Zenister 0 #51 October 22, 2002 now i hear the wind in everything..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #52 October 22, 2002 Quotenow i hear the wind in everything.. Thank you. That sums it up just perfectly. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
novacaine 0 #53 October 22, 2002 Life before skydiving? Since that wasn't to long ago I do remember it. I was a bitter person, low self esteem and afraid of heights. (Really afraid of heights, I broke down crying on the plane. Oh, I disliked planes also. I was not a drinker.) Like many I to was looking for that extra something in life, but couldn't find it. I was somewhat a shy person. Since my first jump, I realized that if I could jump from a plane, I could and can do anything. Now if I'm not skydiving I'm sitting in my backyard with a beer and my head up to the skies. If any plane bigger then a C-182 flies over I yell "What I do to jump from that?" Now, the neighbours no longer talk to me. Family members are thinking I should talk to a doctor because I like to admit I jump from planes. My only friends that will talk to me are my jump-buddies. My girlfriend left me for some guy that "doesn't want to kill himself." All I have to say about that now is "Damn Whuffos!" The greatest thing about skydiving for me is this; for the first time in my life I belong to a family that respects me and accepts me because of the love I have for this sport. THANK YOU ALL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michaeljanzen 0 #54 October 23, 2002 I was a very stressed out person full of anger and hate until I started skydiving. I loved how in freefall you are totally free, nothing matters like - the phone bill is late, or some criminal got out of prison because of some technicality, or your job sucks - so what. You don’t have to worry about any of that. I started jumping as much as I could to get that feeling - nothing else matters - I wished I could live my entire life in that moment but 60 seconds is up before you know it. then one day it just clicked. live my life to the fullest. find the people I love and pull them close, find the things I love to do and do them as much as I can, no matter the price, don’t worry about the things I have no control over. I still go to work. I just let things go how they want it. put in my 8 hours and go home and enjoy my time with my family instead of stressing out about what happened during the day. I still pay my bills as soon as I have the money in my bank. late is better than a returned check charge. I also never watch the news if something happens as long as it doesn’t affect those close to me - I don’t care and don’t need to stress out about it. I love skydiving and the people involved in it. I just think it is awesome that I can sit in a plane with less than 50 jumps and look across from me and know that guy with thousands of jumps and I are in some way equal he won’t talk down to me when I ask a question. Some days I am glad there are people too afraid to jump because that keeps the line shorter for me. But I still wish everyone would try it just once. Blue Skies. - "the sweet just aint as sweet without the bitter " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #55 October 23, 2002 We are celebrating Dave Dewolf's 70th Birthday at the Maytown DZ nov. 1stThat inspires me to take care and motive forward! JUmping made me realized what was important and what was not. Now I run into a problem and have to solve it.Before I has "Crisis" here and there.Life is too wonderful to waste time on trouble so, I just do my job, love my family and spend every waking hour feeding my addiction to jumpI quit Bobsled & skeleton and without skydiving I wouldn't have been able to look at myself in the mirror. -Grant G. Maytown SPC _______________________________ 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
Parrot 0 #56 October 23, 2002 It´s horrible, it didnt change my life yet but im desperately seeking ways to increase the time i can spend on skydiving. And I´m hoping that i can change my life into a life where I for instance can work in the skydive-bussiness, and have a better jump average then i have now. And its freaking me out because I still havent figured out how I´m gonna do that. For 2 months I´m jumping now, and I´m hooked I´m allready addicted to skydiving. If someone has any suggestions for me, how I can get more involved in the skydive bussiness, pls mail me. Rob. Heh, thats funny . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Galen 0 #57 October 23, 2002 yeah, you do hang out with some assholes. Respect the Dolphin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Galen 0 #58 October 23, 2002 - i've redefined risk - i'm more detached from polite society - i look down from a tall building and say "wow, this is low" - i'm taking another look at what i want out of life Respect the Dolphin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Galen 0 #59 October 23, 2002 ... and debt seems like a necessary evil. Respect the Dolphin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #60 October 23, 2002 I don't have too much to say that ain't already been said. This was my first season to really skydive. I rediscovered the sport by changing dropzones, and in a way re-discovered the people in it. I think the best way to say how skydiving has changed my life, is that I'm seriously, seriously freaking out that the season will soon be over, and I'll have nothing to do every weekend, besides save money for skydiving in '03.I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #61 October 23, 2002 migrate south Fall in dove. