How angry would you be if you went in?

[mr2mk1g 10]

The last thing to go through my mind should I go in would probably be.... my arse - as I'd be in sit!

[beowulf 1]

I was in a car accident where I thought I was going to die a slow and painful death due to internal injuries. I got lucky and lived through it. The doctors confirmed that it was as close as I thought it was. During the time that I believed that I was going to die, which was about 8 or 9 hours, it took about an hour of laying on the side of the road waiting for the ambulance before I really started to get mad. At first I really didn't think about it much. I was busy sorting out just how bad I was hurt and dealing with the people around me. I really thought that was my last night alive. I felt that I had a lot more things left to do before I die.

btw it didn't take 8 or 9 hours for the ambulance it was bout hour and half.

[bertusgeert 1]

HAHAHA

I would be mad if it happened now. I want to leanr HD first, so in case I do go in, I can do it HD.

I'd feel sad for my family and friends - that is if they feel sad for me....

Otherwise, it would be my preffered method of exiting this world. I gotta die sometime, and I wanna enjoy the last minutes of my life.

My dream way to go. I'll be 89 and go on a HD dive with all my best buddies. They can pull if they want to, and watch me go. Then put me on the bonfire that night, have a SMALL ceremony, have a few beers. The next day can be my ash-dive.

I talk to ppl abt death and skydiving and they think I dont apreciate life. Dont get me wrong, I LOVE LIFE. I have been very blessed, but I think that death doesnt need to be so serious. I know I'll be in heaven, and the invitation is open for whoever wants to to join me. SO dont be sad. The only way you can be sad is if you chose HELL, and wont be with me. Thats your fault. So there you go.

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[hookitt 1]

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Eitherway, I'm tracking for my rigger's truck if it comes down to it.

That implies it's going to be the riggers fault. Why are these thoughts always the riggers fault?

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[councilman24 37]

Been there, kinda. I was at terminal velocity 400' waiting to bounce. I had done everything right. Cutaway by 1800, pull the ripcord right away, pulled the cable out and looked at the pins and threw it away when nothing happened. (It was pulled, the last pin was still in the housing.) Rolled over on my back to blow off the hesitation, nothing but blue sky. At 80 some jumps, hmmm, what else to do? I thought, "reserve total, I guess I'm dead" Up to that time I was hurrying/panicking to do everything I could. Then just like a switch, the panic turned off. I was landing off the airport behind a building in a bulldozed made house size brush pile. I thought, about the last thing I would think, "I'm going to go straight to the bottom, I wonder how long it will take them to find me." Opening shock, good round reserve, altimeter at 300'. "I'm alive!" Look down heading for some power lines. New panick, "I'm dead!" Enough time to turn 180 degrees, land in front of the power lines in the same brush pile.

I was mad and upset that I did everything right and the rig still almost killed me. The rig? Struggle, Struggle, Thump prototype. The old timers know what I mean. There were several minor rigging errors. The top loop hung up, the MA1 PC rotated, and just sat there.

So was I mad? Yes, I did everything right and the gear almost killed me. Less at the various riggers that had seen it, but enough to become my own rigger.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[livendive 8]

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I don't want to die. I especially don't want to die skydiving... bad for the sport.

But if it happens, I would be bothered in those last seconds mostly by the idea that I made my friends and family have to go through the grieving process. Grieving processes suck.

I don't want to die period, regardless of it's "impact" on the sport. :-)

Still, I've been on one jump where I figured I was dead. My emotion was an awful lot like you describe. A bit of sadness that my time was up so soon, but more shame at what I'd just done to my family and friends. While I had several things going on in my head at once, the one I most specifically remember thinking was "I'm sorry."

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[winsor 236]

When someone prangs an airplane, the last transmission is usually on the order of "oh, fuck!," and I suspect the reaction while skydiving is often the same.

Very often, when facing a near death experience in an endeavor in which one is well trained, one is very busy executing Procedure A, Procedure B, Procedure C and so forth until the clock runs out, and there is no real awareness of how close one came until later - assuming one survives.

I have seen people screw with mals too long, and execute emergency procedures too low to be useful. My impression is that at least some of these people were working under the impression that they were "saving their life" until their life ended.

I have come an RCH shy of dying on a number of occasions, and my reaction has varied. None of the options in the poll covers my reaction to imminent death.


Blue skies,

Winsor

[brits17 0]

*shrugs* Well I'd like to live life to a ripe old age, but I have a notion I won't miss the world too much. After all, now all my flights are free. You are now free to move about the country *bing*

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[JJohnson 0]

It would suck....But it would be better than dying in some pointless tragic way. Better to die doing something you love.

