[nancysmithwp]

Hang-gliding was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I was actually on the US women's world team in 1998. The feeling of freedom, of being alive, of just doing something that mankind has dreamed of from the beginning of time, is overwhelming. The summer of 98 I lived a dream that few are privileged to live.

But even the amazing becomes mundane after you do it long enough. After breaking my femur a few years ago, I was too aware of my vulnerabilities and it was never the same.