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Considering jumping out of an airplane....

PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Friend at work wants me to go with him and another guy Saturday....I gave nevr done it before and I am scared shitless of heights (even in my roofing days) but somehow I think it will be so surreal that it wont bother me.

anyone ever do it...have any suggestions? comments?
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,436
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    Friend at work wants me to go with him and another guy Saturday....I gave nevr done it before and I am scared shitless of heights (even in my roofing days) but somehow I think it will be so surreal that it wont bother me.

    I could use a head clearing.

    You're using a parachute, right? :eek:
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  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    I went skydiving two years ago and I would do it again in a heartbeat...I was scared too, but I'm not afraid of heights I was just afraid of jumping....of course I had an instructor with me. It was a blast and so beautiful too! I think you should go for it!

    (Believe it or not I think I have a picture of me doing it....hahaha)
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    DO IT!!!!!
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    imalive wrote:
    You're using a parachute, right? :eek:
    still thinking about that as well
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    I went skydiving two years ago and I would do it again in a heartbeat...I was scared too, but I'm not afraid of heights I was just afraid of jumping....of course I had an instructor with me. It was a blast and so beautiful too! I think you should go for it!

    (Believe it or not I think I have a picture of me doing it....hahaha)
    A friend of mine said the hardest part was that first (last) step.
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    It's on my list. I have been thinking about it for a while now.
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    the more I think about it the more I want to. They said $200, is that about right? or is that the "economy/50% chance the chute opens" price?
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    A friend of mine said the hardest part was that first (last) step.


    It was the hardest...the landing was cool, but that first step is really scary but yet fun! I don't know how to describe it but just to tell ya "awesome"!!!
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    100% PURE ADRENALINE!! :D
  • sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    i never understood why anyone would jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    fair warning your crotch area gets hurt
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Yeah man,,,

    Do it!

    I did quite a few jumps years ago, before the tandem things. It was like a 4 hour school then you went up in the plane, and man, I remember the first time where the instructor said, "Step out and stand on the strut and hold on."
    So I looked out and thinking, I'm F*N stepping out of a damn plane! So I'm standing on this wheel strut looking down and he yells "It's time to let go"

    So I let go and:



    HA hahahahahahahaa!!!!!! :D


    It's fantastic!

    The first jumps were with a static line that pops the chute open automatically but it's REALLY cool when you get a few jumps in and can do a little sky maneuvering.

    I've never been scared of heights, or much, I guess, but friends of mine who did it were scared of heights and said that it didn't affect them like being on a building. It was all so surreal to them that being scared of heights didn't even enter into the equation.

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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    just make sure you dont have any congestion in your head or ears... my buddy's eardrums nearly burst when he did it because of the pressure change and an ear infection... i hear its fun tho... ive been wanting to do it forever... its just kindof a lot of money and at like #7 on my cool things to do list
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    fair warning your crotch area gets hurt

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  • PJaddictedPJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    Hubby did it a few years back....loved it! Get the video it is well worth the $$

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  • mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    A friend of mine said the hardest part was that first (last) step.
    Well of course it is, after that gravity pretty much takes over. But I know what he means, I've never done it but it's similar in repelling. You get to the edge and the guy says "ok, now lean back and step off the cliff", and you just think "DO WHAT?!". It's such an unnatural thing to do, but fun and I'm sure everything is just multiplied with jumping out of a plane.
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    I am 99% sure I am going to do it now.

    I will definitely get the video.
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    I've always wanted to skydive, it's on my list of things to do. I say go for it!
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    I do not see any reason not to....I may or may not post the video...haha
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    crap...have to wait until next weekend...more time to talk myself out of it
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    crap...have to wait until next weekend...more time to talk myself out of it


    SERIOUSLY WHEN THE CHUTE opens,,your crotch gets ripped apart

    enjoy ;)
  • KushikushunKushikushun Posts: 1,263
    My bf just did it two weeks ago. He had won it as a prize and felt really reluctant to go forth with it. But he did it and had a fantastic experience....my hero :)

    I still dont know if I would do it, I would be soooooo scared. I am afraid of hights too, but even worse I am afraid of gravity's pull. And from what he told me gravity is pulling fucking hard!

    He said you cant compare it with a rollercoaster-fall, because you are falling totally free with nothing to hold on to. It is so surreal that it is really cool. Adrenaline rush for sure. He has got some great pics of him doing it and got a video as well. Sure looks cool, but I dont know....

    Well, I am sure you will really enjoyed it when you do it. The biggest bump is probably just doing it and going over the edge.... :eek:

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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    cutback wrote:
    100% PURE ADRENALINE!! :D

    You dork!

    (This was the first thing I thought of too). :o
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    who's_pearljam? wrote:
    Yeah man,,,

    Do it!

    I did quite a few jumps years ago, before the tandem things. It was like a 4 hour school then you went up in the plane, and man, I remember the first time where the instructor said, "Step out and stand on the strut and hold on."
    So I looked out and thinking, I'm F*N stepping out of a damn plane! So I'm standing on this wheel strut looking down and he yells "It's time to let go"

    So I let go and:



    HA hahahahahahahaa!!!!!! :D


    It's fantastic!

    The first jumps were with a static line that pops the chute open automatically but it's REALLY cool when you get a few jumps in and can do a little sky maneuvering.

    I've never been scared of heights, or much, I guess, but friends of mine who did it were scared of heights and said that it didn't affect them like being on a building. It was all so surreal to them that being scared of heights didn't even enter into the equation.

    Do it!
    :D I'd love to do one... definitely! I get a bit of vertigo at times... but weirdly only when I'm low down, like standing on a stool or something :D leaning over cliffs or looking down from buildings or anything don't bother me... what's that about? Lol
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    mattcoz wrote:
    Well of course it is, after that gravity pretty much takes over. But I know what he means, I've never done it but it's similar in repelling. You get to the edge and the guy says "ok, now lean back and step off the cliff", and you just think "DO WHAT?!". It's such an unnatural thing to do, but fun and I'm sure everything is just multiplied with jumping out of a plane.
    :D that made me laugh.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
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    Had I not found this love with you
  • myhookmyhook Posts: 284
    I have been skydiving twice and it was a blast both times. I am not scared of heights and am an adrenaline junkie. The actually free fall didn't feel like I was dropping out of the sky though. I guess since you are up so high and the ground isn't rushing up at you I just felt like I was floating with a very loud fan blowing in my ear. Plus from that height the ground just looks like a bunch of big squares. And once the 'chute opens it gets so quiet and surreal. It was some of the most fun I ever had. I have been bungee jumping a few times as well and that got me more rattled than sky diving.
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    SERIOUSLY WHEN THE CHUTE opens,,your crotch gets ripped apart

    enjoy ;)
    is that the excuse you use?

    'Uhhh :o ... it was a skydiving accident... I swear' :p
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    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
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    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Remember The Crotch !!!!!!
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    damn, now I am more worried about my crotch being torn apart than plummeting to my death.
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    damn, now I am more worried about my crotch being torn apart than plummeting to my death.


    lol it hurt like a bastard,,then again im ya know well off ;)
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