aykay 0 #1 March 7, 2004 I know you never stop learning but I was wondering what you guys thought. Is there a higher class of jumper? Last time I checked we were all equally mortal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #2 March 7, 2004 I became a "skydiver" the day I did my first freefall - ie the day I saved my own life by deploying a parachute that was on my back. I don't expect anyone else to agree with my definition though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 March 7, 2004 When you can walk to the door and decide all for yourself whether or not you're going to jump, fully aware of all the consequences and fully willing to take responsibility for all of your actions -- then, you are a skydiver.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiven4fun 0 #4 March 7, 2004 Good AnswerStill here after all these years Clayton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
webracer 0 #5 March 7, 2004 QuoteWhen you can walk to the door and decide all for yourself whether or not you're going to jump, fully aware of all the consequences and fully willing to to take responsibility for all of your actions -- then, you are a skydiver. That is one simple, but thoughtful definition I can live with. Nice job Quade!Troy I am now free to exercise my downward mobility. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilSal 0 #6 March 7, 2004 Nice one Quade, makes sense!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #7 March 7, 2004 "I became a "skydiver" the day I did my first freefall - ie the day I saved my own life by deploying a parachute that was on my back. I don't expect anyone else to agree with my definition though." "When you can walk to the door and decide all for yourself whether or not you're going to jump, fully aware of all the consequences and fully willing to to take responsibility for all of your actions -- then, you are a skydiver." ------------------------------------------------------------ I agree with both SkyBytch and Quade's definitions here! I think both are right.-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mbs66 0 #8 March 7, 2004 Having a license to jump makes you a skydiver. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #9 March 7, 2004 You should have added a spot for "None of the above"Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZegeunerLeben 0 #10 March 7, 2004 >>I was told I was a skydiver when I came back from my first solo jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #11 March 8, 2004 If you get out, you are a skydiver. A Tandem passenger may not be doing it all themselves, but they're still getting out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benny 0 #12 March 8, 2004 QuoteIf you get out, you are a skydiver. A Tandem passenger may not be doing it all themselves, but they're still getting out. I saw a guy try to hold on once, I don't think he was a skydiver even though he eventually got out. Never go to a DZ strip show. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainbo 0 #13 March 8, 2004 I picked 500+ jumps. It has been my experience that with waaaayyy more than that I am constantly challenged by my friends with the quote "Rainbo, who taught you to skydive like that!?!" RainboRainbo TheSpeedTriple - Speed is everything "Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koz2000 1 #14 March 8, 2004 I'll have to go with Quade's answer. Good definition.______________________________________________ - Does this small canopy make my balls look big? - J. Hayes - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MajorDad 0 #15 March 8, 2004 When you stop being a Pretender you become a Skydiver. Some take longer than others. How long it takes to become a Safe Skydiver, now that's another question. Major Dad CSPA D-579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #16 March 8, 2004 two thumbs up Quade!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottjaco 0 #17 March 8, 2004 1)When you get your "A" license 2)When you get your own rig. I think this is important because when you own your own rig, it shows that you have made an investment and more importantly, it gives you the freedom to jump anywhere you want without worrying about weather or not the DZ has good rental gear. scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinjackflash 0 #18 March 8, 2004 Well, being the official thread killer Lisa, I'll jump in here and kill it now.... I completely agree. As usual you manage to wrap it up in one short sentence. jjfIt's a gas, gas, gas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #19 March 8, 2004 Hmm, I am not going to vote because there seems to be very few Choices there. I agree wtih Quade. Quade, You win, Man....=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #20 March 8, 2004 Quote1)When you get your "A" license 2)When you get your own rig. I think this is important because when you own your own rig, it shows that you have made an investment and more importantly, it gives you the freedom to jump anywhere you want without worrying about weather or not the DZ has good rental gear. scott I agree with half of this (this is just my opinion). I got my own rig, but I'm not current and I don't have my "A". Once I get back in the air and get my "A", (which will happen once i get accepted to or turned down for some training I'm trying for) then I will consider myself a skydiver. Even then I'm not so sure....I guess I think that if I'm current then I'm a skydiver, if I'm not current then I'm someone who done some skydives. I guess for me it's all in the mentality. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #21 March 8, 2004 QuoteI know you never stop learning but I was wondering what you guys thought. Is there a higher class of jumper? Last time I checked we were all equally mortal. I felt I became a SKYDIVER, when I got my A-Lic and my own gear. When I stopped jumping for 5 years (A big error to my soul), I felt that I "was once" a skydiver. As an Active athlete, I was a "Slider" on Bobsled & Skeleton but, when I become Non-current in anything, scuba,skydive, etc.. I feel the "Title" of being a participant become a passive or "was a..." term of being._______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newsstand 0 #22 March 8, 2004 I love the definitions given by skybytch and quade but voted finishing AFF because that was when my last instructor took me in to the packing room and announced I was a skydiver. I have to disagree with buying your own rig only because it is out of the question for me right now. On the other hand I have made a commitment of X dollars a month on jumps and I am accumulating other gear like helmet, audible and jump suit. I think it is the commitment of doing it on a regular basis that really counts. edited to fix a typo. "Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #23 March 8, 2004 Quotetwo thumbs up Quade!! If it ain't on video, it didn't happen. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflybella 0 #24 March 8, 2004 I felt I was a 'skydiver' when I had my own gear and an A license and could independently travel and jump wherever I wanted to. Before that, "skydiver in training" Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #25 March 8, 2004 QuoteI became a "skydiver" the day I did my first freefall - ie the day I saved my own life by deploying a parachute that was on my back. I don't expect anyone else to agree with my definition though. to bad. I do. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
