club, Clint Vincent, Representative Caron, Don Keavany, Cleveland Heights, Fort Bragg, The May, Mary Jane, Randy Montgomery, Representative Campbell, Inspector Bunker Browse Sample Pages:
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