Post Your Skydiving Dream

[DJL 235]

I've had a few, let me hear some others.

Here's one I had Friday night that was kind of spooky:

Jumped out for a crw jump, deployed pilot chute and the whole canopy came out as a mess, lineovers, twists, spinning all over the place, then it just tore in half and I cut it. Went into freefall and decided to fall for a while. Fell to about 4.5k and went for reserve, handle got caught on all the shit I had across my chest strap. So........I pulled off the chest strap and took off all the crap across it, noticed I was getting low, was deciding between getting strap back on and just deploying reserve. Decided to reattach chest strap (good idea)....still falling, fumbling with strap, ground approaching, freaking out.......still only looped half through, can see people's faces on the ground.....fuck it, grab opposite chest strap with one hand, pull silver with right hand and then cross hands across chest strap......ahhhh!!! Ground still approaching, reserve not opening....I land in a chair and another jumper on the ground hands me a bowl of ice cream. I think it was rocky road.

-doug

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[f1freak 0]

Dude, i would have handed you a beer for that...

HAVE FUN...
...JUST DONT DIE

[bluefingers 0]

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I land in a chair and another jumper on the ground hands me a bowl of ice cream.

nice touch!

Kerry

[jlmiracle 7]

When I was on AFF...

I had a dream once I was watching everyone bounce and I was running up to the people laying on the ground (they all happened to land in a line) and the experienced jumpers said don't worry about it they are just drunk.

Last night I dreamn't I lost my car.

Judy

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

[ChileRelleno 0]

I had one last night.I was jumping(duh) and when it came deployment time i threw out and and had a pilotchute in tow,instead of chopping and popping my reserve I grabbed the bridle somehow and started pulling and it just came on coming out. So I have like a 20 foot bridle and I realize its too late for the reserve and all the sudden the ground is there,I stand up my landing under the PC and I'm fine !!!Everyone is exclaiming and its really weird trying to figure out how I lived....

ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414
Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868

[lummy 4]

I dreamt that I tried to do a barrel roll and fell into my canopy. I cut it away and looked up to see a beautiful white reserve and landed it a second later

I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1

[Jumperpaula 0]

Im never really falling in my dreams, Im kinda floating slowly.

Once I dreamed I went to throw my pilot chute and It got caught on my purse (??) so I told another jumper in freefall, "here, hold my purse while I pull".

[Meathorse 0]

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I land in a chair and another jumper on the ground hands me a bowl of ice cream. I think it was rocky road.

Ha ha! What the hell? These are all pretty good, the dreams I have are never this interesting. I just fall... forever... never pull.... and never reach the ground.

[prepheckt 0]

I was at a all you can jump/$99 dollar boogie. II was dreaming that I pulled and landed fine, but when I picked up my canopy to pack it, the lines on the right side had snapped off, where they connect to the canopy. I remember being mad because I had only done 2 jumps so far, and I wouldn't get my money's worth on jumps.
Israel

"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet."
-9 toes

[billvon 3,076]

Had a dream last night about jumping an otter at the Ranch.

We took off on a long runway but were getting miserable performance out of the engines - we were barely accelerating. I didn't know the pilot; he was a goofy looking guy with red hair. We reached the end of the runway and he yanked it off the ground well before normal rotation speed. On our right were some 200 foot trees; on our left was a series of powerlines. He kept the nose at an ungodly high attitude; our airspeed was 50kts. We were sort of mushing between the trees and powerlines, trying to avoid both. All the time the pilot had this goofy "who, me?" grin on his face. I wanted to get up and yell at him but I was near the back and the deck angle was too steep.

Finally we cleared the powerlines and got back to some reasonable airspeed. We were near a mountain and he flew near it, getting closer and closer, until we were over a road. He dropped to within about 2 feet over the road, which gave us some fun visuals until a truck came down the road the other way. He yanked the yoke back _again_ but was too slow to begin with, so the plane just mushed onto the road. The truck blared its horn, then drove off the road into a ditch. The pilot turned around and grinned again.

I had had enough of this guy so I opened the door. All I saw was highway (of course) so I looked ahead. We were getting near a curve in the road, and there was a sheer drop on the other side. I exited just as we hit the drop, so my momentum carried me over the side of the drop. As soon as I did that the plane accelerated and climbed away as if I had been the reason it wasn't climbing.

I fell a few seconds and opened, now pretty far below the edge of the dropoff. I wondered if that would technically be considered a BASE jump. There were no good landing areas, but fortunately I woke up before I had to land.

