chrismgtis 0 #1 December 2, 2006 Jumped my level 7 today and made a solo dive. Thanks for all the help from those of you at dropzone.com and to instructors/staff at Chester, SC. I still owe you guys some beer.Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #2 December 2, 2006 Congrats 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #3 December 2, 2006 Congrats! How was that first solo? Was it a completely different experience from any of your AFF jumps? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #4 December 2, 2006 QuoteCongrats! How was that first solo? Was it a completely different experience from any of your AFF jumps? Yea, actually it was. The exit was wild. I pulled at 5000' and the adrenaline really started pumping around 6000 which I'm not used to. Normally I'm very relaxed. It was great though. Was entirely under control in freefall and doing turns and tracked a little bit which was great cause normally I end up in a turn and take a few seconds to correct. I wasn't used to having to get everything ready myself and I goofed a few times. I got a radio and forgot to tell the DZO I was going to be on standby. I had to wait for my chute to be packed and got it on just in time to get on the aircraft. All in all. The dives went great. It was a unique experience from the others.Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites angrypeppers 1 #5 December 2, 2006 Congratulations!Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jojo69 0 #6 December 2, 2006 Good for You. Sorry I missed it. Welcome to the fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelel01 1 #7 December 2, 2006 QuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pfloyd 0 #8 December 2, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. I agree, my first solo was the best yet! My drinking team has a skydiving problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #9 December 3, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. lol yea, it's weird. On the first 3 or 4 jumps I seemed to get more nervous each time on the plane and from there it just eased off a lot on each jump. On Level 7 today I don't think I was nervous at all it was just odd. Hell, I went to see a girl today and was more nervous doing that than I've ever been jumping out of an airplane. It's odd how these things work, isn't it?Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tetra316 0 #10 December 3, 2006 QuoteYea, actually it was. The exit was wild. I pulled at 5000' and the adrenaline really started pumping around 6000 which I'm not used to. Normally I'm very relaxed. It was great though. Was entirely under control in freefall and doing turns and tracked a little bit which was great cause normally I end up in a turn and take a few seconds to correct. My first solo jump was by far the most relaxed for me. I guess not having the pressures of having to perform certain manuvers helped me. Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #11 December 3, 2006 QuoteMy first solo jump was by far the most relaxed for me. I guess not having the pressures of having to perform certain manuvers helped me. Congrats! That definately made the jump nice, not having to concentrate on doing certain things. I practiced using my foot to make turns and it worked awesomely. I was in total control. And I love being able to just jump out of the airplane and not care whether I'm flipping or anything. :-DRodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bigmike21 0 #12 December 3, 2006 congrats Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chaosreins 0 #13 December 3, 2006 way to go! i hope to follow you this next weekend! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MagicGuy 0 #14 December 3, 2006 Yeah, not having to worry about performing is a great thing. Try doing some flips on exit.. really fun stuff. Congrats, and good luck on getting your A License. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fonz 0 #15 December 3, 2006 Second that. I'll never forget my first solo after AFF. It was just total freedom... Very liberating. AlphonsAnd five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #16 December 3, 2006 QuoteYeah, not having to worry about performing is a great thing. Try doing some flips on exit.. really fun stuff. I think I did on both my Level 7 and solo. lol. I can't say 100% sure.Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites porpoishead 5 #17 December 4, 2006 congrats bro! fun stuff, keep jumping, keep learning,good luck on the A lic. be safe, and let it fly baby!!!!!!!!!!!if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rave4funn 0 #18 December 4, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. +1. Honestly, levels 1-5 didnt even seem like that much fun because I was concentrating so much in what I was supposed to be doing. My first solo jumps were an entire different world than aff. Having no pressure to do anything in paticular, I just threw myself out the plane and went with it.