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ladyskydiver

June 4 2005 - A day that will live with me forever

By ladyskydiver, in The Bonfire

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Today was the day for my mom and her best friend's tandems. B| I'm pretty sure that I was more excited than she was. :D

Get up this morning (5:45am) and mom's telling me that she thought I wasn't going to get up and go to the DZ with her. Her tandem was scheduled for 9am. ;):D

Get to the DZ way early as she just couldn't sit still. I'm sitting at 298 jumps when we show up at the DZ. I get mom and her friend started on the paperwork, arrange for the TM's and video guys, and let manifest know that if there's any way that I can get up on a load prior to mom's jump that I really wanted to. Manifest was able to get me on a load prior to mom's and I managed to get in a very nice sitfly jump, get packed up, and spend some time yapping with mom explaining what'll happen on the jump, etc. She's soo cute and nervous as all get out but won't admit she's nervous. She just wants to get the jump done. :D

I'm checking into when she'll be going up and it's now time. Get her introduced to her TM (Bas) and video guy (Hoochie) and then I'm off to get ready as I'll be lurking mom's tandem for my 300th jump. B|

I check with Bas and Hoochie to make sure that I know what they'll be doing, what they want me to do, etc. For me...I don't care if I dock with mom or not...all I want is to be in the air with her watching her experience of a tandem.

We load the plane and as we start taxing, mom starts getting really nervous. Jeff (Plummet) bails out as he's doing a hop 'n' pop and mom gets wide eyed, turns to me and says "I don't know if I can do it." Bas and Hoochie are doing their best trying to get mom to relax and calm down. At this point, I'm more nervous than mom. What happens if something goes wrong? Talk about a scary feeling...knowing that I willingly jump and understand the risks and yet when it comes to my mom, it's a whole nother story. :$

We get up to altitude and get ready to go. I'm supposed to take a 1 second delay but deliberately take a 2 second delay. From a little distance away (yes, I could have gotten to mom but she was nervous enough that I was not going to add me into the mix for her), I watch mom's tandem. I watch Hootchie dock with her and it's already time to deploy. I have the pleasure of watching them deploy...watching line stretch...watching Hootchie and then it's time for me to deploy.

I land in the bowl (no penetration) and walk to where mom's going to land. Greet her and hear her say "I hated it!" :D My poor mom was so scared and the speed they were going at made her so uncomfortable that she had her eyes closed most of freefall. She only had her eyes open for a few seconds when Hootchie docked on her. She then clarified that she hated freefall but loved the canopy ride and that if she could do canopy rides the entire time she'd willing to another tandem again. But, that if she has to do freefall, she'll never do another tandem. :D

It was an awesome jump. B| Still pics need to be developed and the DVD's going to be mailed to mom. As soon as I have some pics available, I'll post them.
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selbbub78    0

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AWESOME!!! WHat a great 300th jump. That's just great!!! Congrats for your mom too:)
Sounds like she could start doing CReW ;):)

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ladyskydiver    0

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Karen (mom's best friend) loved it and is interested in doing another tandem. She doesn't feel that she'd do AFF or progress beyond tandems at this time but she's got the bug. :D



Pic was deleted...mom's boyfriend played a joke on me and photoshopped her face on a pic of another tandem. :$ Damn...I was even there and he got me. :$
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juanesky    0

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That is awesome, I bet you had the most fun doing that jump with her. B| Some day I will take mine for a ride!.
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I had a ton of fun. Was almost in tears as mom originally had said that the only way she'd do a tandem was if dad had survived the cancer and her and dad would each do a tandem. I never thought I'd see the day that mom would join me in the air.


Here's a pic of me, mom, and Karen pre-jump.
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Congrats to you and your mom!:)
It's interesting that your mom said she hated the freefall and loved the canopy ride; my mom said exactly the same thing after her tandem....you could tell during the skydive, too; she just did not look comfortable.:(

She won't repeat it, but I'm glad she jumped once.:D

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Jeth    0

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Thats so awesome!! B| My mom is coming to do a tandem for her 65th birthday. Its funny, she feels the same way your mom did -- that she's going to hate the freefall but love the canopy ride. I hope she at least loves some of it! I know I'm going to be nervous for her when she does it. But it'll also be great to be there to share the moment with her. :)
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SpeedRacer    1

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ts funny, she feels the same way your mom did -- that she's going to hate the freefall but love the canopy ride.

I just don't get this bit.

Why would you hate freefall? Maybe if you tell her to keep her eyes open, she'll enjoy it.

I don't know why people would pay all that money to skydive & then keep their eyes closed.:P I sure as hell had my eyes open during my first freefall!
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ts funny, she feels the same way your mom did -- that she's going to hate the freefall but love the canopy ride.

I just don't get this bit.

Why would you hate freefall? Maybe if you tell her to keep her eyes open, she'll enjoy it.

I don't know why people would pay all that money to skydive & then keep their eyes closed.:P I sure as hell had my eyes open during my first freefall!



Because some people (**cough** my mom) psych themselves out so much that they have thoroughly scared themselves silly and just can't handle the speed. Plus, some people just don't like freefall. :P
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ts funny, she feels the same way your mom did -- that she's going to hate the freefall but love the canopy ride.

I just don't get this bit.

Why would you hate freefall? Maybe if you tell her to keep her eyes open, she'll enjoy it.

I don't know why people would pay all that money to skydive & then keep their eyes closed.:P I sure as hell had my eyes open during my first freefall!



Because some people (**cough** my mom) psych themselves out so much that they have thoroughly scared themselves silly and just can't handle the speed. Plus, some people just don't like freefall. :P



Yup. But its not just being scared. It is pretty intense if you've never done it. Theres the speed, the noise, the pressure on your body (especially your face), not to mention the incredible view with nothing underneath you. If you close your eyes, you are only missing out on the view. You are still "feeling" the freefall. I'm sure my Mom will close her eyes, too. The view might be too much to handle along with everything else.
"At 13,000 feet nothing else matters."
PFRX!!!!!
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