I've jumped a few times. It's more expensive than it is dangerous. |
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So, I want to be a skydiver when I grow up. Not professional, but I would like to do it regularly as a hobby. Tell me the basics, how much it would end up costing, and how dangerous it really is. I know there is no way I can learn anything significant unless I take a class and really do it, but I'm just looking at the basics, like how to get into it and how to learn how to do it. |
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I've jumped a few times. It's more expensive than it is dangerous. |
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Went with my brother and two best friends about 3 weeks ago (my second jump, my brothers third). I'm the one behind the camera for a majority of this clip. |
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Yeah, I figured it was pretty safe. Thats not really my concern. I just want a little mini turtorial on how things go. I know most of what happens in a Tandem, now tell me what happenes your first solo. |
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Last edited by Rai Saix; 05-04-2009 at 11:13 PM.
To just get a plane ride up to 8, 10 or 12 thousand feet costs (in Australia), $27, $34 and $41 respectively. It's insanely cheap. |
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Omg that is cheap ! |
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It's about the biggest thrill there is. Free fall at 120 miles per hour, high wind, awesome view, adrenaline, endorphin rush... |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
I really don't have that much of an interest in skydiving. I mean, don't get me wrong, I ALWAYS planned on doing at least once. But when I found out about Wingsuiting, which is as close to human flight I'm ever going to get, I was on board, and I'm willing to be in for the long haul to make it there. Flying is the thing that got me into lucid dreaming as well. I cannot begin to express in words how badly I want to fly. |
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No, there is no "stomach dropping" feeling. That feeling comes from falling faster than gravity (i.e. being "pulled" down). You don't get it when you fall with gravity. |
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I don't want to do basejumping. I respect it, and get why its done. But being in the sky, will be so much more of a thrill for me than flying dangerously close to a structure that could kill me. I know thats weird..... I guess I'm just scared. xD |
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You're not a real sky-diver before you've done this. |
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Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
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UM, where did you take that picture? I wanna dive from there, it's gorgeous. I've never dived over an ocean. |
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Hm, I hate when I stroll by threads I have posted in earlier, find a bunch of typ0es, and then I can't correct them, because of the weird way edit works. |
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Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
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