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It was a rookie lack of rational on my behalf. My jump coaches have made jumping exceptionally fun, I knew better than to stiffen up and forget my form. I'm thankful I was able to end the skydive on my own.
I look forward to time in the tunnel to learn safe practice. I hope few as few incidents as possible. -
Well came across this forum while drooling over gear I some day wish to have.
Figure ill post my incident from last summer, it was a real pisser as I was on my AFF 4 jump. I had an hour earlier cleared my AFF 3 jump and was all giggles, I had enough cash for 2 jumps that day BTW.
My coach and I are going through the motions quite well as he later explained to me until apparently I forgot I had legs attached to me, I went into what we both guessed was 15 -20 über fast spins.
(Note) I'm now glad this happened because I learned I will NOT freak out in an "incident" situation as I (as I'm sure all) folks wondered prior to something going awry 6000' up
Well I waved off before Coach came in and risked his own butt and I pulled on my own. Then the fun begin with my line twists!
I quickly also learned that I DID in fact pay attention in AFF class! Spread the risers and kick like you're riding a bicycle!
The rest of my jump was uneventful except when I came in hot and barrel rolled my butt to the ground while angrily yelling profanities to Coach for my previous lack of brain capacity through a radio he could not hear me through but he was was laughing hysterically in the distance as he rightfully should have!
Long story short as I yearned for redemption I ran out of funding due to money issues at home, that was my last jump....
Since then I have saved and saved (lost and re saved) and now 6 months later I have a hand full of dough to throw at my AFF, hopefully pass and move onto my coached jumps ill be starting jumping again as soon as Colorado weather warms up and I get a tad of free time
Best regards, hope everyone gets a good laugh from this one
And btw I also was smart enough to buy myself some time indoors to keep my legs under control now
low jump numbers, camera and low exits
in Safety and Training
When we chat on gopro's buying gear exc I've leaned towards discussing it with my jump coach as heeding his/her advice. I'm glad I've taken that approach
I can't wait until I get to bring my GoPro with me and have a certain sense of comfort doing so, but I'm not in a rush.. Right now just learning and enjoying the flight is pretty cool