Parachuting Platform (and you thought it was a windmill)

I had the opportunity recently to visit the farm where I grew up. We moved off the farm when I was 10 - this is the windmill - which is still pumping water - that I used as a parachuting platform when I was 8 or 9. The story can be found here:
http://mymindswindmills.blogspot.com/2006/10/lifes-lessons-learned-from-parachuting_27.html
(enjoy)