percenter 0 #1 June 30, 2010 Finally took the Gound Course. Took a while due to schedule conflicts. A couple of days later I took a day off for jump number 4 and did'nt get to jump because it was too "Bumpy"(sucks). Next time I go up i will have more than 30 days since my last tandem..and its been almost 2 months since i started on this mission. Anyone else had/have a hard time? Any motivational stories will be greatly appreciated!"Travel in the direction of your fears" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #2 June 30, 2010 Nothing truely worthwhile is ever easy!! Hang in there. It'll all be worth it in the end. Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GLIDEANGLE 1 #3 June 30, 2010 Weather delays for students are very common and very frustrating. Patience is a virtue, found seldom in a woman, and never in a man. (so said my grandma!)The choices we make have consequences, for us & for others! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUN_FMX 7 #4 June 30, 2010 Dude its taken me a year to get 34 jumps It took my instructor 18 months to get his first 12 jumps, he is now nearing his 11,000th jump. Learning to skydive is not only a time consuming process but also really farkin expensive, no one expects you to drop everything and finish your AFF this weekend. Take your time, soak it up, hang out at the DZ even when you cant jump and smile, breathe, relax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
percenter 0 #5 July 1, 2010 Agreed! eventhough I did'nt jump yesterday it was fun just getting out of the city and hanging out with some cool folks. Expensive? YES! but I guess it depend's on how much money you got to spend."Travel in the direction of your fears" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mx19 0 #6 July 1, 2010 It took me from january until august to do the first five jumps! Itl be worth it in the end mate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #7 July 1, 2010 Quote Any motivational stories will be greatly appreciated! Read Lee Iacocca's autobiography... I found it pretty motivational. *I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildWilly 0 #8 July 1, 2010 I can't remember all the weekends I sat on the ground at the DZ watching clouds or the wind sock do it's funky dance. All which ment I wasn't jumping. Take that time and talk to people,instructors, coaches and pick thier brains. They won't mind.( beer always helps). This is a great sport. But what makes it great are the people that give without expecting anything in return to help the next generation of skydivers to excell in the sport and stay alive to enjoy many years of great jumps, great friends, great stories and great memories. Stick with it. You won't be disappointed. Willy growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
medic001918 0 #9 July 1, 2010 Don't get discouraged. I did the same thing. Got out and did two jumps the weekend of my FJC. Then I had three weeks of bad weather and scheduling conflicts. Last weekend I went out and knocked out nine jumps over the weekend. I would have had more but the weather got in the way. I'm off of the AFF jumps and onto solo's and coach jumps. Had a blast doing my first solo. Hang in there, it'll be worth it. Shane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azureriders 0 #10 July 1, 2010 I was a terrible student with a drastic spinning problem. As for weahter, well hurricane Katrina made land fall right in the middle of my AFF progresion. So yeah, it took me 15 jumps and over 6 months, but I graduated AFF and now I teach it. Hang in there, it will all work out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCaptain 2 #11 July 1, 2010 It is much better to be on the ground wishing you were up there, then up there wishing you were on the ground. Weather issue are frustratingKirk He's dead Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxwellman23 0 #12 July 1, 2010 Same situation here, i just moved to Alaska which has only 1 DZ and with only a 5 month jumping season on top of summer weather that changes at the drop of a hat. Got 2 jumps in the day after my ground school a month ago, none since then. Hang in there!I am ALIVE! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #13 July 1, 2010 Quote Same situation here, i just moved to Alaska which has only 1 DZ and with only a 5 month jumping season on top of summer weather that changes at the drop of a hat. Got 2 jumps in the day after my ground school a month ago, none since then. Hang in there! Such a beautiful state. Hard place to try and pursue a weather dependent sport.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BDashe 0 #14 July 1, 2010 I made a tandem on a TG break in college and was hooked. I then drove to a DZ in nor cal 120 miles away every day for 11 or 12 days straight intending to do big things and get my license while home over winter break. I literally spent 2 weeks driving to and from the DZ to watch clouds go by. I made one AFF jump in that time. Went back to school and drove 250 miles each way every weekend to a DZ for the next two years til i graduated college and moved So there I was... Making friends and playing nice since 1983 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SKIandSKY 0 #15 July 2, 2010 Hey there, I'm glad to read about this because now I know I'm not alone! I have a 3 hour ONE WAY trip to the nearest DZ and therefore have only jumped 16 times in one year. (It was closed over winter). I did 4 jumps last month but darnit, was all unstable on my last two 10 second delays, busting my altitude and flunking that jump but redoing it well enough last Sunday to pass. I am still unstable and didn't stop rotating around on this last jump but had to pull anyway since I didn't want to bust the altitude again. The others are giving great advice, just do your best to jump as much as you can each month and keep your head up. Even if it takes forever, just think about this. Even makeup jumps are super awesome and this is such an incredible thing to do: we are skydivers! We do what EVERYONE wishes they could (fly) so take heart, keep your spirits up, and we'll all get there eventually. I WAS going to jump tomorrow but have a huge and confusing online assignment due....hopefully I can jump this weekend. SKIandSKY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blkhwk91b 0 #16 July 2, 2010 It took me a year. Looking back, I don't regret it. Soon enough you will be jumping by yourself without someone there to mitigate your mistakes. When I wasn't at the DZ cursing the wind gods, I was reading anything I could about the sport. Safety articles, piloting, packing, gear and how it works, etc, etc. It made me a better skydiver."Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way." - Alan Watts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
