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Edited to add a really OLD pic~
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Omigod!
The tall, hairy dude is you???
"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.
skybytch 259
QuoteBut Bill Booth used to say it was the best way for a skydiver to get laid.
He was right, or course. We all know how well the "don't fuck the students until they're off student status" thing works.
But he also used to say that the best AAD for a tandem was a trained tandem master...
Niki1 1
QuoteEven a static line will work for that.QuoteAccurate history. But Bill Booth used to say it was the best way for a skydiver to get laid.
No matter how we teach skydiving, only a small percentage of first jumpers will go on to be licensed skydivers. It's just human nature.Quote
But Tandem is so much more personal.Our sport is high profile and exciting, and a lot of people want to do it just once, to see what it's like and be able to say they did it. Heck, I was only planning to make one jump myself. Some get hooked, others don't.Quote
The percentage of people in the general population who can deal with jumping out of an airplane hasn't changed. That's the people who, in a stressful situation, experience "time expansion", that is time seems to slow down for them. Other attributes also contribute but I think tha's the main one. The ones who experience "time compression" are the ones that should take up bowling.
So just like most who ride in a small plane don't go on to get a pilot's license, most who make a tandem won't go on to get an A license. It's not a big deal, it's just the way things are.
I agree with all of that. But I think Tandems have actually lowered the rate of retention. The same number of people stay and go on to an A licence but there are a LOT more making that one jump because it is so much easier and safer now. And it's because of those one timers that have lost our "crazy, daredevil" image. Hell we're looked upon as almost normal now. If they only knew.
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis
Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
Louis D Brandeis
Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
No matter how we teach skydiving, only a small percentage of first jumpers will go on to be licensed skydivers. It's just human nature. Our sport is high profile and exciting, and a lot of people want to do it just once, to see what it's like and be able to say they did it. Heck, I was only planning to make one jump myself. Some get hooked, others don't.
So just like most who ride in a small plane don't go on to get a pilot's license, most who make a tandem won't go on to get an A license. It's not a big deal, it's just the way things are.
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