SKYDIVING!!!
 

Who here has gone and what did ya think? I went this morning and had the absolute time of my life!!!!!!! I wish I had the extra cash for to get it filmed on DVD but the woman did and it came out great, ill post some pics if anyone wants to see. Then again people will probably say this thread is worthless without them :)

I did a tandem jump once from 12,000 ft. That was enough for me. I had never been in an airplane until then.

Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

Theres always one that says this same line.

Practice.

You don't want your first jump to be out of a airplane going down.

It's a bitch when they open the door and you look all the way down, eh? Pure adrenaline.

And congrats on your jump. That's a kind of rush you just can't find many other places....

You got balls dude, I don't think I could ever do that.

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I froze up for a second, the guy was like alright joe you need to loosen up a bit. But once you submit to the fall and get your breathing under control its the best feeling in the world. I didnt anticipate how LOUD it was while free falling, just never crossed my mind.

How much was it? And what "training" did you have before, if you don't mind me asking.

I'd love to do it.

But then again I'm only married and don't have kids.

It was a tandem jump, it ran me $200. Its an additional $90 for the DVD and photos which I passed on this time. We had a $30 discount for being students. The GF got the whole package for $260. Then a few more bucks for beer :D

The training was very thorough just kind of fast paced. I had a few things I needed to go over afterward. All the "jump" consisted of was a three step motion of ready, set, jump. After you exit you just put your arms out and legs out, toes to the sky. Thats it, during the fall they show you how to spin and what not.

The best part to me was right when the shoot was deployed how quiet and relaxing it actually was, I just took a deep breath and took it all in. They let you control the shoot also, they showed me how to turn and before we landed we were doing death spirals :) But you can just float down calmly too.

Believe it or not I felt more safe than I have on many roller coasters. I asked the guys about bungee jumping and they were terrified ROFL. The guy was like "I came into this world because of a broken rubber, I dont wanna leave because of one." I understand you have a family but I honestly feel its something everyone needs to do once.

She looked down and just about p00p3d herself, but the teacher picked her chin up and said look pretty for the camera and then jumped lol. Perfect way to distract a girl from whats going on.
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Simply amazing.

Heh. Nice pics!

That looks like so much ****ing fun!! Man I want to do this.....

You won't regret it if you do it. Huge fun.

Yeahhh...no.

Unless something goes wrong. Russian roulette is probably fun too.

i did static line twice, then did a tandem jump from 14,000 feet. that was about a 60 or 90 second free-fall, forget which one but it was great.

See Skip this is why you have a thread with a POLL saying you lost your burst.

We were 13,500ft up and it was 60 seconds. Felt longer though. I jumped AFTER the gf and somehow landed before her. She must have been just cruising with the shoot out.

i forgot to "pop" my ears on the way down like when you scuba dive, and that was painful. did you experience that?

If you keep asking for death you'll probably get it.

Me and the wife are now discussing this. I figure if I ask her if she wants to try this and she says no. Then I'll have a better chance of asking for anal.

Cause then anal might not seem so bad after being asked to jump out of a plane!

Something could go wrong on my way to work Monday morning. But I'm still planning to go to work....

Besides I'd rather die doing something exhilarating than lying around safe dying of nothing....

YESS!!!! My right ear all day today has been slowly getting back to normal.

Hell look up the numbers and more people die in car wrecks.

Of course they do. It's because a bajillion more people ride in cars. Good reasoning on your part.

when i did my first static-line jump, there were some "PROs" jumping ahead of us and we just sat back and watched at the landing site. our instructor was explaining to us how the so-called pros get bored with just normal landings, so they get fancy. the fad maneuver at the time was coming in to land but swinging up and swooping down over the ground at high speeds, so they're actually moving horizontally just 2 feet off the ground really fast for about a hundred feet.
well, some guy angled wrong and the wind caught him off guard. he slammed right into the grass, we felt the thump 100yds away. everyone freaked out but with some help he was able to walk over and sit against a wall by us. now that's asking for death. gave us a good lesson on taking it seriously though.

Doesnt make you any less of a coward.

I did this a couple of years ago. A Christmas present from my wife. It was great fun!

The thing that surprised me more than the noise was the wind when they opened the door. It just hadn't occurred to me until then that we were cruising forward at whatever speed so there would be a wind going by.

Congrats on one of the greatest rushes of your life! :thumb:

One of the best things I've ever spent money on. It was awesome.

I'm a coward and you're a fool.

I think I'll go dash out into traffic now. I'm pretty sure I can beat that semi.

I did it once. Glad I did, but I won't do it again.

I've heard a thousand people say that. The rest won Darwin awards.

I have 24 jumps in, you'll love it.

what else would you compare it to, as far as rush and enjoyment?

