Skylark 0 #1 April 27, 2004 This isn't a reckless post, I'm genuinely interested. "Into the dangerous world I leapt..." William Blake, Songs of Experience Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catfishhunter 1 #2 April 27, 2004 You'd be dead so I think it would matter about as much as this poll MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #3 April 27, 2004 Um, dead people aren't angry (unless you believe in ficticious ghost stories). Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skylark 0 #4 April 27, 2004 I mean, how do you feel about going in, not how WOULD you feel. Doh! "Into the dangerous world I leapt..." William Blake, Songs of Experience Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catfishhunter 1 #5 April 27, 2004 It would really SUCK if I did something stupid that caused me to bounce.. Thats why I pratice my EP's listen and learn as much as possible to better my chances of not doing something stupid that will cause me to bounce. Now if I go in and there was nothing I could have done to prevent it then..My quarter was up and Game over. I'm ok with that we all gotta die. MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #6 April 27, 2004 Well, that depends... Do I get to go to a heavenly place and can we freefly there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chuteless 1 #7 April 27, 2004 I doubt if I would give it a second thought!!! Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pilotdave 0 #8 April 28, 2004 Depends what I have coming up at work... This weekend I'd go in with a smile on my face. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ThighMan 5 #9 April 28, 2004 I would be very upset especially if it was not "My" fault. If I did every thing right and still "Shit" happened. But, if I did die, it was doing something that I loved so my loved ones should not be sad.Airborne Blue Skies, No Wind Feet and Knees Together Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites argon 0 #10 April 28, 2004 Well, I really don't think anger is in the equation personally. We all have our personal demons. Some have religious faith,some are just comfortable with their own mortality. Others fear death,and would be more comfortable dealing with a quick death--like if you went in as opposed to having a chronic or terminal illness. We all have to die sometime. The death subject has literally driven some people to the verge of insanity. This poll doesn't have an easy answer--personally...I think you'd be too busy at the time trying to get something to work . Check my signature..it say's it all.*********** Freedom isn't free. Don't forget: Mother Earth is waiting for you--there is a debt you have to pay...... POPS #9329 Commercial Pilot,Instrument MEL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveNFlorida 0 #11 April 28, 2004 QuoteI mean, how do you feel about going in, not how WOULD you feel. Doh! Anyone who doesn't care, I don't care to be in the sky with. Personally, I learn all that I can so that I can land safely and do it all again. My plan is to continue to do just that:) Angela Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites firstime 0 #12 April 28, 2004 try to post something intelligent, "how would you feel if you go in". I cant believe I am reading this and responding to it. I am holding my head so it wont explode. What the F$%k would make one ask that question. Are you a troll,journalist,lawyer or just an asshole. Have a good evening. Iam am still typing with one hand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #13 April 28, 2004 Are you kidding? I'm starting to actually get close to graduating college, I'd be a little annoyed. Eitherway, I'm tracking for my rigger's truck if it comes down to it.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bch7773 0 #14 April 28, 2004 QuoteThis isn't a reckless post then what kind of post is it? other than a little pointless... MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flynhigh 0 #15 April 28, 2004 Believe me (from experience) you won't know it (if you're lukcy) and it's all good....... Dare to dream and then make it happen! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ZoneRat 0 #16 April 28, 2004 QuoteQuoteThis isn't a reckless post then what kind of post is it? other than a little pointless... I don't think it's pointless. I think it's interesting. I don't want to die. I especially don't want to die skydiving... bad for the sport. But if it happens, I would be bothered in those last seconds mostly by the idea that I made my friends and family have to go through the grieving process. Grieving processes suck.“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #17 April 28, 2004 QuoteThis isn't a reckless post, I'm genuinely interested. Good, I'm not a reckless guy, but it's something I've thought about. I am in no rush to die (I have forever to be dead, right?) but I still am fascinated by the idea of making that transition, and curious about what being dead will be like. I've felt this way a long time. So I'm all about maximizing my human lifetime, but still wonder about its end. I answered, "Yipee! Here we go!" because I hope that I'll be able to be calm and peaceful if I ever am in a situation where I know I'm about to die and cannot change it. I've had numerous dreams (dozens) in which I have died in all different manners. In the best of them, I centered my mind and got all Zen-like and peaceful, and let it come. In many of those dreams, I found myself "conscious" after my body's "death." It was wonderful and soothing and reassuring. When I wake from a death dream, I often feel empowered and full of unstoppable vitality. So I would sure hate to die angry. I would not like to be thinking bad things about anything as I cruise in for my final landing -- not about the parachute manufacturer, or the pilot, or other skydivers, or my technique... I just want peace everlasting, and I would want my final moments to be spent preparing my mind for it. No anger. