THE SHADOW

I used to jump off fairly good sized cliffs into water when I was younger, I still find medium sized ones from time to time. A dive is my go to because I get the sense of flying for a brief moment in time. Wherever I go, literally wherever I am, my eyes/ears are constantly scanning and taking in the surroundings. Whether it's a flower, a street rail (for snowboarding/skiing), a cliff, a piece of trash, a bug, a cloud, a person, a swimming hole, my mind is observing. I know others do this as well, but some of my friends get tired of me saying, "look at that, look at this." I'm probably just too vocal and everyone is constantly scanning and observing as well. Back to cliff jumping into water...my friend showed me this river and I immediately saw the potential to jump off the rock you see here. I hiked around the rock, looking for a way up...there was one. I told my friend, "I'm going to get someone to jump off this rock." I went home and put a post up on Instagram, "looking for qualified