Why do jumpers quit so soon?

[RevJim 0]

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ok...good idea.....bring gear and beer money.

Deal. We shall jump, drink, and be merry. Then I'll quit.

It's your life, live it!
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[RevJim 0]

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In reply too....Ya, ya big pooooosay!

Please... No personal attacks Jim, TY!

Um, I don't think it's a personal attack when the person thanks you for it, "Sue".

Oh, by the way, it's "Rev", thanks.

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[jtval 0]

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Bring boobies? To Vegas? ARe you freakin kidding?

(batman announcer voice)
whats this? has the Rev been cloned. surely he knows there's NEVER enough boobies in gotham.
tune in next time for the exciting conclusion of Ther BOOBIES There weren't there..same BOOB time, SAME BOOB town (batman announcer voice)

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[RevJim 0]

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Bring boobies? To Vegas? ARe you freakin kidding?

(batman announcer voice)
whats this? has the Rev been cloned. surely he knows there's NEVER enough boobies in gotham.
tune in next time for the exciting conclusion of Ther BOOBIES There weren't there..same BOOB time, SAME BOOB town (batman announcer voice)

Normally, I'd agree with ya JT, but you're talkin Vegas here.

This is the city with the most viewable, touchable, feelable, hell, fuckable (buy-able) boobies in the whole freaking US of A. Sorry, I don't take candy to the candy store.

It's your life, live it!
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RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

[jtval 0]

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This is the city with the most viewable, touchable, feelable, hell, fuckable (buy-able) boobies in the whole freaking US of A. Sorry, I don't take candy to the candy store.

Yea I remember the first time I landed here.
there were like 1,000,000 of new Boobies walking around.
I thought I Died and went to heaven, but then they realized it wasnt my time so they sent me to las vegas

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[w4p2 0]

Now with all the folks quitting the game, there must be a big hulk of a man somewhere ready to sell his sky barge ( around 280 ft) + odds and ends. Give me a PM and we deal.

[SadSue 0]

Um, I don't think it's a personal attack when the person thanks you for it, "Sue".


Im well aware of that Rev dear, I dunno whay i always hafta explain myself to you! I did put the WINKY there for a reason!

Hope you don't get Banned!

[usedtajump 1]

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After 8 years and 3300 jumps, I'm throwing in the towel, except for jumping w/ Skycat. Buying a new BASE canopy and going BASE jumping.

If I could do it over again, I would never have become an Instructor. There is no way to avoid DZ politics and instruct at a DZ.

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Well, that pretty well sums it up for me about being an instructor. Just seemed no matter how you tried, you were always preceived as being on one side or the other no matter how hard you tried to stay out of
any given situation or how much you didn't give a shit about whatever petty, egotistical, childishly possessive, issue of non importance that came up.

After 20 years and 5000+ jumps, my last jump, and I didn't know it would be until I landed, was a demo jump six years ago. When I landed, I just suddenly had no further desire to skydive, gave the team leader his gear back and have never been to a DZ since. Guess for me, besides DZ politics, it just wasn't worth the effort anymore, kinda got boring. I still like to keep up with what's happening sorta and this website is very good for that. Still have no desire to ever jump again though.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[thethinker 0]

Oh, by the way, it's "Rev", thanks.

[turnlow 0]

Well, for the two friends I started jumping with, one broke his arm and did not return after 6 months of rehab (and a lot of pressure from his g/f to quit). The other cracked a vertibrae and had some other damage and hasn't returned in a while. As for me, i had a mandatory 6 months off from shoulder surgery and couldn't wait to get back in the air. Although do wish those two would return to the sky as well. While the jumping out of planes is beautiful, it's always better when shared with close friends.

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It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

[w4p2 0]

And then we have this thread "Have you ever been injured while skydiving", showing that roughly 50% of us haven't suffered more than a scratch?

The true figures would be interesting to know.