SkydiveNFlorida

Thanks to all for their words of encouragement. I am hoping my new Neptune will get here this week. Then I can see how fast I go in freefall, and how much altitude I lose in turns accurately. If I go out, i'm not going to work to be awesome this weekend. If I make any jumps, they are going to be just to goof off. I'll try freestyle or something,

Good point. Maybe I do need a break. I keep putting in jumps and if I have to ask myself for what, then maybe I don't need to be doing it right now. No problem on the time thing. I started in July. I know it wasn't long ago, but i've really put a lot into it and so I feel I am just not getting as much back sometimes. thx. Angela.

Thanks... maybe i'll check that out. I wonder what to do this weekend. I spend every weekend at the dropzone. If I don't go, I think i'll be lost. But, if I do go, I don't want to feel stressed out about it. decisions, decisions. Angela.

I am glad I am not alone, sometimes I feel like i'm the only one going through this shit. I just wrote to myself to get some of things off my chest. It's a little depressing, but it helps sometimes to write how you feel on paper. I feel so stressed. I wish that this sport didn't feel so limiting. I have never been good with rules. Makes me want to buy a base rig and become a night person. Although, i'm sure that's a stressor in itself. Having to sneak around, not get caught. Ugh, will it ever end? ! :: Life can be so frusterating. Stressful. Depressing. Everything is a chore. Every movement made in the name of completing some task. You find something to make you happy. To relieve the stress. A place where you can forget all else and just have fun. Then this new place changes. Becomes yet another stressor. People hold you back and keep you under constant scrutiny. Maddness envelopes you and you feel trapped. You don't want to give up, but how strong can you be? And, why keep adding to your already stressful world? Why? Do you feed on it? Does it define you? Could you be happy and worry free? Is it even possible? Must you fight to even exist? When is it enough? When is it too much? You continue in this world of limitations. Fighting against concrete barriers blocking you on every side. You continue to fight. The more you fight, the closer the walls become. Encasing you. Until the walls rip apart and wrap around you like a straight jacket. All you can do is scream. Your voice becomes faint and you are no longer heard. You stop screaming because you can't hear yourself any longer. You finally become static. Never moving, never speaking. And, so, your being as you once knew it rots away as They intended it to. They have won. Why did you fight? You couldn't be a happy drone, so now you'll be alone. --

Anyone else go through this? Ever feel that you're under so much scrutiny that your happy place becomes frusterating to you? Sometimes I wonder if it's time to find a new happy place. I've put so much time, $$ and effort into this sport, but sometimes I feel like it may be making me more frusterated than happy. Maybe it's time to take a break for a while and just jump for currency now and again. I just want to rip my hair out sometimes! I think I may actually understand why some people quit. Maybe not for my exact reasons, but I can see it as a possibility at times. Maybe i'll go lay on the beach this weekend. Angela.

Bwahhhhhhh!!! Be smart and offer services for jumps for a $$ value Move into a 70 foot mobile home on the DZ Have a life outside of skydiving (ok half life) Eat well...ramen makes ya phat. Make your fortune before you take on this career Never beg. LOL Jp...xoxoxo just for you Oh, thank goodness there's an alternate method! \ Angela.

Bummer! I bet it is pretty nice in z-hills. It's hot as hell down here in Fort Lauderdale, fells like summer! Angela.

I am JEALOUS!! Can you teach me how to do that? Angela.

Grilled chicken over green leaf lettuce with alfalfa sprouts and italian parm dressing... I wish I were at your house, though! :D Angela.

Not quite good enough to pond swoop yet... I think someone dunked Ray's (rdutch) neptune in a cup of water and it still worked. I am sure it is quite water resistant... BUT, I don't particularly want to prove this purposely My neptune was drop-shipped today from Alti-2... I hope I get it 2moro or Thursday so I can play with it this weekend!! Maybe it'll have the latest software, too, coming directly from Alti-2! I am SO excited! Angela.

a 22 foot round reserve a harnes container circa 1975 with a chest mount reserve a pd 190 with 50 jumps soon to acquire a paracomander and a new racer..... and i'm sure glad that i got 4 of the 5 of em used.... the racer though shal bee SWEET when i get to odrder it in a few weeks... Dude, you're brave!

Worthless Eye Candy, ? Angela.

Batteries...lots and lots of batteries... Batteries, hmmm... well, if you have too many... you can send me some cypres batteries cuz i'm so sweet and I ROCK! Angela.

Ok, well, ... well.... My neptune matches my purple rig... but does your Neptune match your almost-new Vector? lol! Angela.

Awesome on the camera!!! About this time next year, maybe i'll be able to afford one of those

hehe. In the past month I have purchased: - new velcroless risers - a 4-years-young cypres - and now a new purple Neptune alti will be on it's way to me tomorrow! Damn, I ROCK! So, what have you acquired lately? Don't hate me cuz I have awesome gear! Angela.

Thanks again, Ray! I've wanted one ever since you let me jump yours

That's a good point. Is it that much a pain to upgrade? Have you done it? Angela.

Thanks for replying, Ray. I'll be doing mostly hop n pops, is it not logging the correct info (like what?), or not logging hop n pops at all? So, for normal freefly jumps, the logging works well? I do not jump a birdman suit or anything. I will still get the unit for the digital altimeter feature, but I would really like to get good data as well (# of jumps, exit altitude, freefall speed, deploy altitude, etc). Thanks again! Angela.

Thanks, Brian! angela.

I'm ready to buy a Neptune, and since my dz doesn't have a gear store yet (), can someone recommend the CHEAPEST place I can buy one of these bad boys! If you know of somewhere with good prices and decent shipping rates, please let me know! (I want purple btw, so they have to be able to do that, too) Anything else I should know about this alti? I know there have been problems, but I am assuming most/all bugs are worked out on the new software. Also, will it come with the latest software, or will I have to download? Is it easy to do? Does it come with all connection cables, etc, in order to dl the latest software? Thanks!! Angela.

CONGRADULATIONS!!!!