Newly Minted diver in Germany

[MikeBIBOM 0]

Hello there,

I recently took a trip to Empuriabrava where I spent a week getting my AFF done. Including my tandem, I'm eight jumps in.

Met a lot of great people there from the U.S., The U.K., Ireland, France, Spain and Germany, and they all said this was the place to go for everything skydiving. I'm here to soak it all in and learn from everyone, because seriously, I can't get enough!

[skymama 37]

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

[MikeBIBOM 0]

It's definitely feasible. When I was in Empuria, it was difficult to get more than one jump in per day just because of the weather conditions, but when I returned to Empuria recently for my 50th jump the weather was more cooperative and there were more AFF students going through the course, many of whom were getting it done in a couple of days, rather than a week.

I would definitely recommend it. It's really intense when you're starting out to learn so much new information. Being able to remember exactly what you did right and wrong on a jump yesterday is much easier than trying to remember weeks or months ago.

I don't know that I'd have prepared differently than I did, other than learning the patience that comes with sitting around a DZ a lot sooner. Maybe I would have spent more of my downtime in the hangar watching the packers work.