How did you pay for your skydiving training?

[skydivermom 0]

*** sold my kids. now i'm just selling my body

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Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[lawrocket 3]

I used a credit card. Of course, I paid the price for that.

I will therefore not jump again until I can pay cash for it. I learned my lesson.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[skydivermom 0]

***I applaud you for doing what it takes to do what you have found you love.Good luck with your skydiving.See you at a boogie somewhere.
RoamingDZ.com
We are all here to SKYDIVE!
You are coming to the Dublin Boogie,right??

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Thank you. I like it because I can make money and be with my boys.

I would love to go to a boodie but I have no idea where Dublin is.

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[tsampson 0]

My inheritance. My dad totally wanted to skydive, but couldn't because of health conditions, so when he died and then my mom died shortly after him, I said, "F#ck this, I'm doing it!," and I blew a chunk of my inheritance on AFF and gear.

[skydivermom 0]

I'm so sorry to hear about your parents. I'll bet they would be so happy you put the $ to such good use.

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[rasmack 0]

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I would love to go to a boodie but I have no idea where Dublin is.

Ireland

Oh, and I did SL. Not that expensive, just slooow. The expensive part was my rig. I suppose my GF is going to forgive me eventually (paid that out of an inheritance)

HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227
“I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.”
- Not quite Oscar Wilde...

[swedishcelt 0]

I worked several extra jobs and saved a bunch for about a year. Then I broke my leg and spent most of it on that. Now I am back to saving again for next year.

[skydivermom 0]

I'm so sorry to hear about that. I hope you get going on jumping soon. Best of luck to you.

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[masterrig 1]

I prostituted myself but, that didn't work too good so, I went to my checking account.

Chuck

[popsjumper 2]

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multiple second jobs ... substitute teaching, web design, cartooning and illustrating for magazines and books.

Steve,
I just recently got out of the Betty Ford clinic for cartoon addiction....thanks for cutting me off and forcing my recovery process.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[skydivermom 0]

***Ireland

Oh, and I did SL. Not that expensive, just slooow. The expensive part was my rig. I suppose my GF is going to forgive me eventually (paid that out of an inheritance)

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I probably can't make that boogie

How did you like SL? I love it so far. Yes it is cheaper, but at my dz I will be off student status after 12 jumps (if all goes well). At the other 3 dz's around here that do AFF, it's like 14 or more jumps before you are off student status. I also love the gradual nature of SL because I had a very frightening AFF jump

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[skydivermom 0]

***I prostituted myself but, that didn't work too good so, I went to my checking account.


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So you didn't look that great in lipstick or short skirts huh?

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[masterrig 1]

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***I prostituted myself but, that didn't work too good so, I went to my checking account.


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So you didn't look that great in lipstick or short skirts huh?

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I think, it was the fact I wouldn't wear that stuff. Things might have been better if, I had tried it. Also, the hours! Sheeesh!
edit to add: I made the prostitution thing up...

Chuck

[rasmack 0]

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I probably can't make that boogie

How did you like SL? I love it so far. Yes it is cheaper, but at my dz I will be off student status after 12 jumps (if all goes well). At the other 3 dz's around here that do AFF, it's like 14 or more jumps before you are off student status. I also love the gradual nature of SL because I had a very frightening AFF jump

I remember your post about that
I liked SL just fine. My problem was the 5 sec. delays. Our instructors insist that you have to be rock-solid stable from exit until pull time. That's difficult with poised exits, and you can't reach the strut on a C-206. I didn't get to full altitude until I had ~20 jumps.

HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227
“I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.”
- Not quite Oscar Wilde...

[Nickkk 0]

Half cash i saved waiting tables and half CC...

What do you do when someone throws a big planet at you?
Throw your pilot chute in defense!

[ninjaswooper 0]

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How did you like SL? I love it so far. Yes it is cheaper, but at my dz I will be off student status after 12 jumps (if all goes well). At the other 3 dz's around here that do AFF, it's like 14 or more jumps before you are off student status. I also love the gradual nature of SL because I had a very frightening AFF jump

Just a note, no matter if you do SL or AFF, or IAF for that matter, you are still a student until at least 25 jumps (that is the minimum if you have met all the other requirements for the A license by 25 jumps). I'm sorry you had a frightening AFF jump but are you gonna feel more comfortable chunking yourself out of a plane on "self-supervision" after 12 "jump and dumps" or 14 minutes of freefall with in-air feedback with regards to your body position?

[airtwardo 7]

I worked as a Bouncer in a DISCO!


(Yeah I know...but it WAS the 70's!....Stayin' Alive---Stayin' Alive) /\

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[jasonRose 0]

I paid cash. I had to dip into my savings a little when I bought my rig though. I am into it about $9000+ with all new gear. I will have to replenish the savings account during the winter months.

Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!!

[AlexCrowley 0]

My wife paid for the first couple of jumps and then I worked at the dropzone every weekend for the rest of the AFF course.

This seasons A licence jumps were covered by my employer as a performance bonus. Yes, my employer rocks. No we're not hiring

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[StevePhelps 0]

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multiple second jobs ... substitute teaching, web design, cartooning and illustrating for magazines and books.

Steve,
I just recently got out of the Betty Ford clinic for cartoon addiction....thanks for cutting me off and forcing my recovery process.

Oh man, now I feel really bad .. no that bad mind you, but bad. If I could figure out how to get google ads back, I'd do some more.

[streaker 0]

Manifest Bitch at Skydive Carolina. Thanks Danny!
Beautiful Landings!

Streaker

Have a yippee ki ya day!

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

I did not pay for my skydiving training. My dad owns a DZ and I grew up helping pack parachutes and hanging around the DZ. Oddly, when it came time for me to start jumping, he sent me away with one of his best friends to another DZ for my training. He didn't want to have any part of it and I never made a jump with him until I had around 50 jumps. I figure that was so nobody would say that corners were being cut.

Chuck

[mirochristie 0]

I was working on a play, and every weekend (when I got payed), I cashed the check and gave it to manifest

LiquidSky
@(^_^)@

[Hambone 0]

I used a tax return and I saved up my cash then sold some stock to buy gear. I totally agree that you should get gear as soon as you can after AFF it opens many doors. Also you can pay for it by packing. That is what i am about to start doing...Its all good though. What ever it takes to playin the clouds.

Yeah...You need to grow up. -Skymama

[noblesmelissa 0]