At what age did you start skydiving

[PLFKING 4]

Well....I thought I was going to be the old man on this thread, until I read Jack's reply...
Age 42 in 2000, s/l. And the crazy thing is, i was only planning on doing one jump. Did s/l cause i wanted to do it on my own.

"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then."

Don

[sharpfive 0]

S/L, 23 yrs old in August, 1977. Still loving every minute of it! I see only about 10% of the respondents started at 35+. I guess it's true about older being wiser.

[darkvapor 0]

I did AFF 2 months before my 20th birthday...

[Zenister 0]

did my AFF 7 on my B-day (i think i'll have to check my log book)

started about 2 weeks before..

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[jessd 0]

I've only done a couple tandems so far. First one in August of this year - age 24. I'm going to start AFF in the spring. I can't wait. I wish I had done my first tandem last spring.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..."

[brits17 0]

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Luckily I am not POPS qualified as I am still 39, LOL

HAHAAAAAAA! ANN!!!! Levin and I are signing you up for POPS!!! That's P-O-P-S

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[rgoper 0]

i was 40 when i started skydiving. i had a birthday 12/11/2002, do the math. i'm actually quite glad i started at an older age, i can tell you for fact i would be dead many years had i started the sport at age 18. i'm a type a personality the way it is. i tend to be more and more conservative the older i get, as you see i've lived long enough to realize my mortality!

--Richard--
"We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

[soaringeagle 0]

Did my 1st IAD at the age of 26. June 99

[Gingerbread 0]

What no 51's up their? What's the deal?

[lippy 918]

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I started when I was 19, now I am a 20 year old that is 5000 bucks in debt cuz of my rig

I did my first hundred on student gear. Bought a rig this year and did 109 over the season. Jump with gear rental = $65. Just for a slot = $26. 65-26=$39 saved per jump. $39x109= $4251 saved b/c of gear. Gear is an investment, and not a cheap one at that. But if you stick with the sport, it will pay for itself. And, it's probably a lot more fun than student gear too

Oh, I started when I was 18

I got nuthin

[masher 1]

<-- was 22 s/l

3 more jumps to go 'til I finish

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Arching is overrated - Marlies

[Zennie 0]

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HAHAAAAAAA! ANN!!!! Levin and I are signing you up for POPS!!! That's P-O-P-S

Careful there paisano, or we freeflying POPS may have to show you punks a thing or two. This horse has still got quite a few good laps left in him.

And remember, we're not "old", we're "experienced".

Oh, and to answer the original question, 35 two years ago.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

[AirMail 0]

On May 15, 2002 I did my first Tandem at age 57. On Sep 15, 2002 I got my A-license just before my 58th B-day.

I am having an extremely good time.

Patrick

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It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342

[relyon 0]

I made my first jump (S/L) at 36.

Bob

[lawrocket 3]

I did my tandem at 28. My g/f wanted to do something "life affirming."

I started AFF at 29. I'm still 29. And I will stay 29 for a number of years...

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[nubain1 0]

Did my tandem at 29. started AFF in Aug of this year and will be 30 for the 2nd time in a coupla months

[SpeedRacer 1]

OMIGOD airanne, we have to get together while you're 39.. i just turned 38...I know we live on different coasts, but shit, just think of it.... we're both old timers on dz.com. We need to do a jump together!!

Speed Racer
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[waster 0]

Did my first three s/l jumps when i was 16. Waited a while, about a year; then started another s/l course, absolutely loved it and here i am slowly working my way up to A licence! The great thing is that when i reach the average age that most people start skydiving( 25 isn't it?), i will have a hellva lot of jumps and experience, kick ass!!

[pack40 0]

I was 23 when I started.

Why does many of you say that started skydiving with a tandem jump? You consider tandem jump as a skydive? Yes for the TM it is, but for the ballast?
Than I can say I am a pilot because when I was 6 an airline pilot let me in into the cocpit.
Once somebody did a tandem jump with me, but even that time -BEFORE I started jumping- I was polite enough not to refer it as a jump.
IMHO tandem is a good way of demonstrating the sport for those scared, old, medically not fit people who would never jump or can not jump alone.

OVER

[Squeak 17]

i was givien my AFF 1 for my 39th Birthday. I had wanted to do it for over 15 years but finances always had me paying bills.
But alteast I have acheived all the things i set out to do before I turn 40.

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[quatorze 1]

21 years old, did my first static line, and the second that same day

I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

[OmriMon 0]

i did my first tandem at 15

then started IAD as soon as i could at 16

[swooper120 0]

Started at 15, S/L

[airann 1]

SR- and I love younger men. Its a well known standard of mine.

However - AirMail is looking pretty good to me.

~AirAnn~

[ernokaikkonen 0]

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IMHO tandem is a good way of demonstrating the sport for those scared, old, medically not fit people who would never jump or can not jump alone.

Tandem jumps are used nowadays as the first jumps in the AFP-program. Read this thread for details.