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  1. I have been recently toying with the idea of getting my aff rating. I have the BIC done and was wondering any special considerations I should be having. I only have 600 jumps, but quite a bit of wind tunnel time. Are there any instructors that pass the cert with that few jumps? I'm going to take the pre course and do my proficiency card and all that. Is there anything else to consider?

  2. I have been recently toying with the idea of getting my aff rating. I have the BIC done and was wondering any special considerations I should be having. I only have 600 jumps, but quite a bit of wind tunnel time. Are there any instructors that pass the cert with that few jumps? I'm going to take the pre course and do my proficiency card and all that.

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    As for danger, well try cave diving, probably the most dangerous sport in the world.

    You're probably right that on a case to case basis a lot of stuff is more dangerous than skydiving. There is always going to be something missing though... Intensity. In skydiving and other parachuting activities ;) There is always some degree of pressure, so when the times comes to deal with a problem you are more apt to deal with it. Anyway that's why I'll always skydive and do other parachuting activities. So in short you get the view of all the other aviation activities and you have the intensity too.

  4. I think the main difference between BASE in bungee is responsibility. In Bungee (if you set it up) you get to think, "oh shit did i hook this up right" and in BASE "oh shit did i hook this up right, is it packed right". Also YOU have to deploy the parachute and YOU have to land safely. A bungee you can relax after you step off--in BASE its not over till your feet hit the ground. Not to mention correcting for 180s or other nasties. Despite the intensity of it you need complete control...

  5. I've been examining the feasibility of doing that. You must really really like tandems to do it--you are going to be stuck doing just that EVERY load with little time for fun jumping. Some people enjoy that though. My current plan of attack seems to be to amass enough money to do some sort of coaching/organizing. That seems to be the best and most fun thing to do. Who knows though? :shrug: