thrillstalker

here is a chick that can sing. in this moment- beautiul tragedyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khairmZadHg "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

i agree with all of these EXCEPT linkin park. what the fuck man??? you cant even put that shit on the same list

congrats on saving the money. i recently did the same and i know it is worth it. let me know what you think of skydive monroe. its only 30 minutes from my house but i havent made it through there yet. looking forward to making a couple jumps there when i get my a (3 jumps away). good luck and blue skies "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

dont look at it like pass/fail. you have 60 seconds two to three times every two to three weeks to practice. while i was doing aff, which was very recently, i looked at it like, "have i learned enough to keep myself alive without someone else holding me through freefall?" the sky is the scariest and most amazing environment you can experience, but completely unnatural to your body. everyone learns at a different pace and this holds true for skydiving as well. just enjoy the jump for what it is, a skydive. it is stressful enough without bringing in more by worrying about pass/fail. another 170 dollars if you havent learned enough to keep yourself alive is a lot cheaper than the alternative, meaning dead. good luck with aff and blue skies "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

http://www.uspa.org/SIM.aspx the skydivers information manual or SIM is the best place to start. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

Yeah...nuthin' worse than finding yourself alone in free-fall with a shoe in one hand and a reserve handle in the other....and neither one belongs to you. that would make a good sig line! "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

newb question. what is a horny gorilla? "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

"if you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. " couldnt help it, its the truth "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

0:2:0 saturday was a wash, but a day on the ground at the dz is still a better day than one in the real world. i hadnt jumped in about a month cause of shitty weather so i did a solo and relaxed. couple back flips and a couple turns, but pretty much just enjoyed the view. did a coach jump that was more of a fun jump (already have all my freefall skills knocked out on my a). had a blast! looking forward to owing beer in three more jumps when i get my a. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

i would probably order a couple meals. you should just put it in chocolate, works here in the US. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

you might be close enough to the farm to benefit from their a license package deal. 1800 will get you your a license. its in georgia close to to the alabama line. you could get aff done in a weekend or two and then come back and jump when you can. i go out there and camp for the weekend and jump. might be worth checking into. edited to add http://www.skydivethefarm.com/ "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

the beer to liquor analogy was pretty good. bongs give you a way bigger hit than you can get from bowls, blunts, joints, etc. the reason this happens is because the smoke is filtered through water (most of the time unless your not around a sink), which cools the smoke down. you can then take in more smoke because it doesnt burn your lungs and make you want to cough. a lot of bongs also have an ice catcher so you can put ice in the bong and cool it down even more. there are many types of bongs that all work differently. next best invention since indoor plumbing. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

the only thing obama has ever done that i respect "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

Is this a southern skydiving thing? not that i know of. some of them are better than others. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

