VanillaSkyGirl 6 #51 September 1, 2004 QuoteEvelyn doesn't pay for jumps or tunnel time. Skydiving is a cheap sport. They have all these free camps and these cool free wind tunnel sessions all the time. LMAO...to Evelyn, I ask ~ "got sugardaddy?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #52 September 1, 2004 Quote But now the weekend is coming and I wanna jump and he says "no". I pointed out that we have 5 weekend events coming up in the next couple months where I won't be able to skydive, but he says "no, that wasn't the agreement" I'd be okay with it except the following week we'll be out of town which means I won't get to jump for 3 weeks. I don't think I'm being unreasonable, am I? You're his wife, not his pet. Your freedom to pursue your interests is not granted at his whim. Tell him you're going so he might as well get used to it. It's a control issue on his part. If you don't retrain him out of that behavior, you'll wind up filing for divorce. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #53 September 1, 2004 Tell him you had sex with one of the golf cadddies so you don't feel comfortable going there.There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #54 September 1, 2004 Quoteyou should being up the fact that going for 3 whole weeks without jumping could be detrimental to all the progress you've made recently. I don't know about that. I went to a tunnel camp and, then, didn't jump for about 2 months immediately afterwards. My first jump back at a boogie with people whom I had never jumped with was explosive...in a good way. I do not believe that you can lose acquired skills. Right now, I am still recovering from a leg injury. My first jump back will be after not having jumped for four months. I do not plan on flying like shit when I begin jumping, again. It sounds insane, but you can mentally train yourself while you are not physically training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #55 September 1, 2004 QuoteQuote I do not believe that you can lose acquired skills. . sure you can it's called muscle memory.. and without enough repetitions, your body may not have fully developed the memory. I just think it's a bad idea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Vallerina 2 #56 September 1, 2004 Quoteyour body may not have fully developed the memory. Then, are all Midwest jumpers really sucky?There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VanillaSkyGirl 6 #57 September 1, 2004 Quote I do not believe that you can lose acquired skills. sure you can it's called muscle memory.. and without enough repetitions, your body may not have fully developed the memory. I just think it's a bad idea Reread this sentence that I wrote: "It sounds insane, but you can mentally train yourself while you are not physically training." Kate Cooper gave me similar advice (worded much differently, of course...as the sentence quoted was mine) to use while I am unable to skydive due to my injury. Visualization is key. Kate's words were more like this: "Visualize perfection in skydives often, especially while you are not jumping, and it will make returning to the air easier." Excellent advice, btw! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #56 September 1, 2004 Quoteyour body may not have fully developed the memory. Then, are all Midwest jumpers really sucky?There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #57 September 1, 2004 Quote I do not believe that you can lose acquired skills. sure you can it's called muscle memory.. and without enough repetitions, your body may not have fully developed the memory. I just think it's a bad idea Reread this sentence that I wrote: "It sounds insane, but you can mentally train yourself while you are not physically training." Kate Cooper gave me similar advice (worded much differently, of course...as the sentence quoted was mine) to use while I am unable to skydive due to my injury. Visualization is key. Kate's words were more like this: "Visualize perfection in skydives often, especially while you are not jumping, and it will make returning to the air easier." Excellent advice, btw! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #58 September 1, 2004 QuoteQuoteyour body may not have fully developed the memory. Then, are all Midwest jumpers really sucky? No, I'm not implying that at all. What I'm referring to is that Evelyn did a 5 day intensive where she learned ALOT of new skills.... she should take some time to practice those skills to drive them into her muscle memory before taking 3 or 4 weeks off. That's all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #59 September 1, 2004 Quoteshe should She should? I know tons of jumpers from the Midwest who go to camps in the winter. When the season starts up again in the spring, their newly gained skills are shown. You may get a little rusty, but that's no big deal.There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #60 September 1, 2004 QuoteQuoteshe should She should? I know tons of jumpers from the Midwest who go to camps in the winter. When the season starts up again in the spring, their newly gained skills are shown. You may get a little rusty, but that's no big deal. Yup! I have met those people in my own Airspeed camps that I have attended. That was why I wrote what I did. I took 2 months off after an Airspeed camp, but I flew much better when I returned to the air. Linny, have you taken any camps, yet? The camps are catered to drill in those new skills by repetition. Trust me! I love my friend, Evelyn, and I was one of the friends who STRONGLY encouraged her to take Dan's camp! However, I also think her and her husband should be able to compromise and keep the happiness flowing between them. Whether or not she skydives this weekend, that should be worked out between them, not us! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evelyn 0 #61 September 1, 2004 [reply Evelyn doesn't pay for jumps or tunnel time. Skydiving is a cheap sport. They have all these free camps and these cool free wind tunnel sessions all the time. Dom, I was just waiting for you to post that Life is either a daring adventure or nothing ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
