nate_1979 9 #1 September 14, 2004 I just wanted to say hey! I'm just soo happy, I have finally overcome the fear of leaving the airplane! When I went to go jump yesterday, I was getting ready to do Jump #20.. Due to Military deployment schedules, my last jump (#19) had been almost a month ago, on jump 19 I was still terified of leaving the plane, I remember just thinking "why do I do this to myself" every time the plane took off but I refused to give it up because I loved it once I was out, but I was always the guy that they had to yell "JUMP!" at before I'd leave the door I was standing in.. I figured it out, and mabey this can help someone else who is feeling the same way (I assume I'm not the only one, mabey I am). All I know is that it really sucked because I was also just doing belly to earth flying every jump, no flips no nothing since AFF. I decided a week ago what I was gonna do on my next jump, and I kept thinking it over in my mind, it was gonna be a exit accompanied by a "YEAHH!!!!" and a nice long scream to start the jump off (nice stress reliever). Then it was backflips till 6,000 feet, pull at 5,000 and try some front riser manuvers for the first time.. I got myself SO excited about the jump there was no room for fear, in the plane I was just smiling thinking about what was coming up.. No sweatty palms, nothing, and then I did it, screaming, laughing everything during the freefall.. I feel as though I am finally FREE and it is great. If your scared, just get yourself SO excited that you cant be scared anymore, it's soo much fun! Exit and just scream a bit, it feels pretty good and you might also get a good laugh out of yourself while you fall 120mph! Anyway, I'm a new guy, just wanted to say HI Nate Skydive San Diego! CSA #672 FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #2 September 14, 2004 I hear ya. I just finished AFF and got my first 5 solo jumps in this weekend. !! On the first 5 levels I was a bit uptight about the exit, trying to make sure I was doing it correctly, etc. and it resulted in being tense at the beginning of freefall as well. It was a whole different world on level 6, the first no contact exit. The only "step" was get out of the plane and get stable. I was so much more relaxed it was amazing.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morcyk 0 #3 September 14, 2004 Glad I'm not the only one. I get pretty damned nervous on the exit, but the rest is just fun. And it's not a fear of the fall. It's a fear of screwing it up and getting tossed back into the plane, hehe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #4 September 14, 2004 Don't worry it's normal and will happen again. Just this weekend I got the" what am I doing here " feeling while in the plane. It was the first time it had happened in over 30 jumps. As always it went away as I got in the door. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #5 September 14, 2004 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
