skip 0 #1 June 22, 2002 Well being a young chickling jumper I am still experiencing new and amazing stuff on each and every jump. Today there were many, however the fly by I received was truly amazing and quite a great welcome in to the sport of skydiving. It was my 24th jump, the second on my own gear, I pulled lower then I have ever pulled before (4), opened great, looked around, and realized that I had fellow jumpers all around me and that more was expected of me in order to keep from killing two of us. I’m at about 2.5 everything looks good and then I spot Scot and he is directly below me, and wait no more to my right and wait no he is right next to me, RIGHT FUCKING NEXT TO ME, and we are flying together. Oh shit I was scared and he knew it, I realized that this guy knows what he is doing and I just kind of kept a heading and let it all happen. I spouted out a WOO HOO to him and he gave me the same back and then took off not to be seen again until we were on the ground. Well to me that was just a great thing, I’ve been in free fall with jumpers before, I’ve watched jumpers dump below me, and in fact watched a cut away happen a thousand or so feet below me, but I have never flow my canopy side by side with another jumper, and man,,,,, I just fucking loved it. Later (on the ground) I approached him and said “thanks man, that was great”, he nodded and said “yeah I figured that was the closest you’ve been to another jumper under canopy; it only gets better from here”. Well, I still from time to time question “what the hell am I doing jumping out of planes”, and it only takes little incidents like the above mentioned to realize that this is just an amazing experience that I don’t want to miss out on. I am completely wowed at something I have done, I like skydiving, that’s it. ,:skip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 June 22, 2002 Wait till you get that first dock under canopy, that's a cool little rush AerialsSo up highWhen you free your lives (the) eternal prize Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #3 June 22, 2002 sweet i still havent been that close under canopy!Have fun, Live free, SKYDIVE!!http://community.webshots.com/user/jtval100 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #4 June 22, 2002 Damn! I'm quickly discovering that those are the moments/'little incidents' I want to live for! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Viking 0 #5 June 22, 2002 i haven't bee close to anyone under canopy but i have able to "wooo-hoooo" at a few people and have then respond and we would keep a good distance and kinda play around. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Viking 0 #5 June 22, 2002 i haven't bee close to anyone under canopy but i have able to "wooo-hoooo" at a few people and have then respond and we would keep a good distance and kinda play around. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
