Thread: Skydiving?

Originally Posted by droche

I did it once. Yup, it's cold up there (I went in November) and the roar as you are free falling has to be experienced. Once the chute opened it reminded me a lot like sailing on the water- the wind carries you and the breeze rustling through the canopy sounds like the wind rustling through the sail on a sailboat. If I had more money I'd take it up but I SCUBA dive. The dive lasts longer than the jump and the sport is somewhat less expensive.

Yes! SCUBA!

Oh man, skydiving and SCUBA. I was obscenely lucky this past summer to get a high-paying internship (I'm a computer science student), and now I'm methodically blowing all my money on skydiving and SCUBA. Oh well, a few years down the road I'll have frickin' awesome memories, a closet-full of nice equipment, and a chronically bullemic wallet. Fortunately, my razor hobby is becoming relatively low cost for me (that is, I'm not buying more than I already have), as I'm not prone to collecting things.

i used to do some skydiving a while back before i joined the army (now i only do the airborne jumps). the highest i ever jumped in the civilian world was about 19000 feet. i will have to agree it is one of the most intense things to ever do, although i still have to try base jumping and hang gliding. i think hang gliding would be awesome. and gotta go scuba diving as well

-dan-

What? Jump out of a plane when it in the air? You all must be crazy. next thing you know you will be doing something really dangerous like shaving with a straight razor.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

next thing you know you will be doing something really dangerous like shaving with a straight razor.

While skydiving ....

i had about 170 jumps before kids, etc... made me hang up the wings. it's definitely something folks should try if at all interested.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

What? Jump out of a plane when it in the air? You all must be crazy. next thing you know you will be doing something really dangerous like shaving with a straight razor.

That was another feeling I had when i did my first and only jump. When I was in the service, they used to say about the airborne guys, "They're crazy, they jump out of perfectly good airplanes." That really hit home when I did my jump. There were about half a dozen people jumping before my instructor and me. I watched them all get up and just walk out the door. I couldn't get over the fact that they were so nonchalantly just walking out the door of an airplane 13,000 feet up in the air. It seemed somewhat comical at the time and when i look back on it, it still does. You just see people sitting in an airplane and then calmly get up and walk out the door. Or at least that's what it looked like at the time.

Sky diving and scuba diving – two sports where “out of air” can extract a severe penalty.

Originally Posted by Antares

While skydiving ....

this guy will shave you with his feet while skydiving.

Huge risk video

I did the advanced free fall program as well. Made 13 jumps in all. Very fun!

That was 20 years ago....

Also did some intro hanggliding, also a very fun time!

In 1999 I visited South Africa for vacation. I joined the Cape Town Parachute Club, followed a two day sky-diving course and did several static line jumps.

After returning home I continued sky-diving for a year. I made about 55 jumps including free fall.

And that was enough. But I still consider it one of the best things I did. Getting out of your comfort zone provides you with the best experiences in life.