tomate 0 #1 July 1, 2003 I just did my first tandem jump yesterday morning, drove back to the skydive place to have a second jump in the same afternoon, and just can't wait to have my accelerated free fall course next week. Last night I slept very bad thinking of my first solo jump (excitement, sweaty hands, goosegumps), and I'm not concentrating at work. Isn't this indicative of a bad addiction? Should I wait two months before jumping again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #2 July 1, 2003 QuoteShould I wait two months before jumping again? ARE YOU NUTS!!!! GO NOW!!!! __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #3 July 1, 2003 Yeah, what he said!!!! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #4 July 1, 2003 QuoteLast night I slept very bad thinking of my first solo jump (excitement, sweaty hands, goosegumps), and I'm not concentrating at work. I went through that every weekend for like the first month! Completely natural, completely addictive, no you definitely shouldn't wait! Welcome to the gang! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juanesky 0 #5 July 1, 2003 Follow Ivan's suggestion and keep on jumping. You can do as many as your body allows you......Blue skies"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomate 0 #6 July 1, 2003 Yeah! But I was planning only ONE jump, and now I am finding myself disbursing almost $700 over two weekends in what can only look as a vicious addiction !!! And then I will pay I don't know how much for a full course. To be honest, I am just waiting for your responses to become my excuses, so thank you !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #7 July 1, 2003 I was twitching in bed for a few months after my first jump. Keep going, it only gets better and better and better!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juanesky 0 #8 July 1, 2003 Don't spend anymore money in tandems, if you want to do this, go for SL/AFF or any other training that will get you in the air, by yourself towards your licenses...."According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #9 July 1, 2003 Let your soul follow the passion. It's the only sport I know of that you can stop anywhere in the World, look up and know that "up there is where I set my spirit free to take in the very essence of life". -Grant p.s. I was a miserable F@cK! for the 5 year duration that I had stopped jumping(ture story)_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuke 0 #10 July 1, 2003 As have been said before, welcome to the dark side and kiss your money goodbye. /M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #11 July 1, 2003 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyAnt 0 #12 July 1, 2003 STOP NOW WHILE YOU CAN! It's gonna F*** you up, like it did me. Like it did all of us. It's just like that movie. Once your in, you can't get out, and the only thing that stops the pain is recruiting more jumpers. I have to go now. I can hear the turbines starting up again. But seriously. What you have gone through is an event that cannot be deleted from your memory. Like a scratch on a record (a CD to all you youngens out there). Chemicals in your brain changed from the norm blah blah blah! I could crap on about that allot but you know the rest. The only advice that I might have is that you buy a house a reliable car and have about $10,000 dollars in the bank for your AFF course etc. And your first set of gear. That way, when you run out of money you can always sell your car OR live in your car and rent out your house to support your habit. Ah! The funny things is. Your laughing at this now but. You'll find out soon enough. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #13 July 1, 2003 "...You can check out anytime you like, but you can't never leave" - Hotel California That's skydiving. __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenGriffiths 0 #14 July 1, 2003 QuoteQuoteIs it addictive? Should I quit? Simle answer Yes - No Welcoem to Skydiving - Yes it is VERY addictive. No you shouldn't quit - When you start going solo you'll love it even more.---------- Ben G Still Sinking :-( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropoutdave 0 #15 July 1, 2003 Mwaaaahahahaha there's no way out now. ------------------------------------------------------ May Contain Nut traces...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cava 0 #16 July 1, 2003 Should you quit now? I can answer that in three words: No. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robskydiv 0 #17 July 2, 2003 Chas! That means: "Get your ass in the pane!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outofit 0 #18 July 2, 2003 welcome! It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomate 0 #19 July 2, 2003 This morning I signed-up for my AFF 7 level course and I am desperately waiting for my third jump on Saturday !!! This forum does work !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juanesky 0 #20 July 3, 2003 Pinche guay! Suerte y cielos azules![devil]"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fireflyer 0 #21 July 3, 2003 QuoteDon't spend anymore money in tandems, if you want to do this, go for SL/AFF or any other training that will get you in the air, by yourself towards your licenses.... exactly... spend the dough on aff... i did a tandem then got myself immediately and properly into debt by starting aff! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #22 July 3, 2003 get on the plane... I did the same mistake as you did... go for a tandem, did 3 the same day... and 1year and 10'000$ later here I am, skydive junkie---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wilmshurst 0 #23 July 3, 2003 "...(excitement, sweaty hands, goosegumps), and I'm not concentrating at work." Sounds like you're in love!! "But I was planning only ONE jump, and now I am finding myself disbursing almost $700 over two weekends in what can only look as a vicious addiction !!! And then I will pay I don't know how much for a full course." Just wait until you pay several thousand of your hard earned dollars for a set of state-of-the-art, shiny, colour-coordinated gear. The only thing worse than a cold toilet seat is a warm toilet seat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbattman 0 #24 July 3, 2003 The fastest and cheapest way to do this is to save up the money ahead of time and do it over a few days or weekends. I see alot of people that come out once a month or so to do AFF and they end up repeating a number of the intermediate jumps because they need to relearn. Also remember that this is a muscle memory sport. You must practice on your own. Get down on the ground and hold that arch. Get on the creepers and arch. Stand up and stick out your wang- arch. Oh, and relax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colbrodie 0 #25 July 3, 2003 Welcome to the club! Wait until you have a string of several bad weather weekends where you can't jump and just see how angry you are on Monday morning! Addiction doesn't begin to describe it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