I want to do this someday, but honestly have no desire to be ass-to-pelvis with another man while doing a "tandem" jump. Hopefully there are suitable alternatives.

There is nothing that I have done that has been exactly like it. It's one hell of a rush. The closest I have come, has been full contact martial arts fights. Skydiving is a blast.

do a static line jump. the training is longer but you're all alone up there :)

That's awesome. I might have to do that one of these days.

Also, it's freaking CHUTE, as in paraCHUTE, lol.

Going next week. So far cool. But I bet that changes.

LOL if your one of those, you could jump by yourself, two guys will jump with you and hold your limbs to show you how to steer and what not. They even pull the chute for you.

Guys, Check out www.skydivekansas.com...


I have flown up there for a couple of years and the people are great! They are located in Osage City KS ....

BTW, I jumped once, it was awesome, nothing like it!!!

i absolutely love it. if i had more money i'd have more jumps.

I almost did this back when I lived in Manhattan. But at the time, they said they could only go up to about 10,000 feet max. Any idea if that's still the case?

Went 3 weeks ago. Awesome. Just awesome. Going back in cpl mnths.

I could see this becoming a very expensive addiction

what camera did you use. nice focus.

I don't know, that human slingshot posted yesterday might come close...

ROFL

No idea I didnt take the pics one of the instructors did. I was to worried about dieing.

Good news!!! There may be an option for both!!!

Film at 11!

Bull riding

I have no desire to ever do this. My palms got sweaty just reading the thread title. I simply couldn't work up the guts to take that first step.

It is a blast-almost better than sex.

About 11,500, which is about 10000 max... Once you start getting higher than that, air density and alt become factors... Your jumpin from 10K AGL (above ground). Things start to get iffy for a piston airplane, especially a small one where the center of gravity shifts so quickly. Plus anything much higher and you and your jumpers start feeling the effects of hypoxia.....

So 10K is about all you get, 11500K on the altimeter....

I am fairly certain that I will probably get death even if I don't keep asking for it.

DO IT....BOTH...*waits for video to be uploaded

so far, the closest i've found is that slingshot ride. its pretty fun

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I did a few static line jumps my freshman year at K-State. It's a pretty good rush, but kinda weak because you only free fall for like 5 seconds, if that. Honestly, the scariest part is when the door swings open, you look down 3500 feet to the ground, the plane's going 90 mph, and you have to climb out on the strut of the plane and hang. When you're a novice, they don't let you just jump out.

I still want to do a tandem jump so I can go from 10,000 feet without working my way up on solo jumps. I hated having to spend my whole Saturday or Sunday out at the jump site waiting for my turn.

I'm going to keep my options open as long as possible.

im going october 10th, my roomate did it and i think he actually came he said, apparently its the funnest thing that ever existed, i just know my ****in parachute better open or im getting my money back

You know what they say: if your parachute doesn't open, you get a free burial within 5 minutes.


Off topic, but I saw a trash truck the other day that said, "Satisfaction Guaranteed or you get your trash back".

I don't know, she sure was smiling with that guy strapped to her ass. I wonder if he was wearing a condom ?

I wish I had the money to get certified. After you have your own equipment and certification its only $20 a jump. Imagine jumping over places like Hawaii. Would be so amazing.

I did a "static line" jump several years ago (before kids) and loved it. It wasn't a true static line where a cord pulls right when you jump out. I held onto a little chute that pulled the main one out, so I had a few seconds of free fall before my chute deployed.

I had to step out of the plane, hold onto the pole that supported the wing and let my feet fly out behind me. I had to hold onto the wing support for a couple of seconds before getting the thumbs-up to let go. My biggest problem was stepping out to let my feet fly behind me, I guess I was concerned that I'd lose my grip before being given the OK. Once I was hanging there, letting go was no problem.

I flared a bit too early on my landing and came down on my knees. No injuries.

It was fun and I'd do it again, but kids and lack of money are preventing that.

Absolutely insane!


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Jeez, he landed a little too close for comfort to the right edge of the net.

That guy is ****ing crazy!

NOPE. Man, my heart got to pumping watching that noise.

WTH happened to Crashride? Did he go for that 2cnd jump and........splat?

What happens if he gets blown off course? Mashed potatoes?

I'm guessing that the three buddies are there to lend-a-chute if he isn't on target. That is just crazy.

Maybe I'm being morbid but I'm curious what would happen to a human body that hit the ground from that height with no chute.

I did on my 60th Birthday. I screamed like a little girl all the way down. I am such a pussy.

If he would have missed the net, would he still be credited with the record?

People have survived. A flight attendant survived a fall of 30k feet when a bomb went off in the plane. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...ing-a-big-fall

Strange that someone twitted this now. It's called "Heaven Sent". It was from 4 years ago. Still cool as hell though.

I think me and my son are going skydiving....I'm taking a chute though.