Coat.

Did a little more tunnel time. Getting assessed by the DZSO this weekend and hopefully I'll be able to do a jump with an instructor before attempting the h&p again. Feeling quite confident.

I haven't jumped in 4 months. I didn't even realise how quick those months flew by. I'd been working on my end of year assessments for school and got caught up with it. I'm just really concerned know whether to return or not, now. I was on stage 9, and had attempted it twice with no pass. They told me to do a few fun jumps before trying it again, but 4 months have passed. Would I be expected to repeat stages again?

Huh? Of course not.

Haven't jumped in a fortnight, because of an off-weekend and due to winds. Just tiring getting up there every single weekend. I might just let this one breeze.

Haha, not a fail, but just have to redo. My exit's on both were kinda sloppy and rushed. Need to relax and flow with the experience.

In a fortnight, heading back to the dz to finish off L 9 (H&P). Tried twice but exit wasn't good, and I panicked because of the height. But will be all sweet next time. Weather can be a real bummer sometimes.

@KirstyM81, have you made another jump yet?

Was a tiring but great weekend. Did stages 6 and 7 on Saturday - tracking was awesome. Did 8 on the Sunday, but had some issues with the hop n' pop. I redid stage 9 twice; my exit wasn't good and I kind of panicked/rushed it. On my second time, I still hadn't passed but can't wait until next weekend to finish it. I know by the time I got to stage 9, I was exhausted. Nonetheless, it was a great weekend and was nice to see my development.

It varies on the DZ. Some DZ's are small, some are larger and it depends on how the it functions as a whole. I tried to get as many jumps as I could in last weekend, but with external circumstances, I only jumped twice. I'm hoping to finish off the AFF this coming weekend. Here in Australia, there is 9 stages.

Thanks. :) Although, I think that the AFF I'm doing has tracking on stage 7. Stage 6 is very similar to stage 5, except it's a solo exit. On both previous jumps my landing was a little sketchy. I went downwind too late, did a turn, passed my target and landed off the DZ. Downwind leg is meant to start at 1000ft, and I remember checking my alti to start downwind at 1000ft but I guess you can't always rely on your alti. I need to practice my canopy control more.

Was a good weekend. Did stages 4 and 5. Time to smash it out next weekend. :)

I need to practise my PLR's more. As for going the dive flow on the ground (which I've been doing at home), is it just me or does it get quite tiring when trying to arch on flat ground for a while whilst going over the objectives of the jump? Heading out to the DZ tomorrow a day early and hopefully jumping Saturday. I think that the years break I had was quite beneficial in terms of trying to be ready to come back and smash it out. If I have to redo a jump again, I won't sweat, I'll just correct my flaws and continue on. That was my problem - my consistency. I use to only do one jump a weekend and come back the next weekend to do the next jump. I know that jumping as much as you can, with a clear head, on the one day would help massively in progression and correction. This break has made me quite excited, and since doing my tunnel time, has backed off the nerves a little.

Pumped for this weekend. Keen to get out there and have fun. They tell you to bend your legs so they are closer to 90 degrees. Reason being is that when you go to do your EP, your arms tuck in and if you're in a high speed mal for example, you could potentially go into a head-dive whilst loosing symmetry. When you had your first mal, was your mind racing and did you panic at any point? I am a little concerned that if I had a high speed, like a PC hesitation, that even after counting my thousands, that I'd freeze and go into a state of sensory overload.

Got there. Had to do ground training on the Saturday - took the whole day. Next day, was meant to skip straight to stage 3 but there were issues with the aircraft and it was impossible for the dz to get another one in time. I'm heading back next weekend, and plus, they'll have a larger plane, meaning larger loads and more jumps! Just have to keep my EP in mind. I've been really going over it and saying outloud; legs, look, locate, peel, punch, punch. I kind of want to experience a mal just to see how I'll react to it; but then again, that's quite an overwhelming thought.

Had tunnel time today. It was pretty awesome. Now time to sleep, travel to the dz tomorrow and set up camp and have some fun.