Age?

[freefall5000 0]

Been skydiving 4 times 8 years ago and loved it. The job I had at the time messed me up for money and time. I am now 33. Does anyone think that is to old to get out there and get my A license and get jumping ?

[shropshire 0]

Not by a very long shot ...... follow your dream.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Heatmiser 0]

Yup. 32 is the cutoff. You're outa luck, grampa!

What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo

Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama

[TheCaptain 2]

Absolutely not, personally I started when I was 30 and that was almost 10 years ago. There are alot of jumps in the 40's through 60's around. I have even heard of a tandem instructor that is in his late 60's around.

Kirk
He's dead Jim

[Reginald 0]

didn't start until I was 36. couldn't have afforded it until I was 36 anyway!

"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

[skysohigh77 0]

I'm 32 and just started

[SEREJumper 1]

My dad started at 55.

We're not fucking flying airplanes are we, no we're flying a glorified kite with no power and it should be flown like one! - Stratostar

[skymama 37]

As long as you're in good health, I'd say you have a good 30 years of skydiving ahead of you. Call your local dz, time's a wastin'!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[mellow 0]

i just finished aff and i'll be 49 in a few weeks.

Jennifer

don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. and then go do that, because what the world needs is people that come alive.

[skymama 37]

Well, see! You're setting a fine example to the young lad.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[drdive 0]

I started at 51, now I'm 56. If I follow Andrea's logic, I only have 6 good years left!!

Check back in 15 years, Skymama!! Lots of jumpers over 70 out there

Doc

"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub"

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[lekstrom10k 0]

I will be 67 on August 8th and have 220 jumps so far this year and 141 are tandems . I am trying to stay at my pace to be near my hero Mike Spurgeon at Lodi Ca. Seems to ne he did his 10000 tandem 3or4 years ago. Thats a whole lot of neck staring.

[skymama 37]

Ok, ok, I should have said "at least".

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[JohnRich 4]

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I am now 33. Does anyone think that is to old to get out there and get my A license and get jumping ?

Answer: http://www.thepops.org/

[Distabled 0]

Yes, 33 is too old, gravity has far more effect on you the older you get so you will fall way too fast and your instructors will not be able to keep up.

Maybe you should play lawn bowls or bingo instead,... just to be safe.

D

Get busy living or get busy dying!

[billeisele 130]

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Well, see! You're setting a fine example to the young lad.

if a guy said that he would be slapped into tomorrow

Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.

[tombuch 0]

Not even close to "too old."

According to the 2007 USPA membership survey, most active jumpers are about your age or older. The report is based on member self reporting, and lists our ages as follows:

16-29 19%
30-39 28%
40-49 25%
50-59 17%
60+ 7%
Not Reported 4%


For more interesting stats about skydivers, check out: http://uspa.org/Portals/0/MembershipSurveys/memsurvey07.pdf

Tom Buchanan
Instructor Emeritus
Comm Pilot MSEL,G
Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy

[GaVak 0]

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Been skydiving 4 times 8 years ago and loved it. The job I had at the time messed me up for money and time. I am now 33. Does anyone think that is to old to get out there and get my A license and get jumping ?

Hell no you're not too old... I'm 31 and just got my AFF cert this month. I'm working on my A license as we speak.

Life doesn't need reasons, just participants.

D.S.#21

[kallend 2,027]

I made my first jump at 52. Competed at US Nationals 4 times since then, and was on sequential, POPS and SOS world records. And Elltee is even older than me.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[robskydiv 0]

Youngster!

[Matitemel 0]

Not at all !!! do it! :)

Mélanie

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[ozzy13 0]

I didnt start till Aug of 06 I was 36. Now I am 39 and have over 1100 jumps and loving every minute. So get to your local dz and start jumping

Never give the gates up and always trust your rears!

[virgin-burner 1]

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Yup. 32 is the cutoff. You're outa luck, grampa!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[mjosparky 4]

I started when I was 30 and that was in 1976.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[Nutz 0]

I wish I had started when I was 32.

(I was 39)

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