genoyamamoto 0 #1 September 4, 2003 Hi! I'm new to the skydiving world and will do my AFF 2 jump this weekend at Byron, CA. I read thru a lot of the posts and am sort of relieved that other people get nervous on the plane ride up. My AFF 1 jump was two weeks ago and the buzz finally wore off 10 days later!!! Anyway, I was wondering how people dealt with the time between their first and second jump. As for myself, all I can think about are malfunctions and emergency procedures. This is the last thing I think about before falling asleep and the first thing I think about after waking up. Have other people experienced this? I also have this nagging little voice in my head that keeps telling me that it's wrong to jump out of an airplane! Gotta go... plaything needs to spank me Feel the hate... Photos here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #2 September 4, 2003 i have had this same thing happen to me when i first started. yet i was determined to go through it.. dont ignore your fear. use it as a weapon and let it be a guied you use to keep yourself safe. it is normal to be scared.. just dont let the fear beat you and keep you from doing what you want.. what your feeling is normal.... just dont run away from it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flygator 0 #3 September 5, 2003 Why yes...yes you are crazy...welcome to the world of crazies... The secret to life is not arriving at the grave in a well preserved body but sliding in sideways completely worn out yelling "holy crap" what a ride!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #4 September 5, 2003 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoogieBob 0 #5 September 5, 2003 QuoteAnyway, I was wondering how people dealt with the time between their first and second jump. Well, I don't know about between first and second jumps. My log book says I did them on the same day. As for the nervousness and apprehension, I STILL get that in the plane on the way to altitude. It dissipates rapidly when I hear the throttle drop back and the door opens. Then, I'm in the door, looking out...then I'm in the open air, falling with reckless abandon toward the earth in a sincerely incredible fit of adrenaline rush. The emergency procedures are an excellent thing to rehearse constantly (even on the plane ride). Those reahearsals may be the very thing that gives your muscles the memory to operate effectively when your very life most depends on it. Don't worry about the "nagging little voice." You know your emergency procedures and you know your gear. You know what you need to know to survive. On jump run, the only voice I hear is one saying "It's WRONG to stay in this airplane...get out and FLY!!!!" Welcome to the forums and good luck on your AFF jumps BoogieBob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themitchyone 0 #6 September 5, 2003 I just went through the same craziness before doing level 2. I thought, ok, I've proved I can do this, but to keep jumping is crazy. I was more scared than for AFF1, but as the plane climbed to altitude, I found I was a little more excited than I was scared, and it turned out my level 2 jump and landing were great, and I can't wait for 3. Learning the new maneuvers is cool. You have more confidence with every jump. You'll do great."If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl's sports such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing." - Homer Simpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TaeKwonDoDo 0 #7 September 5, 2003 Yep, Sounds familiar... I was stoned on adrenaline for three days - Did AFF#1 and 2 on the same day and was litteraly "hung-over" when I went into work the following Monday. The intensity of the first jump (to me) has never been the same on sucessive jumps - but it doesn't matter cause once you "get it", you're hopelessly hooked and the rush is still awesome. - Jeff "That's not flying, it's falling with style." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tattoojeff 0 #8 September 5, 2003 the more you jump the faster the fear goes away. i promise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #9 September 5, 2003 A graph of my nervousnes. Tandem Aff 1 2/3 4-7 Warps Now 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Right now I have 29 jumps, oh... and its late, im up and semi boerd. When I was doing aff I spent quite a bit of time thinking about mals, and well.. i just turned it into constructive thinking about what I would do in the given situation. Eventually I began to feel confident that I know what to do in the even if a midair emergency. I used to have pretty bad door fear, but that has subsided quite a bit, and I have a lot more fun on jumps now ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
genoyamamoto 0 #10 September 5, 2003 Thanks everyone. I feel better now knowing that i'm not the only one with these thoughts, but looking at your chart Fast, looks like i'm in for a few more interesting jumps. Gotta go... plaything needs to spank me Feel the hate... Photos here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralu 0 #11 September 5, 2003 Hi, I don't think that you are crazy ralu what would be a woman without her dreams.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windGypsy 0 #12 September 8, 2003 I just got my A license and I am by all means an infant in this sport. I just did my 35th jump yesterday. Personally I think it's a good thing that these things are going through your head. Emergency procedures are the most important part of this sport. In a crisis skydivers dont rise to the occasion they revert to the level of their training. So it sounds like you had a good trainer. Almost every niight I fall asleep with the voice of my instructor talking about Line overs and bag lock, and realistically I am glad that this voice is there. I think that it is a testament to the training you are receiving. Stick with it, It only gets better from here. --dave "If god didn't intend for man to jump out of airplaines, s/he wouldn't have invented relative wind." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
