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When is someone a 'skydiver'?

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Just want to get peoples opinions, when do you consider a person a skydiver?

Just curious, thanks!

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When you been around long enough, to have 500 skydives, and have "been kicked off at least ONE drop zone" FOR something really stupid.

Not kicked off for a safety violation. I support them, (and personally have broken most).. You have to get kicked off for something REALLY stupid.
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you left out the option for... when you don't have to ask when someone is a skydiver

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Is he sober? Is he a floater or a anvil? Where do you plan for him to make it to in the formation? Are we turning more than one point? What position is he exiting? Is he on the base? WHO is responsible for him?
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There is no reply in aad section for. " hell no i would not put an AAD on my back"

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When you been around long enough, to have 500 skydives


That or 5,000 posts on DZ.com. That seems to be the consensus among experts.:|

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That or 5,000 posts on DZ.com. That seems to be the consensus among experts.
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that idea is flawed,,,, Most of mine have been censored.
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There is no reply in aad section for. " hell no i would not put an AAD on my back"

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When you put a closing pin necklace on.

Just kidding. :D



Maybe when you take it off? Maybe when you don't even bother to tell people about it anymore? Maybe when you don't bother to add a new sticker to your car every now and then?:)

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others mean and rueful of the western dream"

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when you can exit an airplane BY YOURSELF and activate a parachute to save your ass BY YOURSELF... you are then a skydiver....

which makes a static line student 1/2 of a skydiver, and becomes a complete skydiver on their first clear and pull...
and an AFF student is just a student, until they solo.....

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I disagree. A robot or a chimp could be taught to do those things.

Solo is a great start, but I think that to become a skydiver you also need to know the risks and take the responsibility. Some people never quite get that even if they have hundreds of jumps.
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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

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'FutureDivot'...being a robot/chimp hybrid is living proof!



Don't be silly now, he doesn't skydive. :D:P:)
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I disagree. A robot or a chimp could be taught to do those things.

Solo is a great start, but I think that to become a skydiver you also need to know the risks and take the responsibility. Some people never quite get that even if they have hundreds of jumps.



so why can't a robot or a chimp be a skydiver ?
chimps beat man into space... are you some kind of bigot ??

as far as knowing 'risks and responsibilities' the question wasn't
when is someone a GOOD skydiver ...

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'FutureDivot'...being a robot/chimp hybrid is living proof!



Don't be silly now, he doesn't skydive. :D:P:)


Good point, he said the weather was great today...so he went GOLPHING...(what ever THAT is?) :S










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chimps beat man into space



Nope. Men forced chimps into space regardless of the chimp's desire to go into space. Kinda like Quade's point....


stop kissin quade's ass. :o:o:o

whether they were forced or volunteered out of patriotism. the chimps STILL got there first

the statement wasn't what WILLING monkeys went into space
just like the question for this thread wasn't
'when is someone a risk-aware, responsible skydiver'

you exit on your own, pull on your own, you're obviously a skydiver

what kind of skydiver you are is another question altogether

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If you dive out of an aircraft while it is flying and land on the ground under a parachute. Then you dove into the sky with nothing but what you brought along with you to keep you from dying. That is a skydiver. It doesn't mean that your safe or very good at it just that you did this for the fun of it or for what ever reason you chose. It doesn't even mean that you have to do it again.

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