Wow, Im gonna try this in the future, I have no memories of being in heaven IRL. But in dreams Ive been there, it must be beautiful
I wish you great luck eyelids with the skydive, I wonder how it feels
You can’t hear anything, including yourself, as hard as you may try.
I remember sitting on the bench inside the airplane, and after about 15 minutes of going up, the door opens, and people start jumping, you go forward as people go off the bench.
I remember standing right beside the door, the instructor looks at me and he says:
1, 2, 3 and we just jump.
A few seconds of falling normally and then I became completely oblivious of everything. I remember just looking down and watching the ground slowly coming closer and closer to me.
The best
Here’s a picture of me after coming back from the plane. Been quite some time since…
Im the guy on the right, and the chubby guy in the middle was my instructor.
edit: some nice facts,
the drop was about 3 kilometers with another kilometer of gliding down with the open parachute. It takes about one whole minute (just the free fall )
I remember when I got down, I had blue marks on my shoulders from the moment the parachute opened, cause it pulls you very aggressively. But because of the adrenaline rush, I didn’t feel a thing
the training especially
we’d run off little hills, “walk, jog, run!” then you’d coast down the hill gliding peacefully
but for the gliding we were towed to a truck, tandem with instructor (thank heavens!) so he did most of the flying, [ we went about 1500 ft up, released, glided back down]
HOWEVER,
to have a glider, and run off a mountain top, and soar for an hour …
that would be sweet!
relV did you do tandem or did you jump on your own ?
this is one of the things iv always been determined to do once.
and on a slightly different note, has anyone seen that footage of the rocket man? he’s like wearing a wing suit with a propulsion system. He flies for ages over mountains and seas and stuff. it looks amazing.
A boyfriend and I spent 2 summers jumping.
LOVED IT!!! Its such a thrill.Your first jump is so exciting and scary you go into sensory overload and float for days after. You start to take on.a bulletproof attitude. You really feel you can do anything.
Free fall is where the fun is. When you get to do things.
Your right about the peacefulness once your your parashute, floating down slowly.
I have to mention skydivers. A breed of their own. Thoes are some fun loving beer drinking ppl. Lots of fun to get to know and make some of the best friends you can find.
i went sky diving for my 18th birthday…it was a trip.
a week ago my little brother went for his 18th birthday. He bought his second jump before he left .
he actually plans to get certified and wants to start working at the jump base, he is hooked.
imo sky-diving should be part of high school, along with scuba diving and snowboarding
“class… surprise field trip today… we’re all jumping out of airplanes!”
1/4 of the class says Yayyyy!
1/4 says and tries it anyway
1/4 says NOOOO WAYYYYY
and the other 1/4 skipped class and were sleeping in ?
there is a wingsuit but you still need a parachute to land…it lets you glide longer than the normal (i think its like 1 minute free fall, then you open chute?)