Skydiving

[Adman]

So... I'm not dead!

This was ulitmately the time of my life...

My friend and I arrived at the dropzone around 7:30 and it was foggy as hell. But i figured after our training the fog would lift and we'd be set to go.

So we meet our trainer, and he was so hungover. He smelt of booze, but really it didn't bother me because i figured this guy says he has done over 1700 jumps and hasn't died yet. So i figure he's legit and if i die who cares anyways.

After all the training and waiting for the fog to clear we get all geared up and into the plane. Man i feel a little apprehension as we are climbing and the instructor is showing me his altimetre (sp?) periodically. When we get up to 5000 feet he straps himself to me, because a guy is jumping from 5000 feet for his solo certification. "Don't do anywhere without me okay?" he says, i don't respond because i'm getting a little nervous.

So the door closes and we continue the ascent. We get to about 10000 feet and he says "Great View eh?" I nod because i can't speak, i'm fucking nervous as hell. There's guys all around laughing and joking and high fiving and stuff. I look at my buddy and he's joking with his instructor.

As we near our height of 13000 feet i'm getting pretty nervous and the instructor checks the attachments for him to me. and he says "no turning back now! and remember to breathe." I smile and nod.

At the height of 13000 feet The solo jumpers all go and jump. The tandems are up next. Damn i'm really nervous, i think to myself. So There's this girl with another instructor infront of me. And as they are moving towards the door she starts having a major freakout!!!! Wailing, and i hear "ONE...TWO THREE!!!!" and her and her tandem partner are gone! I can't hear anything, then the entire group of people left in the plane start laughing hard!

I'm up next, shit i think to myself this is it. I'm done. My instructor Chad, who started chewing gum, so he doesn't just smells of liquor, it's minty now too, and i get up and walk to the door. More of a kind of shuffle, but whatever. So we stand up in the door. Chad says "Be cool, breathe, ready, set, GO!" he throws us out of the plane!

SHIT i'm falling to my death. I regain my bearings. This is arlgiht we're controlled, flying fast. We fell for about a minute, He taps me on the shoulders so i can grab my harness so he can open the chute. The chute flies open magestically! We're falling less fast now and we're talking like nothing! the harness around my right leg/groin is hurting me. But it's kind of cool. I feel a little light headed but i'm alright taking in the views. Chad hands me the toggles so he can adjust my leg strap so it doens't hurt anymore.

Ah much better. We float to the ground for 5 minutes or so just shooting the shit.

We land, kind of come in and slide on our butts. Soft landing. I'm so happy to be back on the ground. Chad unhooks us we sharke hands and start heading back in. My friend James and i meet up and high five and talk about our experience.

I hope you enjoyed my story

If you haven't tried skydiving, give it a go. If you're afraid to go by yourself. Go try a tandem jump Like we did. It's pretty much safer than driving a car to work in the morning.

Take care

[Fit of Rage]

I was just about to say:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYqmwJRey6A

It was awesome. Highly recommended. It's an expensive hobby, so do it for a birthday or other special event. I'm going with my roommates at the end of this year to celebrate getting my master's degree.

[duel pasta]

ask fit of rage he did it last month i think, he even made a video for it on youtube

[Bioture]

some people pee.

I feel bad for the dude whos gonna be attached to me then.

[Xog]

This is exactly the kind of bullshit I'm sure Gen referred to. You're saying that like jumping out of airplanes is the only ways of getting proper thrills in life, and that if you don't you have no thrills.

There's tons of things I'd rather do than skydiving, but I admit I'd like to try it once, but it is FAR from being on the top of my list.

No, I'm not saying "like jumping out of airplanes is the only ways of getting proper thrills in life, and that if you don't you have no thrills."
What I'm saying is he made a very bland generalization on all skydivers based on a single experience he had. In no way am I saying if you don't skydive you're a lame pos.

Agreed, Noah. Like I said, I've done it and it's fun but it's nothing to pee your pants over.

some people pee.

edit: and for clarification, when I said "why u hatin on the kids that are more involved with the thrilling side of life" i meant it as that. It's true, they most likely are involved with the more thrilling side of life if they skydive. A "boring" person won't be out skydiving like them, so I don't know how you could categorize them as boring unless you are hatin.

Suffice to say, I never said you don't enjoy thrills.

[genocidal]

Agreed, Noah. Like I said, I've done it and it's fun but it's nothing to pee your pants over.

Why did someone let Xog's ban expire?

[Noah]

In all honesty, why you hatin on the kids that are more involved with the thrilling side of life?

This is exactly the kind of bullshit I'm sure Gen referred to. You're saying that like jumping out of airplanes is the only ways of getting proper thrills in life, and that if you don't you have no thrills.

There's tons of things I'd rather do than skydiving, but I admit I'd like to try it once, but it is FAR from being on the top of my list.

[Xog]

Fixed.

Failed*

[kthx]

"Some dicks are making me jealous cuz they have more fun"

Fixed.

[Xog]

I might consider that if not for two things, wark:

1) By the time you finish taking the 6 or 7 step lessons they make you take and buying all the equipment you've spend upwards of $1000. Sure it only costs $30 bucks a jump for gas after you drop all that but I just don't think it's worth that. I'd rather buy a motorcycle.

2) All the kids that hang out at the drop zone are toolbags you would never want to hang out with. They are some of the most uninteresting people, probably due to the fact that their life revolves around jumping out of an airplane and they feel like everyone should know about it.

I'm sorry but, I can't blame them. Landing back on earth after falling from this high:

Is a big thing.

It's not something you can say is a small part of your life like going on a giant rollercoaster. This is much different. In all honesty, why you hatin on the kids that are more involved with the thrilling side of life?

You probably made that assumption in #2 based on one experience from people you've never met prior to seeing them that day. "Some dicks are making me jealous cuz they have more fun with their time. Everyone at drops zones must be like this!"

No, not everyone is. Sure maybe someone got caught up in the moment and started bragging that they've jumped and rubbed it in your face like an asshat, but everyone does that at some point. Don't go assuming everyone's like that just because of a few people.

Adman - take the dive. You'll NEVER regret it.

[genocidal]

I might consider that if not for two things, wark:

1) By the time you finish taking the 6 or 7 step lessons they make you take and buying all the equipment you've spend upwards of $1000. Sure it only costs $30 bucks a jump for gas after you drop all that but I just don't think it's worth that. I'd rather buy a motorcycle.

2) All the kids that hang out at the drop zone are toolbags you would never want to hang out with. They are some of the most uninteresting people, probably due to the fact that their life revolves around jumping out of an airplane and they feel like everyone should know about it.

[kthx]

It isn't that expensive once you do it enough if you take the training courses. I mean after a while you learn to repack your own chute and once you don't have to do a tandem jump with an instructor it isn't that much to jump.

[Pandagirl!]

I'm taking a skydiving class in the spring at OSU... I can't wait. My parents are trying to talk me out of it because they think I'll die.

[Kawrae]

If you die in a skydiving accident during a normal jump. You are either ûber unlucky or one big failure. I mean c'mon most would survive a jump with no training at all.

[Adman]

That's what i figured. If i'm gonna die, don't have to worry about anything else.

I did want to get my back tattoo finished before i die