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skr 1 #18 April 28, 2004 Hmmm .. I went in once (bounce and live) - July 4th, 1980. There was a moment of extreme dread and "Oh, shit!" when I realized it was happening (I was about 500 ft at the time). Then there was a period of really attuned focus while I tried stuff and then grabbed my risers and swung out flat, kind of a right rear PLF all at once. Then I hit. And bounced. And lost consciousness on the bounce. I thought I was going in but a little while later my eyes opened and I was looking up at blue sky and a circle of faces looking down at me. Hitting the ground didn't hurt, but it hurt like hell for a long time after that. Actually I still have a fair amount of pain in my pelvis, which doesn't stop me, but it slows me down and limits what I can do. I recommend that you avoid it if you can. Skr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BartsDaddy 4 #19 April 28, 2004 If nobody got video I would be real angry Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lifewithoutanet 0 #20 April 28, 2004 I'd be PISSED. It's not that I think I'm too young to die, nor that I have unfinished business or anything. It's just that I LOVE MY LIFE. Hard to imagine life....errrr....without it. -C. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kris 0 #21 April 28, 2004 Sorry, But I'd hope that I'd be too busy yanking handles, weilding my hook knife, or clawing the flaps of my container until my Oakley's filled with blood to think about it.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kramer 0 #22 April 28, 2004 I've actually thought about this before. If it happens, it happens. I'm gonna do everything I can to make it not happen, but if it still does after all that, then it just must be my time. I just hope no one has to witness it, and that it goes fast. I like to think I'm going to a better place when I die anyway, so I'm good with it. The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nael 0 #23 April 28, 2004 If I died, I'd be annoyed. I'd be pretty pissed off if I got any injury from skydiving, (actually I got cut on the wrist a couple of weeks ago from the ripcord!) but any injury that stopped me skydiving and was just a general pain in the ass, like fractured bones or muscle tears etc. This is all new to me, I dont have time to be injured dammit!www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites swoosh 0 #24 April 28, 2004 As your profile shows no skydiving experience, I'll go gentle on you. As a skydiver, I try to focus on the positive, 'I will, I can, I learned,...' To say 'would I be pissed if I bounced??' goes against everything that skydiving is, embracing life for all that it has to offer. Where I go after death has nothing to do with jumping, I, personally live life to its fullest, go 120% in everything I do, to say I'd be angry if I bounced is a HUGE understatement The Sky is NOT the Limit, the Dirt Is!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andrewnewell 0 #25 April 28, 2004 Id be pissed off if I went in and still had a load of jump tickets left over from the weekend! If your gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 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
chuteless 1 #7 April 27, 2004 I doubt if I would give it a second thought!!! Bill Cole D-41 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #8 April 28, 2004 Depends what I have coming up at work... This weekend I'd go in with a smile on my face. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThighMan 5 #9 April 28, 2004 I would be very upset especially if it was not "My" fault. If I did every thing right and still "Shit" happened. But, if I did die, it was doing something that I loved so my loved ones should not be sad.Airborne Blue Skies, No Wind Feet and Knees Together Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argon 0 #10 April 28, 2004 Well, I really don't think anger is in the equation personally. We all have our personal demons. Some have religious faith,some are just comfortable with their own mortality. Others fear death,and would be more comfortable dealing with a quick death--like if you went in as opposed to having a chronic or terminal illness. We all have to die sometime. The death subject has literally driven some people to the verge of insanity. This poll doesn't have an easy answer--personally...I think you'd be too busy at the time trying to get something to work . Check my signature..it say's it all.*********** Freedom isn't free. Don't forget: Mother Earth is waiting for you--there is a debt you have to pay...... POPS #9329 Commercial Pilot,Instrument MEL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #11 April 28, 2004 QuoteI mean, how do you feel about going in, not how WOULD you feel. Doh! Anyone who doesn't care, I don't care to be in the sky with. Personally, I learn all that I can so that I can land safely and do it all again. My plan is to continue to do just that:) Angela Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #12 April 28, 2004 try to post something intelligent, "how would you feel if you go in". I cant believe I am reading this and responding to it. I am holding my head so it wont explode. What the F$%k would make one ask that question. Are you a troll,journalist,lawyer or just an asshole. Have a good evening. Iam am still typing with one hand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 April 28, 2004 Are you kidding? I'm starting to actually get close to graduating college, I'd be a little annoyed. Eitherway, I'm tracking for my rigger's truck if it comes down to it.