MarkM 0 #26 May 26, 2005 29. Would be interesting to see this poll split by gender. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #27 May 26, 2005 QuoteAt 44 I lost 75 lbs. Well.. I hop that doesn't happen to me next year.. While a couple of pounds may improve my performance in a Wingsuit... weighing 85lbs may leave me without the strength to pull... tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drdive 0 #28 May 26, 2005 I am one of the 3%. Age 51 for me, when I tool my daughter on a tandem for her 18th b-day. I'm just regretting the years I didn't jump. Ed"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #29 May 26, 2005 QuoteDude, your poll is messed up. You included the end of the ranges twice, so I didn't know which one to pick! Nah, that is not messed up, it allows for more of a zen thing... If you are 30, do you feel like you are an old or young 30??? Me... I was 29... I was gonna have a midlife crisis when I turned 30, I knew it.... Had to do something to prevent it.... Wait, how old am I again??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #30 May 26, 2005 QuoteI was 20 and on May 29th, 2005 it will be the 29th anniversary of my first jump. Hey Ian, I was 28 and May 31st will be the 25th anniversary of my first jump. I have a 7TU C9 and a ParaCommander...wanna go retro? -- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tumbler 0 #31 May 26, 2005 Agreed. I think what my life would have been like, what paths would have been walked differently had I made my first jump at 17 instead of 37. Would I still be sitting here in NY doing what I am doing (not referring to blowing off work to cruise DZ.com either). Probably not. If there is a plus, being "established" I do not meet with the financial constraints some of the teens and 20-somethings seem to run in to Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #32 May 26, 2005 First tandem aged 18 and 1 day. AFF one year later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilZilla 2 #33 May 26, 2005 17, on the forth of July. Sweet jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #34 May 26, 2005 I was 20, did my first jump May 21st of 2000 and I kick myself for waiting that extra 2 years. Especially since I grew up in Sherman, just under 30 minutes or so from SD Dallas and since due to a tech job I had in high school I basically had money to burn. Oh well, things have turned out pretty well.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokemon 0 #35 May 26, 2005 One year this month and leaving Iceland next wednesday for Z-Hills to do at least a hundred jumps in 2 weeks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 42 #36 May 26, 2005 QuoteQuoteI was 20 and on May 29th, 2005 it will be the 29th anniversary of my first jump. Hey Ian, I was 28 and May 31st will be the 25th anniversary of my first jump. I have a 7TU C9 and a ParaCommander...wanna go retro? I love to but not being as "svelt" as I was oh so many years ago, perhaps it would be best for me to look for water landingGood to hear from you - have fun going retro!"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Designer 0 #37 May 26, 2005 Was 19 in 1975 when I made my first S/L jump.This August is my 30th year.Gonna try to do something special that week to celebrate?Yes,I'll buy my case!rabbit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rustywardlow 0 #38 May 26, 2005 June 20th 1981 I was 17 and if had not been for my dad dragging me hollering kicking the whole way and paying for it. I would not have finished the staticline course. But, once I got my first pin from Mark Baddilow I was hooked. 'CAPTAIN THE MATTER IS MIXXING WITH THE DOESN'T MATTER." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #39 May 26, 2005 I was in that 16-21 range... that will be as close as I tell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayle 0 #40 May 26, 2005 I did my first jump the summer of my 18th birthday. It was a static line jump from 4K. I did another 4 jumps over the next 2 years and stopped do to money and time issues. ( I also could never simulate pulling on the s/l course, I always was checking my chute first ) 10 years later a friend asked if I would go do a jump with him, I said sure, called up a couple of DZ's and found out about the AFF program. I was 28 and haven't looked back since. Dayle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dunesurfer 0 #41 May 26, 2005 My first jump was a gift from my wife for my 40th birthday. She has been kicking herself ever since for that bright idea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #42 May 26, 2005 I did as a lark on my 40th birthday. I'll be 45 in a couple of months. L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sd-slider 0 #43 May 26, 2005 I was 34 and 80 pounds over the 230lb max weight for a tandem. I blew off all 80 and then some to make my first jump @ 35 (May 15, 2004). I started AFF six months later and here I am. Anvil Brother #69 Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk... Back2Back slammers and 40yr old fat guys don't mix! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
somethinelse 0 #44 May 26, 2005 Yep. I AM one of those "older people"! Started jumping a couple of years ago... I probably would've been better off in number of started jumping at half of the age that I am now! LuLu. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillbo 11 #45 May 26, 2005 Did a Tandem just for fun on my 40th. Went back with some friends about a year later and did another one.. Started AFF 2 weeks later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjohn 0 #46 May 26, 2005 I was 34 when I started up my aff course. Dont know why the hell I didnt start sooner. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #47 May 26, 2005 2% were 50+ when they started. Sure glad I am in such exclusive company! Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darshiva8 0 #48 May 26, 2005 I was 19. November of 2002. Got through four jumps before I ran out of money because paying for school kind of got in the way. Now I'm in grad school and came into some money through fellowships and internships, so I'm starting over tomorrow, hopefully. ************** For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. ~Leonardo da Vinci~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wonderhog 0 #49 May 26, 2005 17, in 1978, in Indiantown, FL. No AFF, No static line- just me and a ripcord from 3300 feet A paracommander and a belly-mount reserve and AAD's on both canopies, in case I locked up. After landing, I fell over on my back in grass and laughed hysterically (photo attached, see I haven't changed a bit.), and boarded the very next airplane.Laurel Nichols _______________________________________ If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.-Anon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wonderhog 0 #50 May 26, 2005 QuoteI was 20 and on May 29th, 2005 it will be the 29th anniversary of my first jump. Happy 29th jump day! It'll be 27 years for me in August!Laurel Nichols _______________________________________ If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.-Anon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
