Comments on: What Did You Do This Weekend?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:18:00 +0000

I’ve jumped static 3 times (3 thousand feet, alone, the chute is pulled automatically when you leave the plane) and once tandem from 9k.

Its a great feeling! Scuba is a lot of fun too, but if you are prone to sea sickness, take dramamine.

By: Christian Ready

Christian Ready — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:44:51 +0000

I love flying in small planes but never saw a need to jump out of a perfectly good one :) That said, I might just give it a try as my 40th is in a couple of years.

By: Rob Wilkerson

Rob Wilkerson — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:04:26 +0000

@Ben
I’m afraid of heights, myself. Here’s what I learned: At that height it’s not so scary because you have absolutely no sense of scale. It never bothered me very much. Certainly not as much as I expected.

By: Ben Nadel

Ben Nadel — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:19:54 +0000

That looks awesome! I have always wanted to go sky diving, but I am deathly afraid of heights :(

By: Rob Wilkerson

Rob Wilkerson — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:52:14 +0000

It’s not as freaky as you might think, but the landing is a bit trickier. :-)

Scuba is amazing. Probably the most enjoyable hobby I’ve ever spent any significant amount of time doing.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:04:18 +0000

They were having a ‘boogie’ over the July 4th weekend and there were several people I talked to who said they had jumped at night during the event.

I can only imagine how freaky jumping in the dark would be… :)

Scuba diving is next on my ‘todo’ list :)

By: Rob Wilkerson

Rob Wilkerson — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:54:38 +0000

I’ve never been skydiving, but I spent 4 years in the Army as an airborne infantryman. I don’t know if you can do this as a civilian skydiver, but the jumps I enjoyed most were the night jumps. The quiet you mentioned (partially inspired by relief, I imagine) coupled with the amazing view of the stars on a clear night was absolutely amazing – and you get to be part of it rather than a ground-bound spectactor.

Similarly, night scuba dives are also insanely cool. :-)

By: Critter

Critter — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:48:03 +0000

I think one of my last ones will be solo with assistance. It’s been over 2 years since my last jump. I would probably have to do a bit of ‘brushing up’

The video makes me want to go today!

ps. Happy Birthday…

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:39:00 +0000

Next time I go will be in the fall/winter so the air is a bit clearer. The instructors were saying with the mild weather here they usually jump year round.

With 4 jumps left – can you jump solo yet (with assistance?)

By: Critter

Critter — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:00:22 +0000

It’s a flipping blast, isn’t it?

I have jumped several times from CSS, I would /love/ to do it during the Fall season to catch the change of colors..

I think I have 4 jumps left for my cert (it’s been a while :( )