Home from Orlando

[Jessica 0]

...but I am still too caught up in a cataclysmic afterglow to tell you about it. Plus I haven't slept in four days. Every time I closed my eyes I was flying in the tunnel and couldn't drift off.
My God, you guys, I learned to fly this weekend. I started out on Thursday ramming into the wall every time I tried to enter the tunnel...and last night I was playing high-speed tag with a tunnel rat.
I am so damn happy. What a great experience.

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[MarkM 0]

Yep, she was definately glowing.

[TEB6363 0]

Was it like the FF-glow.
:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn!

[MarkM 0]

I think it was the "I'm a RW Godess now, I've seen you in the tunnel, you suck, you may bow before me" glow.
But that's easily confused with the FF-glow.

[Jumperpaula 0]

Excellent!
Get some sleep so you can tell us all about it.
Fly Your Slot !

[QuickDraw 0]

Good on yer Gurl.
Hope you had a great time there, and i'll keep you up to date with my time over there.
Where did you go btw ?sky venture ?
..Billions of people living out their lives..Oblivious..

[wingnut 0]

damn it all to hell..... now she's not going to be so easy to fruit loop next month.......oh well......... so your gona take off a day of work to jump with me jess??? or come up to dallas to the boogie the weekend i'll be there????
glad ya had a good time.....(while i sit in my room green with envy)

"i may not go to heven, i hope you go to hell"-C.C.

[skybytch 273]

Nice Jess! Now I'm drooling, trying to figure out how I can come up with enough cash/available credit/clean out investment account... to get myself there! pull and flare,
lisa
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I'll be in the bar... you'll find me...

[Jessica 0]

Hey Wingi -- do you know when you'll be around? I don't know if I'll be able to get the days completely off, but I'll sure jump with you during the day no matter what. Chances get better if you can give me dates.

[Iflyme 0]

Oh yeah, baby! That sounds like LOTS of fun! How much time did ya put in?
"Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees"
Five For Fighting

[Jessica 0]

90 minutes with Airspeed coaches (the coolest, nicest guys on the planet, btw), and 10 minutes uncoached. Only the first hour was included in the base price, but I couldn't resist adding a little more time. It was so expensive I want to cry, and I was by far the slacker of my group. Almost everyone else bought at least another hour or so of extra coached time.

[jtval 0]

awesome jess! sounds like fun....after reading this...i cant wait to get to vegas! oh yea ill be back in texas probably shortly after i get to the states!(when i know i'll letcha know so we can jump again!)
getting high is fun, but coming down is the best part
JT

[Pammi 0]

100 minutes of air time tho! That would be awesome! Think of how many jumps that would take to get that much!!
Closing pin jewelry

[QuickDraw 0]

Were you at a tunnel camp then or something ?
or did you just have a thousand bucks to throw away ..Billions of people living out their lives..Oblivious..

[MarkM 0]

Uhn, I'm jelous. I got 20 minutes the first day of my tunnelcamp. Then 2 hours in a doctor office back home getting xrays the second day of tunnelcamp and sitting at home my third day(today) waiting for my arm to get better.
Was sorta like my old SL crash and burn training but with more freefall time

[freeflir29 0]

Jess....Where's the nude beach pics? You did go to a nude beach while in Florida right?
"I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay

[FallingMarc 0]

That's awesome, dude! I want to go to tunnel camp... wahhh...!
Marc

[wingnut 0]

jess,
[looking at calender]here's what my trip itinerary looks like so far...all is subject to change depending on how my van feels about running......leave florida on april 22rd, drive to houston that day and chill there that night. jump the next day(23) and drive to san antonio later that day, meet up with you or my friend craig and drink,(24) drive to delrio and pick up motorcycle then back to S.A. and chill,(25)jump somewhere around s.a.,(26) drive to dallas,(27) fusionfest here i come,from there depends on when money runs out........then colorado springs................
god help me... i'm gona meet the whole texas dz.com crew... not sure i can handle it...oh wait i forgot i got off student status in texas......i'm a honoray texan...... i can handle it.....

"i may not go to heven, i hope you go to hell"-C.C.

[Jessica 0]

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Then 2 hours in a doctor office back home getting xrays the second day of tunnelcamp and sitting at home my third day(today) waiting for my arm to get better.

Oh my God. What happened? Are you okay? Something happen in the tunnel? Are you going to get any of the time back?

[MarkM 0]

I badly pinched the median nerve to my left arm, the xrays were to make sure I didn't slip a disc in my neck or something. I took a spill in the tunnel, sorta dearched on entry by looking at the floor, flew way up, hit the wall and went head down and landed on my left shoulder and arm. Got it on video But before then my arm was starting to get numb anyway. One of the coaches thinks I'm pinching a nerve when I arch and lift my head back, because he has a similar problem. The fall probably didn't help. It was frustrating because by the later part of the day Alan was trying to get me to do things with my arms(really get them down into the wind to control my fall rate) but my left arm wouldn't work properly.
That was day one, on the morning of day two my arm was still just as numb(and just not working very well) so I took myself out of the camp and went home to see a doctor. It really really sucked walking into the trailer and telling those guys I was out. I hate quiting anything I start. Felt like a heel.
They have to pay for the tunnel time even if it isn't used, but Alan really went out of his way to book my open slots. He filled my second day, but I got stuck with the third.
My arm's still numb and weak, but getting better. The doc said it isn't anything I need to worry about in the future though. If it happens again I won't do any permanent damage or anything, so it's cool to skydive.