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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: deSelys on September 10, 2004, 02:40:57 AM
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Ready for sunday??
I should be there too.
See you.
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I'm jumping tomorrow, not sunday.
I am starting to sh*t my pants today, if you don't mind..
I don't have a clue of what to expect when I jump. Will my ears pop? Will my heart jump, will my heart stop beating?
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Aaaargh I just checked, you had said sunday 12th september! Damn french!
I can't be there then... I promised to be good and do some work at home so I could leave early on sunday... :(
What to expect: mostly fear during the 20 minutes it takes to the plane to reach 4000m (everybody feels the fear, after 25 jumps I still have a bit of it when the red light goes on and the door opens) then sensory overload when you exit the plane.
Thanks to the adrenalin you won't feel the cold (it's around -10°C up there) so no need to wear more than a T-shirt and a pair of pants under the jumpsuit. A light fleece if you're always cold.
You won't have a real sensation of falling because you exit the plane with a horizontal speed around 160 Km/h (lot of relative wind already). When you reach the terminal velocity (~200 Km/h), you'll have the feeling to float as you don't accelerate anymore and are carried by a cushion of dense air...
The first time I jumped I held my breath until 2000 m such liquid-like is the feeling.
Listen to your TM during the short briefing and do what he or she says/points you to do (it's impossible to talk during free fall). You should naturally relax as soon as your stabilized after 5-10 secs of free fall...take your time to look around ;)
Then enjoy the canopy ride. The TM should let you play a bit with the toggles for a moment. Oh yeah, again thanks to the adrenalin this is the moment when you'll feel the pressure in your inner ears. Just swallow a couple of time without breathing like you do in a plane and they will equalize.
Last couple of advices: on final, when the TM says to lift your legs up, DO IT! Don't try to brake the fall qith your feet or land yourself first. Some people injured themselves while doing this. Trust your TM and let him/her slide the both of you smoothly on the grass.
Wear sport shoes (running shoes are best for this) without hooks. There is a very little chance that a hook could snag a line during canopy deployment, but if it occurs the scenario would then be ugly...
Enjoy and keep us posted. :aok
Bonne Merde!
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I don't have a clue of what to expect when I jump. Will my ears pop? Will my heart jump, will my heart stop beating?
All of the above.
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I thought it wasn't scary enough, that's why i decided to jump on 9/11... our pilot's name is Abdul :D
We have to wake up at 05:30 to be there on time (*mumbles something about it being saturday et all...*) I guess it's best I don't have a heavy breakfast or a lot of beer this evening. Oh the horror.
I will be wearing a pair of brown jeans, another friend is bringing diapers... just in case...
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I'm jumping tomorrow, not sunday.
I am starting to sh*t my pants today, if you don't mind..
I don't have a clue of what to expect when I jump. Will my ears pop? Will my heart jump, will my heart stop beating?
(http://vikingphoenix.com/news/iraqwar/iwgallery/sahhaf_denies_saddam_capture_large.jpg)
I predict that your jump will go smoothly, no one has cut your parachute shrouds. The parachute will open like a beautiful flower above your head, and you shall drop peacefully and silently to the ground.
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I thought it wasn't scary enough, that's why i decided to jump on 9/11... our pilot's name is Abdul :D
Heheheeee...almost. Chances are that you pilot is Shaandra ;)
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Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
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If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and your friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming. -Jack Handey
Have you made arrangements for having your porn shipped to me after you hit the ground tomorrow?
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so long Saw, you were my friend
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I'm jumping tomorrow, not sunday.
I am starting to sh*t my pants today, if you don't mind..
I don't have a clue of what to expect when I jump. Will my ears pop? Will my heart jump, will my heart stop beating?
Skydiving has got to be one of the most exciting things to do.....
until your chute doesn't open!!!
Or so I've heard.
J/K! :D
You're going to go from pure fear to pure exhileration in one jump. Enjoy!
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you know... if Saw really does plummet to his death tomorrow. We are all gonna feel terrible for hours. :(
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Well, at least a minute or two anyway.
