inearnest 0 #1 November 9, 2005 So I haven't jumped since August; mainly because I was training for a marathon over the summer, running mad long distances, and then suffered a stress fracture that's been healing over the past few weeks. I'm still a few weeks from being healed and getting back up in the air, something I'm antsy as fuck to do. I've recently had these two very vivid skydive dreams. Nightmares really. Both started out exactly the same way. I was down at Cross Keys, leg healed, first day back at the DZ. Saying hello to everyone, passing out hugs and daps like gold. Taking my refresher (holy crap will I need a refresher), and then giddy in the plane the whole way up to altitude. These start out as really, phenominally, orgasmically, happy dreams. The jumps are brilliant, true air baths. And then I throw my pilot chute. In the first dream I have a horrible spinning malfunction, and I, for some reason, cannot reach my cutaway handle. I just plummet and spin and then get gripped by this realization that things ain't going so good. The second dream I throw my pilot and nothing happens. I look over my shoulder to see if I can't get a burble loose to pop my bag open, and nothing. So I cut away and pull my reserve. And nothing. Freaked me out. I'm not taking these as premonitions. They are bad dreams. Nothing more. It's been a damn long time since I've been up, so of course I'm a little nervous. But it begs the question... skydive dreams or nightmares anyone?--- "Once you jump. you'll never look up at the sky the same way again." Peace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #2 November 10, 2005 Quoteskydive dreams or nightmares anyone? Nightly. Without fail. For years and years and years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inearnest 0 #3 November 10, 2005 It's like a foreign language. You know your getting fluent when you start dreaming in them. I started dreaming about skydiving about 15 jumps in. But until these last two they've all been blissful serenity. These scared the crap out of me. Woke up thinking... "soooooo not good." And then I wanted to jump. Badly. Stupid stress fracture...--- "Once you jump. you'll never look up at the sky the same way again." Peace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
