Has anyone here ever gone skydiving?

[San Diego]

This past Sunday I just completed the requirements for my A license.

Here's a pic of me on my very first jump back in July.




Sorry it's so small. The system didn't like the larger version.


I couldn't get that smile off of my face for a week. It's such an amazing experience.

[San Diego]

1. Is this any bigger?

[Madrone]

2. No, but I want to.

I really really want to!

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your pic!

[mwdem]

3. I haven't, but my SO did almost a couple of years ago.

He just got laid off from his job, and decided to do something completely different. He loved it.

[SeattleGirl]

4. My youngest sister and brother went a few years ago.

I have a copy of the video of their jumps. Looked absolutely awesome!

[Lautremont]

5. Yes, twice, when I was 19 or so.

Amazing! I can still remember the feeling exactly. I was looking up as I let go, and the plane zipped away like the Milleneum Falcon going into hyperdrive. It was instantly tiny.

One danger nobody ever warned me about: I used up so much adrenaline that, on the drive home (about an hour's drive), all my friends and I fell asleep. I was driving, so it was a bit of a problem - we came closer to death on the way home than during the dive!

[AllegroRondo]

6. only as part of Army training

its all static line, and probably not as much fun as you had. they just line you up and kick you out of the plane.

[michreject]

7. You just follow the person in front of you

The person behind is following you. Look at the horizon and just step off.

[evlbstrd]

8. My motto:

Bird shit and fools fall from the sky.
The most dangerous thing i ever did was go to sea, so whatever floats your boat.

[Nickster]

9. LMAO. I was thinking along the lines of why leave a perfectly good airplane. n/t

[Blue-Jay]

10. I have my A license. (72 jumps, no reserve rides).

I stopped skydiving a few years ago, but I'd like to buy a new rig and start jumping again.


My first jump:

I was playing in a band around mid-Illinois some years back. My bass player was an avid skydiver (crazy about it!), and he booked us a gig in Quincy IL at the World Freefall Convention. He went early to get in a few jumps before the rest of us showed up. He even did the Naked Jump. (hahaha)

Anyhow.... We showed up right after he saw a guy get knocked out under full canopy, and crashed into a trailer. Dead.

We met up with him and he was freaking out. "I don't want to do this anymore. I just saw something horrible..." He told us the details about what he saw, and indicated that he never wanted to jump ever again. "Let's play the gig and go home, guys."

I knew how much he loved skydiving (it was all he ever talked about) and I wanted to try it myself. So, I signed up for the AFF class (advanced free-fall), completed it, and signed on for a jump. I told him; "I know you're freaked out right now, Phil, but I just completed AFF and I signed us both up on the manifest for x:00. I'd feel safer if you went with me."

He went. We jumped out of a Twin Otter at 12,500 together, and we had a blast! Most of my subsequent jumps were with him. He's an instructor now, BTW. He'd have probably continued jumping anyway, but I still feel really good about my first jump.

[Guava Jelly]

11. nope ..And welcome to du

I was born in San Diego
so i kind of like the place

[sarge43]

12. My husband has 342 jumps

He tried to talk me into giving it a go. As I told him, with my luck I'd live just long enough to feel the second bounce.

He agrees with you, San Diego. He says it's the best legal rush there is.

[Redstone]

13. There's nothing like it. For the first time in your life, there's NOTHING underneath you.

Redstone

[Shine]

14. Hell yeah!! I did a tandem jump for my 40th birthday! Wahooooo!!!

Here's me on the only jump I've done: 18,000 feet, 90 seconds of free fall, at 120mph! :thumbsup: It was fantastic. I LOVED it. :bounce:


Welcome to DU! :hi: :toast:

[YankeyMCC]

15. I had every intention of jumping back in college

Finally worked up the nerve, saved up the money (I was in college remember)...then I got a speeding ticket that cost me almost exactly the amount the skydive was going to cost me.

So I didn't go...and before I raised the money again I came to my senses. :)