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  4. I failed IAF lvl 5, 3 times. I know it doesn't help with your question directly, but you sound a bit frustrated, so don't be. It'll come, and when it does, it's like "duh! that's it!"

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    This is the only activity I have ever engaged in that, from the time I arrive on the DZ to the time I leave, no other aspect of my life enters my mind. Not work, bills, money, housework . . . nothing. It's a true mental vacation. My 2 cents



    I second that. One day, before boarding the plane, I told myself I was going to MAKE myself think about crap from life while in freefall. Well, on the ride up, with the stuff that happens (we all know what that is)... I completely forgot and I remembered when I had landed.

  14. What upsets me is that they do the whole "mach 1" crap. Mach 1 at 40,000 feet is NOT the same as mach 1 at 1,000 feet. When Kittinger made the balloon jump back in 1960, it was said he broke the sound barrier, but he never really did.

  18. Just in case you still follow this thread, I suggest this: get started on the AFF program, go through the ground school that you'll have to do before your first jump, and make the jump. After the ground school you'll understand things SOOO much better, and THEN if you make the decision of NOT jumping, it'll be an informed decision.

    There!

    We'll see ya in the skies :D


    EDIT: I posted this without reading what others have said, so it's probably repetitious. Go jump man!

  19. Ok. Even though I'm not going to answer all your questions, I'll say this: if you're looking this much into the dangers of skydiving, I think it's better off if you don't get into it at all. No matter the number of deaths by human error, equipment malfunctions, etc, skydiving IS dangerous.

    Again, IMO, if you're worrying so much now, don't even bother.

    EDIT: I'll leave someone with more experience to answer your questions. All I'll say is that I never had a problem going on my back and not being able to recover fairly quickly.

  21. To the neptune speeds... I'm pretty sure that's not right. I mean, you throw anything out there, and it will add drag and slow you down, no matter how collapsed/distortioned/twisted the thing is.

    The riser twisting thing seems like it worked in that case, but what about others? And I'd also be iffy about adding twists with the toggles there.

  23. The dude just posted a cool gadget he found... why the flaming? If you wanna get technical, he said "almost 0 snag hazard" and didn't speficify which way to mount it. You're all assuming he meant the way it's on the pic, but maybe he's not.

    Get the sticks out please.