All week in college, stress was high; Friday head to the DZ, pack student rigs (for jumps); Saturday, 1st jump relieved all the stress & Sunday was jump time. Sat evening was fiesta time with the Latin Skydivers @ Perris Valley Paracenter, late 70s, Sunday morn was hangover recuperation before jumping (I drank ice milk). Fun time - C-12318
I’ve rappelled out of a helicopter in Iraq. I’ve been pilot in command of a Cessna 162. Now I’m unable to fly for medical reasons so I figured I’ll just jump out. First jump is in two days and I can’t friggin wait.
You should make more of this type of documentaries/interviews. I can really relate to each one of these testimonies. Would love to hear more "Why you skydive?" stories from other ppl.
Got a taste of it in the tunnel and going again in 10 days. The folks at the front desk at iFly even suggested I'd go do the real thing. Now I'm considering it next Spring/Summer. I want to get more tunnel time before then and jump straight into AFF courses. Most people are very supportive of me considering this. But there's a few that think this is a stupid idea and probably haven't studied the statistics of how safe it is. My drive to work and back is much more risky and I drive 44 miles each way. I'll be 42 next year. I also peaked 350+ pounds at the beginning of 2016 when I turned 33. I worked my ass off getting down to the weight I am at now and still trying to lose more. There's quite a bit I want to experience in this lifetime and this is one of them.
I don't think that's precisely true...while about 58 people die every year in the USA from lightning strikes, there are 350 million people here. There are only 35,000 licensed skydivers and there were 21 fatalities last year. So yes, skydiving is still a lot more dangerous than golfing. Golfing just moves at a glacial pace for me :)
Considering I ride a motorcycle often my chances of survival are much greater in the sky. My next jump is solo with one instructor. Of course my most terrifying thought is a bad main chute leading to a cutaway. I've seen videos and things can go bad quickly. What keeps you focused and on task that wont lead to a full on panic? Video suggestions? I'll find out more and ask this question in jump school next Sun. But I hear an Army Drill instructor in my head, "Remember your training"!
I do my gear checks 3x and practice EPS 3x every jump. I know a cutaway will happen one day so i prepare accordingly. Keep my hard deck high and my pull altitude between 3.5 and 4K. Bad main deployment can be tracked to a few things: bad pack job, poor body position on deployment, or random bad luck. Just gotta make sure that every jump has those calculations in mind and you’ll be good. 🤙🏻
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Getting a few skydives in on The weekend cheers me up for the rest of the week. The most dangerous part of skydiving is driving to the DZ
More likely to get killed by a bee sting!
No thing better than a sunset set load and then a ice cold beer. D7466
All week in college, stress was high; Friday head to the DZ, pack student rigs (for jumps); Saturday, 1st jump relieved all the stress & Sunday was jump time. Sat evening was fiesta time with the Latin Skydivers @ Perris Valley Paracenter, late 70s, Sunday morn was hangover recuperation before jumping (I drank ice milk). Fun time - C-12318
Hell yeah brother
I’ve rappelled out of a helicopter in Iraq. I’ve been pilot in command of a Cessna 162. Now I’m unable to fly for medical reasons so I figured I’ll just jump out. First jump is in two days and I can’t friggin wait.
Truly nothing like it ...the most free 5 minutes of my life ..
You nailed it again
You should make more of this type of documentaries/interviews. I can really relate to each one of these testimonies. Would love to hear more "Why you skydive?" stories from other ppl.
Good idea!
Got a taste of it in the tunnel and going again in 10 days. The folks at the front desk at iFly even suggested I'd go do the real thing. Now I'm considering it next Spring/Summer. I want to get more tunnel time before then and jump straight into AFF courses. Most people are very supportive of me considering this. But there's a few that think this is a stupid idea and probably haven't studied the statistics of how safe it is. My drive to work and back is much more risky and I drive 44 miles each way. I'll be 42 next year. I also peaked 350+ pounds at the beginning of 2016 when I turned 33. I worked my ass off getting down to the weight I am at now and still trying to lose more. There's quite a bit I want to experience in this lifetime and this is one of them.
Awesome vid! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
Thanks Jay, check out my video "Just Jump" is you enjoyed this one. Here's a link: ruclips.net/video/wPQwljM02XA/видео.html
Loved this video its got me pumped wanna be up in the air again soon 🤙
Thanks 🤙🏻
Awesome video! Respect!
This is rad. Thank you!
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it
Watching this makes me want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, Great Video! I just subscribed!
There is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. D7466
More golfer's are struck and killed by lightning each year than skydivers killed in skydiving incidents. So golfing is more dangerous that skydiving.
I don't think that's precisely true...while about 58 people die every year in the USA from lightning strikes, there are 350 million people here. There are only 35,000 licensed skydivers and there were 21 fatalities last year.
So yes, skydiving is still a lot more dangerous than golfing. Golfing just moves at a glacial pace for me :)
Considering I ride a motorcycle often my chances of survival are much greater in the sky. My next jump is solo with one instructor. Of course my most terrifying thought is a bad main chute leading to a cutaway. I've seen videos and things can go bad quickly. What keeps you focused and on task that wont lead to a full on panic? Video suggestions? I'll find out more and ask this question in jump school next Sun. But I hear an Army Drill instructor in my head, "Remember your training"!
I do my gear checks 3x and practice EPS 3x every jump. I know a cutaway will happen one day so i prepare accordingly. Keep my hard deck high and my pull altitude between 3.5 and 4K. Bad main deployment can be tracked to a few things: bad pack job, poor body position on deployment, or random bad luck. Just gotta make sure that every jump has those calculations in mind and you’ll be good. 🤙🏻
@@PernDog Great info, thank you sir!