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Originally posted by Furball
you know... if Saw really does plummet to his death tomorrow. We are all gonna feel terrible for hours. :(
Let's be honest....minutes
:rofl SOB beat me to it :lol
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Using expressions like 'terminal velocity' is a bit insensitive, 'cruising speed' sounds much nicer.
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What's a good expression for "splat"?
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We don't want Saw's last words to be:
"Oh, Oh!" Splat!
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This reminds me the usual jokes/pranks that some TM do to their passengers/students:
TM: if at some point we get separated, let's meet at the packing hangar...
P/S: do you have a lot of experience?
TM: Oh yeah, I have done a lot of tandem jumps...And I'm particularly excited about this one, because if everything goes fine I'll finally be authorized to jump alone on my own...
TM, to the P/S: Hi', I'm your passenger. They told me that I would be jumping with you.
TM, during the briefing: Hello, I'm and I'll be your instructor. I have to say that this is the most exciting interim job that i've done so far (then he picks up a harness and look at it puzzled...).
And, or so i've heard, in the plane of a particular DZ in the States, they had left a small booklet (made of a few stapled sheets of paper covered with a few instructions like 'DON'T DIE!', 'AT SOME MOMENT, PULL SOMETHING'... written big enough so the P/S could read them too) that every TM was studying during the plane ride. Some were even exclaiming 'Are we really supposed to do THAT?!)...:D
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Boogie till you bounce...
Billy was talked into trying skydiving by his buddy Frank.
"We'll climb to 15,000 ft, and jump out. After a minute or so in freefall, you'll set free of your pilot chute, the main will deploy, and.." says Frank.
What happens if the main doesn't deploy?" asks Billy
Frank replies,"No sweat, you can then use your emergency chute, and when it deploys, you will slowly decend to the feild where the jump school will drive out in a Jeep and get you, and we will go back to the hanger and have a beer."
So they climb into the plane and only get to 14,000 ft, and Frank says it's high enough, and Billy jumps. The ground seems to be coming up pretty fast, so he lets his pilot chute go, but the main doesn't open. He pulls on the handle for the emergency chute, and it fails also.
Billy mutters, "Friggin Jeep probably won't be there either."
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LOL!!! :rofl
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lol :)
The Scottish comedian Billy Connolly used to be a paratrooper, he said they used to take along a hanky or piece of cloth to stick in the newbies pack when he wasn't looking. Then when the green light went and they're all heading for the door, the guy behind him would tap on his shoulder and point to what seemed like a badly packed chute.
I cant remember what used to happen next but I think it involved lots of freaking out and shouting.
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gl saw... you are gonna need it :)
Make sure you have some fresh clothes with you so you don't have to go around with a wet spot on you pants after you land and walk out of the plane.
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Saws last words will be:
"Oh, oh" Le Splat! - he's French after all!
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TOB, I uploaded all my french p0rn collection on the Picture hangar, you will have to ask Tbolt the keys, he's in charge as of today.
I am having a T-Shirt done for this evening: Skydiving tomorrow... this is your last chance to have sex with me! I just hope the bouncer will not notice it...
OMG... what did I sign up for????
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This is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. I would die if the instructor did that to me...
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After he jumps out of that plane, Saw will begin to know fear for what it really is -- a limitation that can be conquered. He'll be a completely new man. :cool:
Let's just hope the new Saw lives more than 26.5 seconds.
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It's actually 60 seconds freefall.
TB, you have the keys, I hope this time you remember all the passwords :D
I'm out for a splendid evening of drinking and (something I can't type in case my GF sees this)... cya tomorrow, or cya all in hell!
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Bring back a video! :)
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I will, if I don't sh*t my pants.... if I do that, I will pay to see the destruction of the camera (and the tape)
<-- off!
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Originally posted by deSelys
Aaaargh I just checked, you had said sunday 12th september! Damn french!