--------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/rave4funn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #19 December 4, 2006 QuoteQuote***+1. Honestly, levels 1-5 didnt even seem like that much fun because I was concentrating so much in what I was supposed to be doing. My first solo jumps were an entire different world than aff. Having no pressure to do anything in paticular, I just threw myself out the plane and went with it. Well, it was a fun jump for sure. More so than any of the AFF jumps. Each jump just seemed to get funner each time. I pretty much just ran and flung myself out of the plane too doing one of those superman moves. The way I look at it, who cares how you exit as long as you don't get hit by a wing or hit another jumper, you have plenty of time to get stable. I think I shouldn't have looked at the ground right before I pulled haha. I was thinking "oh shittttt" and I look up and my canopy takes a little longer than I'm used to, to open and I'm like "open open open". lolRodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StreetScooby 5 #20 December 4, 2006 Congrats!We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. 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chrismgtis 0 #4 December 2, 2006 QuoteCongrats! How was that first solo? Was it a completely different experience from any of your AFF jumps? Yea, actually it was. The exit was wild. I pulled at 5000' and the adrenaline really started pumping around 6000 which I'm not used to. Normally I'm very relaxed. It was great though. Was entirely under control in freefall and doing turns and tracked a little bit which was great cause normally I end up in a turn and take a few seconds to correct. I wasn't used to having to get everything ready myself and I goofed a few times. I got a radio and forgot to tell the DZO I was going to be on standby. I had to wait for my chute to be packed and got it on just in time to get on the aircraft. All in all. The dives went great. It was a unique experience from the others.Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angrypeppers 1 #5 December 2, 2006 Congratulations!Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jojo69 0 #6 December 2, 2006 Good for You. Sorry I missed it. Welcome to the fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #7 December 2, 2006 QuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pfloyd 0 #8 December 2, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. I agree, my first solo was the best yet! My drinking team has a skydiving problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #9 December 3, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. lol yea, it's weird. On the first 3 or 4 jumps I seemed to get more nervous each time on the plane and from there it just eased off a lot on each jump. On Level 7 today I don't think I was nervous at all it was just odd. Hell, I went to see a girl today and was more nervous doing that than I've ever been jumping out of an airplane. It's odd how these things work, isn't it?Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tetra316 0 #10 December 3, 2006 QuoteYea, actually it was. The exit was wild. I pulled at 5000' and the adrenaline really started pumping around 6000 which I'm not used to. Normally I'm very relaxed. It was great though. Was entirely under control in freefall and doing turns and tracked a little bit which was great cause normally I end up in a turn and take a few seconds to correct. My first solo jump was by far the most relaxed for me. I guess not having the pressures of having to perform certain manuvers helped me. Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #11 December 3, 2006 QuoteMy first solo jump was by far the most relaxed for me. I guess not having the pressures of having to perform certain manuvers helped me. Congrats! That definately made the jump nice, not having to concentrate on doing certain things. I practiced using my foot to make turns and it worked awesomely. I was in total control. And I love being able to just jump out of the airplane and not care whether I'm flipping or anything. :-DRodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bigmike21 0 #12 December 3, 2006 congrats Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chaosreins 0 #13 December 3, 2006 way to go! i hope to follow you this next weekend! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MagicGuy 0 #14 December 3, 2006 Yeah, not having to worry about performing is a great thing. Try doing some flips on exit.. really fun stuff. Congrats, and good luck on getting your A License. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fonz 0 #15 December 3, 2006 Second that. I'll never forget my first solo after AFF. It was just total freedom... Very liberating. AlphonsAnd five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #16 December 3, 2006 QuoteYeah, not having to worry about performing is a great thing. Try doing some flips on exit.. really fun stuff. I think I did on both my Level 7 and solo. lol. I can't say 100% sure.Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites porpoishead 5 #17 December 4, 2006 congrats bro! fun stuff, keep jumping, keep learning,good luck on the A lic. be safe, and let it fly baby!!!!!!!!!!!if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rave4funn 0 #18 December 4, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. +1. Honestly, levels 1-5 didnt even seem like that much fun because I was concentrating so much in what I was supposed to be doing. My first solo jumps were an entire different world than aff. Having no pressure to do anything in paticular, I just threw myself out the plane and went with it.