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Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:15 am
by MrPink
going on my birthday, bout 3 weeks away. anyone done it before? something I've wanted to do for years, so thought fuck it and bought it for my flatmates birthday last month for us to do on my birthday, a present for both of us I guess. tempted to pay the extra and get someone to film us going down, I'll be honest though, I'm shitting myself :toothy:

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:18 am
by andyman
Once you go in the plane, the only way out is from the top... are you doing a tandem jump? If you jump from a high altitude be prepared to have a hard time breathing for a bit after you jump out.

other than that it's real fun so long as your chute opens.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:23 am
by MrPink
yeah I'm doing tandem as it's the cheapest/best (i think) way to do it if it's your first time, kind of annoying though as if your going to do it do it properly right? oh well, on the other hand if it all goes tits up at least someone else will be to blame, you know, I don't want people saying, "hey, did you hear joe forgot to open his chute!!?!", and I'd be all like "boy do I feel the fool"... etc...
andyman wrote:
other than that it's real fun so long as your chute opens.
:olo: :offended: :olo:

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:23 am
by GONNAFISTYA
It's something you'll never forget. It's fucking awesome.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:31 am
by pestman1
I loved my jump it was great wish i could justify paying for the schooling. As far as filming it i did but i cant watch it i look like such a dork in the damn hat they made me were lol.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:34 am
by andyman
pestman1 wrote:I loved my jump it was great wish i could justify paying for the schooling. As far as filming it i did but i cant watch it i look like such a dork in the damn hat they made me were lol.
me too... hat, goggles, being told to curl up in a ball... :olo: mines on vhs otherwise i'd put it on gaytube

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:34 am
by Fjoggs
andyman wrote: are you doing a tandem jump?
Don't know how thing work over there, but in Norway/Europe(?) you have to do atleast 12 jumps a year to be able to jump alone. Any newb have to jump with an instructor. The figures stack, so if you fall behind for a year, then you have to do 24 jumps.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:31 am
by Peenyuh
MrPink wrote:yeah I'm doing tandem
Just as good as static line, cept you get to pee all over some stranger. :D
MrPink wrote:
andyman wrote:
other than that it's real fun so long as your chute opens.
:olo: :offended: :olo:
:olo: Priceless! :olo:

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:47 am
by SplEEb
I'll never forget the sheer terror of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
I didn't breath till the shoot opened.
I don't think I could do it now tho, 20 years later. Enjoy!

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:01 pm
by Underpants?
have always wanted to do this, will wait till the kids move out. :)
Interested to hear more experiences from you poopie pounders, though.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:56 pm
by Lieutenant Dan
How much did it cost?

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:22 pm
by andyman
the guy you're strapped to will be controlling your arms and feet even though you might not realize it, don't try and fight it. the scariest part for me was flying through the air in the plane with the door wide open the whole time and not being attached to anything.

take lots of pictures

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:59 am
by MrPink
TehChozenTwo wrote:How much did it cost?
£330 for 2 people.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:55 am
by Whiskey 7
SplEEb wrote:I'll never forget the sheer terror of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
I didn't breath till the shoot opened.
I don't think I could do it now tho, 20 years later. Enjoy!

Yes enjoy for sure.

I've never done it and now wished I did :smirk:

Closest I came was helicopter (military and civilian) light aircraft, a few passenger aircraft trips and hot air ballooning.

Nothing I would think would compare to jumping out of a light aircraft......

My son did a few months ago, and it was scary even on tera firma, just watch'n.

...but you really have to go hot air ballooning, in the right place of course. I'd love to do it over the African Serengeti..... :idea:

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Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:51 am
by Deji
MrPink wrote:"hey, did you hear joe forgot to open his chute!!?!",
Actually, if you're a n00b, they give you a chute that opens automatically after x seconds. Most people count to like 3 or 5 or whatever way too fast and pull it early, thinking it didn't open like it was supposed to :tard:

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:43 am
by Ryoki
Went bungeejumping once which was great... if my math is correct skydiving should be about 12 times more awesome.

Have fun :)

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:15 pm
by Nightshade
If I can find the extra cash, I'll be jumping on August 16th with a group of friends from work. I'm bit hesitant, which is odd, given that I'll ride my bike at near 170mph on public highways. It's a control thing, I suppose, but I hope that I can find the cash and bring myself to do it.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:30 pm
by Peenyuh
Whether you end up enjoying it or not - I never did - the experience is worth having. I hope you guys go ahead with it.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:02 am
by LawL
MrPink wrote:going on my birthday, bout 3 weeks away. anyone done it before? something I've wanted to do for years, so thought fuck it and bought it for my flatmates birthday last month for us to do on my birthday, a present for both of us I guess. tempted to pay the extra and get someone to film us going down, I'll be honest though, I'm shitting myself :toothy:
lol @ referring to your boyfriend as a "flatmate". Nice of you to do something together for the day though.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:41 am
by MrPink
my flatmates a girl, and that was an uncharacteristically poor attempt at a flame lawl :offended:

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:48 am
by LawL
Flame? lulz. And I think what you mean is "girl".

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:58 am
by Dr_Watson
Nightshade wrote:If I can find the extra cash, I'll be jumping on August 16th with a group of friends from work. I'm bit hesitant, which is odd, given that I'll ride my bike at near 170mph on public highways. It's a control thing, I suppose, but I hope that I can find the cash and bring myself to do it.
what if the person you're tandem with is a manic depressive having a "bad" day!?! :smirk:

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:31 am
by Nightshade
Then there's gonna be some brown skywriting and a lot of screaming, followed by a large greasy SPLAT.

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:37 am
by Tormentius
Nightshade wrote:Then there's gonna be some brown skywriting and a lot of screaming, followed by a large greasy SPLAT.
:olo: :olo: :olo:

Re: Skydiving.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:30 pm
by DRuM
Kudos to whoever has the balls to jump out of a plane. Must be an amazing experience but something I'll never be doing. I'd rather dip my cock in sulphuric acid while simultaneously fending off a rabid pitbull terrier than go through that.