BoogieBob 0 #1 January 13, 2004 7/5/2003: Innocently riding motorcycle through Vass and around through Southern Pines just to see if Sandhills HD was open (I needed a new helmet). Got home and remembered something about skydiving near Raeford...Google'd it and then rode back out; taking a turn down Doc Brown road this time 7/5/2003: Met Chuck Blue at the Raeford School to request a tandem 7/6/2003: Tandem jump courtesy of Tracy (out of a Casa) 7/7/2003: Overwhelming realization of what I'd done the day before 7/8/2003: Began First Jump Course with Chuck Blue 7/9/2003: Finished First Jump Course...drank free beer courtesy of John "MonkeyLip" Campbell 7/20/2003: Cat C2, D1, D2 & E AFF skydives (including my most memorable skydive [Cat E] where Raff mixed it up and got me through E in one skydive) [note: to me, at this point Paul Rafferty was just some skydiver person; I didn't know who he was until I saw a post by Chuck elaborating on the fact that he is a 5-time 8-way world champion...Raff never said a word about it...he was just "some guy who was doing my AFF"] 7/20 - 11/22/2003: Enjoyed countless hours of fun on the DZ 11/22/2003: Got my A-stamp from Tony Thacker (on the paper and on the forehead) 12/27/2003: Made my last skydive (for now) I've sold my gear now. The financial aspects of the sport just don't seem to justify what I get out of it now. I miss every bit of what I experienced this summer. It's hard for me to believe that I got training from some of the best skydivers in the world (I still remember seeing Atkins drop away from me reserve-side on my C1 dive...I looked desparately toward the main-side....there was Chuck...giving the thumbs-up...I learned a lot about confidence this summer.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antithesis 0 #2 January 13, 2004 Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah! If you miss it so much then you should be doing it instead of crying about how you gave it up I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #3 January 13, 2004 Pleasure is not to be Justified like a productive act. the soulful enjoyment is the reason. It may come and go but, as a man that quit and went 5 years without jumping. I really can't belive I every left and I can't belive I was smart enough to keep my gear and save my self the trouble of just WISHING to get back and just going right out and being reCURRENT_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #4 January 13, 2004 Quotehe was just "some guy who was doing my AFF" That's what makes people like them the professionals they are....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
