Skydiving

[BABY1]

Has anyone ever done it? Tell us about it.

[skinnyman]

Re: Skydiving

Nope not here and won't do it. Have friends who have done it, some liked it , others not so much.

[IronpumpedLady]

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The only way you could MAYBE get me to do this is if that plane was going down and that was the only other option available!
Where I live there's a very popular sky diving place very near by, they get people from all over the world coming in there, they camp out near the place and just dive for days on end~! People from europe, especially swedish, bad thing is they go to the local gym, that I'll hit sometimes,and these folks don't bathe! Talk about funk!! OMG!!

Anyway, no way will I do this! LOL


Stay Strong~~!!!
IPL

[rc10j1]

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It's way more fun when you got a M-4 strapped to you!

[Dzone]

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There was some dude on the front of Outside magazine this month that jumps from 120,000 feet. They call him the Human Comet...holy crap...I wouldn't want to skydive. I wouldnt bungee jump either...I'm an adrenaline junky, but I find my thrills in other ways than jumping out of flying objects

[skinnyman]

Re: Skydiving

i agree, won't even bungee jump

[BABY1]

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I would never be able to do this, although it looks like one big rush!

[FUZO]

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I would do it no problem

[Waterboy]

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I have jumped 3 times. Once was a buddy jump where you and the instructor are buckled together. Pretty neat. Second, I did a static line jump from a C-130 cargo plane. Shut was deployed as soon as you jumped. Couldn't steer the dang thing, landing was a little hard.
Third was a free fall jump from about 6000 feet. WHAT A RUSH! A little hard to keep your balance and face down and when the chute opened a kind of hard tug. Make sure EVERYTHING is in place. You could steer the chute by pulling on the handles. Landing was like walking off a lower door step. Just pull the handles further down as you appraoch the ground. Just like walking to a stop

[TestRip7]

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I've jumped 3 times as well. The first was a tandem jump where you are strapped to an instructor, and the second two times I took the 8 hour AFF (Accelerated Free Fall) class and you get to jump, track and land by yourself. Of course two instructors jump out the same time as you to make sure you dont lose control. Def. worth going if you have not done it before. There is nothing I have ever done that gave me the rush that skydiving did, NOTHING!! And if you do go be sure to get a video that you can remember it by. All states are different in terms of how high you can jump from. Here the highest legal jump is 14,500 Feet in altitude which gives you a full 60 seconds of free fall and about 8-10 minuets under canopy.

[Dzone]

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what the hell...I might try it..how much does it cost for your first time?

[rc10j1]

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what the hell...I might try it..how much does it cost for your first time?

It was free for me. All you have to do is go down to your local army recruiter and sign up.

[TestRip7]

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what the hell...I might try it..how much does it cost for your first time?

I think most places would be around $300 or so. It's prob. not something that you want to find the cheapest bargain on!!

[Dzone]

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I think most places would be around $300 or so. It's prob. not something that you want to find the cheapest bargain on!!

Thanks bro...LOL...no doubt...I am not sure $300 is reasonable to do something so heinous as jumping into thin air thousands of feet from the ground...I would probably do it if it was only 5 bucks...haha

[TestRip7]

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It does seem kind of dumb when you think that you are paying someone money to jump out of their working plane. I guess it's all in how you spin it.