PLFXpert

Okay, correction, the ad says it's called *Hang Gliding*. Ha ha ha. Two words. Sorry. It says it is on Lookout Mountain Flight Park in Rising Fawn, Georgia; about 20 minutes from Chattanooga, TN. From Jacksonville, Florida, I imagine it would still be a drive but I'm down for road trips. I love them. I am definitely interested and am going to call and find out prices, ext. If it is not too expensive, then I'll be planning a trip shortly. Dangerous you say??? Ha ha ha...I laugh at danger

Hey guys, I saw an ad for Handgliding in the back of Parachutist. The ad was for a place in Georgia which is relatively close to me and I was wondering if anyone has gone before and what the costs might be and if it's really worth the money to check out. I've always wanted to try it so I probably will but I'm just curious who has done it before and what their experience was like.

Viking, I just remembered there is a close-up pic of my boyfriend swooping on my website (sorry, I don't know how to upload pics onto the forums.) Just click on the link below and then click on the first picture on that page and it will bring you to the swooping pics and you can see how he brings his slider, not under his chin, but behind his head

Right on, Marc!

He he he.....I NEVER tell anyone when it's my first....as a result, the only person I've ever bought beer for is our pilot at Skydive Daytona. He used to take us up to 14,500 so I'd buy him beer

Viking, Didn't have time to read the other posts so someone may have mentioned this already but my boyfriend brings his slider down *behind* his head by his neck. This allows his canopy to open up to it's fullest and perform to it's full capacity. He flies a very small eliptical canopy so I'm not sure if it makes a big difference on the bigger canopies, although I do it too just to be in the habit. Much love and blue skies, Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/ PS....sorry I haven't been around much lately, guys. I've halfway moved in with my boyfriend in our new place on the beach but we don't have a phone line there yet so no online service either. BZ is not big on playing online anyways but whenever I can, I'll try to get him to come to DZ.com and add his 2 cents

Hi Marc, Skydive Sebastian is a very cool DZ. Next to my former home DZ, Skydive Daytona, Sebastian is home. I have quite a few friends who work there in the Drop Shop. However, my boyfriend and I haven't been out there in a while since the Skydiving.com boogie (my boyfriend did the record Birdman jump

This is why it's so important for new freeflyers to learn *progressively.* That is, don't go straight for head down. Learn how to really work a sit-fly and flip back into sit and kartwheel back into sit, ext. so that when you try headdown, when you mess up, you can easily transition to a sit so as to prevent corking. Bottom line is, if you mess up freeflying, STAY SMALL! Corking can be very dangerous. I wanted to go straight for head down and my boyfriend, instead made me follow a progressive pattern. I am thankful he did

Hey, you can count on me

Yea, that is unless that person is puking all over you. That's what happened to me when I sat next to the guy on the load with a hangover. Yuck!

Ahhhhh, it's skydiving puberty. Girls get all stoked when they get their first A and then before you know it's no longer good enough and they want it enlarged to a D

Can you swim???

A "ball master", I believe, is someone considered a very experienced space ball jumper and who you should be jumping with when you're learning so that he/she can make sure that if you don't recover the ball, they do. From what I hear it can be tricky b/c there is a burbble between your hand and the ball that can actually push the ball away from your hand as you try to grab it. I know of a couple skydivers who regualarly jump with them but I'm not sure what area you jump in. If the phone company decides to turn back on my boyfriend's phone line then I will ask him to respond as to the requirements for Atmospheric Dolphin, space balls, ext. Much love and blue skies, Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/

I couldn't agree more. Many times when I talk to whuffo's they ask, "Aren't you scared your chute won't open?" I reply: "Nope, b/c the chance of both my chutes not working are 1 in a million. It's many other things that cause the majority of skydiver deaths." Also, you should mention to your mom that the # a year of skydiver deaths is low. I'm pretty sure it's between 20 and 25 deaths a year. IMO, that is extremely low especially with all the normal day activities that have a much higher #. The last thing I have to add may cause controversy but I have to say it: As a student in the college of communications, specifically journalism, I have to say that it is *very easy* to mislead without purposely meaning to. These articles get written, rewritten, and read over by a lot of people and it so happens that if none of those people are skydivers, then none of them are going to read it the way a skydiver would. Journalists have a billion rules they have to memorize and follow so as to make sure they only report facts, not opinions, and not libel someone either. Of course, their are the few pitbulls that cause a bad rep for the rest and certainly they all make mistakes. I'm sure, Frank, can back me up a bit here. Having said all that, even though it's my major, I don't really plan to become a journalist. I'm also majoring in Sociology and would like to go more towards that but be able to write and possibly edit for magazines as well. Anyways.......didn't mean to get into a biography here....just wanted to show that I'm not necessarily defending the journalist b/c that's what I want to be since it's not

Hi PalmTigger, Welcome! I don't' have a nickname in skydiving. PLFXpert was self-given for the forum b/c of the # of times I've had to PLF

Hmmmm, and I always thought you prefered heading *south*, FFF. Much love and blue skies, Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/

He he he he, that's the funniest thing I ever heard; drycleaning your jumpsuit. Next thing you know you'll have your parachute in there too, getting all prettied up. Too cute! Andrea~~I can't wait to meet you! Unfortunately, I have a wedding to go to this weekend. Yuck! As big of a softie that I am, I just can't stand weddings. I want mine, quick, easy, stress-free, and on the beach with all of our friends skydiving into it

To me, Skymama, (and others will disagree w/ me but...) I think anyone who skydives and truly loves the sport, the people, and the atmosphere is a *real skydiver*. What is a *fake skydiver* anyways

Thank you, MarkM

I have washed mine twice. With my ration of PLFs to stand-up landings, it is necessary

Karen, I am repeating what I was told. The comment, IMO adds to how hard he must have hit. I'm sorry if it offended you. It is also the news reporter (my major) in me who reports unusual details. No one hates hearing about these things more than I. I dread the day I witness one. It won't keep me from skydiving but I know I will be really shaken up. Much love and blue skies, Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/

I got my info from some friends who witnessed the incident that were jumping there that day so I'm not sure, I guess which is correct but I'll stand by what they told me: Bungee hooked it in. He never flared, had his right toggle still in his hand and bounced 3 times before coming to rest inbetween the peas and the taxiway. As I said, that is what my friends say who witnessed it. I'm not sure who Barry is or what his report entailed so I can't argue with that. Much love and blue skies, Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/

OMG! I've never heard of that happening. That's nuts! Glad it worked out for you. I have enough trouble landing mine in the forward position so better it happen to you than me. Much love and blue skies, Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/

Speedracer, You are not far off when you say they can coexist. I believe in God and if you've ever read the book "Celestine Prophecy" (not a christian or any type of religious book) then it all makes sense. It brings the whole world together. A hippie friend of mine gave it to me and it is awesome. I know it's customary to give your AFF instructor tip money but at the end of my AFF, I gave mine, Billy Weber, this book and he was enthralled. He thanked me over and over again. If you're religious or non-religious it doesn't matter, read the "Celestine Prophecy." It will be in the fiction section b/c much like the bible and the evolution theory, it can't be proven but it makes more sense than all else, IMHO. Much love and blue skies, Carrie http://www.geocities.com/skydivegrl20/

My boyfriend and I realized over the weekend that our cat, Zoe, is a base jumper