Grandpa 0 #1 September 21, 2004 Just wanted to say hello as the new guy.I just started skydiving about 4 months ago at the age of 60 at Skydive San Diego. It has taken me 7 jumps to get to level 4 (definitely not a natural) but I'm having a ball. "I know JUST enough about skydiving to know I don't know ANYTHING about skydiving" XGS#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loflyer 0 #2 September 21, 2004 Welcome to the forums.. Most of us weren't naturals either, but we made it. Good luck on the rest of your aff jumps, listen to your insturctor & have a blast... I also started jumping a little later on in life than most people, but I can't think about doing anything else. Blue skies...(With big puffy white clouds!) lori Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #3 September 21, 2004 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grandpa 0 #4 September 21, 2004 I had quite a contingent from work for my Tandem (when I got hooked) and for my first AFF jump. Most think I'm supposed to be "old enough to know better" but that's because they have never felt the adrenalin rush. My daughter is behind me (albeit with reservations) and my granddaughters think grandpa is "cool". It is very difficult to be "cool" at 60 but I managed it. "I know JUST enough about skydiving to know I don't know ANYTHING about skydiving" XGS#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #5 September 22, 2004 Stay "cool"! Old enough to know better???? They don't know anything! Good luck with your AFF and welcome to the forums! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craig_b 0 #6 September 22, 2004 We must be from the same cut. I just passed my level 8 two weeks ago at Perris, CA and I'm 54. Yep, "gramps" is cool. So a big welcome to the sport from another newbie and we shall live long with a new passion for life. Blue Skies! Craig _________________________________________ once you've experienced flight, you forever walk the ground with your head pointed skyward. There you've been and there you long to return. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grandpa 0 #7 September 22, 2004 Thanks for the welcome Hooked and Craig. It may be quite a while before I get to Washington but Perris is really close (I went there for the wind tunnel once) maybe I'll get to meet you Craig. "I know JUST enough about skydiving to know I don't know ANYTHING about skydiving" XGS#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #8 September 23, 2004 QuoteThanks for the welcome Hooked and Craig. It may be quite a while before I get to Washington but Perris is really close (I went there for the wind tunnel once) maybe I'll get to meet you Craig. Let me know when you go up there to Perris, I've done a few jumps there and I'll go with ya anytime that I'm around... It's great to have found an AFF 1 classmate of mine, see you at the DZ Nate FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #9 September 23, 2004 Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grandpa 0 #10 September 23, 2004 Thanks for saying "Hi". Everyone I have met or spoken to (on-line or in person) has shown me that the skydiving family proves they really are "friendly skies" "I know JUST enough about skydiving to know I don't know ANYTHING about skydiving" XGS#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #11 September 26, 2004 Grandpa....as an older skydiver myself, I welcome you. You are going to have the time of your life.... Here's a fun organization you may want to look into... http://www.thepops.org/usa/index.aspMy reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyfox69 0 #12 October 2, 2004 Hi and Welcome to the sport... You will really have a good time! I am also a older skydiver... If you need any help drop me a line.. thanks skyfox69 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
