JohnMitchell 14 #26 September 10, 2009 Quote Is it smart to see young children fire guns they barely can hold? No, it certainly isn't. That's why our kids started out at age 6 with kid sized guns. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #27 September 10, 2009 Quote>maybe tandem jumps shouldn't be handed out to everyone as >such a joyrides if they are soooo dangerous? They're not _that_ dangerous. But adults can waive their rights and agree to risk their lives; children cannot. Exactly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #28 September 10, 2009 The second girl was so small we had to pull the harness to the stops to get ittight enough. She was talked into it by her fat, alcoholic, ex-paratrooper father. On the way down, she had a dead grip on my left hand, at pull time. This foolishness ocurred before Cypres was invented. That was the last time I jumped with a minor! _________________________________________________ You never had someone older grab your hand? I come down strongly in favor of underage jumpers. How else do they learn to win world competitions? MIf some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #29 September 12, 2009 Some countries have differnet laws and guidelines - for instance in some countries legal age of sexual consent is solely based upon the individuals ability to carry a pail of water back to the village. -----I have a valid passport, gimme a link to a google map! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crustySCSA69 0 #30 September 13, 2009 QuoteI think it's a bad idea. Skydiving is something where the jumper should understand the risk, and children that young aren't really capable of that. Jumping needs to be a personal decision. This isn't a roller coaster. "i don't no the history of this .. and history is SOOOOO boring I can't bother to check it out..'' please look at the Skies Call series of books ... contains 2 pics of the 1st 3 tandems EVER done ... all kids (2 of them) ... that is what inspired some folks to think "wow... we could do this with adults !! and make bucks!! " and so began the trivialization ... it started with kids ... live with it ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imsparticus 0 #31 September 13, 2009 QuoteQuote>maybe tandem jumps shouldn't be handed out to everyone as >such a joyrides if they are soooo dangerous? They're not _that_ dangerous. But adults can waive their rights and agree to risk their lives; children cannot. Exactly. better not allow your child to ride it the car with you until they are old enough to fully understand the implications of this action and can agree to waive there rights and risk their lives. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oozzee 0 #32 September 18, 2009 No age limit in nZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #33 September 18, 2009 QuoteQuoteQuote>maybe tandem jumps shouldn't be handed out to everyone as >such a joyrides if they are soooo dangerous? They're not _that_ dangerous. But adults can waive their rights and agree to risk their lives; children cannot. Exactly. better not allow your child to ride it the car with you until they are old enough to fully understand the implications of this action and can agree to waive there rights and risk their lives. And this demonstrates that analogies can sometimes be a very piss-poor method of analysis - because taken to a logical extreme, almost any analogy can produce an absurd conclusion. Some things simply have to be evaluated on their own merits. Skydiving is one of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites