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Yes, sounds cool. | 11 | 57.89% | |
Nope, nope, nope, not even if I knew I would come out of it healthy. | 7 | 36.84% | |
Intriguing, but not worth the risk. | 1 | 5.26% | |
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06-15-2014, 11:09 PM | #2 | |
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I've done it on a tethered basis. You stood on the back of the boat, they sped it up, and you took off attached by a rope. They'd pull you around and then reel you back in after a while. It was pretty cool.
I was a little nervous since I can't swim, but then I also remembered that I can't fly, so the swimming thing mattered less. When you were getting reeled in, you also hoped that they didn't slow down as you were going over the stern with the propellers. I don't think I'd do it untethered, but that's mostly because I'm kind of a coward about that stuff.
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You can't swim? Not even a little until the boat swung around to pick you up?
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06-15-2014, 11:27 PM | #6 | |
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I took some lessons as an adult, and I can backstroke my way across a pool as long as nothing goes wrong. "Going wrong" refers to anything to disrupt me, such as a wave from a child jumping in the pool.
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are you kidding? This was 1984 in an unregulated business in an area technically still in a state of war. This was new. Just started that year. No backup chute. No helmet. I wore a bathing suit. That's it. I went up and after a while they cut the line and I free fell with the chute down into the water. They swung around and picked me up. Of course I realized later in life how dangerous that was but at that time in my life, I did a lot of stupid things.
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My sister did everything as a kid. Swimming lessons, piano lessons, ballet, dance, baton, girl scouts, and other stuff. My parents pretty much left me in the backyard for my youth, and I think I got the better end of the deal. They signed me up for a few things, but I generally rebelled quickly. Boy scouts lasted a month, and Little League was a nightmare. So back to the yard I went. I got a better deal other than swimming. I wish I'd gotten swimming lessons, and at this point I wish I'd gotten piano lessons, too.
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There was a guy flying around the neighborhood in a paraplane Friday evening. That looked fun.
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06-16-2014, 07:34 AM | #12 |
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Did it in Hawaii this past February. 1200' line (so 600' in the air). I wasn't a big fan of having no control over where the heck the chute went, but the views were magnificent.
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06-16-2014, 08:08 AM | #13 |
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[QUOTE=Rain Man;10694365]I've done it on a tethered basis. You stood on the back of the boat, they sped it up, and you took off attached by a rope. They'd pull you around and then reel you back in after a while.
That's actually called parasailing and it is really fun. No way I would go up without the tether. People say it's fun but I got friends that insist sky diving is fun and there's no way I would do either. |
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06-16-2014, 08:33 AM | #15 |
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I did the tandem parasail in Key West with my daughter who was 10 at the time. It was awesome. No reason at all to be scared.
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