Sky dive I have been wanting to do this all my life and just now reading all the info I'm terrified yet so excited I can hardly keep my self in my chair. I have always said and still do that they will totally have to push me out of the plain.lol I am terrified yet insanely excited by heights. I have Bungee jumped and Para sailed so the next steps are sky diving and Para gliding .Bungee jumping was not as hard as I thought at the time I did it,in fact it was great I loved it a lot of fun and I survived. lol Para sailing was really a breeze lol. Incredible your a couple hundred feet above just gliding along. I did this over the ocean in Fort Lauderdale FL It truly was spectacular. I have never seen the ocean so blue. But I really can't imagine jumping out of a plain at 10,000 feet or more.
The answer to the question is sky diving safe is..

Is skydiving safe?
We work very hard to make your skydive as safe as it can be. That being said, please do not lose sight of the fact that you are jumping out of an airplane over 2 miles above the earth

OMFG... Will I chicken out? Will I shit my pants. Will I have a heart attack? I know that when I land to find I'm self still alive I'm fucking the first guy I see cause the adrenalin will be uncontrollable.
Has any one here done this? ............I cant wait.

with only a strategically folded and critically packed parachute to slow your decent is statistically much safer than driving to 7-11 for a slushy. BUT! Shit DOES happen.

Most everything in life is a calculated risk; but death is gonna get you some how, some day, no matter how sedate or how temerariously you LIVE.

IMO it's much better to die while embracing or knowing you embraced life than regretting that you never LIVED.

I've taken people up, flown them, but not jumped myself.  Could you see the look on their face, see ya!!!  You'll be strapped to an instructor so no worries and you'll be up a few thousand feet not 10,000 otherwise you'd need O2.  Looks like the instructor will have a pleasant "happy ending" after you hit the ground!!!!
And by the way Ms adrenaline junky please don't try this next!

the post made me think of this video,

it's that sudden stop at the bottom.

I did it once, ten years ago or so. It's the best thing I've ever done in my life. I never got around to going back, but if my circumstances were different - that is to say, if it were more convenient for me and I had the time - I could see myself doing it regularly.

Will you free fall, or is it a static line jump? For me, it was all about the free fall; kind of like a 45 second orgasm

and the pilot is still in his seat and conscious, I ain't leavin'. By the way, if I'm on the ground to catch you, I'll be the first guy you see, right?

wilder adn more fun ride anyway!

LOL


Of course it could be a little messy if she shits her pants and has a heart attack on the way down, but with every great reward must come some great risk...and I am willing to risk it!

I am a giver that way!

I have done a lot of static-line jumping out of Navy planes and a few Army helicopters. Does that count?

Go for it, hon!  It's the best high you'll ever have. Nothing -- and I mean nothing -- compares to it, unless you engage in hand-to-hand combat with a shark underwater, or jump off a cliff on skis.

Also, on the more serious side, please everyone: Pray for my father. He's pretty sick and in the hospital again. My mom is, too, so she cannot take care of him. With any luck and his health hopefully improving, I will be home next week.

I will have Internet access but may not be able to answer emails on a daily basis.



Hugs,
Ciara





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I jumped at 9,800 feet!  Most intense thing I have ever done!  Getting out of the plane was the scariest, but once out...and the free fall..OMG!  Once the shoot came open, it was the most brilliant silience I could ever imagine.  You just float.  You hear no wind.  No ..nothing...awsome!

The landing is tricky but luckily I didnt crash and burn!  lol

as to the jump off a cliff on skis... did that... it hurt! Bwahahaha!!  but I am much better now!

For me?  Skiing is a great high... especially if it is on a fresh unbroken trail... another - catching trout in northern Idaho....   can smell the trees now.....

Where the hell is the pleasure in that?

I did read somewhere once that you are supposed to punch the shark in the nose. Doesn't seem like a high-percentage move to me...

shark: hey, wha'd you do that for?
me: I thought you were gonna attack me.
shark: well, I am NOW!

Do it.  It is a wonderful experience.  I did it despite (and partially because) I am not comfortable with heights.  While floating down, you do not experience being high because there is no falling reference point.  My jump was done with two instructors that jumped along side me, then floated away when the chute opened.  I was coached to a landing within 15 feet of the target.

A friend and I went several years ago. We went in the morning- and still had an adrenaline high that evening. One of those things that everyone should do at least once. Have fun!

Agreed free fall it shall be, eom

Every skydive I've done, the pilot is also wearing a parachute!  

Most of the planes are old and so over-used that it is much safer to jump than try and land in that rickety plane with a pilot that is hoping the engine dies so he can jump too!!!


Just do it ... it is a super blast.
What a feeling of freedom!
No sensation of falling like bunjee jumping.
More like flying thru the air.

No its not safe!! But it is fun. I jumped my first time at 21yrs old on my birthday. ( no I won't tell you how long ago that was, ok it was 24yrs ago this summer. Wow that really seems like a life time ago now that I think about it.) I have been in love with the thrill ever since! What is safe anyway?  It's about as safe, or risky as your profession depending on who you ask. Seeing as you are in this biz you by nature are a risk taker to begin with. So go for it.
Next on your thrill list should be buying a motorcycle, Now thats a reasonable thrill. You will love that also I am sure. I know I love my bike~~~

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Just watched the video.  WOW!  That was great.  Thanks for posting it.

I have done the motor cycle thing in fact I have a license I owned a Honda hawk when I lived in NJ I would love to get my hands on a nice little 250 Rebel I would ride again then.It's not about the risk it is all about the thrill And I do feel one I do this there will be now turning back in that I'm already thinking about getting certified once will not be enough.

When I started jumping 30 years ago, I use to tell all my friends that the rush was better than sex. Of course, I had not yet had the pleasure to meet sweetamanda.

The RUSH network has several shows on base jumping. You can see how hooked the jumpers become. Just like the hobby, it's tough to stay away.