iceage 0 #1 August 13, 2008 Hi all, should have posted here first anyway, as it says above I finally did it and managed to tick this off my to-do list. This is something that I've wanted to do for so long now. WOW! what an experince, its just a shame it didn't do down to well with my wife and family! But they understood it was something I needed to do. After having the time to think about it I have realised that this has taught me to really appreciate the beauty of life and love, friends and family. Heart pumping preparation, followed by a mind blowing accent to exit, topped off with the most peaceful couple of minutes under the snazziest canopy I've ever seen. I'm grinning from ear to ear just thinking about it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sxc 0 #2 August 13, 2008 Hi Ice! Well done on the jump. I see in your profile that your home DZ is in Nenagh? Where the heck is the DZ there?!! My parents live there! I go there regularly and I never knew there was a DZ there!! I am in Wisconsin and I jump at Skydive Midwest! Are you going to jump again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites iceage 0 #3 August 13, 2008 http://www.skydiveireland.ie/contact.php Skydive Ireland Erinagh Airfield Erinagh, Capparoe Nenagh Co. Tipperary They are a great bunch of guys there, and like yourself I never knew they were there. I thought when I was trying to organise the jump i would have to head to Dublin or some such place but I was delighted to find this motley crewI did the S/L day course WOW! taught me everything I needed to know to get out of a perfectly good aircraft and we were blessed with the weather, we managed to jump that evening heading into a glorious sunset! As to jumping again...i'm in negotiations as we speak!!!Blue Skys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #4 August 13, 2008 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 iceage 0 #5 August 13, 2008 Go higher next time! I've also been trying to convince some of my mates to try it as well....not much luck there! Just a whole load of muttering "crazy bast*rd" and such like! This sport NOT is for everyone I've found out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sxc 0 #6 August 13, 2008 I couldn't get any of my friends to jumpt either .... So I got new friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dreaming13000 1 #7 August 13, 2008 Quote I couldn't get any of my friends to jumpt either .... So I got new friends! same here! Welcome to the sport iceage! grinning ear to ear is the way it will be. Are you going to start skydiving? Blue skies, jess"A man only gets in life what he is believing for, nothing more and nothing less" Kenneth Hagen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites iceage 0 #8 August 13, 2008 hmmm, its funny that, When i decided that for my first jump it had to be a S/L because I needed to at least try and attempt all of it on my own so to speak. literally falling out of an aircraft is quite easy I found, (Jeez i hope that doesn't sound too bigheaded!) and after that its really a case of do as you were instructed, and you should be fine and thats exactly how it was. On the day of my jump there were Tandem Jumpers as well and I have to admit to being slightly jealous firstly as their instuction took only 20min. and they have the whole freefall thingy. So it seems Now I have to get a bit of that! It was really a parachute jump i did, 3-4sec on the end of a leash is completely differant to 20-30 secs of freefall. Or am I being too critical?? How do others here feel about that? Think I might ask this out on the forum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dreaming13000 1 #9 August 13, 2008 I did a tandem jump just for fun.....next thing you know, my thoughts are consumed with skydiving...haha the one thing that drove me crazy was the complete absence of fear for the tandem....so I signed up for AFF, but after being completely consumed with skydiving for 2 weeks, I knew I had finally found my hobby/sport/love. I did the AFF because freefall is what I wanted most, I am just now beginning to love my canopy flights. but my girlfriend is doing her static line progression and in the end you pushing for the same goal= to be a skydiver and to fly...so I don't think it matters which route you take. Keep us updated on how it goes and Blue skies! jess"A man only gets in life what he is believing for, nothing more and nothing less" Kenneth Hagen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LuckyMcSwervy 0 #10 August 14, 2008 Quote I couldn't get any of my friends to jumpt either .... So I got new friends! Haha! On July 4th I did a tandem jump to end my 30s in style! Now I am sooooooooooooo hooked! I have a feeling my 40s are going to be awesome!! I've signed up for AFP and had ground school last Saturday and I have 2 more tandems set for this Saturday. And I can't get any of my friends or family to go with me (I hear the "you're out of your mind" phrase quite a bit lately). So........... it looks like I'm going to want to make some more friends, too! Good luck on the "negotiations"! My negotiation skills suck because I never got to do this when I was married!!! Always be kinder than you feel. 