Would you ever sky dive?

[Amelia G]

Would you ever sky dive? Have you ever done it?

[Rockwulf]

I've done it once. 14000 feet over the east coast of Australia. It was amazing, I'd say better than sex.

The only part that sucked is I did it wearing a Tshirt and when I went through the cloud layer it was like a thousand needles in my arms.

I paid a little extra to get the photo/video package and it was SO worth it. The pics and tape are awesome.

[jonny.illuminati]

spent 20 years doing HALO... nothing quite like jumping out of a perfectly good plane at 35,000 feet... it is a hell of a rush!

[OrganizedKhaos]

Nope, not on purpose ..lol. I'm not keen on the feeling of falling.

[mystoo]

Not yet, but one day I would love to.

*Note to self, don't wear a t-shirt* What are you supposed to wear?

[OrganizedKhaos]

My husband's always wanted to.

[Rockwulf]

Not yet, but one day I would love to.

*Note to self, don't wear a t-shirt* What are you supposed to wear?

Anything with sleeves. Long sleeve T, sweater, windbreaker, whatever's good.

It's not like rediculously painful either, the kind of exhilerating pain.

[Morning Glory]

so you wouldn't recommend balls out skydiving?

[jonny.illuminati]

so you wouldn't recommend balls out skydiving?

just avoid clouds... moisture/droplets at 130mph... bad

[Rockwulf]

so you wouldn't recommend balls out skydiving?

No. But I DO want to try balls deep skydiving.

[VoldtaEngler]

I'd like to skydive while being suspended. May be interesting ..but may also forget to pull the chute cord...*_*

[Head Wreck]

want to do it.

and wouldn't mind also doing a static line fully kitted to see what my Grandfather had to do

[Lady Alias]

I always said I would go skydiving when I turned 18.
18 came and went.
I will someday, though. Really. I promise.

[jonny.illuminati]

want to do it.

and wouldn't mind also doing a static line fully kitted to see what my Grandfather had to do

static line full kit is horrible. i have over 300 static line jumps. 64 people exiting an airplane at roughly 1200-2000 feet is hell especially if it is a door exit and not a ramp jump. all that kit weighs a ton!

[OrganizedKhaos]

I love taking pictures of the sky... as if there's a code within the clouds. OR SOMETHING, I really love the way the sky looks. ESPECIALLY when I lived in Florida. The sky in FLORIDA is so special.

[Madam Yummi]

I would have to be forced into the plane and pushed out. There was a time when I was into the idea of doing things like that. That time quickly passed.

[Mindgames]

I would have to be forced into the plane and pushed out.

being pushed out is not a problem. Once your legs are out the door, despite what was said at the briefing you ain't coming back inside.

I used to skydive, until an argument with the ground went the wrong way. Note - from 2000ft the nice, flat field is nice and flat. You cannot see electric fence pickets. I also had to mop up the results of someone pulling their reserve in the back of an Islander. It was a fun way to spend a few years, but with the weather over here what it is, every 2 minutes of free-fall is interspersed with 5 hours of sock watching.

Morning Glory - you'll be pleased to know there's a generic rule that your 1000th jump has to be performed butt-naked. In so many ways it's not as fun as it sounds. Serious flappage.

[Head Wreck]

static line full kit is horrible. i have over 300 static line jumps. 64 people exiting an airplane at roughly 1200-2000 feet is hell especially if it is a door exit and not a ramp jump. all that kit weighs a ton!

yep.

still want to do it just because its doable

[TheCosmicSheriff]

Ive done a static line once and would do it every day if I could. Would like some actual free fall though.

[Ajax Knucklebones]

If I didn't have a family I'd try it, but now I try not to do stuff where I could end up as part of the ground.

[OrganizedKhaos]

HA! that's EXACTLY why DB doesnt try it.

[Dusk]

Yae I want to do it, but its on the "need money to do" list.

[OrganizedKhaos]

That sucks.
I hope its something you eventually get to accomplish if its that important to you.
AND I hope money isnt a limiting factor.

[Dusk]

At the moment it is, namely my lack of a job is the main factor of limitation

[jonny.illuminati]

yep.

still want to do it just because its doable

i'm with ya! i kept doing it not just because i had to... but because it is pretty fun most of the time... although i prefer HALO

hope you get a chance to do it!

my favorite static line jump was the 45th anniversary of D-Day in France. every year American Airborne soldiers get to do a re-enactment of the D-Day jump... and then party like rock stars with the French Townfolks! We even got to jump with some of the original paratroopers from D-Day (old dudes yes but damn it was a blast for them and a huge part of world history)...

[Head Wreck]

indeed.

HALO... dont know anywhere that would allow civilians on a course of that, and the time needed to train.

i did know a guy who did canopy jumps. he was rather barking mad to boot

[VoltaireBlue]

I would, actually...... I'd deffinetly sky dive before i bungee jumped.

[Rockwulf]

Bungee jumping's way scarier than sky diving. Actually being able to see the ground below you makes it much more immediate. Also, having my ankles bound was not a comfortable situation for me.

[VoltaireBlue]

Bungee jumping's way scarier than sky diving. Actually being able to see the ground below you makes it much more immediate. Also, having my ankles bound was not a comfortable situation for me.

yeah, bungee jumping scares the crap out of me.

[Rockwulf]

It was still fun as hell though and I'd do it again given the opportunity.

[SyntheticShock]

I have a slight fear of falling from extremly high places, so no, free falling out of a plane isn't for me. But if I was with a big group of friends, doing something like that might make me feel safer and even a little brave.

[OrganizedKhaos]

My husband and daughter both love the feeling of falling, but me and my son neither like that feeling.
I'm not keen on the vertigo type feelings I get when I look down from a very high place.

I find it so fascinating how ppl differ.... especially in this way.

[Head Wreck]

heh, bit of trivia.

i'm actually terrified blindly of hieghts so much so that when my perents used to say wobble wobble while i was one rung up the ladder i'd lock up. yes i used to climb stuff around collage and the town without any ropes, often using brick cavities. the trick was not going up. but getting down afterward.

an adrenaline rush i savoured