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[caledoniankid 0]

my boyfriend has done a couple of jumps but ive been discouraging him from doing any more and he cant understand why i have a problem with it ,my question is why would any one want to do it.

[nws01 0]

The only people who ask that question are the people who have not done it. Why don't you go do a tandem and you will not ask anymore.
You Wuffo
Nathan

[Slappie 9]

I suggest you go make a jump and see what he is all jazzed about. That's the best suggestion I can give. Because as long as you sit on the ground you'll never understand. It's not something that can be put into words, it's an extreme feeling of joy and freedom!!
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[QuickDraw 0]

Why (when i had long hair) did i find hair,s up my arse that were tied in knots ?
Point being....Something,s are better left alone cus we just don't know the answer,s.
ps: Stop using you boyfriend,s account and get yer own.
There is no spoon.

[prost 0]

More info than we needed Quickdraw.
William

[SpeedRacer 1]

hey everyone be nice

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my question is why would any one want to do it.

Umm, I don't know how to answer this question. I mean, I have friends/relatives who would NEVER skydive in a million years, but even they are still able to imagine why I might find it thrilling.
Ummm, can anyone here can find a good poem or other piece of writing or something that expresses what skydiving is like?
Speed Racer
"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!"

[kingbunky 3]

there was a poem that we had to memorize way back when i was in grade 7 i think it was, and for some reason the first part of it has always stuck in my mind.. i did a quick google search and found what i think it is, never realized how applicable it is to our sport. the following is a grab from a page here.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Pilot Officer Magee joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940, at age 18. He went to England to fly Spitfires. After qualifying, he was piloting one on a test flight into the stratosphere at 30,000 feet when he got the inspiration for "High Flight." Magee was killed in action during a dogfight December 11, 1941, at age 19.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
"Jumping out of planes for the thrill of it all."
-J.Geils Band

[hooked 0]

Why would anyone not want to experience the freedom of flight? You should try it, you might be surprised....or become addicted like the rest of us!
J

[sitflyr 0]

Not everyone who makes a jump comes away with an understanding of why skydivers love to skydive. Sometimes, people land from their first skydive so terrified that it only reinforces their original misgivings.
My own feeling is that no one should skydive just to understand why someone else loves it. Nor do I advocate making a skydive in order to please one's significant other, though I've seen people do this on many occasions. People should only make a skydive if it's something that THEY want to do, IMO.
To the original poster: It's impossible to explain why anyone has a passion for skydiving to someone who does not. The best advice that I can give to you is to accept that it is a part of him and be supportive of his pursuit of it. It's not necessary for you to understand why he wants to do it, as long as you are supportive. If skydiving is his passion, your continued discouragement of it will likely cost you the relationship
Julie
(Married to a supportive whuffo).

[Iflyme 0]

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why would any one want to do it.

Personally, I've dreamed of flying ever since I was a little kid ... now those dreams have come true. Skydiving also frees me from the drudgery of routine, and presents me with new challenges...

[nws01 0]

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Ummm, can anyone here can find a good poem or other piece of writing or something that expresses what skydiving is like?

While completing my training I stated that if someone could package and sell that experience they would make a lot of money. Someone said it is created and sold. It is called crack. I have never done or even thought about doing crack but I guess the high and surreal experience are similiar. Say no to crack and yes to skydiving.
Go Fast,
Nathan

[MarcusV 0]

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can anyone here can find a good poem or other piece of writing or something that expresses what skydiving is like?

Yes :-)
Why I love skydiving
An email to a mother concerning her concern about her son's skydiving
by Paul Robins - mjrobins@ix.netcom.com
"...No, you don't really understand *why* I love skydiving. There is so much to it. I will TRY and explain a little for you.
It isn't just about being able to use natural forces to fly three dimensionally as humans can, even though that is the biggest part of it. It is about getting away from the world of television fed, brainless zombies and the media lemmings that have no concept of what living is who feed them.
It is about finding truth in a world of misunderstanding and fear. It is about being a child forever. It is about discovering awesome breathtaking experiences and images of flight. It is about building lifetime friendships and relationships with others who have escaped and broken the chain to the same world.
It is about witnessing a person experience something so awesome for the first time and looking into their eyes and communicating "I know" without so many useless words. It is about relying on instinct and being humbled. It is about understanding why we need to survive and live into tomorrow, so we can do it all again. It is about being a part of things that you know so many billions of souls will never get to see or do or feel or experience, and how they could do it so easily if they only knew.
It is about laughing at that simple fact. It is about laughing because you KNOW. It is about laughing because many are too stressed over nothing, to be able to." - Paul
found here.
blues Marcus
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Perfect speed, my son, is being there. - Jonathan Livingston Seagull

