RaXz

Last time I tracked pretty fast from a 2-way. I realised in time that I was tracking precisely on jumprun, when that hit me I pitched it fast in full track and I felt something hitting my rightfoot. Maybe I put my right foot somewhat higher when I was stressed to pull fast, even so, it kinda shocked me. Normally I don't slow my tracks before pitching, maybe somewhat. But from that experience on I will try slow my tracks way more before pitching.

Great article! Grain of salt opinion follows: I can sometimes feel that smugness creep onto me, I count myself lucky that I love the psychological aspect of the sport too. I try to guard myself from that kind of mentality, I rather look up onto things with an open mind. In my eyes it's the same danger as getting complacent, I am almost hitting that number now. When I am about to jump, I think to myself that it could be my last jump, just to accept that possibility, it keeps me on a edge. Of course, I try to balance more to a optimistic state of mind, but I don't want to loose my sight on the negative side of things, lest it bites me in the bottom. It's just like when I was a kid, I thought myself as invulnerable, until shit hit the fan a couple of times. It's better to realise that upfront instead of getting reality to learn you a lesson.

Congratulations, now the real fun starts. And maybe skydiving will become a obligation in itself.

I am really glad you survived it, but besides that I am questioning some things as a noob. Do I understand it correctly that you've had your shoulder dislocated a while ago, and in the mean time you have had a shoulder operation and did AFF again. And you're still are jumping with this question? I really can't imagine that you haven't had the time to ask around at your DZ. Then it is really natural that this niggles (huge understatement?) you.

Worth repeating in these cases. Very true, I will keep that in mind, afterall I am a newbie that has a lot to learn. But who says that I didn't do that already? Didn't meant to be coming off to advicey but moreso to share my own experience with it, my fault.

Just don't battle (you can't say that battling is relaxing) and listen to your instructors, and in a lesser extent, to the good advice of others. I know, easier said than done, I had/have troubles too when it comes to moving foward, gotten into a battle with it too. I went up instead of fowards.

Why in such a hurry? With a lower wingloading you have more time to take care of things, and I presume that you can learn more when you've got extra time. It sucks to hope that you get the good reflexes instead of the bad ones like panic turns close to the ground when shit really hits the fan. I will happily stay at my 0.97 WL, I don't have to get the extra speed to enjoy myself. And I really dislike comparing myself to others with lower jumpcounts that are at a much higher wingload. Still, I haven't got a real painfull landing, and I don't have to scold at myself when laying in a hospital because I downsized to quickly.

The main selling point of the wii is the new type of controls, it's just an upgraded Gamecube. I am glad that I;ve bought mine, I really dislike all that next-gen crap that focuses more on graphics than gameplay.

That was not what I was trying to relay, I don't think that autistics can't be greedy and lying. Sorry if it was a bit unclear, my skill in english is rather dusty.

Don't forget we are talking about a whole spectrum here, and a spectrum is a lot of colors! The diagnoses only cover a couple of colors, people are unique (special ) . so it's difficult to compare them, they mostly compare the known symptoms. I think the best treatment against autism is acceptance, but that's not the strong point of many societies, a lot of people tend to be xenophobic, in my opinion. It's the way the system works, it seems that greedy and lying people aren't diagnosed because they are good for the system, sometimes they even are idolized. Maybe we should focus a bit more on the whole picture instead of only the negative traits of these diagnosis.

Yea, hanging around works great, even if you don't say much. Don't be to hard on yourself, and skydiving is not a sport for rushing things. Just take it at your own pace, I can relate somewhat to the troubles of Ether. I have social anxiety, but I see it as a chance to work on it, and I even give myself assignments to learn to cope with it. Social anxiety is my main bottleneck, still haven't got my A license yet. But then again I am not in a hurry, and I am having fun jumping. I have to force myself to go to the DZ, and staying there is another challenge. But afterwards I am happy that I've done it. Have fun, be safe and be as you are

An own race, with an own religion, something like gravity worship. Isn't mutation another term for evolution? It is a entertaining thought though, that skydivers are the only ones that evolve.

Never had any trouble with it except when I was jumping for the first time with leather gloves, with a clear and pull from 3500 feet. Put almost my whole thumb in the tube, took me a second to get it out and grab the tube again. Normally I just grab it at the side, I grab the tube a lot of times before the jump, it's kinda baked in and maybe it helps not to get my fingers in it.

I have to fight the temptation to jerk on the chest strap of others, I don't wanna be a jerk, so I only watch.

I've got the same symptoms. And a couple of years ago, long before I started jumping, I climbed a antenna on a small military ground at night, (the guards sucked 'cos I did it without getting caught) it was about 100 feet high, when I almost reached the top I looked down and clearly remember that I thought to myself "hell, I have to climb down too!"