Last Friday, The Namby Pamby tweeted:

My response: “You know there’s this activity called skydiving – does the trick too with a lot more fun.”

Namby claims he won’t “jump out of a perfectly good airplane,” but I think he’s denying a parachute its destiny.

The closest things I’ve done to litigation is trial advocacy classes where the final was a mini fake trial, so I can’t say whether litigation prep or skydiving is a better adrenaline rush. But here’s the breakdown of the experiences from my perspective and based The Namby Pamby’s and The Mrs. Namby Pamby’s tweets.

	SKYDIVING	LITIGATION
It’s Saturday	I’m doing whatever I want	You’re working
The View	Amazing view from the plane and on the way down	I hope your office has a window
The Company	Handpicking my group, including inviting the awesome Peter Shankman if he’s in town	Dealing with potentially annoying coworkers, opposing counsel, and clients
The Significant Other	Can come too	Has trouble remembering what you look like
The Money	Paying for the experience	Getting paid – but how much do you really make per hour?
The Risk	I could die – but it will be fast	You could be dying a slow death – due to stress, substance abuse, poor diet, etc.
The Social Good	Probably minimal	Righting a wrong

Created with the HTML Table Generator

I asked my legal eagle friends whether skydiving or litigation had a better rush and they agree that skydiving is better than litigation.

Mike: “Skydiving. I’ve done both, and there’s no comparison.”

Chad: “I am going to say skydiving. After several years I began to dread litigation. I can’t imagine skydiving losing its appeal because the other skydivers are unprofessional poorly trained ass hats.”

A criminal defense attorney recently told me that hearing the phrase “Not guilty” was better than orgasm and I get that given that that might be a live-or-death situation. However, I remain unconvinced that doing litigation prep all weekend has a better adrenaline rush than skydiving.

What do you think?