I can't be there then... I promised to be good and do some work at home so I could leave early on sunday... :(
What to expect: mostly fear during the 20 minutes it takes to the plane to reach 4000m (everybody feels the fear, after 25 jumps I still have a bit of it when the red light goes on and the door opens) then sensory overload when you exit the plane.
Thanks to the adrenalin you won't feel the cold (it's around -10°C up there) so no need to wear more than a T-shirt and a pair of pants under the jumpsuit. A light fleece if you're always cold.
You won't have a real sensation of falling because you exit the plane with a horizontal speed around 160 Km/h (lot of relative wind already). When you reach the terminal velocity (~200 Km/h), you'll have the feeling to float as you don't accelerate anymore and are carried by a cushion of dense air...
The first time I jumped I held my breath until 2000 m such liquid-like is the feeling.
Listen to your TM during the short briefing and do what he or she says/points you to do (it's impossible to talk during free fall). You should naturally relax as soon as your stabilized after 5-10 secs of free fall...take your time to look around ;)
Then enjoy the canopy ride. The TM should let you play a bit with the toggles for a moment. Oh yeah, again thanks to the adrenalin this is the moment when you'll feel the pressure in your inner ears. Just swallow a couple of time without breathing like you do in a plane and they will equalize.
Last couple of advices: on final, when the TM says to lift your legs up, DO IT! Don't try to brake the fall qith your feet or land yourself first. Some people injured themselves while doing this. Trust your TM and let him/her slide the both of you smoothly on the grass.
Wear sport shoes (running shoes are best for this) without hooks. There is a very little chance that a hook could snag a line during canopy deployment, but if it occurs the scenario would then be ugly...
Enjoy and keep us posted. :aok
Bonne Merde!
LOL, is that all. Piece o' cake!:rolleyes: I'd be skeered sh*#less. When I was very young I dreamed of parachuting because my dad did it in the army, and I wanted to be like him. Right? Well, one day when I was old enough, and out on my own, and long after I'd forgotten about this idea, the subject of sky-diving came up in conversation. A friend said "hey, why don't you talk to so-and-so? I bet he'll take you up and show you what it's all about." Well, let me tell you, when the possibility that my dream could very soon become reality, I knew, in the very core of my being, that I did not want to do this thing. I gave up the dream of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, and I haven't looked back since.:D
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An easy way to avoid mudd'n your shorts is to not wear any.
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Originally posted by slimm50
LOL, is that all. Piece o' cake!:rolleyes: I'd be skeered sh*#less. When I was very young I dreamed of parachuting because my dad did it in the army, and I wanted to be like him. Right? Well, one day when I was old enough, and out on my own, and long after I'd forgotten about this idea, the subject of sky-diving came up in conversation. A friend said "hey, why don't you talk to so-and-so? I bet he'll take you up and show you what it's all about." Well, let me tell you, when the possibility that my dream could very soon become reality, I knew, in the very core of my being, that I did not want to do this thing. I gave up the dream of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, and I haven't looked back since.:D
Well you're missing quite something. I begun in mid July this year, and now I wish I hadn't postponed that for so long.
With today's technology (modern harness and container, fabrics, lines and AADs), I don't think that skydiving is more dangerous than driving a sportbike on the road. To be honest there is quite a debate around the risks involved, some say that it is safer than riding a bycicle in traffic while others say that it is as dangerous as racing or (even more). The point is that it all comes down on your way to approach the sport: if you're aggressive and always try to push the limits (flying high performance, highly wingloaded canopies, performing hook turns and swoops on landing...), you have bigger chance to get hurt or worse than if you take a conservative (some will say boring) approach.
Me? I'm the boring type. Yet, it's the funniest thing I've ever done.
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I'm out for a splendid evening of drinking and (something I can't type in case my GF sees this
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Bring back a video!
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I will, if I don't sh*t my pants.... if I do that, I will pay to see the destruction of the camera (and the tape)
I wasn't talking about the jump. I was talking about your girlfriend & those things that can't be said. :D ;) ;)