Well, I did it. And I have to admit that this is NOT my favorite position. Starting with the hooks - being pierced back there actually felt more uncomfortable than any of my previous suspensions which all were hooked from the front of my body.
Going up was a lot harder than expected - I had another case of being unable to 'let go'. Despite being up in the air with my body weight being fully supported by the hooks, I spent a few agonizing minutes where I didn´t dare to let go of the person supporting me. I didn't trust myself enough to handle this.
But in the end, I did manage to break free and had a few minutes of fun – swinging around a little, ‘walking‘ in the air and even kicking myself off a tree. Lydia (IAM:Noiz) and Andreas then started to do some fire-breathing below me. That was really awesome , and I got a free hot petroleum shower as a bonus.
But after a few minutes of this, my neck/back was telling me that it absolutely didn’t like what I was subjecting it to, and started to *really* hurt. This ended my first suicide suspension rather suddenly – I had to come down and call it a night.

But the experience was worth it. Absolutely.

Enjoy the pictures, taken by Martin with my cheap camera, so excuse the less-than-optimal quality. Last pic is the Visavajara team right after me coming down - I was last to suspend that night....(click through to enlarge).

Just came back from an awesome weekend I spent attending the much- anticipated Third annual Swiss IAM meeting.
The setting high up in the Alps was fantastic. The venue was really wonderful and the suspension setting equally magical as last year`s! Met lots of nice people - some I knew from last year, some new faces - had tons of fun, watched some great suspensions and experienced hooks in my back for the first time. I`ll get to that later - first I need to catch up on some long overdue sleep. Only so much: Suspending while being fire-breathed on was, well, amazing.

Much o'thanks for the wonderful time I could enjoy to:

* the organizers IAM:vespaman and IAM:Keff (anybody who helped make this a success: you are included here..)
* the Visavajara suspension crew for their incredible support and tireless effort to give each suspendee including myself a wonderful rewarding experience.
* the weather gods for being with us (for the most part, anyway) and
* everybody attending for being there.

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note to self:
Pay more attention to those little speed limit signs...
If traveling across borders with highly modified individuals in your car, you're bound to be thoroughly checked and then things like a several-years-old-but unpaid traffic ticket from a country you no longer reside in but want to enter may well come up and lead to nasty complications.
Sorry Chris and Benny for the delay and inconvenience this caused, and thanks for helping me out!

My deepest respect to all you visibly modified people out there who have to cope with this behavior in everyday life! I usually cross that border several times a week without ever having trouble for years now - the only reason I was stopped and singled out for inspection this time was because of Chris´ looks).

(sorry for this one being in German, but hey....)

Soooo,
morgen ist es ja soweit - und leider fehlt immer noch ein Paket mit Ware aus der Sammelbestellug bei BMEshop. Ich hatte ja aus zolltechnischen Gründen die Sendung auf drei Päckchen aufgesplittet, und zwei davon sind ohne Probleme und Beanstandungen schon vor einer Woche hier angekommen. Was fehlt, sind vor allem ALLE T-Shirts. Der Rest - vor allem die Bücher der Schmuck - ist da - siehe Bild.
Also: all, die was bestellt haben und aufs Swissmodmeeting gehen - bitte denkt dran, Geld mitzubringen!
Bis morgen! Freu mich schon!

More pictures here.
If you speak french, there's additional info here and here.
In ancient times, this used to be a celtic place of worship....

Now, I`m up for suspending there ASAP. Any takers?

Went to Marc`s place yesterday and spent a really nice day there at the suspension BBQ he hosted. Thanks again for that nice day!
Picked up Benny and Wolfgang for the ride and met quite a few fellow IAM members there: Keff, vespaman, deerheart, moritura and a few others... Due to the less-than-stable weather outlook, it was decided to have this inside instead of going out into nature as originally planned, so the BBQ was held on the sidewalk in front of his shop. That was fun! (look at derkaiser`s page for a few pics)
Oh, and there were suspensions, too. Lots of them!
Both derkaiser and zera decided to check for themselves if pulling oneself up really is as rewarding as I always said it it is (it really is!), Sandy and IAM:deerheart did their first one; and a few others suspended as well. Lots of knee suspensions that were awesome to witness - I really think of doing one myself this year.
Unfortunately my camera decided to go on strike early into the day, so I didn't get to take lots of pictures, but I did manage to capture IAM:Zera spinning like crazy during his knee suspension.

click through for the corresponding modblog entry of IAM:zera having fun