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    Hi all - I am writing an article for my Literay Journalism course and I need to gain as much information about skydiving as possible! Will you please help? This is for a grade, NOT publication.

    Thanks again to anyone who responds!

    1. What led you to want to jump out of an airplane? When was your first jump? How many jumps have you done? My buddy for a month and a half begged me to do a skydive with him. that was back in July and since then ive logged 173 jumps.

    2. Has it become an addiction, or at the very least, a great love? Why? For me it's probibly a great love for it.

    3. Do you feel an instant connection with others who have been skydiving, even if you’ve never met them before? Yes i do, and that is because very few people in this world jump out of planes.

    4. Do you consider skydiving to be a sub-culture? lol where else do you get to have the thrill of jumping all day and then drinking all night..

    5. What kind of people do YOU think want to skydive? Is there a certain type in your opinion? Anyone thats willing to have a lot of fun.

    6. Are there nicknames for people who haven’t been skydiving? Is there a nickname for a first-timer? Ive heard the term "Whuffo" before for someone who hasent been on a skydive.

    7. How do your loved ones (spouse, parents, siblings, children, significant other) feel about your skydiving? Are they fearful? My dad really wants to go on one. my mom is terrafied of it.

    8. Did you take your loved ones into consideration when deciding on whether you were going to skydive or not? Did you consider how it would affect your family if you were to be killed or severely injured? Ive never thought about that.

    9. Do you feel that there is a hint of selfishness in skydiving? (I ask this because my Mom thinks I’m selfish for wanting to try it.) ive never felt selfish for skydiving.

    10. Have you ever been involved in / witnessed / or lost a friend or loved one to a skydiving accident? If so, did this make you look at the sport differently? How long after the incident did you return to the sport? What issues did you have to overcome (physically, mentally, emotionally) in order to return? So far i havent seen and bad accidents.

    11. If you were the one who was involved, what kind of injuries did you sustain? N/A

    12. If you know, what is the most common cause of skydiving accidents? Pushing the your personal limit

    13. Are there different levels/classifications of a skydiver and, if so, what do they mean? A-License, B-License, C, and D, and then you got different rating's.

    14. What goes into rigging a parachute? Being certified by the FAA to pack reserve parachutes, and work on certain parts of the gear.

    15. What kind of equipment do you need to skydive? Are there certain brands you prefer? I jump a Wings container, Smart 160 Reserve, Vigil AAD, and a Sabre2 190

    16. Are you former military? Airborne? Im currently in the USMC

    17. How would you convince someone that has never tried it to jump? i ask them if there looking for a good time.

    18. Lastly, please describe in vivid detail the experience and feelings of jumping out of an airplane and falling toward the earth. What do you see, feel (both physically and emotionally), hear, smell, taste (?) – be specific, I want to relive this jump with you! Im on occasion a little nervouse before a jump if im trying something new. When the door opens it all goes away and i jump. you feel the air hit your face and you look straight down at the ground. when you go to pull, you reach back and throw your pilot-chute and then you saddle out in your harness as your parachute open's up. then you ride that down and land it in some cool way either swooping in your landing right on the X. Then you do it again and again...

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    you know me man.....always on the lookout for the man. come on now you know im to advanced for the wire, i got a mic implanted in my chest so cant now one find it



    implanted in your chest? that sounds like it hurts... did they use a big needle for that? :D

  5. I took Hydroxycut hardcore. i lost 10 pounds the 1st week but nothing to that extreme after that. i have a pretty good diet and i work out a lot. the biggest thing that sucked for me was that it kept me awake everynight until about 1am and id have to wake up at 6 every morning. but hey results vary..B|

  6. I definitly agree with this one. a person with a hundred jumps over a few years is pretty uncurrent. I really want to get my coach's rating because it just opens up a new door to skydiving. I did my first tandem on july 22nd, 2006. since then ive made 146 jumps and ive been through Jim Crouch's canopy course and im about to go through Brian Germain's. Im pretty sure i can say that im current and i know i can take what ive learned and be able to teach it to someone who just came into the sport.

    Thats where i stand on this one.

    Blues

  7. i pick mine once under canopy cuz your never 100% certain that your even gunna make it back to the dz. if im shooting accuracy for a license requirment or something then i will declair before i board the plane and try to be the last one down so that i dont have to worry about jumpers behind me when im setting up.

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    but as a tunnel employee with 200 flying hours, he has more flying experience than 99% of the skydivers you will meet...



    which makes it a kindof surreal to get down off a bad-ass skydive with a guy who, after flying circles around you comes down on student gear and nearly takes out the hangar B|



    haha wouldent that be something :D:D:S

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    Okay I'm a new skydiver, been jumping for 6 months and I almost have my B. My buddy is 1 jump and a checkout from his A(should be done this weekend weather permitting). Anyway, my point...

    What is the deal with belly flyers and free flyers trying to pull us over to their "side". I've been told many times that this sport is so difficult(which is what makes it so awesome) and that eventually I will pick a discipline and stick with it for the remainder of my skydiving "career".

    That just seems so anti-skydiving to me. What if right now I want to focus on belly only to eventually want to learn FF(or vice versa), maybe to evolve onto something else?? Maybe its just my dropzone but I doubt it...The way I see it, as long as I'm being safe and responsible why can't I choose what direction I want to go in?? Or just go in all of them??



    just go with what you feel safe doing. theres no sense in rushing something because someone else told you too.

    Blues!