hottamaly 1 #1 June 20, 2002 you had never started skydiving/it didn't exsist. I for one, would be bored out of my mind with very little friends, let alone haveing the experiance of a close knit family. I wouldn't have much of a purpose in life what with no family or kids...God I'm glad it's here for us....SKYDIVING GAVE ME A REASON TO LIVE.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #2 June 20, 2002 I'd still be climbing, whitewater canoeing, adventuring around the world, living life large and making great life long friends along the way.I'd have a lot more money though......"I might bend my hat in the process, but I'd still teach that guy a lesson or two" David Lund...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 June 20, 2002 I probably would have continued instructing in small general aviation airplanes. That was my weekend hobby until I took up skydiving. Skydiving is just more social.quadehttp://futurecam.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #4 June 20, 2002 I'd be doing everything but skydiving but I'd be grouchy as hell. During the week I can put up with just about anything knowing I'm going to be falling and smiling and laughing with my friends on Saturday morning. Once my reset button has been pushed I start the next week with a fresh perspective. I have much more happiness, tolerance, and patience than I used to have.Oh, and I probably would never have gotten tattooed.JP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #5 June 20, 2002 I would probably be dead right now. Skydiving saved me.Blue Dreams,Nathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #6 June 20, 2002 Surely I would be a serial killer. My victims of choice would be businessmen and golfers and I would pop out their eyes and piss in their ocular cavities...-Hixxx"Woman... Wu -mon... Whoa - man! She stole my heart and my cat" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #7 June 20, 2002 ugh i'd hate to think about it. i'd probably still be involved with that guy who now has a restraining order... and i'd be spending every weekend at the opera...skydiving is much more funStacyhttp://users.snip.net/~stacy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #8 June 20, 2002 Quote I'd still be climbing, whitewater canoeing, adventuring around the world, living life large and making great life long friends along the way.i agree with you NACMAC. Skydiving is by far the coolest thing there is to do, but there is more to life than just that. There are so mny other things a person can experince, and get the satisfaction of freedom and enjoying life. CARPE DIEM....LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLLEST, and do as much as possible while you are still on this earth.----------"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he doesn't exist!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #9 June 20, 2002 Quote I would probably be dead right now. Skydiving saved me.For real man. I'd be face down in a gutter, in jail, or who knows. Skydiving saved me too.........I have also had several hobbies. I continue to do some of them. But only in Skydiving have I met people I can relate too. It really is the people and the social side of the sport that does it for me.Sebazz........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinkster 0 #10 June 20, 2002 I read a post from one guy on rec.skydiving that said he started skydiving b/c he totally gave up and was trying to kill himself but instead found a reason to live. Pretty heavy stuff, but in any case it does go to show what an dramatic and wonderful experience we get to have every time we jump! I for one would probably be a *lot* more depressed right now (but u never know what can happen and what's around the corner, etc). While my spiritual life is the most important thing to me and would have kept me going, skydiving itself has augmented that immensely. I am also a quiet person by nature and don't make friends easily (especially since i rarely share the same interests and get bored with small talk and a lot of people so i just do my own thing even if it means i am alone) but my skydiving friends (especially ones i've jumped with) somehow share a special bond. So I would definately be missing out on knowing some wonderful (even the 'drunkards' and 'crazies' i love them all (or try )) people. Whatever the reason, I am so glad to have made that first jump! While it was only a few months ago it seems like a million years and I can't even remember (or don't want to) what I was doing before this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #11 June 20, 2002 Restraining order eh? FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hohonukai 0 #12 June 20, 2002 Racing sailboats...what I did before skydiving....certainly not as fun as jumping though. Wouldn't have such open minded and good people as family....and wouldn't have met the love of my life. Skydiving and skydivin' family rocks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #13 June 20, 2002 yep. he didn't like me skydiving when i started and began to get a little psychopath-ic.... i put a stop to that.....Stacyhttp://users.snip.net/~stacy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #14 June 20, 2002 Never had one myself. The women themselves usually scare me enough to stay the hell away! FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #15 June 20, 2002 I guess I'd surf more... and like our neighbor in Hawaii, race sailboats. (yacht racing has too many assholes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #16 June 20, 2002 Riding motorcycles mostly for me- And probably still searching for something to fill the void in my life that skydiving does- Funny - Never knew how blue the sky really is until now- One of these days I'll start writing all the philosophcal stuff that goes through my mind on the way to 14,000 - Either that or I'd be trying to make a living selling pornograpic pictures of snow geese and antelope- or something like that- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudi 0 #17 June 20, 2002 Hmmm...thinking....(pause)...scratching head...jeez, I'm going to have to ask my whuffo friends just what it was that I used to do with myself. Must not have been very important, whatever it was! The funny thing is that I didn't have any more money then than I do now...what the hell was I spending it on? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AiRpollUtiOn 0 #18 June 20, 2002 I'd probably still be hanging around at clubs, drinking rhum & coke all night, chasing the ladies...That was a beautiful life, but since the day I started skydiving I sorta stopped doing that, prioritized...You know, as from the day you run out of money when going out, you run out of friends.At a DZ, most people are pretty much broke anyway!!!!I've been gliding and been flying propeller aircraft and training jets, none of them gives me a similar feeling.Sex comes pretty close though! All is well that climbs well Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #19 June 20, 2002 I'd still be hardcore into Mt. Biking and paintball...AerialsSo up highWhen you free your lives (the) eternal prize Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hohonukai 0 #20 June 20, 2002 Quote (yacht racing has too many assholes though,) Amen to that brother. Speaking in the area of surfing, I definitely want to get into kiteboarding, doesn't mean I have to quit skydiving. Just on those *really* windy days, go kiteboarding instead of skydiving. I could see that on windy days with surfing too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #21 June 20, 2002 Yeah but those really windy days are cross country days, so you can still jump AerialsSo up highWhen you free your lives (the) eternal prize Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hohonukai 0 #22 June 20, 2002 ! Oh man, have to do cross country...I guess I'll just have to do both in the same day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #23 June 20, 2002 if it didnt exist I would have more time to find and get serious in a band, I would probly be married, but I would still be seeking that feeling snowborading hiking biking surfing, jumping off of buildings(once)Have fun, Live free, SKYDIVE!!http://community.webshots.com/user/jtval100 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SniperCJ 0 #24 June 20, 2002 I'd be rock climbing more. Ive essentially stopped climbing since I started jumping. Unfortunately both require bthe same kind of weather and if its sunny I'm jumping. I guess I COULD climb on those cloudy low ceiling days....Last climb I did was a 5 pitch, 600 ft, 5.7 - 5.9, outside RMNP on Lumpy Ridge. Whata hoot!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmin 0 #25 June 21, 2002 I would not exist (my parents met skydiving, it is quite reasonable to assume I was conceived on the DZ or at the local hotel). So I guess you could say skydiving is in my genes!That said, I love snowboarding and abseiling. I used to do a lot of climbing and kayaking. We'd all find something to do, but it still wouldn't be the same! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
