Have any of you ever went sky diving?
 

If so, what was your first time like?

My gf wants to go in the distant future, I have a fear that the chute won't open, or something will go seriously wrong. Regardless of that though, since SHE wants to go, I have to defend my masculentity by going too.

no, but I want to soon. dont you have to do an assisted jump your first time, or can you do it solo?

my husband was a jump master in the marines.. He said I have to tandem jump at least once in my life...I dont think I could do it unless the plane was going to crash or someone pushes me...and if someone pushes me, I hope I have a fucking chute on :1orglaugh

try indoor skydiving first :)

the chute opened, lines were twisted

grabbed the risers and kicked my legs to spin around and untwist the lines, just like the said to do in class. seemed to take forever

then the last two cells on both ends of the chute were collapsed. Grabbed the toggles, went to full flare to inflate them, just like the said to do in class

landed on my ass in the mud. chute dragged me thru the mud about 15 feet before I could collapse it by by pulling one of the toggles all the way, just like they said to do in class.

unhooked my harness, stepped out of the jump suit, left it all laying in the mud. Walked right to my car and left. Didnt care to speak to anybody or get my free t-shirt. Yeah its pretty scary your first time, even scarier when there are a few minor problems.

pay attention in class, or you could have a very bad day

Loved it, absolutely.

I've done one free fall tandem from 11,000 feet, and two "first jumps" with no freefall from 2500 feet. One of the best experiences in my life, hands down.

you take a class, and jump solo with a static line in the USA, or in Canada with what they call an intructor assisted deployment. What that means, is when you're in the door of the plane about to jump, your instructor has your pilot chute in his hand, and tosses it out of the plane when you jump. you have to reach about 70mph before the pilot chute makes enough drag to deploy your main chute. Takes about 5 seconds, but it sure seems like alot longer. Then you may have twisted lines and other problems. From what I've heard, static line is way better than how i did it in Canada.

I "jump" regularly. Here in Colorado it's beautiful in the summer. Your first jump should ALWAYS be "tandem" or attached to a licensed tandem diver.

My first time as I recall some 70 or more jumps ago was one of the weirdest and most exhilirating things I have ever done. There's just something about looking out the door of an aircraft at 13,000 feet and pushing yourself to "exit". :1orglaugh

My wife, I don't think I'll ever get her to do it, but she almost alway greets me on landing.

Some things you'll want to know are - Make SURE the "rig" you are jumping with is equipped with a CYPRES unit. - Make SURE you're tandem jumpmaster has at least 100 jumps in the landing zone you are jumping at.

Also, eveyones fear is always "what if it doesn't open?!" You have 2. A main and a backup. Your backup should be packed by a licensed parachute rigger, so if worse came to worse you'd be riding on our second chute (which I've only seen personally ONCE in 5 years).

Take your GF to an authorized jump zone and watch. People love it because it's fun. You're safer statistically jumping than being in a commercial airliner. If you have questions consult http://www.uspa.org

Happy flying!
Bling.

Mr Pheer,
Respectfully.. none of this is true. A "static" line jump means that your chute is attached to the aircraft via a line. (cable) When you jump out your chute opens almost immediately and there is no "free fall".

Also, "twisted lines" occur often in both static and freefall jumping and are easy to correct.

Static Line jumping is a good way to go for someone that does not want to have an "instructor" or tandem and just wants to jump. If you want to sail the sky, you're going to need a pro.

Bling.

Was this your first SOLO jump? You couldn't have done this, unless you had jumped before.... right?

Did you see the news tonight? Earlier today some dude jumped in florida and different plane came by and hit him. His fuckin legs popped off. He landed alive but died shortly after. BTW I didn't make this shit up I saw it about 3 horus ago.


The plane landed succesfully with a big ass dent in the left wing.

Yeah... and the per capita murder ratio in Washington DC is like haha.19. You're still safer jumping than you are walking into a gas station. Freak accidents happen.... One must assume - "When it's my time.... it's my time".

No way, you should lock yourself in a room and never leave.