jim_32766 0 #1 April 27, 2009 With all my work-related travel and some uncooperative weather, it took several weeks to get through all the levels, but I finally did that last Saturday. Whoohoo!! Now it's time to move on to the next phase of learning. I've made one solo jump so far. The winds increased and stopped me from making any more that day. YES - i did buy a case of beer for the instructors, packers, etc - even though I couldn't stick around and share it with them. Question for the more experienced (which is nearly everyone) - what mix of solo jumps vs jumps with coaches do you think is best from here? Thanks, JimThe meaning of life . . . is to make life have meaning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #2 April 28, 2009 Welcome to the sky. It's a great place isn't it? It only took you a few weeks? Try starting in winter. It can take months then. There's been a pretty good discussion about solo's vs coach jumps here http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3534782#3534782"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim_32766 0 #3 April 28, 2009 Granny, I spread the AFF out over several weeks, maybe 8 or 9 - I don't have my new logbook with me to check. While I had a couple of 3-week hiatuses due to travel, I did get 2 levels done one Saturday, and 3 levels on a different Saturday. Thanks for the link to the discussion on solo vs coach jumps. I haven't talked with others at the DZ about jumping with me. I'll do that next time I'm out. I think the comments some made about no reference and less opportunity to learn when solo is pretty good. I've only made the one solo jump so far, and it was fun, but I missed having someone as a relative reference. Blue skies! The meaning of life . . . is to make life have meaning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #4 April 28, 2009 i did a tandem in October, 2007 and fell in love with skydiving instantly. I started making arrangements for AFF about 4 hours later, but reality in the form of money, weather, plane issues, pilot issues, etc, kept me on the ground a lot more often than in the air. There's nothing like winter in Idaho to slow down a beginning skydiver. It took me until the end of April to get to jump number 8 and it wasn't for lack of trying. Since then, I have been doing a pretty good job of making up for the delay. It's been about a year since that 8th jump and I've now got 269. It's just too much fun to stay on the ground. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