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #14 April 28, 2004 QuoteThis isn't a reckless post then what kind of post is it? other than a little pointless... MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flynhigh 0 #15 April 28, 2004 Believe me (from experience) you won't know it (if you're lukcy) and it's all good....... Dare to dream and then make it happen! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoneRat 0 #16 April 28, 2004 QuoteQuoteThis isn't a reckless post then what kind of post is it? other than a little pointless... I don't think it's pointless. I think it's interesting. I don't want to die. I especially don't want to die skydiving... bad for the sport. But if it happens, I would be bothered in those last seconds mostly by the idea that I made my friends and family have to go through the grieving process. Grieving processes suck.“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #17 April 28, 2004 QuoteThis isn't a reckless post, I'm genuinely interested. Good, I'm not a reckless guy, but it's something I've thought about. I am in no rush to die (I have forever to be dead, right?) but I still am fascinated by the idea of making that transition, and curious about what being dead will be like. I've felt this way a long time. So I'm all about maximizing my human lifetime, but still wonder about its end. I answered, "Yipee! Here we go!" because I hope that I'll be able to be calm and peaceful if I ever am in a situation where I know I'm about to die and cannot change it. I've had numerous dreams (dozens) in which I have died in all different manners. In the best of them, I centered my mind and got all Zen-like and peaceful, and let it come. In many of those dreams, I found myself "conscious" after my body's "death." It was wonderful and soothing and reassuring. When I wake from a death dream, I often feel empowered and full of unstoppable vitality. So I would sure hate to die angry. I would not like to be thinking bad things about anything as I cruise in for my final landing -- not about the parachute manufacturer, or the pilot, or other skydivers, or my technique... I just want peace everlasting, and I would want my final moments to be spent preparing my mind for it. No anger. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skr 1 #18 April 28, 2004 Hmmm .. I went in once (bounce and live) - July 4th, 1980. There was a moment of extreme dread and "Oh, shit!" when I realized it was happening (I was about 500 ft at the time). Then there was a period of really attuned focus while I tried stuff and then grabbed my risers and swung out flat, kind of a right rear PLF all at once. Then I hit. And bounced. And lost consciousness on the bounce. I thought I was going in but a little while later my eyes opened and I was looking up at blue sky and a circle of faces looking down at me. Hitting the ground didn't hurt, but it hurt like hell for a long time after that. Actually I still have a fair amount of pain in my pelvis, which doesn't stop me, but it slows me down and limits what I can do. I recommend that you avoid it if you can. Skr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BartsDaddy 4 #19 April 28, 2004 If nobody got video I would be real angry Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lifewithoutanet 0 #20 April 28, 2004 I'd be PISSED. It's not that I think I'm too young to die, nor that I have unfinished business or anything. It's just that I LOVE MY LIFE. Hard to imagine life....errrr....without it. -C. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #21 April 28, 2004 Sorry, But I'd hope that I'd be too busy yanking handles, weilding my hook knife, or clawing the flaps of my container until my Oakley's filled with blood to think about it.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kramer 0 #22 April 28, 2004 I've actually thought about this before. If it happens, it happens. I'm gonna do everything I can to make it not happen, but if it still does after all that, then it just must be my time. I just hope no one has to witness it, and that it goes fast. I like to think I'm going to a better place when I die anyway, so I'm good with it. The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nael 0 #23 April 28, 2004 If I died, I'd be annoyed. I'd be pretty pissed off if I got any injury from skydiving, (actually I got cut on the wrist a couple of weeks ago from the ripcord!) but any injury that stopped me skydiving and was just a general pain in the ass, like fractured bones or muscle tears etc. This is all new to me, I dont have time to be injured dammit!www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swoosh 0 #24 April 28, 2004 As your profile shows no skydiving experience, I'll go gentle on you. As a skydiver, I try to focus on the positive, 'I will, I can, I learned,...' To say 'would I be pissed if I bounced??' goes against everything that skydiving is, embracing life for all that it has to offer. Where I go after death has nothing to do with jumping, I, personally live life to its fullest, go 120% in everything I do, to say I'd be angry if I bounced is a HUGE understatement The Sky is NOT the Limit, the Dirt Is!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewnewell 0 #25 April 28, 2004 Id be pissed off if I went in and still had a load of jump tickets left over from the weekend! If your gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