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sxc 0 #2 August 13, 2008 Hi Ice! Well done on the jump. I see in your profile that your home DZ is in Nenagh? Where the heck is the DZ there?!! My parents live there! I go there regularly and I never knew there was a DZ there!! I am in Wisconsin and I jump at Skydive Midwest! Are you going to jump again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iceage 0 #3 August 13, 2008 http://www.skydiveireland.ie/contact.php Skydive Ireland Erinagh Airfield Erinagh, Capparoe Nenagh Co. Tipperary They are a great bunch of guys there, and like yourself I never knew they were there. I thought when I was trying to organise the jump i would have to head to Dublin or some such place but I was delighted to find this motley crewI did the S/L day course WOW! taught me everything I needed to know to get out of a perfectly good aircraft and we were blessed with the weather, we managed to jump that evening heading into a glorious sunset! As to jumping again...i'm in negotiations as we speak!!!Blue Skys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #4 August 13, 2008 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
iceage 0 #5 August 13, 2008 Go higher next time! I've also been trying to convince some of my mates to try it as well....not much luck there! Just a whole load of muttering "crazy bast*rd" and such like! This sport NOT is for everyone I've found out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sxc 0 #6 August 13, 2008 I couldn't get any of my friends to jumpt either .... So I got new friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreaming13000 1 #7 August 13, 2008 Quote I couldn't get any of my friends to jumpt either .... So I got new friends! same here! Welcome to the sport iceage! grinning ear to ear is the way it will be. Are you going to start skydiving? Blue skies, jess"A man only gets in life what he is believing for, nothing more and nothing less" Kenneth Hagen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iceage 0 #8 August 13, 2008 hmmm, its funny that, When i decided that for my first jump it had to be a S/L because I needed to at least try and attempt all of it on my own so to speak. literally falling out of an aircraft is quite easy I found, (Jeez i hope that doesn't sound too bigheaded!) and after that its really a case of do as you were instructed, and you should be fine and thats exactly how it was. On the day of my jump there were Tandem Jumpers as well and I have to admit to being slightly jealous firstly as their instuction took only 20min. and they have the whole freefall thingy. So it seems Now I have to get a bit of that! It was really a parachute jump i did, 3-4sec on the end of a leash is completely differant to 20-30 secs of freefall. Or am I being too critical?? How do others here feel about that? Think I might ask this out on the forum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreaming13000 1 #9 August 13, 2008 I did a tandem jump just for fun.....next thing you know, my thoughts are consumed with skydiving...haha the one thing that drove me crazy was the complete absence of fear for the tandem....so I signed up for AFF, but after being completely consumed with skydiving for 2 weeks, I knew I had finally found my hobby/sport/love. I did the AFF because freefall is what I wanted most, I am just now beginning to love my canopy flights. but my girlfriend is doing her static line progression and in the end you pushing for the same goal= to be a skydiver and to fly...so I don't think it matters which route you take. Keep us updated on how it goes and Blue skies! jess"A man only gets in life what he is believing for, nothing more and nothing less" Kenneth Hagen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #10 August 14, 2008 Quote I couldn't get any of my friends to jumpt either .... So I got new friends! Haha! On July 4th I did a tandem jump to end my 30s in style! Now I am sooooooooooooo hooked! I have a feeling my 40s are going to be awesome!! I've signed up for AFP and had ground school last Saturday and I have 2 more tandems set for this Saturday. And I can't get any of my friends or family to go with me (I hear the "you're out of your mind" phrase quite a bit lately). So........... it looks like I'm going to want to make some more friends, too! Good luck on the "negotiations"! My negotiation skills suck because I never got to do this when I was married!!! Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
