The Jump That Almost Didn't Happen

(It was the record that almost wasn't broken. Below is a diary of the World Team's record skydiving formation attempt on Friday, February 6, 2004. We'll let team members tell their own story --ed.) There's a certain feeling to a formation that's built, a feeling of solidity and smoothness that somehow gets transmitted from the outer wackers through the base through the lines. The waves stop and the tension goes away. The picture gets boring, because all you can see are the people in front of you - the rest of the formation is on-level and invisible behind the people you can see around you. And that was happening. Did we get it? Was the white guy in? Someone in the base was kicking happily. Note that this is a p