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Discussions About Being Bald => General Discussion => Topic started by: BigKen on July 23, 2017, 09:03:00 PM
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What's up fellas? The company I work for has a summer outing next week, which includes skydiving! I am one of the individuals who will be jumping!! :o I'm excited and nervous at the same time, as it's my first time. Have any of you ever skydived? Please share your experience! The more I know the more prepared I'll be.
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With no responses to my post, I'm presuming most of you haven't skydived before for whatever reason. As an update, our company trip was cancelled due to the damn rain in the area. However, it's postponed until sometime in September, so that leaves me more time to pester you on your thoughts on skydiving. :P
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I have, it was a while ago and was with round chutes rather than the square chutes which are much more numerous now. it was a fantastic experience, jumped several times, you will enjoy it. Its so quite up there.
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I have, it was a while ago and was with round chutes rather than the square chutes which are much more numerous now. it was a fantastic experience, jumped several times, you will enjoy it. Its so quite up there.
Thank you for your response, Dragon! What's the feeling like the moment you jump out of the plane?
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Hey BigKen, I've never skydived, but it's on the bucket list. I look forward to hearing about your experience!
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Hey BigKen, I've never skydived, but it's on the bucket list. I look forward to hearing about your experience!
Definitely Ty, I'd love to fill you in!
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Hey there fellas, I finally took the plunge this past Saturday and skydived!! Skydiving was nothing like an experience I’ve felt before! What a rush it was and very exhilarating! I admit there were some last minute jitters on the plane but certainly no regrets. The first five seconds or so exiting the plane were the hardest, but everything after that felt and looked amazing. I recommend anyone to skydive at least once in their life; it’s quite an adventure! I will post some photos of my dive up soon.
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Glad it went well. I would not mind trying .... except ... why jump from a plane with a perfectly good engine!
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Glad you enjoyed it, Ken, congrats!
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Glad it went well. I would not mind trying .... except ... why jump from a plane with a perfectly good engine!
:*))
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Glad you enjoyed it, Ken, congrats!
Thanks so much Harry! The photos are coming but not the video. The video is a little embarrassing with my facial expressions all over the place. :*))
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Here are some of photos from my first skydiving adventure a couple of weeks ago!
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Oh my, I did not know all this time my skydiving photos weren't showing. I guess the program SBG uses to allow the uploading of pictures doesn't work. I uploaded the photos as attachments instead, so they are now visible. O0
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Nice pics, love the one with the plane! I used to jump although it was quite a few years ago. I agree with you, it is very hard to describe the feeling. I loved to jump out, look up and watch the plane fall away from me.
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Ken you are brave , think the only way l could leave that plane is by being thrown out .
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Looks like you had a great time!
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Nice pics, love the one with the plane! I used to jump although it was quite a few years ago. I agree with you, it is very hard to describe the feeling. I loved to jump out, look up and watch the plane fall away from me.
Thanks John!! How were you able to look up at the plane with all that adrenaline rushing through you??
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Ken you are brave , think the only way l could leave that plane is by being thrown out .
Thanks Magoo! What about if you were on a plane about to crash, hahah?
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Looks like you had a great time!
For sure!
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Nice pics, love the one with the plane! I used to jump although it was quite a few years ago. I agree with you, it is very hard to describe the feeling. I loved to jump out, look up and watch the plane fall away from me.
Thanks John!! How were you able to look up at the plane with all that adrenaline rushing through you??
Oh, I didn't the first few times for sure! I was certified on static line first, and there was no time to look up before the parachute opened. Then I did a bunch of clear-and-pulls before going into freefall jumps. I was probably 50 jumps in before I first saw the plane "fall away". If I recall, I flipped upside down on accident while bombing the door and happened to see it. Pretty sure I messed up that formation because of my antics! LOL
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Nice pics, love the one with the plane! I used to jump although it was quite a few years ago. I agree with you, it is very hard to describe the feeling. I loved to jump out, look up and watch the plane fall away from me.
