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CMiller 1
Yet when I make a jump I know there's certain things I have to do and be aware of, and certain risks I'm taking. Why do I have to think about DEATH in order to be safe up there? Do you think that will somehow make me take it more seriously? Believe me, I take it seriously already.
jayrech 0
Be careful what you say. Some one might take it the right way.
jayrech 0
Be careful what you say. Some one might take it the right way.
kkeenan 13
Every time I see the many friends I have, who are jumpers, I have to wonder if I'm seeing them for the last time. But they are probably wondering the same thing about me.
Kevin K.
QuoteBetter to live and bounce than never to have balls.
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mutumbo 0
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And if skydiving accidents don't make you realize it, just wait until you get older, and friends start dropping like flies around you, from cancer, heart attacks and other various old-age ailments. Then you REALLY get worried about when your time is coming...
shit man you dont have to get old, I'm 23 years old and will almost guarantee that i've lost more friends in the past few years than most will in a life time, not due to skydiving accidents yet, they were things like car wrecks, bike wrecks, drownings, unexplainable sudden death at 17, brain cancer at 27, and a host of other things. and through all this its made me realize that no one lives forever, and you may as well have as much fun as possible, because you're time will come, like it or not. nothing you can do will change it so dont worry about it.
Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet.
JohnMitchell 14
No sport is worth dying for.QuoteBetter to live and bounce than never to have balls.
JohnMitchell 14
In risk analysis, those are the base incidents that often build to a fatal accident. See what you can do about risk management from the bottom up.Quote
A week ago I was compiling a list of the NON-fatal injuries at my DZ in the last couple of years. While we have been fortunate to avoid a fatality recently... we have had many injuries from trivial to permenantly life changing. We have also had non-injury close calls that could have been SOOOO bad.
JohnRich 4
Quoteshit man you dont have to get old, I'm 23 years old and will almost guarantee that i've lost more friends in the past few years than most will in a life time, not due to skydiving accidents yet, they were things like car wrecks, bike wrecks, drownings, unexplainable sudden death at 17, brain cancer at 27, and a host of other things. and through all this its made me realize that no one lives forever, and you may as well have as much fun as possible, because you're time will come, like it or not. nothing you can do will change it so dont worry about it.
You were doing okay until you got to that last part, which I've highlighted.
Indeed, some causes of death you can't change, and those aren't worth worrying about. However, since we're talking about skydiving here, your behavior as a skydiver DOES have a great impact on the odds of dying in this sport. In the same way, how you drive a car affects your chances of a car accident, wearing a life vest reduces your chances of drowning in a boat accident, and so on.
mutumbo 0
Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet.
Don't worry, that Dave Lepaka will set everybody on the straight and narrow. He is a fixer...a real hero.
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