Synergie

I'd like to offer my deepest sympathy.... I also jump at Waterville, though I don't think I really knew Vicki, I think I may have met her a few times when she first started out. Still, our DZ is a fairly small close-knitt one, and something like this affects us all so deeply. Blue Skies Vicki, and my thoughts are with your family during this tragic time..... ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

OMG Adam!!!! I DID NOT want to see that!!! BTW where have you been? I havn't seen you around the DZ in a long time. Mind you.... After those shots, I might wanna hide from the DZ for awhile LOL - everyone knows about them! hahaha ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

Hmmm JTF2 maybe?? ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

I that counts then I guess I do too.... I am 5'2" myself. And I started skydiving ths Summer with the same student rigs that everyone else use, and with no problems at all! ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

Hmmm I've only been skydiving for a couple months now and after reading your posts in this thread, I fear I am already well on the road to 'Conforming' ... Does this happen to everyone? lol - have and display one or more tattoos Unicorn, lower right leg - smoke and often require at least one cigarrette between loads Don't need to smoke... The second-hand smoke provides me with more than enough nicotene. - have body piercings (ears don't count anymore) I have 3 (besides my ears and No I am not telling where!) - can drink heavily in the evening and be on the first load the next morning Been on the second after a night of tequila (and Rodriguez initiations)... does that count? - are ectomorphic or, at least, fall on the ectomorphic side of mesomorphism Mesomorph, but the more I stay at the dz on weekends, the more I am becomming closer to ectomorphic. I really should learn to bring snacks! Hmm two meals = the cost of one jump! - have some kind of attitude (doesn't really matter what kind Mine is flirtatious and bubbly! :) - come across as a bit touched (and by touched, I mean crazy) Aren't we all? I mean we ARE all jumping out of perfectly good airplanes! haha - live a relatively non-materialistic lifestyle (money isn't good for much except jumps and beer!) Well, I am somewhat materialistic. Ppeople call me 'gadget girl' but then again, lately I have been selling some of said gadgets to pay for more jumps... - live in the present (can't really execute emergency procedures if you're daydreaming about the future, now, can you?) I gave up on daydreaming about the future when I hit my last birthday. Now it's ALL present! - live from jump to jump (always thinking about that next fix) Since I only started this summer, I am still getting that extra rush from being scared! And yes, I want more! Oh no I am shaking.... is that DT's??? I beter go do a jump! - consider themselves good looking (the guys) and have skydiving SOs (the gals) that are good looking I am female (consider myself average), and do not have a SO at all - seem to actually live (!) at the drop zone Do weekends count? - can easily pack in 10 minutes or less (mostly, it appears, because their canopy is about the size of a trashbag) I can't pack yet but well on my way since everyone is hounding me to learn. Might as well be useful between jumps eh? - have a seemingly unending source of money (maybe something illegal going on here, like in that documentary CUTAWAY about that cop... what's his name... Stephen Baldwin or something) I am in the Navy, so I do have a good job, but I still have to scrounge for jumps - (some) inexplicably live nomadic lifestyles (how high do you have to exit to actually reach the next DZ?) Ummm can't answer that one ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

Chest??? Wow, if it reaches the chest, better make sure you tape it well, because THAT sucker could cause damage! ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

Obviously you havn't seen the naked German skydiving video floating around the net! hehehe >;) ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

hmmm yup... apparently so... I just went through this. Who made up that rule anyway? lol. Oh well, it's all good, and creates for a good atmosphere around the campfire... :) ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

I do go over and over in my head on the way up... actually I start before I even leave the ground. I practiced and practiced so that my hand would go back to the exact spot to pull. It worked :) I think I was just nervous because I did not have enough confidence in myself even though the instructors were telling me they had every confidence in me... guess I should listen more often I fully intend to go higher and higher this weekend... cash providing of course. Why do I have the feeling that this sport is going to break me?? hehe ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

Oh great and I still don't know who you are hehehe. Yes, I was very very nervous! I was going to put it off until this weekend, but I am glad I didn't now :) I don't know why I was so nervous. All the way up in the plane I was almost shaking,... but then when it came time to climb out and jump, I went into some kind of robot mode and did everything all text-book like! As soon as the chute opened, and I knew it was all ME that time... well, I screamed and hooted and hollared (even though noone could hear me yet)! It was DEFINATELY a big confidence booster to me! Now I wanna go higher! :) I will be there Saturday providing I can get a ride from the city. Oh yeah, and I have to stop at a beer store too don't I??? lol ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

I am Canadian.... I jump out of Waterville N.S. I am a student, just did my first solo freefall :) and I am hooked to skydiving in a big way now. I think I will have to start selling stuff just to afford jumping ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

Congrats......What DZ do you owe the case of beer to??.....I'm hoping it's WaterVille Smile..Mmmmmmm beerSmile Ummmm why yes... it is actually Waterville and I am pickin the beer that I like so pththththth which means either Blue or Corona. And do I know you? Hey, Waterville will have lots of free beers soon as I think that 4 of us did first freefall on Monday... 3 of us being females ;) GIRL POWER yeeehaaaa! hehehe ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.

I am new to the sport as well. I have 9 jumps now (2 of which were tandems to start with) Then I did the jump course. I was not afraid at all with the tandems but that first jump was horrifying.... the worst part for me was climbing out to hang from the wing strut (on a c-182) The wind is really intimidating for me... still. But I am sooooo glad that I did it! I still hate that rush of air when the door opens but I know what comes after so I bite the bullet so to speak. Once I leave the plane I am fine. I guess all I can say is that I just decided to do it and so I did. Now yesterday I had my first solo freefall... no more IAD security blanket. I was scared half to death on the plane, almost to the point of being sick. But then the door opened, and it was time.... I somehow went into robot mode, and everything was perfect! This time it was ALL me! For me, the fear is part of what makes this sport so enjoyable. It's the feeling I get when I overcome the fear, and realize that I CAN do it! I am completely hooked now and it can only get better from here! ---- ---- Everyone who lives eventually dies, but not everyone who has died has truly lived.