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Wow!!! Congrats!!! Blue skies! Anders Samuelsson www.anderssamuelsson.se

Haha!!! Blue skies! Anders Samuelsson www.anderssamuelsson.se

Way cool video Saskia! (I don't like the stuff either though! ) Blue skies! Anders Samuelsson www.anderssamuelsson.se

Hi to you all! Just as the topic states, how many did you get this weekend? I made three jumps Saturday (our dz uses a Cessna 182 and we made a total of 7 loads that day) www.hfsk.se And today (Sunday) we had crappy weather, we did three loads in total and I got to go on two of them! :) So five jumps in total this weekend, pretty ok :) Blue skies! Anders Samuelsson www.anderssamuelsson.se

Hi! I wrote this in response to another post but I think it fits well here too -------- I totally understand your fears and I guess most jumpers do. I got my A license a couple of months ago, took some 37 jumps to get it (static line course over here in Sweden) and I can only describe the whole deal as a complete rollercoaster ride between being scared for my life and feeling ok. My background is in psychology and I work as a family counselor and as such (much more than the fresh skydiver I am) I find fear an interesting subject. Unfortunately it seems that in this sport people just go: "Are you scared? Well we all were in the beginning, just stick with it and it'll pass" which is a pretty accurate statement but it doesn't really help you out that much when you're going up on a load and your knees are shaking or when the door opens up next to you at 10 000ft. In my world being scared is a very legitimate feeling, after all you're jumping out of an airplane, right! Learning ways to keep your fear under control is a very important thing and I feel should be an important part of all training to be a skydiver. It wasn't in my training though. Acknowledge the fact that you are scared, and really scared. As stated talk to your coach/jumpmaster (or whatever you call it over where you are jumping). Talk about what it is that scare you, if other people have any good ideas on coping with it. The key point is that we have to talk about it, we cannot just ignore it, numb it or think of it as just a phase in the skydive training as fear is a real and important reason why people stop skydiving. I listened to an interview with Brian Germain and he talked about taking a break, slowing down, finding harmony and I believe that is important too. Then there are a bunch of relaxation techniques out there that can be used to reduce stress/anxiety/heart rate (because we must not forget that the biofeedback in our body will trigger the body to release a bunch of what most people know as adrenaline when the heart rate goes about 100 or so). We need the boost when we skydive, keeping alert but the problem is if we feel it way before doing the jump. It's not suppose to be a long term thing. Take a deep breath, count to 20 and back down to 1 and talk to the people around you that you think your fear is a real problem. ----- Blue skies! Anders Samuelsson www.anderssamuelsson.se

I totally understand your fears and I guess most jumpers do. I got my A license a couple of months ago, took some 37 jumps to get it (static line course over here in Sweden) and I can only describe the whole deal as a complete rollercoaster ride between being scared for my life and feeling ok. My background is in psychology and I work as a family counselor and as such (much more than the fresh skydiver I am) I find fear an interesting subject. Unfortunately it seems that in this sport people just go: "Are you scared? Well we all were in the beginning, just stick with it and it'll pass" which is a pretty accurate statement but it doesn't really help you out that much when you're going up on a load and your knees are shaking or when the door opens up next to you at 10 000ft. In my world being scared is a very legitimate feeling, after all you're jumping out of an airplane, right! Learning ways to keep your fear under control is a very important thing and I feel should be an important part of all training to be a skydiver. It wasn't in my training though. Acknowledge the fact that you are scared, and really scared. As stated talk to your coach/jumpmaster (or whatever you call it over where you are jumping). Talk about what it is that scare you, if other people have any good ideas on coping with it. The key point is that we have to talk about it, we cannot just ignore it, numb it or think of it as just a phase in the skydive training as fear is a real and important reason why people stop skydiving. I listened to an interview with Brian Germain and he talked about taking a break, slowing down, finding harmony and I believe that is important too. Then there are a bunch of relaxation techniques out there that can be used to reduce stress/anxiety/heart rate (because we must not forget that the biofeedback in our body will trigger the body to release a bunch of what most people know as adrenaline when the heart rate goes about 100 or so). We need the boost when we skydive, keeping alert but the problem is if we feel it way before doing the jump. It's not suppose to be a long term thing. Take a deep breath, count to 20 and back down to 1 and talk to the people around you that you think your fear is a real problem. Blue skies! Anders Samuelsson www.anderssamuelsson.se