Amyr

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    Yeah, I fall down more often than a lot of people. But I'm 57, and I get back up all the time, too



    At 1000 jumps you still fall down a lot?? YOU HAVE JUST MADE MY DAY << yes grammar Nazi's that is in caps and I shouted

    At 94 jumps I was feeling really down about my ability to stand up while watching people still on or freshly off student status stand them up THANK YOU<< shouted again

  2. Do you value the friendship more then being right?

    You could just say i think i was misunderstood and i was having a shitty day and i took it out on the person who means a lot to me and I am sorry friend that was a pretty shitty thing for me to do to you.

    Regardless of what was said or not said just ending it and taking blame it doesn't matter if you said it>>> That's what he heard <<<
    This opens the door to friendship continuing or ending on a level ground
    or if your ego about i didn't say that and i must be proven right cause then I will look bad means more to you then continue.

    Its never about what was said its about what they hear

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    And all this is like an episode of "the Outer Limits": I see myself dialing the number, inquiring about the school, giving my credit card info over the phone. And then I return into my body thinking: what the hell did I just do?


    weird huh wondering did i just do that get in that same zone on the plane make yourself jump despite your fear or desire on AFF with two instructors is when you will find out if you can do it >>>YOU CAN good luck

  4. Ok I have a factory driver full face helmet i bought used without the visor. I bought the visor i feel like my face is smashed up against the frame. I really want to use sunglasses but I cant get the damn thing on with sunglasses on and tighten the strap. I tried jumping without the strap because i was told they would stay on but they are a pair of curves and they keep sliding. Is there a way to get my helmet on with the sunglasses on. OR is there a pair of sunglasses that will fit tighter to my head so they wont slip> OR AM i just doing something wrong?

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    I remember very clearly being a new jumper and even back then the info was widely available. My good friend, a Master Rigger and a veteran of 42 years in the sport keeps saying "we pussified the sport and made it too easy", and i cant help but agree with him



    ***You say back then info was widely available. How many students where involved in the sport then?

    Would you be willing to answer the same question 15 times a week every week to each new student with the same level of understanding they are new without coping a" know it all attitude " or "your a dumbass" which would make the student seek information from others?

    Answering the same question once or twice a week to a newbie > the amount of students being trained WAY BACK WHEN you were going through this. Or now 7 to 10 times a week when the amount of students going through training has increased

    The general idea of asking many different people is so that the ONE opinion the new student accepts as fact is based on several opinions > In my mind the exact opposite of complacency if able to be based on several opinions

    Glad they "pussyfied" the sport> :P

  6. Thanks sure plan on jumping more got a real good lead on my own rig. I started in Oct and only had 13 jumps by Jan so i have done 55 jumps since Jan 1 my goal is to do 100 by my 1 year date of Oct 8. If i get my own rig i plan on doing more then 100. I also have to go see POPjumper in August at the farm because he sure was a lot of moral support as well.

  7. WELL i did not Apply for my B CAUSE I SUCKED BIG TIME> I just now got the Jumps passed off. IT actually took me all of those 68 jumps to be able to perform well enough to pass the levels. I was placed back on AFF 3 times so I I actually graduated twice from AFF in one weekend that has to be some kind of record. How many people graduate AFF 4 times!!!

    BUT I did take a canopy class and I have the required jumps free fall time and accuracy jumps. SO i just need water training and I CAN SWIM LIKE A FISH!!!!!!!!! <<< finally something i can do hopefully the first time SO i think I can get my B.

    I think my log book has something like 10 failed exits in a row. Says EXIT SUCKED LANDING SUCKED. Then i had a couple good ones and was placed back off student status and GUESS WHAT tumbled the exit twice and was a student again! For another 8 to 10 exits. STILL HATE POISED EXITS BUT I CAN DO THEM!

    Thanks WENDY for posting your log book really helped me keep going.

  8. Hey surrealism> I am not sure if this counts but I remember on my category B jump looking at my instructors then down at my feet and thinking WHO THE FUCK ELSE IS OUT HERE WITH ME AND NOT REALIZING THEY WERE MY FEET>
    ALSO I heard you were having troubles with your exits>> Just keep at it there is no magic to it no simple solution what works one jump might not work the next your tumble might turn into a side step then a back flip exit each time it may be the same or you may develop a different problem then one day you will get it and the next you won't then you will get it again.
    Fail the jump or pass the jump> The best part was always jumping out of the plane and You get to do that on every jump no matter how you do.
    KEEP WITH IT!