In case of my death

[sartre 0]

Well, it's a reality for all of us. Life IS fatal.

So, I told my daughter this tonight. And I just wanted it out there on a public forum.

I've always felt like when I die, I really don't care what is done afterwards. I'm gone, it matters nothing to me, so it's more about whatever makes those left behind feel better.

But based upon a few recent losses, I think I've come to the conclusion that it might make those that love me (yes, there are actually one or two people that love me) feel better to know what to do when I've left this particular reality.

So....I told her, I want an ash dive. I explained to her what it is. And, because I am a cold weather wuss, I told her I'd like it someplace warm. Here in beautiful Colorado would be fine, as long as it's warm at the time. SHE suggested a sunset load, and that seems really beautiful to me.

So....when I die, whatever the cause, I'd like my ashes to be scattered into the beautiful blue horizon. Warm, sunny, sunset. Drink afterwards, have some fantastic sex, remember all the crazy shit I did, don't paint me out to be a saint, and do whatever else makes you feel good. My family can provide plenty of compromising photos, and if it's ok with my daughter, it's great with me!

Have you let those you love know what you'd want? We're not guaranteed another minute on this earth, skydiving or no, so maybe we need to give it some thought.

And get some life insurance.

[dannydan 5]

WOW.... man this shAt is starting to get deep I mean death and all. I know hell we all know its reality I guess...

But aside from getting into that much more from my end, .... Can I see those "My family can provide plenty of compromising photos" NOW PULLEASE!!!?? : DD

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[Squeak 17]

I also dont give a toss what happens to my remains.
Donate it all to Science and poke and prod away anything salvagable can be used.
We have an Organ Donor regestry here in OZ, of which i am a member. I ride motorbike and skydiver so there is a chance the card will be of use to someone

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[livendive 8]

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I also dont give a toss what happens to my remains.
Donate it all to Science and poke and prod away anything salvagable can be used.
We have an Organ Donor regestry here in OZ, of which i am a member. I ride motorbike and skydiver so there is a chance the card will be of use to someone

Basically what he said...my instructions are pretty clear, I want whatever's salvageable should be harvested and the rest burnt to a crisp. My will states that my best friend has to get current enough to pull off a successful 4-way (he's got 5000ish jumps) and organize my ash dive.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[sartre 0]

Oh absolutely, I'm an organ donor. And I guess, if my whole cadaver would be of use, that'd be fine as well. Perhaps Kylie could burn my skydiving gear and have that tossed out at 12k.
Which reminds me, when Kylie was four and I went to a cadaver class.....she excitedly greeted me at the door upon my return and asked, "How was your abracadabra class, Mommy?"

Love that girl!!!

[SuFantasma 0]

Congrats ! I believe your post should be consider as the beginning of a new forum where everyone can write their own living will... you know, like a little addendum to the waivers :-)

Well, when I die, I want to be taken up into space (in one piece) and then launched towards the planet .... I figure it will be an ash dive about 10 miles into the upper atmosphere :-)

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[sartre 0]

You know what? I think that might be a really good idea. A new forum: In Case of My Death.....or maybe someone could come up with a less maudlin title. Like, " For those who have loved me...."


Sometimes it's easier for those experiencing loss to have very clear direction. May not matter to those of us who are gone, but if it helps those left behind, why not?

[drdive 0]

Basically what he said...my instructions are pretty clear, I want whatever's salvageable should be harvested and the rest burnt to a crisp. My will states that my best friend has to get current enough to pull off a successful 4-way (he's got 5000ish jumps) and organize my ash dive.

Blues,
Dave

Basically, what you said Dave.

Cindy knows my wishes - donate the good stuff, burn the rest. Ashes in 3 places - ash dive, San Juan Islands ( Matia Island), and Cozumel, Mx. Plenty of beer or beverage of choice at each location. We all gotta go sometime, not wishing for an early departure though.

Ed

"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub"

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[RhondaLea 4]

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I also dont give a toss what happens to my remains.
Donate it all to Science and poke and prod away anything salvagable can be used.

In the US, it can cost your estate several thousand dollars (essentially shipping and handling) to donate your body to science. Most people aren't aware of this, and it can be an unpleasant surprise to your survivors, particularly if your estate is small.

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We have an Organ Donor regestry here in OZ, of which i am a member. I ride motorbike and skydiver so there is a chance the card will be of use to someone

Good choice.

rl

If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb

[MrFreefall383 0]

To sartre, you're not going anytime soon, don't get too attached to the white light.

Honestly though, it could happen to any one of us next, and many times we simply wouldn't see it coming. Glad you made this thread, because I think I figured out recently what I want. Came up because my mom is finally accepting my choice to enlist in the USCG and become a rescue swimmer, so she asked me what I want done if I die trying to become a rescue swimmer. Hadn't thought about it, but it was a good opportunity. After much debate, I'd like to of course be cremated, ashes put in the simplest lockable box to be found, airdropped onto Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod either by a jump aircraft or a USCG helo, buried in the wet sand of low tide. None of this formal bullshit, no suits, just sandals, swimsuits and a shovel if necessary.

"If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

[2fat2fly 0]

My only thing is specifically if I happened to bounce-I want Bolas to give a eulogy and he can say what ever he wants as long as he ends it with "He left his mark on the world" Bolas is the only one I trust not to chicken out.

