Members anonymousalien1 Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 Well, I'm about to turn 19 soon, and I feel like I haven't taken advantage of my youth enough. I've always wanted to go skydiving, so I'm gonna ask my dad if he would like to go with me as a surprise in hopes that it might strengthen our relationship, since we've always had a real rocky one. But before I start doing the research and all, I just wanted to see what other ppl thought... has anyone here ever been skydiving? How'd you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Bumble Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 A close friend of mine did it and said it was the experience of a lifetime. I've been dying to do it for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members supercow3 Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 I dont have the balls and the money to do it:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anonymousalien1 Posted May 18, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 Is it extremely expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumble Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 My friend did it in Florida, IIRC it was quite reasonably priced. Edit: I think it's something like $200-$300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cackalacky Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 I've done it numerous times, the biggest rush you can get, skip the drugs and go skydiving:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 65_289 Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 It's a blast. I went AFF my first time. My wife bought the DVD of it. We went to 14,500 feet, and I opened at 5000. Do it. Do it now. With the DVD, it was like $350 for the AFF. That includes like 6 hours of school before you jump. If you go tandem, you get like 30 minutes of class, then it's off you go.If I had a way to do it, I would rip the DVD and upload it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members supercow3 Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 When you guys did it for the first time are yous straped to the trainer or do you go as individuals? I am scared i pass out during the jump:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucius Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 Originally posted by anonymousalien1 Well, I'm about to turn 19 soon, and I feel like I haven't taken advantage of my youth enough. I've always wanted to go skydiving, so I'm gonna ask my dad if he would like to go with me as a surprise in hopes that it might strengthen our relationship, since we've always had a real rocky one. But before I start doing the research and all, I just wanted to see what other ppl thought... has anyone here ever been skydiving? How'd you like it? Check with that Ricco Pollen guy (SKYNETRP)??? I think he has done thousands of dives. Cheers Lucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 4nkam Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 I wanna do try it sometime...And that flight suit thing too MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino bucket Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 i've got a couple of static line jumps, was working my way up to freefall, but quit after one of the guys teaching me got killed while jumping. death was caused because some asswad left a pin in his reserve chute and it wouldn't open after he cut away his tangled main. suppose i'll do it again, as i'd love to freefall, but a person needs to be aware that the odds of an accident while low are still pretty high. do a search, seems like there's a mishap every 100,000 or maybe 200,000 jumps? so there are safer things to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 65_289 Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 Originally posted by supercow3 When you guys did it for the first time are yous straped to the trainer or do you go as individuals? I am scared i pass out during the jump:( I did Accelerated Free Fall, which means you have your own rig and 2 jumpmasters, one on each side. They hold on to you and "guide" you, making sure you keep your legs and arms properly positioned. They also make you check your altitude and do 3 practice pulls of your chute. At 5500, I "waved off" and pulled. The next few seconds before the chute opened were easily the longest of my life. But all students have AADs, so if you did pass out, and for some reason your instructors were complete tools and didn't pull for you, the chute would open and you would land and break a leg or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted May 18, 2006 Members Share Posted May 18, 2006 If you want to talk about skydiving, PM skynetrp. He has 5,500 jumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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