arai

I'm in vancouver looking forward to getting my a license. Jumped a few years ago and looking to get back into it and actually go for certification.

heh, easy guys. yeah thanks for all the info so far. I intend to focus on skills needed for wingsuits as much or more than the # of jumps. I expect all/most my jumps will be from 7-13,000ft to allow for learning the flying skills needed for the suit.

okay so I know the forum is filled with a lot of "will they" "wont they" posts about landing wingsuits. but what do you consider a landing? with current wingsuit fall speeds dropping quite low. I believe its theoretically possible (someone correct me?) that the verticle speeds of a falling wingsuiter would be similar if not slower than say a stuntman when falling onto an airbag from 130 feet. I know their would be complications from the wingsuiters forward speed, as well as the fact that missing doesnt allow for any reserve pull. I'm just asking, doesnt the verticle speed allow for a wingsuiter to live if he hit an airbag with todays airbag technology? I wonder how big a bag $6000000 buys? just bored at work

40 hours a week?!? OH, THE HORROR! yeah yeah yeah.... ;) though to be fair last year I had to do 500 hours of overtime. So its not always the money, but the time thats hard to get to go jumping out of aircraft

I was born in saskatchewan and lived in alberta growing up so I know what it is to shovel the weather ;)

the cheapest I've found around here is about 30 bucks to 10,000 feet or 33 to 12,000. remember this is cdn. I'm not complaining about the vancouver winter as much as I'm pointing out I wont be able to jumo too much during the winter so will have to have a busier summer to meet my goals

I'm in vancouver, canada. SO the winters usually suck (not too bad for cold, but a lot of rain and cloud.) I'm still waiting to get ahold of the drop zones to get an idea of how many jumps a day are likely with their loads/equipment. I've already talked to them about fees and courses but every few hours seem to have another question or two. anyway, cant wait to get started again. Its been a few years since I've jumped but I definitly remember the feeling (how could you ever forget it ;) )

oh yeah I totally agree, theres a lot to learn on the ground that you might miss if you were just trying to get up to altitiude. I dont intend to just try my best to jump to the exclusion of learning or experience, or to sacrifice the fun or intent of skydiving just to hit a number in a book. I'm just looking at what I want to do, and figure out how I might go about that. Getting info from people that jump just help me get a feel for if my goals are within reason and something that with some effort I can attain. thanks for the replies so far money is an object, I'm not rich or anything, I'm just saying I can afford to by a decent (used for my first one) rig and go 10-20 times a month.

heh yeah, somehow going from beginner skydiver to birdsuit jump # qualified in one day doesnt seem that good an idea, even if its possible ;) but yeah I'm just trying to set goals and make sure I'm capable of meeting them. I've already had a good browse through the wingsuit forums and know what skills the experienced flyers reccomend practicing before getting into a wingsuit, so I've got skills on my list to practice for the first 200 jumps.

I'm just wondering how people get there jump numbers up quickly? I'm getting back into skydiving after a few years due to breaks and taking up other adrenaline sports and am coming back with a goal, get high enough numbers for a wingsuit. I know they recomend 200 jumps within an 18 month period. for safety sake I'll up that number to 300 jumps in 18 months. Thats just over 16 jumps per month for 18 months solid. If I dont have my own gear and rent, the local dz is about 63 per jump. thats a grand per month. if I do have my own gear then its about half that, or $500 a month. (after a couple grand on gear spent) The question I ask is how do you guys/girls find the time to get this many jumps in? I make decent money so I can afford this pace, but its the time thats hard. In order to make decent money I get stuck at work 9-5 monday to friday, with overtime being a common thing in my industry. How many jumps per day do you do when you end up at the DZ? its likely I'll need more than 16 jumps per month as well as in the winter there is not much jumping around here. In the summer I can see the possibility of jumping after work as it doesnt get dark till 9:30 at night, but as the winter comes around it gets dark at 5 I'm trying to plan this out to make it financially viable, and also time possible with my current work thanks

I'll be headed to london in january. working in the soho area. I guess the reason I thought of waiting was to establish a relationship with my local dz, and the higher uk prices (relative to canada)

Well I wont waste anytime with "what skills should I need pre-wingsuit" as I've already read through 36 pages of the wingsuit forum and know how to use the search funtion. I just wanted to get in a forum introduction and say how cool wingsuit flying looks. I've got a couple great videos of flocking and just have to say it looks more like a fighter jet formation than birds, but that only furthers my interest in the sport. I've skydiving a few years ago, went SL from 3500' and as soon as I hit the ground asked if I could go again, after a few trips that day I havent dived at all due to various reasons but am looking to get back into the sport in a serious way. I know I have at minimum 200 jumps before looking at a wingsuit but I know what skills to workon in the meantime. I tend to pickup anything I try quite quickly so I'm hoping I can show proficiency in the skills required to wingsuit jump at 200 or perhaps be one fo the few that can attempt it even a bit earlier, but to be honest I know that safety is more important than getting in a wingsuit a few jumps early. I'm in vancouver, canada but it might take a month or two to actually start any freefall courses as I might be sent over the the uk to do some work for a few months. so for now I'm reading all the forum and downloading as many vids as I can find. anyway, just wanted to say hi and man those wingsuits look sweet.