Too Hot or Too Cold?

[JENNR8R 0]

Would you rather skydive when it is too hot or too cold?

When I’m packing in a metal-roof hangar in 90+ degree heat... high humidity... nylon draped around me... sweat pouring off of my face like a garden hose… I don’t even notice the hot flashes [aka energy surges; my inner child playing with matches].

Give me the heat any day over the cold.

What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy
ones? -- Monday.

[waltappel 1]

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Would you rather skydive when it is too hot or too cold?

When I’m packing in a metal-roof hangar in 90+ degree heat... high humidity... nylon draped around me... sweat pouring off of my face like a garden hose… I don’t even notice the hot flashes [aka energy surges; my inner child playing with matches].

Give me the heat any day over the cold.

Too hot, for sure. The ladies wear much less clothing!
Walt

[Richards 0]

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Would you rather skydive when it is too hot or too cold?

When I’m packing in a metal-roof hangar in 90+ degree heat... high humidity... nylon draped around me... sweat pouring off of my face like a garden hose… I don’t even notice the hot flashes [aka energy surges; my inner child playing with matches].

Too hot for certain! I am a big wimp when it comes to cold and I find even jumping in the Fall to be unpleasant sometimes. I love the heat!

Richards

Give me the heat any day over the cold.

[Lindsey 0]

Too hot. Definitely. I HAAAATE the cold...which we've had too much of and it's time the winter moved on.

There.

linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[JENNR8R 0]

Too hot, for sure. The ladies wear much less clothing!
Walt

[JENNR8R 0]

Too hot for certain! I am a big wimp when it comes to cold and I find even jumping in the Fall to be unpleasant sometimes. I love the heat!

Richards

Give me the heat any day over the cold.

[JENNR8R 0]

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...it's time the winter moved on.

linz

From your mouth to God's ears.

[lawrocket 3]

When it's too cold.

See these posts for my reasons.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Richards 0]

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Too hot for certain! I am a big wimp when it comes to cold and I find even jumping in the Fall to be unpleasant sometimes. I love the heat!

Richards

Give me the heat any day over the cold.

I really don't like either extreme, although I jump all year long. I think the coldest jump I've made it was 21 degrees on the ground. My fingers just didn't want to work at all... painful

[yamtx73 0]

Too hot, definitely...

I haven't seen a "real" winter in 7 years since I moved to Florida and not being all that big (read skinny) I get cold way too easily. I handle the heat alot better than I do the cold....

The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

[livendive 8]

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On my very first winter jump I was terrified that my fingers would be too frozen to, deploy my pilot chute. Perhaps may seem illogical now, but at the time, it was a real concern.

I know a gal who thought that one time, at about 3000 feet ... so she went straight to her reserve.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[wingnut 0]

rather skydive when it is colder.... i can put more clothes on, but withought making people sick i can only take off so much..

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[thegreekone 0]

just got off the phone with another midwestern skydiver and we chatted about this very thing.

bring on the heat...definitely!

[Flygurl 0]

I'll take the heat... That's what naked jumps are for.

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[JENNR8R 0]

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...not being all that big (read skinny) I get cold way too easily...

With a diet of cookies, hot chocolate, potato chips and ice cream???
If I even think about a Girl Scout Cookie, I'll gain a pound.
Oh oh, now I've done it...
This is really counterproductive for my diet...

What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy
ones? -- Monday.

[AggieDave 6]

Too hot.

It sucks on the ground, but all you have to do is an altitude clear and pulls and BAM everything feels good again. Since, atleast around here, when its WAY hot, its 70F at altitude and feels GREAT.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[waltappel 1]

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I'll take the heat... That's what naked jumps are for.

Yeah, baby!!!!
Walt

[yamtx73 0]

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...not being all that big (read skinny) I get cold way too easily...

With a diet of cookies, hot chocolate, potato chips and ice cream???
If I even think about a Girl Scout Cookie, I'll gain a pound.
Oh oh, now I've done it...
This is really counterproductive for my diet...

Yes, even with that diet I'm skinny... sucks don't it? Gotta bend in half to keep up with everyone else... lol

The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

[countzero 7]

too hot, hell it's too hot 80% of the year here around houston anyways. luckily we have a pool right next to manifest.

diamonds are a dawgs best friend

[yamtx73 0]

Houston? Hell, try southern gulf coast of Florida... 90+ for 7 months at a clip...

The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

[vskydiver 0]

Why do we have to skydiving in the extreme heat or cold?! I pick NEITHER! This sport is supposed to be fun. Why torture yourself?
OK, we're all into torture. I know this. But I dislike either extreme equally. I'm allergic to the sun and cold makes my body hurt. Luckily we don't get many really hot days or really cold days where I live. Therefore I'm going to stand in the middle on this question. I realize that if your not living on the edge you'r taking up too much space and therefore I feel bad about this. Sorry.
Besides when you have to wear a hefty garbage bag like I do, in order to keep up with the big boys in freefall you really sweat in the heat and freeze in the cold! Not fun! Don't make me go there!

[boinky 0]

Definitely too hot.

I've done CRW in weather that SEEMED mildly cold on the ground, but after 10-15 minutes in the air under canopy, my fingers were so freakin' cold that I couldn't hardly bend them, pull risers or any other CRW specific hand demand.

Doing CRW, you have to wear long sleeves, long pants, socks, gloves, etc. While it may feel hot as hell on the ground and on the ride to altitude, it's wonderful once you're out the door!

Nina

Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz)
Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance

[wingnut 0]

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I'll take the heat... That's what naked jumps are for

i'd say next time i'm in colorado i'd take you up on that... but colorado has those nast little cacti... ohio though has nice soft green grass.... hell even the crab grass is softer than most of colorado grass...

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[Flygurl 0]

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i'd say next time i'm in colorado i'd take you up on that... but colorado has those nast little cacti... ohio though has nice soft green grass.... hell even the crab grass is softer than most of colorado grass...

I don't jump in Colorado much, but I'm not due in Ohio until August.

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[Richards 0]

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On my very first winter jump I was terrified that my fingers would be too frozen to, deploy my pilot chute. Perhaps may seem illogical now, but at the time, it was a real concern.

I know a gal who thought that one time, at about 3000 feet ... so she went straight to her reserve.

Without even trying her main first?

Richards

My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

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