Since Skydiving I .....

[EOCS 0]

Since skydiving i have noticed i have picked up some habits/abilities.

1. This backpack i use to carry my laptop has a chest strap, i was not aware of its existence before skydiving. Now it is mandatory that its on and tightened so i can feel it. if not i feel like there is something wrong.

2. That same backpack. I find myself checking for the BOC hacky after i put it on.

3. I can now pack things into containers FAR more efficiently then before, suitcases are no match.

4. I now have interest in the weather.

5. If the wind blows sharply i automatically go into a tracking position.

6. I was able to control everything in my dreams before. up until recently i was no longer able to fly. luckily that has come back.


7. Dont get scared when someone drives a little over what i think is the safe limit, not sure how this is related but it works.

8. I have since developed a small fear of flying on commercial airplanes. there is no useable exit, i have no parachute, i know how fast the ground comes up.

how about others?

[theonlyski 8]

Lost my girlfriend TURN

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[skydivecat 3]

The weather is the biggest one for me, I NEVER used to give a crapt. Now I'm watching the clouds/winds like a hawk.

...realized I'm not as crazy as all my whuffo friends make me think I am. You guys all put me to shame!

[mrubin 0]

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...realized I'm not as crazy as all my whuffo friends make me think I am. You guys all put me to shame!

Don't worry. It probably won't be too long before you're as crazy as the rest of us.

As to the original question, whenever I see a flag I plan a landing pattern.

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[Namowal 0]

I'm still a student but this is what I've noticed...

*Falling in dreams isn't a bad thing anymore (but it's much colder!)

*When I find myself "fighting" everyday objects (for example, trying to pull something out of my purse that's stuck,) within a few seconds "Cutaway and pull your reserve!" pops in my head.

*I eat a lot of home made sandwiches (on the cheapest bread I can find).

My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

[Southern_Man 0]

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Lost my girlfriend TURN

When I broke up w/ my last GF, I described it as cutting away...

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[theonlyski 8]

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Lost my girlfriend TURN

When I broke up w/ my last GF, I described it as cutting away...

Have an immediate reserve ride, or did you take a delay to get stable first?

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[jclalor 12]

While ascending and descending in commercial AC, trying to guess the altitude.

[topdocker 0]

When I see a plane overhead, I check to see if it is at a jumpable altitude, a type of plane I could get out of, and if they are holding a good jumprun.

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Jump more, post less!

[airtwardo 7]

I look at gear for other sports and evaluate if it would be usable/better for Skydiving than what I have.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[theonlyski 8]

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I look at gear for other sports and evaluate if it would be usable/better for Skydiving than what I have.

That why I saw ya jumping with hockey pads on?

Combat RW jumps?

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[airtwardo 7]

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I look at gear for other sports and evaluate if it would be usable/better for Skydiving than what I have.

That why I saw ya jumping with hockey pads on?

Combat RW jumps?

Years ago I was test jumping the ole 'Plant-em' Phantom round reserves...I wore Knee & elbow pads for landing & a mouth guard for the openings!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[pchapman 279]

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Years ago I was test jumping the ole 'Plant-em' Phantom round reserves...

Sounds like another tale for you to tell in a History & Trivia thread!

[Southern_Man 0]

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Lost my girlfriend TURN

When I broke up w/ my last GF, I described it as cutting away...

Have an immediate reserve ride, or did you take a delay to get stable first?

The most important thing, when going to the reserve girlfriend, is to leave enough time for full inflation.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[TiaDanger 0]

have changed my career plans. I recently graduated with a master's in biology, but am going to helicopter flight school when my loans get approved.

Being in the air is much more fun than sitting at a microscope

And for the record: the appropriate ranking of cool modes of transportation is jet pack, hover board, transporter, Batmobile, and THEN giant ant.
D.S. #8.8

[Willi91 0]

Since I've been in the sport all my life, I can't relly say that anything has changed, but from time to time, I experience that I take notice of i.e. the weather much more than my friends do.
When I'm driving somewhere, every cornfield or whatever I pass by can be considered a landing area.
I think I can see almost everything in a skydiving perspective..

[skydivecat 3]

I just realized that when driving, I am CONSTANTLY looking out the window and analyzing if this field or that field would be better to land in!

I've also done ground crew on a few base, I can't go anywhere without looking at the antennaes, trying to guess how tall they are, and whether they would be good for a jump.

[Bluhdow 31]

"While ascending and descending in commercial AC, trying to guess the altitude."

This.

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[jayach05 0]

On cloudy days, I find myself searching the sky for holes

[cormier.gr 0]

Epic Idea! right up there with canoe jousting

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[danielcroft 2]

I was checking someone else's backpack while they were getting on the bus the other morning for gear issues.

I've checked for my hackey more than once.

I too like to try to track when it's windy.

[oldwomanc6 52]

Whenever I hear a plane engine cut back (for whatever reason) I look up and see if someone's coming my way.

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[skydivecat 3]

We were talking about freefall larping. All dress up in tin foil armour, get styrafoam swords, and video us beating the crapt out of each other in freefall. It would be pretty freaking hilarious...

[Hellis 0]

I think it's something like that in the video "Simon Bones wins a cypres" or something like that.
Just a few seconds of video of it

[JackC1 0]

I find it very weird getting on a plane if I'm not wearing a rig and on commercial planes I have to remind myself that when the red light goes on it means wear your seat belt, not open the door.