--------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/rave4funn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chrismgtis 0 #19 December 4, 2006 QuoteQuote***+1. Honestly, levels 1-5 didnt even seem like that much fun because I was concentrating so much in what I was supposed to be doing. My first solo jumps were an entire different world than aff. Having no pressure to do anything in paticular, I just threw myself out the plane and went with it. Well, it was a fun jump for sure. More so than any of the AFF jumps. Each jump just seemed to get funner each time. I pretty much just ran and flung myself out of the plane too doing one of those superman moves. The way I look at it, who cares how you exit as long as you don't get hit by a wing or hit another jumper, you have plenty of time to get stable. I think I shouldn't have looked at the ground right before I pulled haha. I was thinking "oh shittttt" and I look up and my canopy takes a little longer than I'm used to, to open and I'm like "open open open". lolRodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StreetScooby 5 #20 December 4, 2006 Congrats!We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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pfloyd 0 #8 December 2, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. I agree, my first solo was the best yet! My drinking team has a skydiving problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrismgtis 0 #9 December 3, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. lol yea, it's weird. On the first 3 or 4 jumps I seemed to get more nervous each time on the plane and from there it just eased off a lot on each jump. On Level 7 today I don't think I was nervous at all it was just odd. Hell, I went to see a girl today and was more nervous doing that than I've ever been jumping out of an airplane. It's odd how these things work, isn't it?Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tetra316 0 #10 December 3, 2006 QuoteYea, actually it was. The exit was wild. I pulled at 5000' and the adrenaline really started pumping around 6000 which I'm not used to. Normally I'm very relaxed. It was great though. Was entirely under control in freefall and doing turns and tracked a little bit which was great cause normally I end up in a turn and take a few seconds to correct. My first solo jump was by far the most relaxed for me. I guess not having the pressures of having to perform certain manuvers helped me. Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrismgtis 0 #11 December 3, 2006 QuoteMy first solo jump was by far the most relaxed for me. I guess not having the pressures of having to perform certain manuvers helped me. Congrats! That definately made the jump nice, not having to concentrate on doing certain things. I practiced using my foot to make turns and it worked awesomely. I was in total control. And I love being able to just jump out of the airplane and not care whether I'm flipping or anything. :-DRodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaosreins 0 #13 December 3, 2006 way to go! i hope to follow you this next weekend! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicGuy 0 #14 December 3, 2006 Yeah, not having to worry about performing is a great thing. Try doing some flips on exit.. really fun stuff. Congrats, and good luck on getting your A License. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #15 December 3, 2006 Second that. I'll never forget my first solo after AFF. It was just total freedom... Very liberating. AlphonsAnd five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrismgtis 0 #16 December 3, 2006 QuoteYeah, not having to worry about performing is a great thing. Try doing some flips on exit.. really fun stuff. I think I did on both my Level 7 and solo. lol. I can't say 100% sure.Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 5 #17 December 4, 2006 congrats bro! fun stuff, keep jumping, keep learning,good luck on the A lic. be safe, and let it fly baby!!!!!!!!!!!if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rave4funn 0 #18 December 4, 2006 QuoteQuoteNormally I'm very relaxed. Funny. Mine worked the other way. My AFF jumps were an experiment in terror, whereas my first solo was SO PEACEFUL. Weird. +1. Honestly, levels 1-5 didnt even seem like that much fun because I was concentrating so much in what I was supposed to be doing. My first solo jumps were an entire different world than aff. Having no pressure to do anything in paticular, I just threw myself out the plane and went with it.--------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/rave4funn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrismgtis 0 #19 December 4, 2006 QuoteQuote***+1. Honestly, levels 1-5 didnt even seem like that much fun because I was concentrating so much in what I was supposed to be doing. My first solo jumps were an entire different world than aff. Having no pressure to do anything in paticular, I just threw myself out the plane and went with it. Well, it was a fun jump for sure. More so than any of the AFF jumps. Each jump just seemed to get funner each time. I pretty much just ran and flung myself out of the plane too doing one of those superman moves. The way I look at it, who cares how you exit as long as you don't get hit by a wing or hit another jumper, you have plenty of time to get stable. I think I shouldn't have looked at the ground right before I pulled haha. I was thinking "oh shittttt" and I look up and my canopy takes a little longer than I'm used to, to open and I'm like "open open open". lolRodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StreetScooby 5 #20 December 4, 2006 Congrats!We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
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