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haylee 0 #62 October 23, 2002 Before skydiving I was always at work - very interested in what I did for a living, spent my weekends underground (caving/spelunking), and spent a lot of time taking road trips. Now I am bored to the point of going crazy at work - not at all interested in my work, spend my weekends at the DZ (either jumping or manifesting), and call/e-mail family/friends because I don't have the time/money to visit them in person.Haylee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #63 October 23, 2002 before jumping, I think I was a good student (I actually put forth effort and enjoyed school). That was my focus. Funny how that changes. I was really anal. Everything had to be in its place. SHHEEESSH, that has definately gone the opposite direction. and I like it! I stopped doing things because other people wanted me to. THat caused controversy for a while. oh, and it makes experience and appreciate the most amazing ever every day. Life.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. MaryRose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drenaline 0 #64 October 23, 2002 Am broke, I can't get a date, I see life in a different way, freedom has a new meaning, money has a new meaning, have new trustworthy friends, I wake up early every sunday (I couldn't do that before), I drink more beer, I smoke a pack of cigarrettes every sunday, am more fat, lost interest in some things in my life. I can keep going and going... Skydiving has been the best and worst thing that has ever happened to me but I love it. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #65 October 23, 2002 I hate winters now more than ever before. And before skydiving, I couldn't freefly, which is the coolest thing in the world to be able to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teemu 0 #66 October 23, 2002 Those usual things, I'm broke, drink much more beer than before, have started to use that tobacco stuff called snus, have less time for my kids (even they are usually with me at DZ) , have divorced (ok, that was not only because I jump)... The first one is a serious problem, others not... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #67 October 23, 2002 It saved my life, got me away from trying to find the ultimate rush using really bad substances on the ground. I was one of those people who are killing themselves one pill,smoke,drink,hit, etc...etc and never knew it. Now I have a good job of two years, I am marrying my college sweetheart, and all in all I'm not a bad person to know. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyD 0 #68 October 23, 2002 Quote *gets paddle off the wall and proceeds to spank Dove so hard that her ass is red and tender* You are coming around, Young Viking. Mental note: when paddling the ass of a young lovely, don't forget to be very near to a fresh supply of ICE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #69 October 23, 2002 LOLOL i will remember thatI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #70 October 23, 2002 Strangely enough it did not change my life much at all. Only when my 16 year relationship bit the dust and the DZ family closed ranks around me did I realise how important it had become. Skydiving did not change my life but it certainly saved it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VivaHeadDown 0 #71 October 23, 2002 Before I just thought that all people were stupid, and it was pointless to try to change that. Now I know that it doesn't really matter because when you're with other skydivers, being stupid is an art form to be appreciated for its humor, twisted as it may be. That and sleeping in my jeep for a week at a time isn't homeless, it's camping on the DZ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R00tj00se 0 #72 October 23, 2002 "i look down from a tall building and say "wow, this is low" That is so funny and so true. I went for a balloon flight (non-jumping) a couple of months ago and looking over the basket I was thinking how low it was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #73 October 23, 2002 Quote Quote *gets paddle off the wall and proceeds to spank Dove so hard that her ass is red and tender* You are coming around, Young Viking. Mental note: when paddling the ass of a young lovely, don't forget to be very near to a fresh supply of ICE And if you smack it, you have to rub it, then it is all goooood I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobertE 0 #74 October 23, 2002 I was a calm responsible person until one day I jumped from a plane now I am a irrisponsible kid who smokes anything drinks anything and will do anything as long as I am doing it on a DZ with the friends that I have made SKYDIVING IS NOT A SPORT BUT A WAY OF LIFE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #75 October 23, 2002 - I enjoy camping in tents, rather than staying in overrated hotels - I'll spend evenings at establishments such as The Crystal, rather than my former wine and champagne bars - Instead of being at an opera or symphony concert on Saturday night, I'm drinking beer at a DZ - Instead of settling down at age 21 with a boring guy, I'm enjoying freedom and meeting some much more interesting people who share my sense of spontanaeity. - I've spent more money on things involving cordura than my college education. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
