Worst Advice

[blue24 0]

...so what is the worst advice a fellow skydiver ever gave you?

[johnmatrix 21]

"You should get a 150 for your first canopy."
[I'm 87 kgs]

[grimmie 173]

She's really nice, not a stalker at all like everyone says.

[popsjumper 2]

There's a list but I'm not willing to perpetuate the stupidity

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[Nutz 0]

"I'm sure you'll be fine."

"Don't! Get! Eliminated!"

[airtwardo 6]

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...so what is the worst advice a fellow skydiver ever gave you?

Drink this...

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[AggieDave 6]

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...so what is the worst advice a fellow skydiver ever gave you?

I've heard some gems over the years. Most of the bad advice I've heard given to other jumpers starts off like this: I was reading on dropzone.com...

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[fossg 0]

Go ahead and get remarried. Ya learn from your mistakes...

[JDutton 0]

That I should take up bowling...what?!

[mirage62 0]

"We should get a 100 way in our book"

Kevin Keenan is my hero, a double FUP, he does so much with so little

[DocPop 1]

"You don't have enough jumps to learn to swoop."

"You have no business jumping that canopy."

"The ground does not care who you are. It will always be tougher than the human behind the controls."

~ CanuckInUSA

[david3 0]

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"You don't have enough jumps to learn to swoop."

"You have no business jumping that canopy."

Welcome back!
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4127780;#4127780

[AggieDave 6]

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"You don't have enough jumps to learn to swoop."

"You have no business jumping that canopy."

Welcome back!
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4127780;#4127780

Literally every single person I can think of that gave a "I'm done with DZ.com" post has come back.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[bqmassey 0]

I haven't been around long, but recently I was told "Exit when the jumpers before you are at 45 degrees."

[airdvr 197]

"we got plenty of time"

Right before we launched a 4-way from a Beech 18 at 2 grand.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[virgin-burner 1]

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"You don't have enough jumps to learn to swoop."

"You have no business jumping that canopy."

Welcome back!
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4127780;#4127780

nice find!

didnt even miss it..

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[JeffCa 0]

Yesterday I was at my new home DZ awaiting my first jump there. I'm still on rental gear, so was using their gear for the first time. The winds were about 27 knots (31mph), which is roughly twice what I had been limited to in my training up until then, and they were inconsistent/gusting. So let's recap:

1. first time jumping this particular rig
2. first jump at this DZ
3. winds double what I'd experienced before

And what advice do I get from a couple of other low-time jumpers? "Just go, you'll be fine. Seriously, it's not that bad!" Keep in mind that they had been made well aware of the factors I listed above before they said this. Even when I told them I'd almost definitely be blown backwards at my wingloading (0.8), they didn't think it was a big deal.

I waited until the winds had calmed somewhat before I went up.

"So many fatalities and injuries are caused by decisions jumpers make before even getting into the aircraft. Skydiving can be safe AND fun at the same time...Honest." - Bill Booth

[popsjumper 2]

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I haven't been around long, but recently I was told "Exit when the jumpers before you are at 45 degrees."

I can guess where that came from.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[popsjumper 2]

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I waited until the winds had calmed somewhat before I went up.

Key words: " low-time jumpers".
Good on you for the smarts.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[popsjumper 2]

You should marry that girl.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[sundevil777 93]

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I waited until the winds had calmed somewhat before I went up.

You should have waited until the winds calmed a lot. I hope that is what you really meant.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[NWFlyer 2]

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Yesterday I was at my new home DZ awaiting my first jump there. I'm still on rental gear, so was using their gear for the first time. The winds were about 27 knots (31mph), which is roughly twice what I had been limited to in my training up until then, and they were inconsistent/gusting. So let's recap:

1. first time jumping this particular rig
2. first jump at this DZ
3. winds double what I'd experienced before

And what advice do I get from a couple of other low-time jumpers? "Just go, you'll be fine. Seriously, it's not that bad!" Keep in mind that they had been made well aware of the factors I listed above before they said this. Even when I told them I'd almost definitely be blown backwards at my wingloading (0.8), they didn't think it was a big deal.

I waited until the winds had calmed somewhat before I went up.

There's a reason those of us who've been around a while call those "500 jump maximum" loads.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[Amazon 7]

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Yesterday I was at my new home DZ awaiting my first jump there. I'm still on rental gear, so was using their gear for the first time. The winds were about 27 knots (31mph), which is roughly twice what I had been limited to in my training up until then, and they were inconsistent/gusting. So let's recap:

1. first time jumping this particular rig
2. first jump at this DZ
3. winds double what I'd experienced before

And what advice do I get from a couple of other low-time jumpers? "Just go, you'll be fine. Seriously, it's not that bad!" Keep in mind that they had been made well aware of the factors I listed above before they said this. Even when I told them I'd almost definitely be blown backwards at my wingloading (0.8), they didn't think it was a big deal.

I waited until the winds had calmed somewhat before I went up.

Oh.. they had all the fans over on the hills to the west of the DZ turned up to the Medium setting huh

[DSE 3]

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Yesterday I was at my new home DZ awaiting my first jump there. I'm still on rental gear, so was using their gear for the first time. The winds were about 27 knots (31mph), which is roughly twice what I had been limited to in my training up until then, and they were inconsistent/gusting. So let's recap:

1. first time jumping this particular rig
2. first jump at this DZ
3. winds double what I'd experienced before

And what advice do I get from a couple of other low-time jumpers? "Just go, you'll be fine. Seriously, it's not that bad!" Keep in mind that they had been made well aware of the factors I listed above before they said this. Even when I told them I'd almost definitely be blown backwards at my wingloading (0.8), they didn't think it was a big deal.

I waited until the winds had calmed somewhat before I went up.

I'll assume you were at Skydive Elsinore?
Once the winds crossed 25mph, all loads were stood down anyway, and high winds/low jump number warnings were given over the PA system when winds went beyond AFF-allowable limits. It's good to follow those warnings and remove yourself from manifest.
You would have been likely stood down anyway. The WS School stood down all afternoon, because the uppers were cranking at 65. This is a good time to hang out in the picnic area, talking to experienced jumpers about this n' that.

Advice; Stand down. Grab an instructor at the school, ask his/her advice. Find me, Lob, Lelo; ask our advice.
Stay well clear of buildings, packing area, plan on landing well out where there are no obstacles or features that could cause turbulence (the north fields are great, as they are just plain ole' 'flat.'

[DcloudZ 0]

I wouldn't say "Worst Advice" but I always get tired of hearing how I should be dressing up more because it's cold at altitude... Gets pretty annoying by the 4th time on the way from the packing area to the plane.

"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." -Alan Watts