Skydive!!!

[Nightingale]

I said I'd post pics... so here they are!

 

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I'm going back in a few weeks (if I can wait that long...) to start my AFF (Accelerated Free Fall) training so I can eventually jump solo...

I'm trying hard to talk myself out of going this weekend...
but I really can't wait....
so I'll probably go on saturday.
and if not, then on October 5.



We had a crazy day at work today with budget deadlines and all...
I was the only one who was calm. Everyone else was running around like chickens missing their heads and stressing out.
My manager asked "How can you be so calm at a time like this?!"
I just looked at him and said "Dan, after surviving throwing myself out of an airplane at 13,000 feet, budget deadlines don't seem so scary." Kinda puts life in perspective, doesn't it?


Oh, if any of you all are in Southern California and feel like jumping, let me know! I'm always willing to throw myself out of a perfectly good airplane!

 

[arnisador]

Well, you certainly look like you're having fun!

 

[KenpoTess]

Excellent Shots Kris~!! Oh what fun.. I bet you had the time of your life~!!! ^5's ~!

 

[Nightingale]

It was the absolute most amazing experience of my life...



Ya know, Tess.... Think about giving it a try...

there's quite a few skydive areas near you....

http://www.skydiveorange.com/
http://www.skydiveoc.com/
http://www.freefalladventures.com/

just to name a few. Its one of those things that everyone should do at least once. definitely a life changing experience.

 

[arnisador]

"I may be a coward, but I'm a greeeedy little coward..."

 

[KenpoTess]

yeah Kris.. I would think so~!! Unfortunately don't think the cage holding my back together would survive.. but ya never know *G*

Thanks for the LInks~!!!

 

[Nightingale]

Can you ride roller coasters, Tess?

The jolt from opening the parachute isn't bad at all... not any more than you'd get from an average day at Disneyland...

and landing is no more strenuous than stepping off a chair. You come in very slow and gentle, and then just put your feet on the ground and walk a few steps til the momentum stops.

 

[KenpoTess]

yep.. that I can Kris No problems there.. ~!!


Will have to investigate further~!!!

 

[pknox]

I don't know -- looks like fun, but not having been killed by all of the stupid things I've done in my life so far, I don't think I should go piss God off by jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Looks like a lotta fun... Always wondered how freefall felt...

Too much a chicken to find out...

 

[Nightingale]

it doesn't feel like you're falling....

mainly because your brain can't perceive distance at 13,000 feet. you don't really notice the ground getting closer til around 2000 feet.

it really feels like you're being held up by a cushion of air. Feels like flying, not like falling.

 

[Kroy]

You're a nut! Why would anyone jump out of a perfectly good airplane? Just teasing, I have a fear of flying so sky diving is out of the question but my hat goes off to you, you look like you were having fun.

 

[satans.barber]

Cool pics! That blue jumpsuit's kinda sexy too

I.

 

[Nightingale]

LOL. thx.

the jump place doesn't have suits made for women, so the ones they have don't fit real comfortably. I'm looking into buying one of my own... its probably going to be black with blue accents... they're kinda expensive, tho.

 

[TheRustyOne]

Wow...I don't think I'd ever do that! ...no matter how fun it looks.

 

[Chronuss]

I'd do that real quick...I said I'd never go white water rafting...but that was fun as hell, too...specially with class five rapids...tee..hee.

 

[cali_tkdbruin]

Originally posted by Nightingale
I said I'd post pics... so here they are!

I noticed that you're from So. Cal, where do you do your jumps?
Is it Riverside County, Perris?