scholarkyle 0 #1 September 14, 2009 Howdy All! Just finished up my A license at Raeford DZ in NC yesterday. Jump 24 was a Muff Jump, 25, 26, and 27 were part of a canopy course with Jeffro Provenzano--totally worthwhile. Today included my first 4-way--totally funneled, but still fun! No cutaways yet or anything too scary, but it seems every jump is a sort of spiritual experience--when I'm on the ground, all I think about is getting back up in the sky. When driving, I'll stick my arm out the window just to get that feeling of wind passing by. And I'm always checking the weather to see if conditions are right to squeeze in a jump. It's like a compulsion haha. I got lots to learn still and still definitely consider myself a newbie, but one thing I DO know is that we're all very lucky to enjoy skydiving. At 28, I'm sorry I didn't start this 10 years ago! BLUE SKIES folks!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaVriK 0 #2 September 14, 2009 Congrats! and i know the feeling! ~MaVriK~ "The Greatest Accomplishment in life is actually Living it" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1racer696 0 #3 September 14, 2009 Quote Congrats! and i know the feeling! haha dont we all know that feeling. i too stick my hand out the window and stuff. haha. when not skydiving. im watching skydiving videos. and every jump i do i get more and more addicted. i have gone from doing 2 jumps a week to 4 and 5. i cant stop! haha oh dude DUde DUDE BRO DUDE. omg DUDE! ummmmm. i forgot.... Dudeist Skydiver #61 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat933 0 #4 September 14, 2009 I love it too. And I started right on time! Still nineteen and thirty two jumps! There is absolutely nothing like the feeling of freefall. Today i followed a Tandem out of the Cessna; I was the last one out and gave them time to get out of my way. I was sitting in the door thinking: I think i'll jump out of this airplane...now. GOD I LOVE THIS SPORT. Clark Kent during the week and superman during the weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #5 September 14, 2009 This sport LOVES you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbriles 0 #6 September 15, 2009 What up kyle? Thanks for letting me bum off you this weekend and live in your house bro. Why not? My direction in life is up...then down again REALLY REALLY FAST!!! Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. D.S. #55 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #7 September 15, 2009 Most whuffos expect the explanation of why we do this to be all about the rush, the adrenaline, the thrill. I emphasize the surrealness of experiencing freefall in real time; that although we probably all are hooked on the thrill, once experienced enough to take it in calmly, there is a certain spiritual feeling. That keeps me comng back as much as the adrenaline. The short response to the title of your post - ME TOO! After every day of skydiving I find myself amazed and privileged to have found this sport and the people in it." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #8 September 16, 2009 It is a great sport, no? I don't know anything that gives me the feeling I get just before I exit--it is spiritual, I think. A very calm and quiet mind along with razor sharp alertness. I love it too!"Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
