skinnersone

YOU'RE A GRUMPY OLD FART I thought I may get some flack for my idea of humor. Especially for my lack of jump #'s. Maybe I should have said that it was SIMPLY EMBARASSING rather than hilarious. My passion is alpine mountaineering so maybe I should have not posted this with the Subject title as such. If you came to SummitPost and posted a video on frostbit climbers I wouldn't have found it humorous at all either. That said I still think it's at least a little funny especially since everyone did walk away. I had my mute on so I didn't hear the commentator who yes was an idiot. I assumed they were some low jump # divers who were in over their head. Finding out they had 1000+ jumps was a shocker. I don't know the conditions and am not familiar with their parachutes, let alone any rig other than a student, but it didn't appear that windy. The trees were hardly moving. Who knows what the intended approach was but it appeared that they were choosing to lose altitude relativley fast and the right side parking lot where the intended lz was, which they all missed, was not that small. If it was very windy I didn't see it.

I never have thought a skydiving accident as funny but this is an exception. http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/crashing-a-wedding-p1.php

I stopped at the atm and withdrew $1200 from my checking account to pay my rent. It was all 20s and I crammed it in my wallet. I stopped to get a bite at KFC and took my wallet out of my back pocket because it was so uncomfortable. Then I finished my food and left without even thinking about it. Needless to say it was gone when I got back. I have not had KFC since.

I HAD ALL 4 WISDOM TEETH PULLED AND WAS OUT OF COMMISION FOR OVER A WEEK. YOUR FACE WILL BE VERY SORE AND I COULDN'T IMAGINE JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE SO SOON AFTER SURGERY. THAT SAID MINE WERE SEVERELY IMPACTED. THE NURSE WHO TOOK MY STITCHES OUT SAID THEY REALLY BUTCHERED ME. GUESS IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW HARD IT IS FOR THEM TO BE REMOVED.

Thanks for the post skyjump11. I had considered tandem because I somewhat expected that I would go blank for that first bit. By the time I composed myself I was just worried about opening at the correct altitude. I don't remember much of the entire experience other than it 40+ seconds is really quite a bit more time then I thought it would be if that makes sense. However I think that my reaction will be much better the next go around. I really feel now that I know what to expect and think I can keep my wits about me. I climbed Kili back in 02. Fun trip.

Well I am a mountain climber at heart but have always wanted to skydive. I decided to do my first jump AFF rather than going tandem. Although I failed the jump (did not respond to commands) I did have total altitude awareness and did my practice pulls and deployed the chute on my own. I was a little upset I failed but for my first jump of any sort I feel like I still accomplished much. When I left the plane there was a sensory overload. Honestly I kind of forgot I had anyone on either side to take directions from and my only concern was pulling at the correct altitude. I think that I will have no problems next try because most of my problem was uncertainty of the situation. In climbing you kind of gain knowlege about what to expect on the climb up. With skydiving your all of a sudden there. Very strange feeling for a newbie. All in all the experience was awesome and I intend to continue on with it. It is strange because I don't feel safe working on a roof but jumping out of a plane or climbing to 20,000 feet doesn't seem to bother me. I won't say it is better than standing at the summit of a mountain but it is by no means less exciting. I never gave skydiving its due respect. Always said it was easy to jump and pull a cord. Well now I can truly appreciate what it really means. On my way home from the DZ two guys pulled up and were honking and waving as they passed me. I was about ready to show them my middle finger when I realized that they had noticed my new skydive Florida bumper sticker. As bummed as I was it made me smile for the rest of the way home. Even though I had one poor jump I was kind of related through marriage. Skydivers are a cool family and I am glad to "sort of" call myself part of it.