ran across this on a cloudy day with nothing to do. You know you're a skydiver when... BOC goes from meaning "Blue Oyster Cult" to meaning "Bottom of Container". You're making love to your partner and they whisper "I've never done this before" and you yell out "THAT'S a case of beer!". On cloudy/windy days you go to the drop zone anyway and bitch about the weather. On cloudy/windy days you pull out your parachute and pack it just to say that you've done something skydiving-related. You "dirt-dive", "post-dive" and critique your love-making sessions. The smell of bug spray makes you think of skydiving. Whenever a passenger in a fast-moving car, you stick your head out the window and yell "FIVE LEFT" to the driver. Whenever leaving an establishment you yell "DOOR" to all the patrons before opening the door. You don't own any clothing that you didn't get at a boogie. Every single one of your whuffo friends is to the point of wanting to kill you every time you mention skydiving. You think of Jack Jeffries, Tamara Koyn and Norm Kent as "famous". You analyze every flag you see in terms of it's too windy/not too windy to jump. You analyze every flag you see in terms of which direction you'd face to land. It's a dark sky with low clouds and you're thinking "Hop -n- Pops!". It's so windy that trees are bending over and you're thinking "Cross country!". You allow a maximum 55 seconds of "working time" when making love. You can't think of a good reason to pick up your mail for three weeks after your issues of "Skydiving" and "Parachutist" arrive. You feel naked without at least one jump ticket in your wallet. You sign your checks with your name and USPA number. You know to the tenth of a mile how far it is from your driveway to the drop zone's driveway. Every time someone's beeper goes off you look at your watch to see if it's break-off altitude. You don't remember your anniversary or your mother's birthday, but you know down to the second how much accumulated freefall time you have. You analyze sessions of love-making in terms of "points turned". You refer to your recent break-up as an "intentional cut-away". You can't remember the true meanings of the words "Stilletto" "Javelin" "Talon" "Racer" ..... You walk everywhere watching the sky. You show up at the dz even on the worst-weather days because at least you can sit around drinking beer. You can't mention the word "first" in casual conversation, at work, or ever in reference to yourself. You have your paycheck direct-deposited into the dz account. You plan your vacations around skydiving boogies. On a full moon night, you look up and think "Night jumps!" You know the dz phone number while you don't even know your own. Anytime you have sex with someone for the first time you think "Beer!" You've kissed more people in freefall than you have on the ground. Your whuffo friends just don't understand why you would want to "do" a horny gorilla. You drive a beaten-up car because you really need that new canopy more. You have no idea what is happening on the weekends in your town. You have more pairs of Tevas than you do sneakers. You catch yourself flaking the bed instead of making it The term "PC" makes you think of pilot chutes, not personal computers You name your dog "Toggles" You wonder what whuffos _DO_ with themselves on gorgeous summer weekends You look at your VCR and think, "Hmm, that's gotta be worth a few jumps. You forget to lower your voice when talking to your jumper friends in a restaurant about the weekend's lost dildos, loose legstraps and lack of penetration You refer to Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays, etc. as 'Relative Work' You wish for wind, rain, snow, earthquakes, locusts, tornados, etc. on days you have to work or have other 'Relative Work' to do. You can't imagine how anyone can go on vacation without a parachute. Your rig costs more than your trailer. You love the smell of 'Jet A' in the morning! Losing your job is a reason for celebration! Your 'work' clothes have grippers. You ware a Skydiving T-shirt and bring a six pack to a job interview. You try to convince the State Trooper that your "D" license allows you to do ANYTHING! Your log book is thicker than any book you've ever read. You stop by the New River Bridge and take a look. All the others are saying 'damn, look how high it is' and you're saying 'damn, look how low it is'. When you buy anything you calculate how many skydives it will cost. When you wear your rig on commercial passenger flights, just in case. When seeing seats in a twin otter gives you the willies. When you go to divorce court and give your ex everything as long as you can keep all your skydiving gear. When buying a house seems like a terrible waste of jump money. When you own three rigs, three altimeters, three dytters.... When you log a jump on December 25 and the fact it is Christmas doesn't enter your mind. Your six year old son can teach the first jump course. You put your arms down and back in a full track when running down stairs. You estimate your chances of pulling off a hard front riser turn when looking out any window above four stories. When you wake up with a mean hangover in a tent, the first thing you check is your rig. Then the person sleeping next to you. You find yourself mentally telling the pilot when to flare while landing on a commercial flight. Your christmas tree has more skydivers on it that an Otter can carry. Your thinking about taking all the but the driver's seats out of your car. Everytime you get pulled over for speeding you tell the cop you just made your first skydive in the hopes that he will let you go. Your favorite movie in the world is just over sixty seconds long. Your whuffo friends only call if the weather man says the weekend will be shitty. Your friends look at the sky and say, "look at all those clouds", and you say, "look at all those holes!". You wake up in the morning feeling like death warmed over, after having a few too many beers the night before, and your solution to this consists of riding in an extremely loud vehicle for about twenty minutes, throwing yourself out the door and NOT! killing yourself. You can't think of a better way to relax other than falling 10,000 feet. You fill out your packing data card in braille and try to convince the drop zone owner it's legal. You consider sleeping in a slanted plane as comfortable. You see an incredibly beautiful woman and you think, "hmm, I wonder if I can talk her into......skydiving!". Your girlfriend holds out her left hand and says the word diamond.You picture a fourway formation, look at your girlfriends hand realize the diamond she's talking about is going to cost over 200 jumps, and then, with a smile, picture your girlfriends suitcases on the porch. Your friend says "let's go to the beach", and you grab your rig. You try to convince the flight attendant on a commercial flight that you really! would be much more comfortable sitting on the floor. Your friends think it's funny to, when you are sleeping, blow a fan in your face and set a beeper off near your ear. When someone asks you where you're from, you reply with the name of your dz, not your hometown. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

+1 if your not nervous then you are either dead or clinically insane. its natural to be nervous so dont think you are unusual for being so. i get door jitters every time i jump. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

i learned my lesson my first jump. bruised tailbones hurt about as much as broken ones. my last jump i flared way to high (like 10 to 15 feet) and went into a shitty plf. reached for the ground and ended up dislocating my shoulder causing my rotator cuff to sprain. still better than shattered ankles. good luck and blue skies "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

happy birthday. i dont know you yet, but ill be at the farm this weekend. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

all these posts are hilarious. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

just tell the doctor you fell off a ladder or tripped while running or some other bs. as long as you dont have a whole lotta claims you will be fine. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

i got so nervous on my second aff jump i almost didnt go out. one of the instructors had already climbed out, he yelled back in are you ready and i told him hell no. my other instructor just started saying right hand, right foot, left hand, left foot. these are the steps to exit stable with instructors. she said it over and over and i finally just let it take over and jumped out. i get nervous every time i jump. im good till the ride to altitude, but around 11000 i get really nervous, you are fixing to fall 2.5 miles and the only thing that is going to save you are your wits and i piece of nylon. i think only a dumbass wouldnt be afraid. i call it the door shakes cause i get it every time, it does get easier with every jump because you get more confident, and you can react a little faster. good luck and blue skies "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

you are guaranteed to eat turf at some point, but that comes with the territory of a risky sport. you are also guaranteed to have a hell of a good time too. listen to your instructors and you should do fine. watch youtube videos, but stay away from the malfunction ones for a few jumps and concentrate on what your instructors tell you to do. watch as many parachute landing fall (plf) videos as you can if you are worried about landings. good luck and blue skies "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

go for it... even if its by yourself. skydivers are a close community and if your jumping, you are part of that community. friends are easily made at the dz. "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

+1 finally a good answer "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

"All people who live, die. But, not all people who die have lived." just know i was one of them that lived! "Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."