FNG from Michigan

[Corjyn 0]

Hello...I want to start off by saying I really enjoy all the posts here. It can be kind of overwhelming for a student skydiver, but really informative from the experienced guys/gals. I’m a 47 year old who was fortunate enough to do a tandem jump last year with great jumpers from Midwest Freefall here at home. The experience was so profound that I decided to start AFF this spring. Ground school is scheduled later this month. When I was bit younger, I enjoyed mountain climbing and I really thought that was the ultimate thrill until I did the skydive (truly the best experience I enjoyed with clothes on!!) The anticipation is brutal!! I look forward to the challenge and learning!!

John

[Bob_Church 7]

Corjyn

Hello...I want to start off by saying I really enjoy all the posts here. It can be kind of overwhelming for a student skydiver, but really informative from the experienced guys/gals. I’m a 47 year old who was fortunate enough to do a tandem jump last year with great jumpers from Midwest Freefall here at home. The experience was so profound that I decided to start AFF this spring. Ground school is scheduled later this month. When I was bit younger, I enjoyed mountain climbing and I really thought that was the ultimate thrill until I did the skydive (truly the best experience I enjoyed with clothes on!!) The anticipation is brutal!! I look forward to the challenge and learning!!

John

You picked a great time to start, having the entire summer ahead of you. Have fun and stay the course!

[Kleetz 0]

John, Welcome to MWFF! Great time to start at the beginning of the season, get ready for a whole new world of fun and challenges. Now only if it would stop snowing and we could see the sun... hopefully you'll be able to jump at the end of the month.

-Mike

[Corjyn 0]

Thank you for the warm welcome! Ground school is Friday and to be honest I’m nervous!! I’m sure this feeling is not unique. I’m not nervous about jumping. I know I will be jumping with 2 experienced instructors who will coach and guide me to deployment altitude and even deploy for me if freak out (for lack of a better description). My fear is if I have main canopy
malfunction and have to trouble shoot; make the decision to cut away. I have read that many experienced skydivers haven’t cut away for 1000’s of jumps and some instructors who had to on a tandem. That is my biggest fear...troubleshooting a main canopy problem on my 1st jump.
John

[ninjagogo12 0]

Hey there, enjoy every minute of it, i am still student status but now cleared to self supervise, all i can say is every day i go i have to have refresher training on my emergency procedures, its kind of drilled in to me that once i pull and do my count and check my canopy, then its, 'is it big? is it square? is it damage free?, if any of those is a no then its time to cut away, but like i said i am still a student so dont take what i say as being correct but listen to your instructors and do exactly what they teach you, it really is the most amazing thing in the world to do.
And most of all, have fun