[MarcusV 0]

God, I love this....
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Perfect speed, my son, is being there. - Jonathan Livingston Seagull

[mwthomsen 0]

I can't understand why you have a problem with it either. Is there a deep rooted fear of being alone, hidden away in your pysche, and the dangers of skydiving brings this fear to the surface and radiates into a need to understand why someone would to something that brings them so much joy? I want to understand why you don't understand, I'm here to listen, please feel free to explain your inner feelings in this relatively anonymous atmosphere.
Snow, snow, everywhere.
Mike

[AggieDave 6]

You know, IF you actually love him, you will understand that he has found something that he loves to do and you will support him. Atleast usually that's how people treat other people they love.
"Wait...are you selling Penis Mighters?"

[freeflir29 0]

Why? Cause Chics dig it......."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay

[rhino 0]

Only skydivers know why the birds sing!! :)
Blue Skies and Smooth Rides!!
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[ltdiver 3]

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It is about finding truth in a world of misunderstanding and fear. It is about being a child forever.

Amen! Right Peter Pan?!
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[lazerq3 0]

My wife doesnt understand "why" I have to jump out of airplanes either...BUT she knows I love the sport , she saw how careful we actually are and she respects how I feel. Its just like I cant understand why anyone would want to scrap book!!!! But hey ...to each there own!!
Its all about being able to comprimise!!!
jason

[crazymel 0]

Why?? For me the answer is simple...because I love it. Because it's a part of me, because it challenges and excites me. Because it fills me with a "happiness" you cannot describe to another soul - you have to experience it. Because the firts time I ever exited a plane - I felt free... Because for those few precious moments - I am free from all the tragedy life holds, I am happier than I can ever be walking the earth. Because every time on my way up I realize just how small I am and how precious life is - and how I owe it to myself to enjoy every second of it!!! Because nothing in this world comes close to that feeling. Because the biggest tragedy in this life is people who die when they are still alive. Because the alternative - never having that feeling again - terrifies me to death. Because it is who I am....Hell - you asked!!!! A quote by some clever dude (I think da Vinci) "For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you long to return..."

[SpeedRacer 1]

what frightens someone more than death?
well, we are all going to die someday. But when you die, if there is a moment of introspection, or an ETERNITY of introspection, what are you going to ask yourself?
Most likely it will be something like "Did I REALLY live?? Did I suck the marrow out of life & experience my brief time on Earth to the fullest, or did I while my time away in a timid, lackluster manner..."
If you are a skydiver, this issue is settled!! That is why I actually feel MORE secure being a skydiver!!! Speed Racer
"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!"

[Scratch 0]

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Only skydivers know why the birds sing!!

They don't sing because they can fly.
They sing because they don't have to pack.

[wildblue 7]

[devil's advocate]
I can almost understand a sig. other not agreeing with this sport/lifestyle/whatever. If it's not something they understand, they're not going to agree with it! Let's say you're dating this guy/girl for awhile, and they pick up a nice crack habit. You try it once, don't like it (maybe your heart explodes or something) are you going to stick with this person just because you love them? They're doing something you see as self destructive (not to mention taking most of their money) Myabe you don't try it at all, because you see it as such a complete waste of time, money, and brain cells. Would you expect them to say "If you love me, you'll stay by me" I think it's completely fair that you say "Drop the crack habit, or I have to leave. Your course in life has changed enough from the person I once knew, I don't like or agree or understand what you're doing in life anymore. Sorry"
Hey, shit happens, people change. Wipe your ass and move on. Yeah, it sucks when everything about a person seems so right, but there's just one little (or big) thing you can't seem to get past. The person who has started skydiving (or a crack habit) has to decide if that's what that person wants them to do.
Now, if he was a skydiver (or a crack head) before you started dating, then I think it's a whole other story.
We seem to get one or two of these a year actually... kinda funny.. most of the time they seem like trolls. But, in case this is real, you have two options here
1) Try to understand it. Go make a tandem, hang out at the dz, look how happy it makes him (this could be a whole other discussion - the fact that it might make you jeaous that this activity can maybe make him happier than you can) and enjoy it. If you really can't understand why he's doing this, then you're left with option 2
2) Tell him it's your or his sport. You can't share or compromise. Just be prepared for him to cut you away.
Don't try to hang out in the middle somewhere... you'll just be miserable and make him miserable in the process.
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Never argue with stupid people.They just drag you down 2 their level & beat you with experience

[larry 0]

[burp] [surly attitude] WHY NOT! [/surly attitude]
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[SpeedRacer 1]

"From now on your name is PINTO!"
Speed Racer
"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!"