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DUSTY
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anyone wanted to do this daring feat? If you ever had tell us your experience.
gettinlarger
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I want to skydive sooooooooo bad. It's one of my goals in life.
FreeballinDC
Dumper Humper
I have been skydiving once, and would like to do it again.
My experience was jumping out at 10,000 feet with two instructors on either side of me, holding on to me. They made sure I checked my altimeter, and practiced pulling the rip cord as I fell.
Once we hit 5500 feet, I pulled the rip cord and floated down.
The one thing that helped me let go of the hand rails on the plane was that I looked out at the horizon, not down to the ground. If you look at the horizon, you don't get a sense of how far up you are, but if you look down, then it will scare the bejesus out of you!
Again, I had a great time, and at some point, I want to jump bare assed too!
My experience was jumping out at 10,000 feet with two instructors on either side of me, holding on to me. They made sure I checked my altimeter, and practiced pulling the rip cord as I fell.
Once we hit 5500 feet, I pulled the rip cord and floated down.
The one thing that helped me let go of the hand rails on the plane was that I looked out at the horizon, not down to the ground. If you look at the horizon, you don't get a sense of how far up you are, but if you look down, then it will scare the bejesus out of you!
Again, I had a great time, and at some point, I want to jump bare assed too!
Skydiving rules. Way better than sex, for real.
I've gone as high as approx 38,000 feet, with an oxygen mask and gear for the colder air, and as low as 800 feet, with a static line.
It never gets old.
I've gone as high as approx 38,000 feet, with an oxygen mask and gear for the colder air, and as low as 800 feet, with a static line.
It never gets old.
I've jumped from 13,500 feet and I must say nothing touches that feeling right after you first jump and you can feel the wind sucking the air out of your lungs! I highly recommend anyone with any interest at all to at least try it once. Hell, the ride up in the plane was the most nerve racking part for me! When I jumped one of my buddy's parachute didn't open. I watched him fall another 1,500 feet until his second chute finally opened. That was a weird feeling watching your boy falling "helplessly" like that. Anyway, it is definitely an experience I will never forget!
Matt - 38,000 feet?! Now that is something I'd like to try!
Matt - 38,000 feet?! Now that is something I'd like to try!
Baby Gorilla
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I did it....
I wanted to do it at least once.
They say it's like flying.
Nope. It feels like you're plummeting earthward at over 120 mph.
Scared the crap out of me. It was a rush, but I'm not inclined to pay someone to let me do it again.
I wanted to do it at least once.
They say it's like flying.
Nope. It feels like you're plummeting earthward at over 120 mph.
Scared the crap out of me. It was a rush, but I'm not inclined to pay someone to let me do it again.
BIG bad man
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MattTheSkywalker said:
what about sky diving while having sex :
http://www.4x4naked.com/skydive/naked.htm
first time they usually make you go with and instructor on your back...Usually they make you do that like three times then you can go solo. is this correct?
I'm scared shitless of it but would love to try it and get over the fear. I would always have the thought in my head what if nothing opens and I fall to my death.
I'm scared shitless of it but would love to try it and get over the fear. I would always have the thought in my head what if nothing opens and I fall to my death.
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DBCooper
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I want to but the local place has a 250lb weight limit on their web site wtf? lol and there is no way in hell I'm dropping weight. oh well.
AustinTX
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I've made somewhere over 100 jumps. Been a while though. It's great fun and a great bunch of people hanging around the drop zone. I may start up again; but I'd need all new gear....
JNuts, same thing on the fear of heights, but when you're 12,500+ up in the air, it's pretty much the same as being in a plane (well, you are, but you get my drift) not at all like peering over the top of a 50 story building.
LOL @DBCooper on this thread
the 250 limit will be for a tandem jump. If you go AFF or Static Line (if they do that anymore) they may have some plus size gear you can use.
JNuts, same thing on the fear of heights, but when you're 12,500+ up in the air, it's pretty much the same as being in a plane (well, you are, but you get my drift) not at all like peering over the top of a 50 story building.
LOL @DBCooper on this thread
the 250 limit will be for a tandem jump. If you go AFF or Static Line (if they do that anymore) they may have some plus size gear you can use.
KillahBee
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I went on my 18th birthday with a buddy. Wasnt really scared. To tell you the truth, it went by very fast and the only scary moment was the split second you hang your legs out the plane and then right as u jump, but before you know it you or falling mad fast, cant hear a damn thing, and begin to yell some funny shit! I actually have a video and still pics of it and its funny.
Alpine said:
The 35,000 feet and above - gone as high as 38,000 was all military.
Civilian jumps rarely let you get above 13000 feet, althpough you;re safe without equipment up to about 18,000.
