Flying-Wench

hmm where to start, my whole childhood was wrong! - ate just about anything: snails, worms, ants, gum leaf soup that i made myself with dog bowl water, rocks, flowers and grass! - threw golf balls and frying pans at the kids mum used to babysit, knocked one of them out one time. - regular biffos with my brothers and the neighbours kids. - jumped off alot of fences and out of trees with my "cape" in the hope that i would fly - burned ants with a magnifying glass!

awww.. real red-heads, or pretend red heads???

hey there! i totally understand where you are coming from. Ive done 5 AFF jumps, im mad keen to become a good skydiver, but i suffer from incredible nerves. Like you i have read every bit of skydiving literature and watched every video/movie footage i can get my hands on. I also spend alot of time at the DZ talking to people and learning learning learning. I dont think its a bad thing, knowledge is no burden to carry providing you are able to focus on what is happening during your currnet jump. Picking up hints and tips, is always useful! I always check info with my instructors though.. With my nerves, they kick in for me at 20 minute call.. settle down once im in the plane and then come on when the red light goes on! Its at these times, when im shaking, my hands are sweaty and my stomach is a rock when i say to myself "what the HELL am i doing?". But then i do the jump, have a ball in freefall, deal with anything that crops up, i rock under canopy and have sweet landings. I come down wanting to do it again NOW! Its like a love-hate relationship, and of all the people ive spoken to, most skydivers have been here at some stage or other. They tell me that nerves will always be there, its just the levels that change, which comes with experience and confidence. The nerves and fear is all part of it, itd be pretty boring if there wasnt any nerves or excitement there. Im learning to read my body and try to deal with the nerves (deep breaths, positive thoughts, visualise the perfect dive). I eat/drink as much as i can when im NOT nervous, so say after a jump (being hungry/dehyrated makes nerves so much worse) and be sure to be in tip top shape when jumping (i have grounded myself due to a hangover). I also chat to my instrctors about exactly how im feeling, they know their stuff and can help me deal with my nerves. If im antsy, and they know it, they know that they dont need to gee me up, but rather calm me down some! and yes remember.. nerves keep you on your toes.. and will keep you safe. An experienced skydiver said to me that part of learning to skydive is learning not to let nerves control you! FW

cheers thanks Nael.. yes i love it at nagambie, the people, the atmosphere.. ill be sticking around! I still havent got around to my 3rd attempt at stage 4, weather.. lack of instructors, hopefully this weekend! and hopefully itll be the last stage i have to repeat!! Cheers

hmm.. in the plane.. depends on 1. how nervous i am 2. who is pressed up against me in the plane 3. what manouvres the pilot is doing (i love funky takeoffs and other such in air shenanigans). during freefall? hell no. im too busy going "f**k f**k f**k".. under canopy? too busy feeling relieved.. "it opened woo hoo". on the ground? maybe after a beer, some good company and a massage

me.. (im very sober and not happy about it) me and SO.. (yes we are very drunk, most happy!)

: 0: ? no jumps.. one of my instructors got called to work.. argg.. a waste of good weather.. but did some more packs and learned some tips on no wind landings.. i probably do owe a case.. but not for anything im going to admit publicly!

edit: NSFW seeing as i cant open it.. can you give me a description Remember the old DeBeers commercials with the shadows? Well they have a woman on her knees about to fellate a penis, with the caption "She'll pretty much have to"

edit: NSFW seeing as i cant open it.. can you give me a description

*shrugs* *sits on the fence* i read and post in both. each serves its purpose and each to their own.

*sits on the fence* i read and post in both.

Well. you do kind of get sensory overload going on when you first jump. On the second jump, you do know more of what to expect. Each person processes it differently though so their reactions aren't going to be the same. I was pretty much scared until I got my A license, (and some jumps are still more frightening than others!), so maybe I'm not a good one to ask. im in no way an expert, or even a real skydiver yet (only 7 jumps lol). skymama is right, everyone processes differently.. depending on what is going on in your head, what your confident in, what your not etc etc. My second tandem was much easier than my first, as i knew what to expect. My first AFF jump was even easier than that because id done the drills to death and felt fairly confident with two instructors hanging onto me. My AFF jumps after that have been less than perfect, in fact my last i had some bad spins which freaked me out. As a result im sh*tting it over the next jump . But nerves are a good thing, they keep me thinking, and help me reaction when things dont go as sweet as they should. Plus its the whole fear/adrenaline love/hate thing with skydiving that i love and keeps me coming back, no matter how nervous i am!

Florida as well? crikey am i going to busy if i ever land there!

ooo.. hold me! hold me!

You're not misunderstood.. I understand you quite well... thats only because you are MUCH filthier than i will EVER be

o lets all just spank each other.. and.. yes your right.. im not very angelic.. im just misunderstood!

O you people are filthy.. i love it.. It makes me feel so.. so.. angelic..

yes sorry babe.. i seem to have a bad habit of hijacking threads.. will YOU spank me? If i was your So that would make me happy *desperately tries to get thread back on topic*

or you could tie me to a tree and FLOG me? hmm did i type that?

o thank god for that.. otherwise id be in for a spankin'

its a gorgeous eye! mm and i LOVE irish accents.. on men and women.. Bruce i hope you share

Don't you already have an SO Flying-Wench...give us single girls a chance. lol whats that got to do with anything? attached people cant flirt these days?

are you married? If not.. wanna be?

so what am i.. chopped liver? You're not my SO... in fact I do believe you already have one of those... *rolls eyes* i was being CHEEKY.. twit..

If your in Australia: For Males: BJ and beer. For Females: er.. ditto. (bloody aussie shielas) Well, I'm not in Australia but I had a bad day... book your ticket!