JJ

"Call me Darth Balls"

[Viking 0]

i would be dead so i can't really say, but i know my g/f would be PISSED!!

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[WrongWay 0]

I'd be pretty disappointed for sure, but not pissed off. That's not the way to go. I think I'd just hang there and appreciate all the wonderful people who were in my life before it ended. Take it like a man, accept my fate, and go out with a bang and a smile.

Wrong Way
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The wiser wolf prevails.

[TribalTalon 0]

having come milliseconds from dying before (racing my car) its not even a feeling of fear. everything just slows waaaaaaaaaaaay down and you're actually pretty calm, or i was, i was like ah fuck i'm done for. when its my time to go, its my time to go. thats all i know. i'll do everything i can in my ability to save my life, but when my card's pulled, thats that. i'm going. heh. *shrugs*

[captain1 0]

I like SKR's response. Some people have "went in" (bounced) and lived to tell about it, though very rare. I recently went in but it was a somewhat horizontal impact. I don't know if that qualifies for your question but at the time of impact I was going about 40 mph. I will be skydiving again but the rehab is a long and painful process. To answer your question, YES I am very angry. However, what doesn't kill you makes you wiser and stronger. Peace!!!

[rainman 0]

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I don't want to die.

Ditto that! I think I've heard it said that skydiving is a celebration of life, not a wish to die...

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But if it happens, I would be bothered in those last seconds mostly by the idea that I made my friends and family have to go through the grieving process.

The thought of putting my whuffo wife through that is what keeps me safe on good days. On bad days it's what makes me question my wish to skydive..

Rainman

[jeiber 0]

I actually had a dream a couple months ago that I 'went in', bounced, then got up and walked back to the packing area. I was ecstatic that I was alive and unhurt. Everyone was ignoring me, so I went over to flip off the lights on them, and my hand went through the lightswitch - I was a ghost! I totally freaked in my dream to the point that it woke me up. First thing in the morning I called my rigger and told her I was out of date.

Shhh... you hear that sound? That's the sound of nobody caring!

[MGSkyFlyer 0]

I was one of the yippie here we go...voters.

Reason being is this life is only the beginning. I am very excited to die, but I am sure anyone who knows me could vouch that a truly love to live as well.

I try to live each day as if it were my last, sometimes I forget and get caught up in the mere little things that bother us all.

But there is my answer, and there is my reason.

Blue Skies

[sducoach 0]

Skratch has the right idea however, I for one am ready to meet my maker when ever he calls. If it's skydiving I hope it's on my dream demo. Landing on the bow of my new bass boat with my wife driving it in a skimpy nightgown!

Blues,

J.E.

James 4:8

[dropoutdave 0]

I'd be pretty pissed because there's so much more I want to do in life. But, i'd rather go in having experienced what I have so far in life than die an old man in some sterile hospital surrounded by strangers having regrets about what I never did in my life.

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[rickjump1 0]

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My dream way to go. I'll be 89 and go on a HD dive with all my best buddies. They can pull if they want to, and watch me go. Then put me on the bonfire that night, have a SMALL ceremony, have a few beers. The next day can be my ash-dive.

I like this. This is style.

Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.

[Luminous 0]

I don't think I'd be pissed off, being dead and all.

But I do know that if all my handles aren't pulled that I will be pissed on. It's a friendly agreement among some of my friends.....

"ohhhhh nooooo Larry. Oh man this is just so sad I can't beliv.... wha? hey! is that handle still in the pocket? Well..... (zzzzzzzzzip)"

Trust me, I'm pulling everything !!

Larry

'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

[ChileRelleno 0]

Pull all my handles, elbow the crap out of my container, pulling on toggles-n-risers, cutting lines... whatever... all the way in.... never give up!!!!!!!!!

ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414
Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868

[meatbomb 0]

Dead angry....

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[harryskydives 0]

89 or terminal, this sport is no way to take yourself out. You claim 22years in the sport, but apparently your have not had a friend go in. Not to mention the problems it causes the skydiving community as a whole. I did not read the entire thread just a few posts. I hope you are kidding, and do not give some suicidal or depressed individual person encouragement.

Don't run out of altitude and experience at the same time...

[Amazon 7]

Why be angry. Life is here to live and toenjoy....I will not go easily but at some point I know I will need to go... I realized a long time ago I was not going to get out of this lifetime. alive.

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

"Should I stay or should I go now..if I stay it will be trouble...if I go, it will be double..so come on and let me know...Should I stay or should I go"..The Clash.

Me? not afraid, ready when it's time. I'll stay if I still have a purpose or mission undone, or if my purpose is done, I'm ready.

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