Initially, the Reverb 10 prompt for today really threw me for a loop – then I started looking through photos, and I couldn’t believe it didn’t come to me instantly.

Prompt: Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors).

This year, I went skydiving.

It was, by far, the most exciting, terrifying, exhilarating and freeing moment of 2010.

The trek up to 13,000 feet felt like it took forever, especially when our pilot asked us to guess how high we thought we were when we were only at 6,000 feet (and I guessed 10,000). Yikes.

When we finally got to the top and the door opened, it was freezing, windy and hard to breathe.

All I remember next is tumbling out of the plane – unsure of what was up and what was down. My ears were popping from the pressure and we moved so quickly that I couldn’t catch my breath.

The view, however, was amazing. You could see for miles and the simplicity of farmland as a backdrop helped to keep me calm.

Finally, when we reached Earth, my heart was racing, my legs were jelly and I was already a bit sore.

The entire day was an amazing experience and even though my jump was much easier than friends who jumped first, I think once is enough for me when it comes to jumping out of a plane.

What was one moment in 2010 that you remember vividly? One that made you feel alive?