gus 1 #1 December 10, 2003 I know this is true of many things in life but it struck me the other day how my skydiving 'career' has been shaped by a few small events and decisions. I'd wanted to do a tandem for years but the friend of mine who always said he'd come with me always bottled it. Then one day, a couple of days before I was due to go back up to uni, I thought "fuck it, I'm doing it on my own" I phoned my local dz and - as luck would have it - got a cancellation on the day before I had to go back to uni. If that person hadn't cancelled I wouldn't have jumped. I wouldn't have spent 9 months saving for AFF and maybe I wouldn't be a skydiver today. I'm not a particularly chatty or forward person but I was sat in the dz bar one night and some guy was putting on some video of his recent wingsuit jumps. So I went up to him, started chatting about it and next morning I made my first wingsuit jump. Had I sat there and just thought how awesome that looked I might not be hooked on the nylon crack today. And I might not be able to count that guy as one of my friends. From day 1 of AFF I always wanted to BASE jump. I'd talked with a BASE jumping friend of mine about starting and finding a mentor. I missunderstood something he said about him mentoring me and I resigned myself to having to wait. Then a chance comment I made a few weeks later sorted out the missunderstanding, I went on a fjc and made my first jump with him a few weeks ago. Had I not made that single comment imagine how different my life would be! 3 big things in my life that have all hinged on small decisions and comments. Amazing, eh? I'm sure everyone has similar stories so why not share them! GusOutpatientsOnline.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #2 December 10, 2003 a good friend of mine did a one-off static line jump on a round canopy years ago - in passing I mentioned to my friends that it was something that i'd like to do. Nothing more was said of it. 2 years later all my mates got together and bought me a jump course for my 21st. Coolest present I ever got .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikemc 0 #3 December 10, 2003 sorry Gus. How the leg Will? you been jumping lately not seen you at Hib. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #4 December 10, 2003 My leg's all sorted now, so it's all good. Had to move back home though due to my continued inability to get a job so jumping a bit at Cark now, but i do need to get back over to hib... the 10 grand in an islander just can't compare How you doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
