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ShroomArtist84
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Skydiving....anyone?
#4558114 - 08/20/05 08:14 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well for my 21st birthday im going skydiving. Next saturday to be presice
Anyone ever go before? I cant way, im so nervous/pumped as hell. The funny thing is I've never even been on a airplane before....so first time on one and im jumping out!
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eVil_
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my girlfriend went skydiving in new zealand last month. they filmed it and put it on a dvd for her, she looked so freaked out just before they jumped but she said it was a blast.
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: eVil_]
#4558134 - 08/20/05 08:21 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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id like to skydive one day.
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: Todcasil]
#4558152 - 08/20/05 08:29 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Me too. Have fun ShroomArtist
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: Mighty Bop]
#4558206 - 08/20/05 08:47 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Did that last summer for my 22 birthday. Have gone 4 times since then. A fucking blast man, I'm about to go on my first solo flight. Hope to go on to base jumping after this.
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ShroomArtist84
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^^ damn thats fucking nuts. i hear its an intense rush that no one can explain.
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Which part, base jumping???
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Quote:
ShroomArtist84 said: Well for my 21st birthday im going skydiving. Next saturday to be presice
Anyone ever go before?
I've done static line and HALO, it's a rush when you are afraid of heights
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#4558586 - 08/20/05 10:38 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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^^im not that afraid of hieghts but the thought still makes me cringe.
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Yeah..the thought makes me cringe and get excited at the same time. Because I know it's safer than I give it credit. I'm sure the drive to the skydive place is far more dangerous than the skydive itself, yes?
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ShroomArtist84 said: ^^im not that afraid of hieghts but the thought still makes me cringe.
if I stand on my toes I get a nose bleed
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I went skydiving in Interlaken, Switzerland. Really fucking amazing. We went up to 4500m (15.000ft) in a helicopter. Had a 45s freefall and then 8 minutes of gliding to the ground. My jumping buddy even let me steer the shute. You can make some kickass scary high g turns on a shute. And the view of the Alps was amazing. You don't get that flying belly feeling like on rollercoaster. I think it's because you fall in a horizontal position. You do get extremely hard wind in your face
I don't think the height was really scary because it's so high up. I think bungee jumping would be scarier because that's a familiar height.
I also had the option of a video, but it cost extra, so I made my own with my digicam.
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: cybrbeast]
#4559462 - 08/20/05 02:21 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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ive been to vegas and they have that indoor thing with the huge fan that blows you up, its awesome
i like rock climbing more, its a little less dangerous
but then again ive never actually sky-dived so i cant say for sure
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: SerioOria]
#4559557 - 08/20/05 02:46 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'd think that rock climbing would be more dangerous. The people I went with had a reserve parachute wich was packed very carefully over 8 hours or something and checked by a certified person. They can use the reserve for a couple of months and then they have to repack it again. The reserve is also hooked up to an altimeter which opens it automatically under a certain height.
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: cybrbeast]
#4559592 - 08/20/05 02:54 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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cybrbeast said: They can use the reserve for a couple of months and then they have to repack it again.
wtf are they flying in the air for a couple months or something?? how do you jump out of a plane with the reserve already deployed...
and i highly doubt it takes 8 hours.... that would be a whole day of work for 5 minutes of pleasure...
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: cybrbeast]
#4559627 - 08/20/05 03:02 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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cybrbeast said: I'd think that rock climbing would be more dangerous.
try caving, it's like rock climbing in total darkness (except for the lights you bring) on slippery muddy rocks with a floor that can bee 500 feet below you
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The people I went with had a reserve parachute wich was packed very carefully over 8 hours or something and checked by a certified person. They can use the reserve for a couple of months and then they have to repack it again.The reserve is also hooked up to an altimeter which opens it automatically under a certain height.
so at say 1500 feet the reserve opens regardless of whether or not the main chute opens? it shouldnt take more than an hour to pack each chute unless the thing didnt deploy and got tangled
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: AliceDee]
#4560019 - 08/20/05 05:24 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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AliceDee said:
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cybrbeast said: They can use the reserve for a couple of months and then they have to repack it again.
wtf are they flying in the air for a couple months or something?? how do you jump out of a plane with the reserve already deployed...
and i highly doubt it takes 8 hours.... that would be a whole day of work for 5 minutes of pleasure...
You don't understand me. I didn't say the reserve was already deployed. It's a backup. If the reserve isn't used, which it almost never is, they can use it again and again. So they can use it for a long time and then they have to check it again.
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Re: Skydiving....anyone? [Re: cybrbeast]
#4562464 - 08/21/05 11:57 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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AliceDee said:
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cybrbeast said: They can use the reserve for a couple of months and then they have to repack it again.
wtf are they flying in the air for a couple months or something??
LMAO - that made me chuckle
cant wait for this shit. rock climbing sounds a little too mucch for me. id prolly shit my pants or something.
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I jumped about 3 years ago... it was insane major stress reliever... all your problems don't matter really when your scared for your life...
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