[mujie96 0]

I pretty consistently dream of malfunctions and cutaways at the moment. I think it has to do with the fact that I really, really hate my job and am fairly depressed and miserable during the week. On the other hand, maybe its good training.....
Jess

Just keep swimming...just keep swimming....

[freebird 0]

I was in freefall and my chute never opened and I hit the ground and woke up.
VERY SCARY

[adamT 0]

The last one i had i was in freefall and it came time to deploy. But i couldn't move my right arm. I tried a few times but it wouldn't go back to the hackey. So i deployed the reserve with my left hand. I think i was probably sleeping on my arm.
adam

[Kennedy 0]

I've never really bounced, but more than once, I was falling, kinda went "aw crap," then hit.

It kinda felt like being hit by a linebacker. Hurt a bunch. Then I stood up, looked at the canopy I deployed [low, obviously], and it was all still folded up and looked like if i s-folded it i could put it right back in the bag.

Then the beer gave up and the liqour took over my head, and I don't remember any more dreams that night.

Anybody else ever hit in their dreams?

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[jraf 0]

This is really weird and fresh. I just chilled out on the couch a couple of hours ago. Immediately I fell asleep and here it comes:
I jumped our Otter, pulled and the canopy did not open but stayed with it's nose rolled, just the way it is ready to be tucked under and packed into the bag. I thought-well that is just fine. I will flair a few times and it will be great. Funny thing I was not scared in the dream. I also thought that if it does not work than it will be my first cutaway. Then the dream shifted and suddenly I was standing on top of a building with Igor - one of our ZHills croud. We made several jumps while jumping linked. I thought then - oh shit, I'm doing base jumps. And then Igor said that we would try a different "exit" and he would drop me over the side of the building and then follow me. And I said that tere is no way I was doing it. Now comes the weird part. My cell ringing woke me. Gues who called me - Igor! He said: Hey are you comming to the tunnel with us tomorrow? Really freaky stuff

jraf

Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui.
Muff #3275

[DJL 235]

Oh crap, I just remembered a really funny dream. Not about an actual skydive but just occurring at my DZ.

The dream goes:
We were all hanging out after jumps, drinking; it was mostly couples and the rest of us were single. The couples started heading off together and then the single people started matching up (picture the ending of "Spies Like Us" w/ Chevy Chase/Dan Akroyd). A girl and I were the last ones there so we walked off together. It wasn't clear where we were going or what we were doing so I took charge and led her to the shower. She said something like, "Oh, this looks like fun...but hold on a second." So I'm standing there by myself and she walks off and returns a minute later with a folder and starts planning what we're going to do in the shower like it was a 4-way jump.... Grips on how we're going to get into the shower, then the progression of positions. I'm still thinking, "ok, this could work" but then look at the picture boards she has and they're actual skydive configuations....sidebodys to open accordian, all that crap. Finally, I just go, "you have got to be kidding me" and I walk out. End of Dream.

-doug

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[usmcdannyboy 0]

ok mine isnt that weird but here it goes:
I found myself on a navy ship back on deployment but this time in the north atlantic. we stopped in some swedish or norse country. i get off the ship and see my buddies and so running up to them i ask what the hell they are doing here. and im told that their doing a demo. i say cool and follow them to the airport and i get into a chopper with my friend paul. i look at the pilot and its this guy skippy but skippy dont have a licence to fly a chopper (oh well he's good anyway). so we climb to 10k in 2 sec. we jump and fall for a long time . pull time hits and i look at my friend and he cant pull his ripcord???? i yell and yell but he cant hear me. he then takes his rig off and throws it. i think oh shit!! i look down and here comes the chopper right under us.. (now i do shit) but just as we get to the chopper it flips on its side and we fall right into our seats and skippy takes down to the bay that we jumped over. he snags the rig on the skid of the chopper and i pull it off and hand it to paul who puts it on and we go to altitude again.... we jump and this time I cant pull... i keep trying and trying till i figur im going to hit anyway. i look and im still at an ungodly height. and with renewed vigor i keep trying to pull but then i say screw it and let myself enjoy the ride to the water. i hit and swim to the surface i look around and all of a sudden the water is swirling.. i look down into the water and see the chopper blades coming up next to me and the chopper then surfaces and i see skippy and he asks "NEED A LIFT?" i say hell yea and get back in and then i wake up....the weird thing isnt the dream but the very next jump......landed out. i hit a tree and fell 40 feet to a concrete drivway. did a perfect plf and only broke an ankle....can you say premonition (i cant spell it though)

I am the light my son...What you seek is fire