Any active skydivers here?

[lnsaneM]

I have about 200 jumps, I try to jump or go to tunnel when I can but covid isn’t making things easier.

[overcoil]

solo jumps ?

[lnsaneM]

Originally Posted by ScottSinger

solo jumps ?

Yeah you can jump by yourself once you get licensed

[lnsaneM]

Originally Posted by nerdogray

I did a HALO jump at dusk out of a C-17 with lightning below. Some jackass disconnected my oxygen prior to the jump and left me scrambling... all with a broken ankle.

-Ethan

Real funny

[No Boost]

I've been wanting to go for years now but can't find anyone with the balls to join me. Guess I'll have to be that loser who dines out alone.

[HFW003]

I did a tandem once, obviously made it safely down. That was enough for me.

[lnsaneM]

Originally Posted by HFW003

I did a tandem once, obviously made it safely down. That was enough for me.

Before I went nuts into skydiving my friends that did it told me that there are two types of people out there: the ones that did it once and that was it, and the ones that did it and keeps doing it.

Originally Posted by No Boost

I've been wanting to go for years now but can't find anyone with the balls to join me. Guess I'll have to be that loser who dines out alone.

I would advise you to try it and if you like it you might consider getting licensed and keep doing it on a regular basis

[Rich.Wolfson]

Originally Posted by lnsaneM

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I would advise you to try it and if you like it you might consider getting licensed and keep doing it on a regular basis

Two thoughts.

1-Go out to a drop zone. You will find that everyone there is having a blast. Listen carefully when jumpers exit. They are having fun! If anyone is scared it's while they are in the plane. Once outside....... Yeeeee Ha!

2-It's nothing like you think.

Go for it but be sure to wear your seatbelt on the way there and back. That is where the danger is.

///Rich

[lnsaneM]

Originally Posted by Rich.Wolfson

Two thoughts.

1-Go out to a drop zone. You will find that everyone there is having a blast. Listen carefully when jumpers exit. They are having fun! If anyone is scared it's while they are in the plane. Once outside....... Yeeeee Ha!

2-It's nothing like you think.

Go for it but be sure to wear your seatbelt on the way there and back. That is where the danger is.

///Rich

Anyone with a license has past the scary part, even on the airplane ride up to the jump altitudes, the planes at drop zones are usually so crappy I feel way more safer riding my parachute to the ground than riding the plane (I can even catch a quick nap sometimes during the ride up).

And you only have to wear your seatbelt up to about 1500 feet.

[JoZ8level]

I'm just about to do a jump-tondem. Here's a read for theory

[JoZ8level]

And listen for impressions

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by HFW003

I did a tandem once, obviously made it safely down. That was enough for me.

Local beach blonde invited me, said that her and some friends went every month or so.

Was so stoked to go. Rode my Harley up just for a little more adrenaline. Ended up about 1/2 way there stopped at a truck stop because it was 31 outside, and I couldn't feel my fingers. It was about 2 hours away.

Got there, all perfectly stretched out so I could arc properly. Picked out my music (Forever Young - Alphaville). Suited up, got in the plane. Second to last to get out. Tandem was like "1, 2, 3" On about 1.5 I'm pushing back into the plane as hard as I could, not wanting ANYTHING more to do with this. Screamed for 14,999 feet to the ground.

Picked up my video tape (yes, get off my lawn) and showed it to family/friends once in a while.

I need to get that tape converted to digital

[e90335e36m3]

I've done it once, would do again. It was a lot of fun.

[shoei]

InsaneM nailed it. You either get hooked or the one experience is enough.

All it took was one tandem jump for me to get hooked. I'm not 100% that it would've been as magnificent if my first jump hasn't been in Hawaii but it checked off a lot of moments lol. Flock of birds in the air, check. Pod of whales in the clear ocean below, check. Instructor who clearly had a death wish and let me take controls on my first time, check.