Any skydivers in the house??

[RU482]

I tried a couple of times two summers ago...What a trip. Almost got killed once by some strong upper level winds.

 

[desy]

Yep
A licence holder
Static line jumps for you or pilot chute? Us/Can is the diff
Quit a couple of yrs ago house/wife etc etc. So first jumps for you 3k and chute ride down? or Tandem? Worked my way up too slow few jumps every summer just shoulda bit it and did about 15 in row to progress.
I'm sure you had a blast my buddy still gets goose bumps when he describes his first one and he's got twice as many as I do.

 

[trmiv2]

I did a tandem jump once in New Zealand a couple of years ago. It was awesome, I want to do it again around here (San Francisco Bay Area) and maybe get certified to jump by myself.

 

[Dogmeat]

I logged 5 AFF before I ran out of $$ to keep going. What a rush though. Everyone should try it at least once.

 

[RSI]

I wanna try it one day

 

[ltk007]

I wish I had that kinda money, its seems more than worth it.

 

[Mday]

if there were some, would that not mean i would need a new roof.

i am deathly afraid of heights, so of course i would like to try it.

 

[MrPALCO]

Yep....went one time (my sister organized a one day checkout, followed by a jump from 3000 feet) it was a blast!

For kicks, I prefer going fast on most any fire breathing motor vehicle..

 

[Damaged]

Yeah. 79 jumps. All while in the military (US Army - Infantry). Went through jump school (Ft. Benning, GA), then was assigned to the 101st. Also did Air Assualt school - rappeling, sling loading, etc.

Highest jump: 17,500. A few mass exits out of C-130s and C-141s as well. I haven't jumped since 1983 though. I miss it. Mucho fun!

Most of my jumps were with military chutes. -1Bs at the time. You descend pretty fast (~9 ft/sec). No one flared these babies, they're just round chutes with louvers for manuevering, if you could call it that. You just jumped, PLFd, repacked, and did it again.

 

[Viper22]

I plan on going this summer here doing a tandem jump from around 12,000 feet. Should be fun.