skydivedevil

Welcome to the wonderful world of skydiving Mindy

***So then everyone is chatting and enjoying the ride up and I've got my eyes closed visualizing my jump over...and over....and over again. Ad nauseum. It's all good, though, when I'm in the air... _______________________________________________ Talk about taking the words right out of my mouth. That is exactly how I feel each time I go up. My last couple of jumps I have been on loads with some of the best skydivers at Deland (Hunter, Jimmy, Pax) Somewhat intimidating, however, they all have been TREMENDOUS in helping me out in my skydiving adventure. Everytime, I watch them get in and out of the plane, like it's nothing. And here I am sitting next to them thinking "What the heck am I doing ?" Once I am out of the plane, life is GREAT. A BIG thanks to all of you who replied, it is nice to know I am not the only one out there who has "butterflies". Thank you all for the encouragement. I'll be back in the air next week as long a hurricane doesn't ruin my plans. ***The Butterflies (Ther Hordes of them, that is) will go away, some are leaving with every jump. _________________________________________________ Awesome quote!

Hello Everyone, I am a newbie at Skydive Deland with just completing jump #12 yesterday. However it should have been #14. Last week I rode the plane down just because something didn't feel right. One of the regulars at the DZ said that he would go back up with me and as the old addage goes "once you fall off the bicycle you get back on". I went back up for the second jump. IT WAS AWESOME! Fast forward to yesterday... I met with Scott Miller to do some canopy school training. Fisrt jump I flopped out of the plane however stabilized quickly , but I started to slightly turn, threw my canopy at 6000' landing was awful (in a mucky creek) in the student landing area. Went to go back up for my second jump of the day and all of a sudden, the anxiety took over. Once again I just couldn't get out of the plane and rode back down. I was so worried about making a perfect exit that I couldn't make the jump.. My questions to the forum are: 1) Do the "butterflies" ever go away? 2) And did any of you ever say 'Once I get out of this plane and on the ground, I'll never do this again"? I LOVE SKYDIVING!