Is the risk worth the reward?

[udder 0]

I think im with Ron. All the people saying it's worth it, would you still be happy with your choice if you were a dribbling bag of shit for the next 20 years of your life? And your family had to make huge sacrificaes to look after you... no holidays, no luxuries cause they pump all their money and effort into keeping you alive? What about if you were a quadraplegic? Would it have been worth it?

"In one way or the other, I'm a bad brother. Word to the motherf**ker." Eazy-E

[Falko 0]

As of now, the rewards of skydiving outweigh the perceived risk for me. If I were 100% rational and reasonable, I would consider the true risk and stop doing it. Then again, by that stance I should also stop to do a lot of things that are inherently dangerous... like breathing polluted air, eating contaminated industrial food, driving a car etc.

If I had an accident in skydiving and would be wheelchair bound for the rest of my life, I'd probably regret that I ever started it. But that doesn't keep me from skydiving NOW.

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[chuckbrown 0]

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If I had an accident in skydiving and would be wheelchair bound for the rest of my life, I'd probably regret that I ever started it.

Not me. I'd regret the accident and be very, very upset that it ended my jumping career. My biggest regret in this sport is having started jumping at 32 instead of 18. BTW, I have suffered a serious injury requiring surgical repair because of skydiving. Fortunately, it wasn't permanently crippling.

[RhondaLea 4]

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If the risk isn't worth the reward, why would you jump ?

A lot of people don't believe it can happen to them.

Edited to add: And those seem to be the people who are most vehement about not wanting to talk about the consequences.

rl

If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb

[steveorino 7]

I voted yes, but I don't skydive BECAUSE of the danger. Like riding my Harley, I know it could kill me if I'm careless (Or if someone else is careless). I mitigate the risks as much as I can by being the safest I can. I don't want to go through life not doing something because it is "risky" Geesh, my mom died at 54 from breast/bone cancer, and my dad at 60 from heart disease brought on my diabetes. I'm almost 51 (Jan 26) I put a gap in my jumping from my Airborne days (1977-1980) until 2000 to raise 4 kids. Now I'm enjoying what I do and I make a few good $ too. Mitigate the risks -- and enjoy life!

steveOrino

[Feeblemind 1]

First off I agree with the numerous comments above in regards to mitigating the dangers by being safe as possible.

With that said, if you have made the conscious choice to skydive you should responsible enough to have advance directives drawn up. Even before I started skydiving I had these directives placed in my living trust. While we all know there is a degree of risk to the sport you can also incur these injuries in everyday life.

If I am severely injured or become sick to the point I am incapacitated or in a vegatative state with little or no chance of recovery my wishes are in writing so my wife doesn't have to make that hard choice.

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