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Making Waves 2000 | |
June 1, 2000Neil Gaiman on the Perils of Parasailing The
whole parasailing business is entirely the fault of Chris Oarr. Chris decided
that parasailing was a cool thing that he'd always wanted to do and I went
along with him. The first day we went out and had a marvelous time. It was
a magic day. We parasailed, we wave-runnered, we found this amazing little
place in the middle of nowhere and leapt off a bridge and sunned on the
rocks and had one of the finest dinners I've ever had. It was great.
The second day we went down to the beach in Mazatlan and there was
more parasailing and I thought, "I'm going up again." Jill Thompson went
up beautifully and came down as beautifully. Then they strapped me in
and the boat went off. I went up like a kite, and then I noticed that
I was coming down rather like a kite as well. Initially I didn't realize
that what had happened was that the engine had cut out on the boat below.
I thought there was something I was doing wrong. And then it was really
too late to wonder what was After a few moments of pure terror I realized that I was wearing a life jacket and was bobbing around like a gull and that it really wasn't a problem. I just lay there and sunbathed in the sea until I was rescued. Instead of taking my money back I opted to go back up and parasail again.
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