{"id":16489,"date":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=16489"},"modified":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:00:00","slug":"2014-03-07-book-transcending-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2014-03-07-book-transcending-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: Transcending Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/5d9470c4-d30d-4154-8cfe-b508779de781.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What are we doing here? Overcoming the fear of death of course. Why are we in the air? 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