flygirl60

yeah what he said!

Yep! I'm not giving up, we are going away for the weekend and when we get back I am going down there and jump again if I have to drag myself to the door and throw myself out (I am sure my instructor will be glad to do that for me)

Trust me that I do and will always listen to my JM's they know what they are doing, I do use the advice in these forums to know what I want to ask them about.(I usually show up with a list of questions ) I am after all trusting them to show me how to keep myself alive, best to listen to them

Thats something to think about because I would probably have cut away hoping that it would pull free. maybe I need to study up on this particular mal a bit more.

thanks I will do that, if I can't have one on student status I will get one as soon as I am off it. I am usually level headed in an emergency(which is why I don't understand why this dream bothers me so much) and don't think I would go chop happy but it does sound like a good idea to have one.

yes, I have heard of them but no one has said a thing to me about them. I certainly have never been told to get one or carry one.

I would ask about it because I am so new right now I would want to know if prehaps I had things wrong but I would let the person know that I am new and just trying to 'figure things out'. I do realize that some procedures are really only ment for students and novices, as you become better you may do things differently.

Hook Knife? should I have one? No one has mentioned it to me.

Good to know that other skydivers deal with this also. Tommrow morning I am going to jump nerves or not, I feel I HAVE to or be haunted by this thing, never jumping again just isn't an option.

You can't read too much about malfunctions, unless youre reading about them in a non productive manner. OK, I probably gave you more information than you were looking for. I'm only a novice skydiver, I hope I help. are you kidding you can never give me too much info all help is greatly appreciated

I am going through my AFF course and am at level 5. Over the last week I have had two really bad nightmares, well really only one but I had it twice. I dream I am in freefall and go to throw my chute and it gets caught on my ankle. I try to shake it lose and nothing. I try to pull it free with my hand and only tumble around making it worse, finally I hit my cutaway and reserve but the main is there to stay and the reserve gets tangled up. I see the ground rushing up at me, then I am on the DZ watching what I know is me bounce. both times it was so real I just knew it was really happening. I have tried to go do my level 5 three times now and can't go through with it...yet I know I have to. Has anyone else had a simular experience and maybe some advice? My husband tends to think I am reading too much about malfunctions.

Hi, I am a newbie too still going through my AFF training, If your ever in Georgia stop by ASC and say Hi, I am Deborah, (soon to be named Boom Boom if I dont learn to land standing up!)

Yes skydiving is addictive, but one of the coolest addictions you can have and dont sweat the nerves, I am going on level 5 AFF and I am nervous every time just a little less so each time. ***"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain

Hi there! Welcome to the forums and to skydiving. Hope to see you around. ***"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain

Welcome to the forum, and yes skydiving is quite addictive I have found that out myself only recently still being a student (on level 5 AFF) but what better way is there to spend your money or your time? So far I have found nothing that compares to the thrill of freefalling, of course I am sure it will be even more fun when I really learn to fly!

Welcome to the sport and the forums. Hope to see you around ===================================== Why did I jump outta that airplane? Because somebody opened the door and said JUMP!

QuoteIt's a lot of pressure when you have to worry about performing certain things in the air while only having jumped a few times! Think about it. So just stay as focused as possible and just think ahead to when you graduate and can jump on your own. Thanks I like hearing from other newbies as well as the 'old hands' because the newbies are not far from where I am at now. I keep telling myself that all of this work and stress is for the final goal, the time that I will be able to fly with confidence alone. I don't think I am going to stress clearing level 5 on the first try, if I do great if not I am just going to work on body position and relaxing, if I get that right I will go on and try to do the rest of the things I am suppose to do.

*** Sounds like you are comming along quite nicely! Help me out here: I was trained on the Dope Rope, but what are you expected to do in level 5? ===============S. Smith================ as I understand it after being released I have to do 360 turns and forward tracking. I guess checking for control, funny I am clumsy as hell on the ground I just thank god there is nothing to trip over up there

Some of you may have read my earlier post that I did my level 1 and it didn't go too well. I redid my level 1 and it went great and I am now fixing to go on level 5. I am a bit nervous because although I passed my level 4 I didn't feel that I had very good control. I keep having to correct unintentional turns and couldn't stop where I was supposed to. I also felt like I was bumping around like a cork in the surf. my instructor said it was because I was so nervous that I was tensing up (I am having a lot of trouble relaxing during freefall) but unlike my first attempt at level 1 I didn't get tunnel vision one problem and forget everything else. I just said to myself okay you got to work on this and went on. I did land in the parking lot, but n my defense I was on a brand new chute, which my instructor said flat sailed (whatever that means) and there was no wind. Okay enough with the excuses at least I didn't hit a car ahhh well maybe level 5 today if it doesn't rain

congrats I didn't start skydiving until recently and my kids are grown...but having raised two boys I can tell you your in for the experience of your life

Hi and welcome from one student to another (although I am only AFF level 3). Hope to see you around.

May his spirit soar on to new lands and adventures. Prayers are out for those closest to him who have to journey on without him. BSBD The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live." -Joan Borysenko

good luck on your 100th jump. Hope you have a better day. and yes in skydiving as well as in life iun general it would be nice if everyone would respect the fact that we are all different and like different things...thats one of the things that keeps life interesting

cool suit

*** LMAO......Mine was awful too flygirl. I have it on video, ugh!!!! Have mine video taped too..Now that I have calmed down a bit, when I watch it it looks kinda funny, me moving my arms up and down like I did it looked like I was really trying to fly. I have never appreciated the support on here more than I do now. I know I can do this, no one can feel this right about something and be wrong. just the thought of never flying through the air again is so depressing that, I would almost rather die trying than to go back to wasting away on the couch. btw I would also like to thank fast eddie who came to get my butt and and everyone else at the DZ who was so supportive. It seems to me that skydiving attracts some really cool people