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[mr2mk1g 10]

Well I've got a letter of wishes saying what I want done.

1) Scoop out whatever's useful as salvage and donate it.

2) The club gets the benefit of £1500 I have from a couple of free life insurance policies I picked up a few years ago, (marketing thing by my bank). I want the guys drunk, and I mean fall over drunk, not just a normal night out.

3) I want an effigy of me at the wake, wearing my FF gear (if available), and people can buy me drinks, (then get beer fined for doing something for the first time the fuckers).

4) Cremate me. Take half the ash and do a stock ash dive with me and all my friends. I wanna be released in freefall to make sure I get in someone's eye.

5) Take the other half of my ashes (don't worry, I'm 6'2", there'll be plenty to go around even after the scrap dealer's taken a look), and package me up in match boxes.

6) Post the matchboxes to every DZ I've ever jumped at spanning, to date, at least three continents and let's hope several more before its necessary. Have them do mini ash dives for me - hell just dump me out the door at a grand, I won't care.

7) Hit the web and see how many other DZ's will accept a match box of me; I wanna see how far they can whore me even after death.

8) Put whatever's left from the money I leave to the club towards the next gear purchase. edit - and the club gets all my gear anyway.

[minmal 0]

life is a place in between where we were and where we are enjoy it and feel all it has to offer never be scared of what might happen as it might not and never discard what you should fear as this can prolong your stay

with my best intension should my reserve ever fail tell my family members that i would have done it again any way

i am sorry to leave you this way but at least i got to fly the open blue sky

i never got to say good bye but know my last thoughts weren't of fear or loss just the gain of freedom that blue sky's give to those of us that get to fly

[Dumpster 0]

"The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." - Einstein

I've got a letter somewhere about what to do should I bounce. Basically it includes my will, and that I want anybody who gave a rats ass about me in this life to throw a big-ass party and celebrate thier life, not to mourn my death.

Easy Does It

[grannyinthesky 0]

I guess this is a topic i nned to bring up with my kids. They are still having a little difficulty with the idea of mom jumping out of airplanes so I have been minimizing the risks when we talk about skydiving. But I know they worry. I was really in deep trouble when I didn't check in with them after my first AFF jump. I feel the same way as most of the others posting here seem to, but I guess I better let them know it.

"safety first... and What the hell.....
safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy

POPS #10490

[BillyVance 34]

My wife knows I want an ash dive. Although the DZ that I jumped at for the longest time through three different owners is no longer there, I'm sure the airport will open it up one more time. I'm already the last person to jump there, so I still have bragging rights over the idiots who ran it the last 5 years.


But yeah, good idea to have life insurance. It won't pay out if you die skydiving or doing other high risk activities, but it'll cover car accidents, murders, natural causes, etc...

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[jtval 0]

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Congrats ! I believe your post should be consider as the beginning of a new forum where everyone can write their own living will... you know, like a little addendum to the waivers :-)

Well, when I die, I want to be taken up into space (in one piece) and then launched towards the planet .... I figure it will be an ash dive about 10 miles into the upper atmosphere :-)

Isn't that what a living will is for?
It's good to talk about this but I would suggest if you want to be sure your loved ones have an easier time you should get a will an updated it regularly.

Shit, if people used this website to hold things we say as letter fo the law, we'd all be fucked.

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[upndownshop 0]

Please release my ashes during SkyFest just like we did my father ashes during the first SF. Oh but, who would organize SF if I died? Hmm another problem I need to sort out first.

[waltappel 1]

I'm not real big on funerals but if there is one for me:

* I want Sharimcm to hug my corpse and knock my casket off the pedestal.

* I want funks to do the eulogy (doing it on the bonfire is fine).

* An ash dive would be ok but not nearly as funny as taking my corpse dressed in a clown suit would be.

Walt

[Bolas 5]

I want one last wingsuit flock over a beach. I'm guessing launched docked out of a tailgate.

Deployment could be done by one of the wingsuiters, or a remotely fired backup system that deploys the reserve.

What'd be cool would be to have them deploy me around 300 feet over the water, but I wouldn't want to get anyone hurt or in trouble, so that's probably not realistic.

On a serious note:
I have insurance, it's the will that I'm lacking.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[Conundrum 1]

I guess I really haven't thought about it, but you're right, everyone should. It's important to let the people who love you know what you wish to happen to you and your things when you pass.

I think whatever my family and husband want to do with my body will be fine. If they want a burial so they can come visit, that's fine. If they want ashes to keep in the house, that's fine too.

Now, I have a question. Who has the rights (for lack of a better word?) to carry out what method (creamation, burial) to do? Is it your parents or sppouse?

[BillyVance 34]

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I'm not real big on funerals but if there is one for me:

* I want Sharimcm to hug my corpse and knock my casket off the pedestal.

Walt

THAT HAS GOT to be videotaped!

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[airtwardo 7]

MY plan is to live forever...so far so good!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[2fat2fly 0]

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remotely fired backup system that deploys the reserve.

We were gonna get you one of those anyway

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it's the will that I'm lacking.

To whom it may concern, I leave all of my worldly possesions to Shane

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See, I'm there for ya

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[Bolas 5]

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it's the will that I'm lacking.

To whom it may concern, I leave all of my worldly possesions to Shane

Print-Sign-Notorize

See, I'm there for ya


You want my thong collection? What are you gonna do, use 'em as eyepatches?

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.