cold

[regularjoe 0]

What do you do when it's too cold for jumping without feeling uncomfortable? My wife and I are trying to get through the AFF classes, but it's getting too cold for comfort while trying to nail the correct moves. any suggestions?

[flyangel2 2]

Go to Florida and do some tunnel training, then do the AFF classes out at one of the local DZs. There as guys that work in the tunnel and then also do AFF jumps. Having the same instructor is nice.
I live in Colorado, and for me it's too cold. That's why I'm heading down to Florida in a few weeks, to put my son through the AFF there.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[AggieDave 6]

Check the Winter Jumping thread in this forum for ideas on how to dress for winter jumping so you can keep jumping.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[AndyMan 7]

Dress warmly.

When jumping in cold weather, I'll dress like this:

top:

tight t-shirt
turtleneck shirt
thick cotton sweater
windproof jacket.

bottom:

thermal underwear
regular pants.

Once at the DZ, I put my jumpsuit on over everything.

I wear good warm gloves that I bought at a hiking store. No crappy baseball gloves for me. Some people wear latex gloves underneath cheap baseball-style gloves, but I've found good warm thin gloves to be much better. I found the latex just traps in moisture resulting in wet hands, which then get cold. The coldest jump I ever had, I was wearing latext lined gloves. BAD IDEA...

Also, try to keep your neck and parts of your face covered if it's real cold. I wear a neck and face guard that goes up to my nose.

The nutshell, is that skydiving really isn't that much worse then extreme skiing. Dress like a skiier and you'll be fine.

There's nothing more fun then landing in three feet of snow, I promise!

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