I know some crazy ass Navy SEALS and a few Soviet guys that have jumped from as high as 55,000 feet, Silly.
jnuts said:
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ANABOLICK1
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My jump was only 2800ft but it was still a rush. The moment you let go of the plane in a sitting position was the best experience of it. It felt like you were sucked into a vaccuum cleaner. But once your chute opens up(static line) you don't even feel like you're falling, just suspended in midair. I'd love to do it again.
AustinTX
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MattTheSkywalker said:
13,500 is very common. the big record jumps all go from 15K+.
Going above 15K w/o oxygen is against FAA regs, although if you jump at 18K or so, don't need it on the way down, just prior to jumping....
Damn, bet you were up there forever on the HAHO jump. I did a cross country hop and pop from 12,500, and got so sore and sick of being in the harness, that I just spiraled toward the ground for several thousand feet.
The Ranger
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38 Grand....That fucking RULES Matt....well above my highest....Fuck, I miss it so......
Ranger
Ranger
I miss it too Ranger.
With a HAHO from 35,000 feet, it takes sometimes 45 minutes to get down. This is a commonmethod of insertion for special ops troops, because at that height you can cover many ground-miles before landing.
We had an egyptian student in our class, and on one jump he got disoriented - when you HAHO at night the instructors wear chem-lights (think of those lights that kids at the club have) and missed the drop zone by like 20 miles. It;s the middle of a desert so no big deal, but teh instructors had to go find him. Hilarious.
With a HAHO from 35,000 feet, it takes sometimes 45 minutes to get down. This is a commonmethod of insertion for special ops troops, because at that height you can cover many ground-miles before landing.
We had an egyptian student in our class, and on one jump he got disoriented - when you HAHO at night the instructors wear chem-lights (think of those lights that kids at the club have) and missed the drop zone by like 20 miles. It;s the middle of a desert so no big deal, but teh instructors had to go find him. Hilarious.
The Ranger
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There was a guy in first Batt. Matt, who was going to attempt the world record out of a hot air ballon....He was going to use, if I remember correctly, 5 chutes to reduce friction and heat...Use one, cut away, free fall, deploy, until you're at an acceptable altitude....I know he had pulled strings and recieved a special suit, similar to that of an astronaut...But I ETS'd before this took place...
Did you ever hear of this, or if he was able to pull it off??
I am going to start jumping again this summer....I seriously want to try Pond Swooping, that looks like a serious fucking blast....
Ranger
Did you ever hear of this, or if he was able to pull it off??
I am going to start jumping again this summer....I seriously want to try Pond Swooping, that looks like a serious fucking blast....
Ranger
Y_lifter
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Joe Kittinger has the record for para from a Balloon.
Met him, and he's a real cool quiet guy.
http://home.att.net/~1.elliott/JOEKITTINGER.HTML
Met him, and he's a real cool quiet guy.
http://home.att.net/~1.elliott/JOEKITTINGER.HTML
The Ranger
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Thanx Y....That answers my question....wasn't the guy I am thinking of, though I fail to remember his name, it wasn't this guy....That sounds weird, but it's one of those..."when you hear the name, you remember"
102,000......I like to jump, but that's a wee bit out of my league....heh heh heh
Ranger
102,000......I like to jump, but that's a wee bit out of my league....heh heh heh
Ranger
oubeta
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I've made 6 jumps. The first was by myself with an instructer on each side. Then after that I was good to go. There is a place right down the street that gets cheaper each time you jump..
The first jump was expensive and had to have 4hrs of ground school. Me and my ex both did it. The tandem jumps are cheaper and require really no training, but I'd feel kinda gay straped to another dude.
The first jump was expensive and had to have 4hrs of ground school. Me and my ex both did it. The tandem jumps are cheaper and require really no training, but I'd feel kinda gay straped to another dude.
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AustinTX
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oubeta said:
Sounds like the first jump in an AFF program (think they've renamed it now though). Takes 6-7 with an instructor, then 7 or so supervised before you can jump on your own or get some real RW in.
I don't like the idea of tandem either. The part I don't like is if the instructor has a heart attack or is somehow disabled (it's happened a couple of times) the student has no way to deploy the parachute so you just got sit there and wait to bounce.....
oubeta
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In Oklahoma you can jump alone on your first, you just have to attend all the BS before and pay a little extra. After a few jumps you can ride up and jump for like $75. I want to buy my own chute, I've been looking on ebay, but I figure I'd still have to pay to get it packed, which is like $30 and to rent isn't much more than that. I don't know about doing it myself
crimson coal
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I have just over 1000 jumps under my belt. I was a videographer for the national teams E-ticket and High pressure from 94-2000. I have jumped from balloons, ultralights, I have wing walked a glider and have been ejected from an inverted bi-plane. Unfortunately I screwed my lower back in competition (The Perris Iron Crank)which stopped my jumping carreer. I would recomend it to anyone looking for somthing to "Kickstart your heart". Once you leave an aircraft on your own accord...You can do anything.
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