clouddancerss 0 #1 September 10, 2005 I would like to know how people felt before and during their first AFF jump, and any problems they had. I am going to be doing it soon, and am just really curious how it was for people.Thanks in advance! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #2 September 10, 2005 Very Nervous!!!! I had a problem with AFF level 5. got into a tumble and spin cos i panicked. it has been scary so far, but thats just part of it i guess! good luck with your course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feeblemind 1 #3 September 11, 2005 Very anxious as the flaps came down. Once out the door sensory overload for the 1st few seconds. I got the relax sign from my instructor then continued with the dive flow. Fire Safety Tip: Don't fry bacon while naked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MB38 0 #4 September 11, 2005 I was much less nervous in the plane than I expected. I was in the last seat next to the door on an Otter, and sitting there staring out the open door only made me excited, not nervous. This was something that I had wanted to do for 10 years and here I was sitting in a plane next to 20 people wearing parachutes and staring out an open door 13,000 feet to the ground. The exit was smooth, the skydive was stable and fast and I was under canopy before I knew what hit me. Sure, I was nervous. Not for injury or death or failure or anything else... just the fear of the unknown. Just as I drove out of the dropzone, I found myself laughing and crying at the same time. I had just lived my own personal dream and I knew that I was never going to be the same. I had just become a different person.I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StephZ 0 #5 September 11, 2005 Quote Sure, I was nervous. Not for injury or death or failure or anything else... just the fear of the unknown. Just as I drove out of the dropzone, I found myself laughing and crying at the same time. I had just lived my own personal dream and I knew that I was never going to be the same. I had just become a different person. Exactly! That's totally how felt afterwad ...before? Excitement! It was what I wanted to do soooo bad! I remember taking the door or the otter to do my exit count, and thinking "is this really happening?" Upon exiting, i remember thinking "holy sh*t!" and then and overwhelming joy and peace as I realized I was finally accomplishing what I had alwaysed longed for. best wishes for blue skys and tons of fun! I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this -Joan of Arc- But what do I know, I'm only 19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incode 0 #6 September 12, 2005 scaired lol lots fun but just abit nervous the first 3-4 seconds of freefall are the most intense and the best :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
