Years ago, I was involved in organizing the National Games in Trivandrum, where two people did a skydiving demo for the opening ceremony.
In this insanely dangerous stunt, these parajumpers were to land in a stadium, inside a busy city. And once the parachutes opened, you could see that they were drifting off course.
Though they managed to correct their descent, one of the jumpers (a lady working with Railways) landed on the side of the stadium, where her leg got caught in a drain cover. She broke her leg in one of the most horrifying accidents I have seen.
A few days later, for the closing ceremony, they had again planned some parajumps. We watched with our hearts in our mouth but this time, the jumps were done by thoroughly trained Air Force guys.
They kept a white bedsheet in the middle of the stadium and almost every one of them gently landed right on the bedsheet. If you had only seen the Air Force guys, you would have imagined that parajumping is a cakewalk.
When someone makes something seem too easy, it is often because of their expertise.
If you become exceptionally good at anything, people may feel that what you are doing is a cakewalk. Sometimes, you might not even get full credit.
You may not feel happy but that is the highest compliment you can get.
– Rajan