dclabounty 0 #1 May 8, 2012 Sorry guys and gals this is mainly going to be a bitch session with a couple of questions. So way back in July I did my FJC (I had done a tandam about a year prior to that) and continued on and finished my A license in August. September I got to do a jump with Kevin which was AWESOME!!! (Kevin is the dude who convinced me to do my FJC and took me to the DZ). And that was my last jump. Since then work has kept me from being anywhere near a DZ. December I thought: "Ya I'll be jumping soon" so I bought a used rig which I still haven't jumped. Now the closest DZ is a $800 plane ticket and about $80 lift tickets. I think the hardest part was the first month or two of not jumping. I would be jumping in my head. Going through dive flows, maybe having a malfunction, of course nailing my EPs lol. Since then though I've been thinking about jumping less. Does this mean I don't want to jump as much? NO!!! I just think that as the length of time since we've completed a task gets larger, we thing about it less. To update my rig to reflect my "not jumping in a long ass time status" (yes I thing that's a legit status) I got the reserve pillow swapped out for a D-ring and upsized the main from a 190 loaded at right at 1.0 to a 210 at .90. I realize it's a small difference but I feel better about it. Obviously I'm going to have to go through recurrency training. Obviously I will listen to my instructors there and take their advice. But what do you all do when you can't jump for a while? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 May 8, 2012 Quote But what do you all do when you can't jump for a while? Other stuff. I dunno. I suppose back in my first year or so of jumping, I was at the dropzone pretty much every good weekend, and even some weekdays in the summer when the days were longer. But even then, and especially after then, I've kept my life pretty balanced. I'm a 100 or so jump a year jumper, on average, so that means I spend a lot of time doing other things. I have other hobbies and interests, I sometimes travel for things other than skydiving, I spend time with family and friends. Life is good, and skydiving is a part of that. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mchamp 1 #3 May 8, 2012 $800 plane ticket and $80 lift tickets? Skip that place and spend $1,000 on a plane ticket to California or Hawaii if you're in Japan and you can buy lift tickets for $25 or $22 each if you buy in bulk! Or even $15 at Lodi That's of course if you are planning on jumping hardcore for a couple weeks. If you only plan on doing under 20 then I'd say just wait to save up some more cash and then do Cali as you'll save yourself the extra $200 that it costs more to go to cali within 4 jumps! Wish you fun and safe jumping soon!For info regarding lift ticket prices all around the world check out http://www.jumpticketprices.com/dropzones.asp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
