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well, this'll be interesting...

Wish him the best...

Surrounded by assholes?

Well, it's all about perception, right? It's always skydiving, sure, but it obviously means something different to everyone; if it didn't, I'd think it wouldn't be nearly as attractive as it is to some people. $.02

I fully intend on doing so, I was just looking for more on the spiritual side of it. Hoping for next weekend. :)

New here as you can see, though I've been lurking for awhile; hoping to tandem for the first time within a couple of weeks before fall '06 starts and maybe/eventually get to AFF (which'll be interesting with being a college junior and working on med/grad admissions, so that might just get delayed a good bit). So up to now, this is a sport that has had my attention for years, though I've been painfully slow in getting some exposure. Anyway, question is: reading through some of the posts here, some people seem to suggest that for them, skydiving isn't just a sport, and that they don't do it just for a rush; instead, it gets to a point where it's a huge part of life not only in time taken but in adding to it in more ways than just being something adventurous they do when they can. I know that's grossly simplified, and I totally understand that you often can't fully understand things until you experience them for yourself, but some of the stories here just have that sort of vibe to them. Not that it's a terribly easy thing to explain, but if it's a sort of ethereal/magical thing to you, how so? Seeing as how lots of activities are different to different people, I hope that's not too much of a whuffo question.

First post here after some lurking... and with a big +1 to that, even if a week late Love the sig, btw.