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should I skydive?

CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
edited November 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
This is something I always wanted to do but keep changing my mind.

Have you done it?
How was it?
How much is it usually?
Anyone in the philly area do it and can recommend a reliable company?
Anyone wanna do it with me?
Should I be scared shitless?! ;)
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,200
    I've had the thought myself from time to time.

    But in all honesty, I don't want to do the 'tandem' jump where I'm attached to someone. Is there a way to do all my training on the ground, so when my first jump is a solo jump???

    Anyone know?? Oh, and if you want, you can answer CiW questions too! :lol:
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    What if the parachute fails?
    That is what crosses my mind when I think about it.
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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    What if the parachute fails?
    That is what crosses my mind when I think about it.
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    What if the parachute fails?
    That is what crosses my mind when I think about it.
    Then I die.

    What if someone runs a red light tomorrow and hits me?

    Everyday we take chances :)
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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    What if the parachute fails?
    That is what crosses my mind when I think about it.
    Then I die.

    What if someone runs a red light tomorrow and hits me?

    Everyday we take chances :)
    wow..


    THAT'S DEEP.


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  • Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

    What if someone runs a red light tomorrow and hits me?

    Everyday we take chances :)


    but you'll be plummeting to your death for a few minutes....THAT is frightening.

    ps....you crazy. :mrgreen:
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,200
    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    What if the parachute fails?
    That is what crosses my mind when I think about it.
    Then I die.

    What if someone runs a red light tomorrow and hits me?

    Everyday we take chances :)
    wow..


    THAT'S DEEP.


    :mrgreen:

    Bah!

    I just ask myself every morning when I wake up, 'Will it be today?'

    hehehehehehe
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,200
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:


    but you'll be plummeting to your death for a few minutes....THAT is frightening.

    ps....you crazy. :mrgreen:


    pisssssssssssssssst!

    Just so you know, she doesn't listen when you tell her that she is crazy!!!! I've tried! :mrgreen:
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    This is something I always wanted to do but keep changing my mind.

    Have you done it?
    How was it?
    How much is it usually?
    Anyone in the philly area do it and can recommend a reliable company?
    Anyone wanna do it with me?
    Should I be scared shitless?! ;)

    Never done it but have thought about it and wanted to in the past
    Here's a link to a company in South Jersey that an ex used to go to all the time:

    http://www.freefalladventures.com/first_skydive.htm

    She was in the process of trying to get enough jumps done so that she could be an instructor.

    It's pretty addicting - towards the end all she talked about was sky diving and her sky diving friends.
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    If it's something you really want to do, go for it. I never have and never will. :P
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

    What if someone runs a red light tomorrow and hits me?

    Everyday we take chances :)


    but you'll be plummeting to your death for a few minutes....THAT is frightening.

    ps....you crazy. :mrgreen:

    Then she can sing Parachutes! :D
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

    What if someone runs a red light tomorrow and hits me?

    Everyday we take chances :)


    but you'll be plummeting to your death for a few minutes....THAT is frightening.

    ps....you crazy. :mrgreen:
    But that's the awesome part.... For a second or two there you are riding the line between life and death...

    Yeah I'm crazy but for soooo many other reasons!
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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Posts: 3,428
    you should absolutely do it! hell, i'll do it with you in Philly!
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Well I wouldn't, but if you want to, go ahead.
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  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    This is something I always wanted to do but keep changing my mind.

    Have you done it?
    How was it?
    How much is it usually?
    Anyone in the philly area do it and can recommend a reliable company?
    Anyone wanna do it with me?
    Should I be scared shitless?! ;)

    I did it for my birthday 2 years ago. I went with my husband and my brother; and it was the best birthday present I could have given myself. It lasted 2-3 min tops- 30 seconds of freefall and the rest parachuting down. It was a tandem jump- which was fine- the parachute was huge- and he had a backup one.

    I used http://www.skysthelimit.net. Its in Stroudsburg, PA. It was during the week- so it was a bit cheaper around $150- now it may be more.

    Thorns2010:
    I believe you have to have a certain number of tandem jumps or lessons before you can go solo- and its not a lot - no more that 4 or 5.


    Have fun, if I wasn't preggers- I would go with you.
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    This is something I always wanted to do but keep changing my mind.

    Have you done it?
    How was it?
    How much is it usually?
    Anyone in the philly area do it and can recommend a reliable company?
    Anyone wanna do it with me?
    Should I be scared shitless?! ;)

    I've done it twice. Once in Hawaii and once local in MA. It was the greatest thrill ever and a extreme adrenaline rush. I had a video made in Hawaii of my jump in 2006 and I think it cost about $225 in Hawaii. I did it last summer here in MA and didn't have a video made and it was about the same. Price of inflation I guess. The worst part is the way up in the plane and seconds before you jump. Falling is incredible and like nothing else. To all those who worry about the chute not opening, I just figure I did it tandem both times and if the chute fails, we both die. Last year the first chute got tangled so the instructor had to cut us loose and use the reserve chute. You always have 2 chutes, remember that.
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  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,680
    im afraid of heights, but Ive wanted to skydive for the longest time. Go for it.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I'm debating doing this before I leave for Europe, it looks like a blast!
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    MayDay10 wrote:
    im afraid of heights, but Ive wanted to skydive for the longest time. Go for it.
    same here, I almost went last year but was talked out of it....thinking about it again
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  • battan1120battan1120 Posts: 310
    Hell Yeah!!!! Go 4 it!!!!
    The bus came by and I got on!!!!!
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 835
    Do it!!
    I've been thinking about doing it myself lately
  • Local CrewLocal Crew Posts: 745
    I have done it.
    It was awesome, i will do it again.
    I think it was $140.
    I jumped out above Devils Tower in Wyoming. So no where near Philly.
    I would go if I was there.
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  • IGotShit76IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    You want to do it so go for it !!! :D
    I have never done it myself but a friend did it two years ago and he had a blast.
    I'm looking forward to learn paragliding. I don't know when as I need to book a full week for that but I'll do it.
  • FrankieGFrankieG Posts: 9,100
    I have been thinking of this for a while too. There is a company by seaseide NJ i think that does it for under $200. You need to go with someone ur first time. (I wouldnt want to go by myself ahhaha) I can only imagine how great it would be. But i am definitely doing it soon. (and yeah, you always have 2 parachutes)

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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    you should absolutely do it! hell, i'll do it with you in Philly!
    Awesome!!

    You sold me! We're sooo doing this. (Not the june trip, cause I'm poor...but soon!)


    Thanks everyone. It's awesome to hear from people who've done it. I like hearing there are 2 chutes...made me feel a bit better. Thanks again!
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    It was a present for my 30th Birthday. BEST thing I have ever done. Period. Was in Orange County, NY, so not so close. I have a huge problem with heights and it was not bad because of the proximity. Breathtaking and exhilirating!

    Did it tandem and then solo, with someone watching me.

    DO IT!!
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    i wanna go soooooooooooo bad. looks like so much fun
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  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,895
    I've done it, and I am scarred of flying. One of the best things I have ever done.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,557
    Could never get over the fact if your parachutes failed.
  • loadedgunloadedgun Posts: 1,389
    Resurrecting this thread....I'm going to Cali next month and its on my list of things to do. Can't wait.

    CIW, did you end up doing it, and how was it?
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