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For those w/ the fear of heights... which is scarier?

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GoldenGuppy

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Bungie Jumping

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Sky Diving??

for some reason I just don't like bungie jumping.. sky diving seems cool though, I dunno why (I am afraid of heights btw)... maybe sky diving just doesn't seem back until I'm actually in the air waiting to jump....

The only fear I'd have w/ sky diving is if my parachute wouldn't open!!!
 
from what my friends tell me, bungie jumping is mad scary first few times and then you just start feeling sorta sick/bored wanting to get off of the thing. dont try to jump in weird angles, you might start rotating like mutha and end up puking in midair 😛

skydiving is only scary first few seconds, as downward acceleration diminishes its all about fun. if the chute doesnt open, it wouldnt be too painful (or too long for you to register the pain anyway 🙂)

my dad told me about his poor fellow officer when he was in the military academy. during their preparation for a parade, he jumped off without hooking the wire and left a huge creater on the asphalt 🙁
 
oh yeah... btw i am extremely acrophobic, i feel like pissing in my pants everytime i ride a rollercoaster 🙂
 
Bungie Jumping is far more frightening. You get the sensation of "ground rush" -- seeing the ground rushing up at you that you just don't get sky diving. In fact, when you sky dive, you feel more like you're flying than falling.

I love skydiving, and have quite a few jumps under my belt. My brother got me into it back in 1990 out in California City near Edwards AFB. He BASE jumps a lot, something I'm not sure I want to try. I don't like the idea of not having enough time to pull or pop the reserve.

[edit] I have a slight fear of heights, which is why I've forced myself to do these things.

But I'll tell you what, I'm still far more scared looking over the railing on a tall building or cliff, or even standing on a tall ladder, than I am skydiving. I have no idea why.
 
Bungie Jumping,

since in sky diving you only go down once.. you don't go up, and then down, and then up and then....! I am getting sick!
 
Amused one is right about the Ground Rush part. When you're sky diving, it doesn't seem like you're getting any closer to the ground until you've pulled your chute and are slowly decending into the ground.
 
i've got a bad thing about heights myself, but going for my skydivers license this summer. my roomate jumps and got me all hopped up on it, i figure it's not a bad way to get over my irrational fears. =P although i'm mad terrified of the idea of bungie jumping i'm thinking i'm going to be doing that eventually as well.

skydiving isn't so bad either because you'd be going tandem your first jump, which means you're strapped to someone who does everything- you're just tagging on for the ride. they're experienced sky divers and don't want to die anymore then you do 🙂

bungie jumping is just insane though because you're in such proximaty to the ground, i'm sure you could imagine it coming up at you even if you tried to close your eyes the whole way 🙂
 
I'd rather skydive than bungie jump. Something goes wrong with the skydive, you die. Something goes wrong with the bungie jump, although you could die, you could also end up paralyzed. I'd much rather die than be paralyzed!
 
Scariest thing I've ever done is walk across a frozen lake.. my biggest fear was just inches below me.. not the water.. the falling in the icy water and being trapped fear, same with peat bogs..
 
i've sky dived before. I would honestly say that sky diving would be the scariest (i could be biased, since i havent bungied)

It was one hell of an experience thats for sure. I recommed everyone go and skydive, its a hell of a feeling, trust me

danny~!
 
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