FallinWoman 1 #1 July 30, 2001 (Sorry to copy your title, Zennie!!)I did an awesome jump today. It was a five-way with four really experienced jumpers (to my own 70 jumps). They told me their priorities for RW:1. Have a safe jump2. Have fun3. Maybe come together for a point4. Maybe come together for a second point....etc.Their attitude totally relaxed me. I goofed the exit a tiny bit, I turned when I should not have. I was laying base, K. docked on me and then R. came into me so fast that I was pulled low and K. popped off me. I love that other people are not perfect!!! Sometimes it is hard to remember that!!We turned three points, smiling the whole time. It wasn't necessarily pretty but DAMN was it fun!!!I cannot wait to jump with this group of people again!!Just wanted to share my joy,Anne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #2 July 30, 2001 Congrats & steal away! Ain't RW a blast when things go right? One other thing that helped me was to remember to jump only relative to your "partner" not everyone else on the jump. If you only have to worry about your position relative to one other person it makes the jump much easier.That was the puzzle piece I was missing.------------Blue Skies!Zennie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 July 30, 2001 Great! I'm glad to hear about your fun RW jump. Those are always fun, I don't think I've been on a not-fun jump yet. They're all fun, even the ones that funnel and don't even come close to forming. I understand what you were saying about that kind of attitude with jumpers. Some of the most fun I've had was with some POPs doing RW. They were ultra layed back (one guy even had foam horns on his pro-tec...) and just enjoyed having fun, even though we couldn't turn 45 points in the first 3k of the dive...Sometimes I wonder if those RW skygodz ever have fun anymore or are just so worried about turning points that they're missing the boat when it comes to recreational skydiving...AggieDave '02-------------Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!BTHO t.u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingMarc 0 #4 July 30, 2001 That's great! Man, I wish I could have made it out there... only a couple more blocks to get initialed, then I take my test, and I'm up there with you guys! Looking forward to next weekend...Marc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
