Memoirs
From swimmer to triathlete, I now look ahead at how those sports can apply to spaceflight training. One of my goals with this training journal is to spend some time reflecting on where I have come from, where I am now, and establish where I want to go in the future. A little background on my swimming career, how it brought me to triathlon training, and how that relates to civilian spaceflight...
This is a story about my first skydive and how I learned to fly. It was junior year in college. I had just returned to school for the fall semester and found myself with a lot of time. I had recently retired from college swimming and had a giant void to fill. I became a lifeguard, I joined a sorority, and I went white water rafting: None of these felt right. I looked up what it would take to...