Painful Paintballing

I've only been paintballing twice and I must say it is so fun! It may be quite painful and physical, but what is more fun than shooting paintballs at random strangers?

First time I ever went paintballing was 2 years ago and that was an experience and a half! Best part of it must of been when I shot someone in the privates. For some reason it is one of the most satisfying things to do. Does that sound a bit weird?

I bought my partner Dan a paintballing package for his 19th birthday for him and 3 other people, he kindly invited me to go along. It was a very early morning to a very long and achy day. I had forgotten how physical it was. Running, crouching behind barcades and dodging paintballs. The photo to the left is of mine and Dan's gun numbers on our hands.

There was one moment when Dan and I ran for shelter and he said to me, "look out there is someone over there". I stupidly didn't move and just said, "where?" trying to look for this person. This is when i got shot in the arm. The photo on the right is the bruise caused by this stupidity!

Another funny moment was when me and this random man decided to run for a ladder... we almost made it, but he slipped on the ladder getting his leg trapped which meant we were in full view of the opposite team. I got shot 4 times in a row. One in the thigh, bum cheek, hip and on my side. This hurt! Dan said he thought I got shot because he heard me squeal haha.

Dan got the worst shot out of me and him. He got shot in the back by one of our team members.. I swear it wasn't me!!!! Hehe! But this shot caused his back to cut. It looked so painful when he showed me! And here's the photo to prove it... (to the left). I couldn't believe that it cut, which i had experienced throughout the day. I ended up getting pushed out of the shelter i was hiding behind by some random guy and I got shot twice.. I put my hand up to display I was out and then got shot right in the hand! This was soooooo painful! Brought tears to my eyes, gave me a swollen little finger and a few small cuts. I stayed out for the last 2 games and gave the boys the rest of my paintballs. I went back and spoke to a guy who I think runs the place and he informed me about some amazing offers they had. He was pretty awesome and said he had been doing paintball championships for a long time and toured America. He is retired now, but said how amazing it was. Can't blame him... Its so fun!

We had a very good day and got some funny memories from it... Let's just say Dan and I were walking around the next day like 90 year olds because we were so sore! If you ever consider going paintballing... there is nothing to consider... JUST DO IT!

Thanks for reading :)