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03-02-2006, 01:35 AM
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Great report and great pics.
I did this years ago before they had tandem jumping. Jumped out with a line attached to the plane called a static line. They gave you a litle training on how to land and how to steer the chute and what to do if your main chute didnt open which was basically kiss your ass goodbye. I thought it was a great experience. To gather the resolve to toss myself out of an airplane into thin air was a valuable experience for me. Nothing ever seemd quite so scary after that. I am pretty sure I have one jump left in me. I am waiting till my son is old enough to go with me. Ive also always wanted to go bungee jumping. I even found a guy who takes people of a bridge in pennsylvania about a days drive from my home. But alas I could never find anyone crazy or dumb enough to go with me. Has anyone done a legit bungee jump? That would be a trip report I would like to hear about. 
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03-02-2006, 01:46 AM
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[ QUOTE ] Are you tom green? [/ QUOTE ] I was trying to think of a clever response to this, but the only thing that came to mind was: "uhh............... no?" [/ QUOTE ] When I first saw the pic (I saw the photoshopped version before the originals), I genuinely thought it was a picture of Tom Green.
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#24
03-02-2006, 01:50 AM
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When I first saw the pic (I saw the photoshopped version before the originals), I genuinely thought it was a picture of Tom Green. [/ QUOTE ] lol... never been mistaken for Tom Green before. Well, no, I'm not Tom Green... as you will be able to tell by looking at the original photos, I'm clearly more handsome. Hope you enjoyed my trip report. =)
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#25
03-02-2006, 03:21 AM
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Great report and great pics. I did this years ago before they had tandem jumping. Jumped out with a line attached to the plane called a static line. They gave you a litle training on how to land and how to steer the chute and what to do if your main chute didnt open which was basically kiss your ass goodbye. [/ QUOTE ] I did static line as well. I was fine with that, even though it means you only get like a second of freefall, because I figured if I was going to jump out of a plane I was going to do it on my own -- no instructor attached to me. I don't regret it at all. We went from 4,000 feet, which sounds crappy compared to 10,000 (our other option). But trust me -- if it's your first time, once you get up on the plane, 4,000 feet might as well be 10 miles high. It's a blast. I highly recommend it. Even if you land on your ass and skid for 100 feet like I did. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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#28
03-02-2006, 10:04 AM
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It's a blast. I highly recommend it. Even if you land on your ass and skid for 100 feet like I did. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] lol well when we landed we skidded on our asses too... I actually found that more fun than landing on foot. It's like a super baseball slide haha.
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#30
03-02-2006, 10:29 AM
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I did a static line as well, got it off my gf for my 30th, has to be the most scariest thing I have ever done in my life.
The ride up in the small plane was bad enough, looking around at how high 4,500ft added to it, the person before me having some sort of problem before me added to it, we nearly had to land cos of it and if we had there was no way I would have gone back up. Sitting on the edge waiting to go I was terrified didnt think I could do it (going up ladder type height scares me) but took a deep breath thought [censored] it and jumped. Was doing the count as they suggested but the air just rushes out of you, the parchute deployed and was tangled but actioned the training and got it sorted. At that point was relieved it appeared I wasnt going to die, so looked down had no idea where the landing site was is amazing how much land you can see, at that point I deceided I didnt care and would just drift and land wherever, the instructor then came on the radio and started yelling at me which way to turn. Actually managed to get onto the landing site and made a perfect two footed landing (no on my arse for me you noobs [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) Instructor said was an excellent first jump I took my certificate and left never to return. Was an amazing experience, whenever I have flown since have made note when we got to 4500ft and saw how high it was, I still cant belive I did it. But for me not a sport I wanted to do regular.
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