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:10:0 Took it easy this weekend. Work Stinks! Boogie starts wednesday so I'll be jumping my ass off!

Welcome to the skies! Your story reminds me so much of my own. You drank the kool-aid, just like I did almost a year ago. Have fun man, and kiss your bank account goodbye

13:0 17, if you count Thursday and Monday. Tracking dives, sitflying, some belly, couple horny gorillas, a few hop n pops, and a 6-way hybrid. Pied my friend on her 100th too . Got to jump with a bunch of people for the first time, which is always good.

:11:0 Just learned how to sitfly, so mostly solo, 2-, and 3-way sit jumps to work on it. Some belly jumps in there too. Oh, and I got bitten by the king air on a tube exit...left a nasty bruise!

I thought I read somewhere about a guy who jumped from over 40k feet without oxygen...but he did breathe O2 on the way up. Sorry no source

:3:0 Went to my brother's bachelor party this weekend, which cut into my skydiving! Still managed to get in a couple h&p's, and a 3-way.

I always jump with my wallet and cell phone. Not only because I don't want to lose them, but in case I land out and/or get hurt...I can call back to the DZ, or be identified quickly. Engraving alti and otherwise marking gear is a good idea...not only from theft but a lot of these things look alike...easily misplaced/mixed up and never seen again ...might as well protect yourself from honest mistakes too.

While we're on the biker theme... So these three strangers are sitting at the bar; a lawyer, a banker, and a biker. After a long silence, the lawyer sips his martini and decides to break the ice. "Well, our anniversary is tomorrow. I got the wife a gorgeous diamond necklace, and booked two tickets for a Caribbean cruise. I figure that way, if she doesn't like the necklace, we'll have a wonderful time on the water and she'll still know that I love her." The banker sets down his scotch and says, "Really! Our anniversary is next week. I got my wife a new Mercedes, and booked a tour of Europe for next month. I figure that way, if she doesn't like the car, we'll travel the world together and she'll still know that I love her." The biker swigs his beer and chimes in, "You know, you guys are really on to something. For our anniversary, I'm gonna give my lady my favorite Harley T-shirt, and a shiny new dildo. I figure that way, if she doesn't like the T-shirt, she can go fuck herself!"

If I were red, the other guys would have figured it out by now!

:9:1 First jump on my new rig!

0:4:0 Took it easy this weekend, did 4 jumps on Saturday. 4-way, 5-way, 4-way belly; and a 14-way tracking dive. Good times

There are 7 or 8 levels of AFF which cover the first 5 categories on your A license proficiency card. Once you graduate AFF, you are cleared for self-supervision. But until you have your A license you're still considered a student which has a lot of restrictions like where you can land, who you can jump with and so on. To get from AFF graduation to your A license, you need to do more training jumps with coaches to finish the last 3 categories on your card, and accumulate 25 jumps. Then you are a fully licensed skydiver! Some DZs will offer a package deal just on the AFF portion, some will offer a package deal all the way to your A license, some offer both. Welcome to the skies.

Way to go! It only gets better from here

A blond woman was speeding down a country road in her new convertible. A police officer clocks her and pulls her over. The officer, who also happens to be blond, asks the driver for her license. The driver is frantically rummaging through her purse. "Um...I can't find it! What does it look like?" "Well, it's square, and has your picture on it..." she begins to reply. The driver comes across a square compaq, and sees her reflection. "Here! Found it," and hands it to the officer. The officer takes the compaq and examines it carefully. Embarrassed, she quickly apologizes to the woman. "Oh dear, I'm sorry ma'am, you're free to go. I didn't realize you were a police officer too!"

Opps! Sorry Eric! That IS right. How could I forget after embarrassing myself in front of your parents! Don't forget you pied a DZ.commer too

:10:1 A bunch of 2, 3, and 4-ways, plus an 8-way speed star. Managed to get in 5 on friday, making my 100th jump at sunset. All around a great weekend!

In!!

You will. It might shake you up a bit, and really test your confidence, but you'll soon enough find yourself in that door, and you'll follow through and be so glad you did. Welcome to the skies

Very nice symmetry...but the bluish tint is not much of a turn on

0:5:0 Getting close to the 100 mark, so beers are on me next weekend

Nothing wrong with doing tandems...those are still skydives. But, now that you've gotten a taste, if you intend to do more than just a handful of jumps in your lifetime, I highly recommend going right into AFF or static line, and start working towards your A-license. You can earn it over several months, or get it as quickly as a few days...just depends on your motivation, location, available time, and bank account Whether you do AFF, S/L, or some hybrid/tandem course, you will be trained to fly a canopy all throughout the course. Most places will put a radio on you to guide you in until you get the hang of it. I did AFF and wore a radio for my first 4 jumps, and from what I've seen that's pretty typical. Welcome to the skies

I think speed stars are fun as hell. I'm always up for one

:11:2 for getting my B-license for doing my first night jumps! Awesome weekend Blue skies

Saw it on a t-shirt and it made me laugh: You need a ball to play most sports, but in skydiving you need both!