pontiacgtp00

hellz yeah! Everytime I come to these boards, it feels like jr high all over again!

But, but... redheads give better head! Well....yeah...now that I think about it...you are right!

yeah I chose the blonde.....too many bad experiences with redheads...

Were you playing wagner during takeoff?

I always look up at the wing, let go, and keep looking up at the plane for a few seconds, or try my best to, everything gets a bit blurry when I drop. As for turning on my side, I believe I lifted my right shoulder and dropped my left when I reached for the pc, in turn flipping me onto my side. My instructors have said that I have had a good arch on all my jumps except the first and the fourth. Once again thanks for all the advice!

Yeah, on the ground and the way up I always visualize the jump, everything from the climbout to the landing. Helps me out a great deal. I'm going to talk it over with my instructors next time I'm at the dz, do a ton of practice on the ground, and visualize the jump. Then go do it! Thanks for the luck and replies!

Title says it all. I did my first clear and pull this past saturday. I was dissatisfied although my instructor said I did a good job. I threw the pc and flipped onto my left side and saw the pc inflate and I was like oh no, this is bad. I swear I felt the bridle hit me in the forearm, then I was whipped around by the canopy deploying. My instructor said I went right back belly to earth after the pc was thrown. I was a bit disoriented. Anyway my 10 second delay is next, probably won't jump this weekend, but next hopefully. Kinda worried about stability. I get fairly disoriented when I let go of the strut, but I'm getting better at it. Anyone else have or had problems with orientation?

Well I knew I could die or be seriously injured. Being my pessimistic self, on my first solo I convinced myself that the main canopy wouldn't open. I practiced the emergency procedures so much that I could do them in my sleep with my hands tied behind my back (a real talent! ). Of course it opened and everything was fine....but I was prepared incase it didn't. Yeah I'm still a beginner, but I think I understand a lot of the dangers now. I'm not really afraid of equipment failure as much as I am getting hit by another jumper though, or hitting another jumper. So I try to stay aware of the locations of the other jumpers while we're in the air.

I now know the color of fear....its brown.

So, just out of curiosity, how do IAD progressions normally work? Do I just start with like a 3 second delay with dummy pulls, then progress to longer delays and pulling...or will I do the AFF style of freefall with two instructors holding onto me (this scares the hell out of me). I'm going to ask my instructor about it next time I see him anyway, so don't worry about giving me information that might be a bit different. I'm just sitting bored on a weekday.

Haha the weather here has been so strange lately! Last week there were tons of snow on the ground, then all the sudden its bright and sunny out and about 65F. Was an amazing day for december.

Wow today was great. Made two IAD jumps from 4,500 feet. It was truly amazing the feeling I got as soon as I let go of the strut. Definitely more fun than a tandem. I felt pretty comfortable under canopy too, stood up both landings. Don't want to get too cocky though. Wind died down on my 2nd jump, torqued my ankle a tiny bit but it was still a decent landing. I'm looking forward to starting free fall now.

Welll we got rained out this weekend so I didn't get to complete my static line. Next weekend its supposed to be like 38F outside....but as long as it isn't raining I'm going to complete that jump

Women are more attracted to guys who are interesting, skydiving definitely separates us from the other guys. Women like to play the field, so a long-term relationship is unlikely. Find a woman thats never been with a skydiver and your chances of getting laid are likely They usually don't go for the guys that blend in with the crowd, it definitely differentiates us from the others. But I only have one jump and uspa course 1 training so what the hell do i know

Yeah I'm waiting till spring or summer, I can't take these freezing jumps anymore. But I WILL complete that jump! or else its going to haunt me

Well I didn't make the jump. By the time I finished training it was getting pretty dark...and something just didn't feel right about that situation. I'm going to go back and do the training again, I don't want to have any doubts about my ability to function when I'm jumping out of a plane at 4500 feet. Plus it was in the negatives outside (fahrenheit), that makes it like twice as hard to function I think. I'll go back in spring...I can't leave this incomplete.

Ah I'm getting excited now, I can't wait to crack open that door, take a deep breath of fresh air and take a leap of faith! When I was a kid I used to have this reoccurring dream of me parachuting...never any freefall just parachuting, I never thought it would actually happen of course....but it did and its as much fun as my old dreams were!

Ah I can't wait until spring...I'm going for a static line jump saturday. Any advice?

I'm concerned about it, some people make it look like balancing on a tightrope, rocking back and fourth constantly....while others just fall steady as a rock. I plan on doing it next spring

Yeah an instructor went over all this with me before the tandem, about 45 minutes of ground school. I thought it was strange how he was going over stable body positions with me since it was just a tandem; but I remember him saying something like since hes doing that it counts towards my A license. I don't really know much about that though. I was pretty relaxed during the freefall, checked my altimeter every 3 or 4 seconds then pulled the ripcord myself at 5000 feet, that was pretty cool. Did a few good turns on the canopy, but he landed it for me. I'm guessing the students who spin out of control do it because of lack of ground instruction/practice. Or just the simple fact of forgetting everything you learned as soon as you jump from the aircraft.

Well I made my first tandem jump yesterday, was pretty much the best thing ever. I'd like to continue onto an AFF training program, but I've watched some videos of AFF students having severe stability problems. Things such as violently spinning out of control, fast enough to cause a blackout. Is it really that hard to stay stable during a free fall? I didn't figure it would be that hard as long as you stay arched, relaxed, and keep proper arm and leg positions.