After 10 years of being a member on this forum, I finally jumped!

[trab1925 0]

I joined this forum when I was about 16, nearly 10 years ago. I'm finally all grown up with a real job and can afford it.

I did my first AFF yesterday, and it was simply amazing. I couldn't even think for the first 10 seconds. It was pure zen. I had 6 minutes in a tunnel, and I was in shock immediately after jumping. It simply just didn't make any sense to me. But then shook myself out of it and started my practice touches. The falling part is pretty fun, but the canopy ride was the real fun part.

Some of the regulars at the DZ were very helpful, one guy taught me how to daisy chain my lines.

It was well worth the wait. I am hopefully going to try to do AFF #2 and 3 in a couple of weekends from now.

Just had to tell someone.

panicked did a 180 and nosed it down into a road and hit a car.Hit a car how many planes with skydivers have a car accident? Only here.
-recovercrachead

[chuckakers 370]

Congratulations and welcome to the family! Keep us up to date on your progress!

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[jumpsalot-2 2]

How did you feel ( finally ) as your hand grabbed the rim of that door and you twisted your body around out into the abyss ?

Life is short ... jump often.

[GD64 1]

You have exhibited two very important qualities, persistence and discipline. Not going all "Yoda"... but as a small business person, it's nice to see that. It will serve you well.

[keithbar 1]

NooB. Hell I have been here since the rec.skydiveing.org. days
And my jumping career pre dates rec. By a bunch
but Jk welcome to the best sport on the planet.

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

[Croc 0]

Blue skies!

"Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so."

Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy

[Di0 1]

GD64

You have exhibited two very important qualities, persistence and discipline. Not going all "Yoda"... but as a small business person, it's nice to see that. Serve you well, it will.

There, I fixed it for you.


To the OP,
Welcome to the skies.

I'm standing on the edge
With a vision in my head
My body screams release me
My dreams they must be fed... You're in flight.

[SethInMI 145]

You read these forums for 10 years and still decided to join the sport? I'll raise a glass to that.

I'll bet you have forgotten more skydiving trivia and bullshit than most A licence jumpers will ever know.

It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

[JerryBaumchen 1,047]

Hi trab,

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I finally jumped!

This reminds me of a woman at work about 40 yrs ago. She was in her late '50's or early '60's and got married for the first time.

She was just elated and kept talking about what all she had missed out on over the years.



Jerry Baumchen

[Stritar 0]

phew!... with almost a year of me reading this forum since my first tandem, I though I was the only "armchair skydiver" around here. I'm starting my AFF theory today and hopefully jumps as soon as skies clear.

[MAD1210 0]

AWESOME!!! Your post just put a big smile on my face. Have fun and keep it safe :)

[dthames 0]

Welcome to the sport.

Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

[RopeaDope 0]

JerryBaumchen

She was just elated and kept talking about what all she had missed out on over the years.

That's the same phase all men go through after their first divorce

[Tela 0]

Hell yea! Welcome to your new addiction. Make sure to LISTEN to other jumpers on the ground. You'll learn a metric shit-ton just from listening and asking the occasional question. It only gets better from here.

"The lizards were a race of people practically extinct from doing things smart people don't do."

[trab1925 0]

Thanks to all! I did jumped # 2 and 3 last weekend. It was a great feeling to be let go on my own. On Jump 3 my instructors let me go about 10 seconds after exiting the plane. One of my instructors started sinking and I tried following him which was a bad idea because the other instructor was the one who was more experienced and he was by my side the entire time. But I was still on my own and pulled at 5.5k, so it all ended well but I definitely learned a lesson to not get distracted and just do what's best for me because I was stable and doing fine without instructor #2.

Unfortunately my clutch in my car went out this week and the weather was not so great, so I had to skip a weekend of jumping. But that's OK! I'll be right back to it soon enough.

Thanks all to the good wishes. You guys are awesome and I can't express my appreciation enough for how much information this forum has given me!!

panicked did a 180 and nosed it down into a road and hit a car.Hit a car how many planes with skydivers have a car accident? Only here.
-recovercrachead

[megamalfunction 1]

Congrats!

[Brutus 1]

You are just about to make it! Keep going until you get your AFF and your A license.
That´s where the real fun begins.

And do not forget to have fun in your way.

Blue skies