Thanks John!! How were you able to look up at the plane with all that adrenaline rushing through you??
Oh, I didn't the first few times for sure! I was certified on static line first, and there was no time to look up before the parachute opened. Then I did a bunch of clear-and-pulls before going into freefall jumps. I was probably 50 jumps in before I first saw the plane "fall away". If I recall, I flipped upside down on accident while bombing the door and happened to see it. Pretty sure I messed up that formation because of my antics! LOL
Fifty jumps?? So skydiving really was a norm for you! Speaking of certified, does that mean you can be an instructor?
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Nice pics, love the one with the plane! I used to jump although it was quite a few years ago. I agree with you, it is very hard to describe the feeling. I loved to jump out, look up and watch the plane fall away from me.
Thanks John!! How were you able to look up at the plane with all that adrenaline rushing through you??
Oh no, I never went through instructor certification. I was certified to jump out of a plane without supervision or the aid of a jump-master. I jumped regularly for quite a few years, I sure do miss it!
Oh, I didn't the first few times for sure! I was certified on static line first, and there was no time to look up before the parachute opened. Then I did a bunch of clear-and-pulls before going into freefall jumps. I was probably 50 jumps in before I first saw the plane "fall away". If I recall, I flipped upside down on accident while bombing the door and happened to see it. Pretty sure I messed up that formation because of my antics! LOL
Fifty jumps?? So skydiving really was a norm for you! Speaking of certified, does that mean you can be an instructor?
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Nice pics, love the one with the plane! I used to jump although it was quite a few years ago. I agree with you, it is very hard to describe the feeling. I loved to jump out, look up and watch the plane fall away from me.
Thanks John!! How were you able to look up at the plane with all that adrenaline rushing through you??
Oh no, I never went through instructor certification. I was certified to jump out of a plane without supervision or the aid of a jump-master. I jumped regularly for quite a few years, I sure do miss it!
Oh, I didn't the first few times for sure! I was certified on static line first, and there was no time to look up before the parachute opened. Then I did a bunch of clear-and-pulls before going into freefall jumps. I was probably 50 jumps in before I first saw the plane "fall away". If I recall, I flipped upside down on accident while bombing the door and happened to see it. Pretty sure I messed up that formation because of my antics! LOL
Fifty jumps?? So skydiving really was a norm for you! Speaking of certified, does that mean you can be an instructor?
Why don't you jump anymore?
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i have never jumped out of a plane,but i do want to give you credit for jumping out of a plane and credit for going on to college,some day you could be the president of the united states.
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Nice pics, love the one with the plane! I used to jump although it was quite a few years ago. I agree with you, it is very hard to describe the feeling. I loved to jump out, look up and watch the plane fall away from me.
Thanks John!! How were you able to look up at the plane with all that adrenaline rushing through you??
Oh no, I never went through instructor certification. I was certified to jump out of a plane without supervision or the aid of a jump-master. I jumped regularly for quite a few years, I sure do miss it!
Oh, I didn't the first few times for sure! I was certified on static line first, and there was no time to look up before the parachute opened. Then I did a bunch of clear-and-pulls before going into freefall jumps. I was probably 50 jumps in before I first saw the plane "fall away". If I recall, I flipped upside down on accident while bombing the door and happened to see it. Pretty sure I messed up that formation because of my antics! LOL
Fifty jumps?? So skydiving really was a norm for you! Speaking of certified, does that mean you can be an instructor?
Why don't you jump anymore?
Oh, life just gets in the way. Skydiving took up a lot of my time and money, multiple nights during the week, all day Saturday and Sunday. It was just too much. Your parachute is expensive, maintenance on it is expensive (main chute has to be inspected regularly and the reserve has to be inspected and repacked regularly by a qualified technician), you have to pay every time you jump. I found I either had time and money for skydiving or for regular life. I do miss it.