mtbriles 0 #26 July 27, 2009 Quote I just graduated a 16 year old dz kid today :-) The best part is that I taught him to pack and I've had a personal packer for a few weeks now :-) Damn i wish that coulda been me! I would have gladly done that at 16.Oh wellWhy not? My direction in life is up...then down again REALLY REALLY FAST!!! Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. D.S. #55 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faulknerwn 36 #27 July 27, 2009 Laugh. He did a great job feeling my camera on level 7 :) he's been working as a dz heyboy all summer( cleaning bathrooms etc) to pay for his aff. His packing is getting faster and better and he'll be a dx bum soon. Unfortunately he's gotta go back to high school so we will lose him during the week soon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbriles 0 #28 July 27, 2009 I live 2 hrs from my dz now and when i start college in the fall about 1.5 hrs. Ive worked my ass off to save enough $$$$$ for both school and AFF. Damn hes lucky to already be at that level at such a young age...lucky lucky lucky.Why not? My direction in life is up...then down again REALLY REALLY FAST!!! Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. D.S. #55 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycc 0 #29 July 27, 2009 I was 20 when I started over 18 years ago, will be 39 years old in a few weeks. Can't wait for another year or so to be able to say that I've been jumping half my life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #30 July 27, 2009 17. I'll have 35 years in jumping this September. I've spent 2/3rds of my life jumping. Not bad. It's been good to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbry 0 #31 July 27, 2009 30Bry -------------------------------------------------- Growing old is mandatory.Growing up is optional!! D.S.#13(Dudeist Skdiver) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustard 0 #32 July 27, 2009 47, now almost 20 years ago. Still jumping. *** DJan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 291 #33 July 27, 2009 18. It is good to start while you are still immortal. I made three s/l jumps my first day, was jumping my own rig by jump 8. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #35 July 28, 2009 39." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaVriK 0 #36 July 28, 2009 24~MaVriK~ "The Greatest Accomplishment in life is actually Living it" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #37 July 28, 2009 51. But I didn't look a day over 50."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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LyraM45 0 #38 July 29, 2009 Wanted to go when I was about 13 or 14 and was told I had to be 18. I skipped school on my 18th birthday to make my first tandem and never looked back. Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #39 July 29, 2009 ____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dks13827 3 #40 August 2, 2009 20. way back,, I think a low jump cost $3.50 to 3,500 feet....... maybe $5 for 7,500 a new surplus reserve,,, $30, military harness $30 and a cheapo... $40 with mods cut into it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris03852 0 #41 August 2, 2009 Starting now at age 38 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokerstar 0 #42 August 2, 2009 52, and I'm SO glad i did!Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber. --- The Dude --- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikey348 0 #43 August 2, 2009 Started at 19 doing static line as a poor college student. Now at 36 I'm still going strong and lovin every minute of it. It doesn't hurt to get paid to jump too. "Admit nothing, deny everything, and demand proof" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #44 August 3, 2009 21"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpingjunkie09 0 #45 August 3, 2009 27! and still 27 now! I am "ROGUE" (III Degree Smutsketeer) Official "poster above you" thread starter "And don't forget we like men with balls and no needle dicks. So, basically, you're out." ~LuckyMcSwervy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpipes22 0 #46 August 3, 2009 17 Back in 1968; DZ no longer there; at Eagle Field, about 10 miles west of Firebaugh, CA. I flagged for cropdusters there when I was a kid. One year after USPA changed its name, to USPA (forget what it was called before that). Jumpmaster: Ron Diaz. Did two static lines on round chutes out of a Cessna 182. Forgot to turn into the wind for landing; crashed and burned. Hey, I'll bet "that's" what's wrong with me."You can't overcome weakness by fighting it, or by thinking your way out of it: Evolution doesn't work that way . . . You overcome weakness by leaving it behind you!" ~ Stuart Wilde ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #47 August 3, 2009 Quote21 and still 21"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ocb217 0 #48 August 4, 2009 First (and sadly, the only so far!) tandem at 19. I'm 20 now.Audra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #50 August 5, 2009 28. Had just started in a new job and thrown out my lazy, good for nothing BF. Really wanted to start jumping, but didn't think I'd dare to go out of the plane. I did a tandem first, and then I really didn't have a problem getting out. Signed up for AFF the following week. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
