neoocm 0 #1 November 11, 2008 Hello, my name is Guillermo, I'm from Uruguay and new to skydiving. Recently, I have been reading a lot on the subject but haven't jumped yet but willing to once I learned A LOT. This sport punishes mistakes too hard so I want to make sure I have the best information available, and muscular memory trained. Most of what I learned came from this site, Dan Poynter's Skydiver's handbook and Brian Germain's Transcending fear. Great books In my country there are 2 or 3 popular dropzones which can be seen at: http://www.paracaidismo.us/english/zonas.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #2 November 11, 2008 Quoteand muscular memory trained. A bit of unsolicited advice. Don't try to learn to skydive based on what you read in a book or on the internet. You might think you are practicing things the right way but without an instructor there watching to correct your mistakes you may be building bad habits without even knowing it. Quit reading and go jump. You'll learn everything you need to know to do your first jump safely in the ground school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #3 November 12, 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
neoocm 0 #4 November 12, 2008 Now that I read what I wrote, I understand why the advice came. What I wanted to say was that once I get registered at my local dropzone and taken the lessons under supervision of my instructor I would do it. Thank you very much for the "unsolicited advice". Now I have more evidence of the excellent camaraderie of this sport! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
