Last Thursday I jumped out of an airplane at 10,000 feet

[swimboy]

I'm recovering nicely.

Kidding aside, it was an incredible experience from start to finish.

[RebelOne]

1. Yep, my first jump was awesome.

But after that, everything would go wrong with each jump. That's why I quit after 6 jumps, while I still had unbroken bones.

[swimboy]

I understand.

After my partner jumped they told me there was a malfunction and I wouldn't get a video of my jump because the camera had quit working. OK with me--if there was going to be a malfunction in the operation, that was the best kind to have.

I would definitely do it again, but each time I did it after that I think I would feel a strong "I'm tempting fate" feeling.

[ThomCat]

2. Wow. I wish I could do that.

I sort of envy you. I would absolutely love to skydive, but it's never going to be possible.

I am very glad it was a great experience. :)

[swimboy]

3. Thanks, Thom.

It was a tandem jump where I was harnessed to a guy that knew what he was doing--definitely the only way I would have done it.

[ThomCat]

5. Wow. Was he cute?

Having a cute guy strapped to you too is a twofer! :P

[swimboy]

8. He was.

20 years old and cute as a button. mr. swim and I did rock paper scissors and I got him. There wasn't a thing wrong with the other guy, either, though. He had a worldly beach dude hotness working. :9

[xchrom]

13. you should have asked if you could jump naked.

or don't ask and just duct taped your self to him.

[swimboy]

17. !

:o

I've seen a video clip and jumping nekkid looks too potentially painful!

(fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap, fwap)


You can get tape that only sticks to itself though. Hmm.

[xchrom]

30. well now that i know that it was ROBB that you jumped --

with.

well -- we don't have a fainting smiley.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. sounds fun!

[GoneOffShore]

6. Better you than me -

I remember a friend of mine coming back from Airborne school.

The first day they line you up and the DI says:

"Remember, there's only two things that fall out of the sky. Birdshit and idiots."

[cwydro]

7. Always wanted to do that...

but I don't like heights, truly, and wonder if I would just chicken out when I got up there.

[swimboy]

9. Oh, the height goes away in no time!

:P

[cwydro]

10. ...

:rofl: Yeah, I'll bet!

Did you do a tandem?

[swimboy]

18. Tandem is the ONLY way I would have done it.

[xchrom]

11. that is so cool!

i'm glad you had fun.

G.E.R.O.N.I.M.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.

[AllegroRondo]

12. Awesome! get any pics?

Im sure if I did it, the only pics of me would be screaming my head off.

[swimboy]

19. I did scream during the free fall

but they were delighted screams, not MOMMY! screams.

[Haole Girl]

14. I am so envious!

It is on my to-do list...definitely!

Any pics?

:hi:

[swimboy]

23. mr. swim has a DVD of his jump

the camera malfunctioned on mine (again--the best kind of malfunction to have in those circumstances)

there's one of me right after landing I'll try to post soon.

[swimboy]

33. Here's the only one, I think. I was PUMPED!

[texas1928]

15. It's not the fall that kills you...

It's the sudden stop.



Seriously if the plane is flying ok and not having problems. Then I am keeping my ass in it.

[swimboy]

21. The little aluminum-foil plane we went up in . . .

I think I felt safer outside the plane than in it. :rofl:

[uppityperson]

16. Congratulations. When is your next jump?

I stopped at 60 because I started doing stupid things, being careless, so forth. It is very fun, very cool, very exciting. Congratulations.

[VenusRising]

20. Congratulations!!

I could never do that, but the thought is way cool! :thumbsup:

I've been thinking about getting my dad a tandem jump for Father's Day.

[Lil Missy]

22. I would NEVER jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

But I am a chickenshit.

Good for you though. I hear it is an indescribable thrill.

[Tyler Durden]

24. Please excuse me while I slowly back away from you.

Easy there.

[swimboy]

25. What? You're acting like I'm crazy or somethin'

B-)

[Tyler Durden]

37. Just put down the parachute, and no one will get hurt....

[bigwillq]

26. How cool!

Did you get a copy of the video? Don't they offer a video of the jump? I know when my friends jumped they got a video.

[swimboy]

27. mr. swim has a DVD of his jump

the camera coned out for mine (the only acceptable screw-up when sky-diving!)

[bigwillq]

28. You'll just have to do it again!

:)

[In_The_Wind]

29. WOW!!!

:yourock::loveya:

[swimboy]

31. Joani!!!

:loveya: How the hell are ya? :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

40. oh loverboy

I'm lonely!

[Left Is Write]

32. Did you bring a parachute?

:hi:

[swimboy]

34. Hey!

Yeah, I sure did and luckily it came with someone who knew how to use it!

:hi:

[salin]

35. I did 15,000 - one time

I loved it. 5,000 free fall, 10,000 with chute (and an 'instructor' strapped to me). Didn't care much for the free fall - but LOVED the sereness of the rest of the jump.

But, a day later I was talking with a visiting scholar who was in a wheel chair. Learned that her condition was due to a bad landing from a jump. On the spot, I erased all ideas of doing enough jumps to jump solo. While I loved (and still cherish) the experience, my cautious nature kicked in. Prolly I could have done many more jumps with no problems - but that very real reminder of tragic consequences... put a halt on that part of my 'adventurousness'.

[swimboy]

39. Similar thing happened to me with water-skiing.

Spent an afternoon when I was 22 in no-holds-barred throw-everything-you've-got-into-it wake-jumps and the same evening met a Delta pilot retired on disability as a result of a water-skiing mishap. Personal fable came to a crashing end for me at that moment.

I'll still take calculated risks, but reckless abandon became a thing of the past.

[SPKrazy]

36. I want to do that...

I do however know two people who jumped from planes, one in the military, and one a civilian, and their chutes didn't open right. Both lived but have of course, some disability from that.

I'd still do it. LA Woman had some pics on her myspace page of her jump and it is awesome to watch, video too.

Yeah, she said "just do it"

I might just do it!

Did you have to use O2 at that height before the jump?

:hi:

[swimboy]

38. O2

We didn't have to use 02 at that height but they let you know you can't scuba the day before because then you would have too much nitrogen in your blood to make the jump.