If your friend jumps off a cliff, would you?  — Legally Fit

Really?  How is it that this one reel not only made me decide to make the trip happen, but it made Kathryn commit too?  Literally, as I was planning the trip!

But don’t assume it was all that simple.  I certainly knew it wouldn’t be.  I knew Kathryn would have second thoughts — and then some — all the way to the edge of the cliff.  There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, and certainly nothing wrong with deciding not to jump.  I did my best from the moment she decided to do it to encourage her but not pressure her. 

For example, when she had second thoughts only a day after we decided to plan the trip, I mentioned that one option Rope Swing Moab offers is a $50 spectator fee.  That gets you the ride up the cliff.  But a spectator can change their mind at the top and credit the $50 towards a jump!  That was one option for Kathryn, as she could decide on the cliff if she was comfortable jumping.  On the other hand, the cost of a jump during peak times is $399.  As I told her, the $399 just buys her extra motivation to go through with it once she is up there.  Low and behold, that’s what she chose!  She wanted to do this!  The best way to make it happen is to go all in.

Of course, as is natural, over the three months leading up to trip, Kathryn went back and forth as to whether she was going to jump.  It was just occasional at first, but it picked up as we got closer to the day on the cliff.  Again, I let her know, there’s absolutely no obligation to do it.  Just come along and see if you do.  Even booking this trip takes more guts than most people have!  Whatever happened on the edge, she would already have had three months of living out of her comfort zone in anticipation of something that, just a few months prior, was a, “hell no!”

Arriving in Moab . . .

The trip to Moab was on Memorial Day weekend.  Kathryn and I met in Salt Lake City and shared a beautiful ride through Utah’s magnificent scenery.  The ride itself made us both reflect on how much we’ve been missing across this beautiful country.  As we approached Moab, the landscape was too good to pass up.  As I drove, Kathryn was our videographer.  And here’s a moment . . .