nate_1979

Ugg, I'm still not looking forward to my Hop and Pop, it will soon be the only thing left for my A License... FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

I just wanted to say hey! I'm just soo happy, I have finally overcome the fear of leaving the airplane! When I went to go jump yesterday, I was getting ready to do Jump #20.. Due to Military deployment schedules, my last jump (#19) had been almost a month ago, on jump 19 I was still terified of leaving the plane, I remember just thinking "why do I do this to myself" every time the plane took off but I refused to give it up because I loved it once I was out, but I was always the guy that they had to yell "JUMP!" at before I'd leave the door I was standing in.. I figured it out, and mabey this can help someone else who is feeling the same way (I assume I'm not the only one, mabey I am). All I know is that it really sucked because I was also just doing belly to earth flying every jump, no flips no nothing since AFF. I decided a week ago what I was gonna do on my next jump, and I kept thinking it over in my mind, it was gonna be a exit accompanied by a "YEAHH!!!!" and a nice long scream to start the jump off (nice stress reliever). Then it was backflips till 6,000 feet, pull at 5,000 and try some front riser manuvers for the first time.. I got myself SO excited about the jump there was no room for fear, in the plane I was just smiling thinking about what was coming up.. No sweatty palms, nothing, and then I did it, screaming, laughing everything during the freefall.. I feel as though I am finally FREE and it is great. If your scared, just get yourself SO excited that you cant be scared anymore, it's soo much fun! Exit and just scream a bit, it feels pretty good and you might also get a good laugh out of yourself while you fall 120mph! Anyway, I'm a new guy, just wanted to say HI Nate Skydive San Diego! CSA #672 FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

That's awsome, anyone who has gone over there deserves it.. Too bad it doesnt cover us fools who spend half our lives under the water in submarines, but it's all good :) FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

I got to jump these as an AFF Student, just thought I'd say that I thought it was pretty nice, I had no complaints. I jumped a different type of student rig at a different drop zone, and it was not near as nice.. Not sure what the other one was though. Not sure what else to say other than I liked it as a student.

Question, you say that people try to pack too much crap into their rigs... I'm currently planning on buying a new Icon I6 w/ Pilot 210 and Smart 190 in october... Is this a bad combination? The website says it good, but what you just said makes me question that.. FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.