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I would imagine that would be quite exhausting for 9 days straight! lol Prior to jumping I would've never thought that skydiving would be a sport that would take so much energy..seeing as I am in good shape and even played university football..but like i said even after one jump I was wiped that night. I'm hoping to get into PFF two weekends from now..and money permitting hopefully I can get level 1 and 2 done..as our season is coming to an end soon! I see a lot of videos on the net of people having their complete course filmed..do most DZ's film this as a training method or is this something that some people chose to pay for? So far of the two jumps I've done I found during the first one the camera was incredibly distracting

Finally got my second jump in yesterday! Winds have been crazy here the past week so we got cancelled a few times but the guys at the DZ were awesome in squeezing us in their schedule last minute yesterday! What an amazing feeling the second time around...standing on the wingstrut this time felt incredibly comfortable and I couldn't wait to jump! I wore an altimeter and got to learn a bit about body positioning and my instructor let me deploy our chute which was an awesome feeling. For some reason I was completly fixated on watching the ground...but was still able to check altitude and deply at the proper alt, so I'm presuming I did ok there. Question though...both tandems I've done now, and about 6-7 hours later I start to feel very weezy and nauteous..is this normal for the first few jumps? It almost feels like the feeling you get when you've been at the beach for 8 hours straight...just a bit of a headache, kind of sick, and very fatigued..I'd imagine this goes away? Either way I'm friggin hooked and thanks again for your replies!!

Hey! Thanks for the follow up...unfortunately the jump was cancelled due to gusting winds! Quite a bummer...skies were clear and beautiful so the thought of winds never even crossed my mind on the way to the DZ until we got there. We re-scheduled for this Thursday (30th) but there's 40% P.O.P with mixed clouds. Weather forecasting in my region is done by waking up and looking out your window so hopefully it'll be nice enough to jump! Have to head in to work immediately afterwards so that should make for an interesting day at work after my second jump lol

Thanks for the replies...really good info I'm feeling a bit better. haha. Getting super pumped about this next jump..talked to my DZ today and told them my intentions with this jump and she was saying they'll put an altimeter on me and show me a lot more before and after the jump...I was pumped about the altimeter I think that'll be cool! August 26th can't come soon enough!!

Hey everyone! Great site so far love all of the info. So question for all of you..I did my first tandem a week ago and absolutely loved it. I did it for a few personal reasons and wasn't sure exactly how it was going to feel and to be honest I was pretty damn scared haha..when my feet left that airplane it was nothing like I ever expected! The rush was incredibly intense but that euphoric feeling of the cold air up there was the thing that's leaving me thinking about this all day everyday. I'm going back for a second tandem in three weeks and can't wait. My question is because I'm seriously considering taking my PFF course at the DZ 45 minutes from my place but trying to figure out if this is actually for me or if my brain is just on sensory overload from my last jump. Again..I absolutely loved the sensation I got from my tandem but the feeling was extremely overpowering and I'm not sure I would've ever been coherent enough to focus on any details during that time. I was barely able to locate the dropzone even after my instructor pointed it out and I had a hard time getting myself to help steer the canopy because I just wanted to sit there and relax lol Basically what I'm wondering is what mindset should I go with as I'm going into my next tandem? And what should I focus on? I've got no problem doing a few more to get a better feel for it before PFF but it would get costly quick..I really want to do this jump and feel confident enough to go right into PFF but I'm worried I will still have doubts. Regardless of how I do I'll definitly continue to do tandems but obviously could only afford a few a year lol Let me know if you guys/gals ever experienced this in your beginnings and if what I'm feeling is normal..I could very well be over thinking this but I enjoyed it so much that I seriously think I would want to get into this sport! Thanks a million :)