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I think Peggy landed in mud in that one
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InFlames235 posted:Glad to hear you had a good time and didn't die i hope to have a similar experience You're not going to die... Especially if you go tandem. One thing I learned doing the 6 hour course before hand was that plane after plane of at least 15-20 ppl were going up ALL day, like every 20 minutes, and NO ONE died, etc. ONE person ALL day had to simply pull their reserve and it was a tandem instructor, which landed just fine. I literally saw hundreds of people jump without issue before I even went up on the plane, and that was just from the one day I was there (and they do it every drat day). Like I said earlier, the odds of both of your independently packed shoots failing is like winning the lotto, in which case it's just your time to die. If you're going tandem you don't even have to worry about checking the shoot for issues, he'll do it for you.
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# ? Jun 10, 2014 16:40 |
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Romes posted:You're not going to die... Especially if you go tandem. One thing I learned doing the 6 hour course before hand was that plane after plane of at least 15-20 ppl were going up ALL day, like every 20 minutes, and NO ONE died, etc. ONE person ALL day had to simply pull their reserve and it was a tandem instructor, which landed just fine. I literally saw hundreds of people jump without issue before I even went up on the plane, and that was just from the one day I was there (and they do it every drat day). Thanks bud! Makes me feel safer.
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# ? Jun 10, 2014 17:08 |
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InFlames235 posted:You've done it before sloth bud? Yea I did it with my dad for a birthday once. It's good poo poo and even my 56 year old dad enjoyed himself.
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# ? Jun 10, 2014 17:09 |
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Good luck dude! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeCsC8LWHE
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# ? Jun 10, 2014 18:45 |
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Don't trust that guy he keeps calling chutes, shoots. Also I hear that you don't even feel like you're falling cause you're falling so fast the wind feels like a floor C/d?
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 05:54 |
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Well, you still know you're falling because of all the air whipping by you. And then you go out initially you can feel a rush of terror. I almost want to post my Youtube video of when I did this back in 2000 for the first time but then I'd have goons like filling in spreadsheets about me.
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:03 |
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are you going to finger a fat bitch while in free fall
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:03 |
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You really should pay the extra $$$$ to get it recorded, though. It was totally worth it to be able to whip it out later and laugh at how young/awkward/nervous you were for your first jump.
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:04 |
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Captain Candiru posted:Well, you still know you're falling because of all the air whipping by you. And then you go out initially you can feel a rush of terror. 1 lol if you think that will happen 2 lol if you give a poo poo what goons think about you
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:04 |
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Robo Reagan posted:1 lol if you think that will happen Creepy goon stalking is a pretty regular occurrence no matter how cool you are and I'm pretty much a legend. Just imagine Barfgoon.jpg guy doing a tandem dive 14 years ago. What the gently caress would you know about it, anyway. Also just be careful who you show the video to because it really backfired when I brought the tape to a girl I liked to show it off. She popped it in and her dad was there watching it with us and it turned out that he had been injured severely while skydiving so he hated me from that point on.
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:07 |
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Captain Candiru posted:I'm pretty much a legend. lol
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:08 |
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lol if you don't know who Captain Candiru is
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:12 |
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Here's my favorite moment from my dive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFLrsO4cehE&t=34s
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:12 |
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Captain Candiru posted:Creepy goon stalking is a pretty regular occurrence no matter how cool you are and I'm pretty much a legend. Just imagine Barfgoon.jpg guy doing a tandem dive 14 years ago. What the gently caress would you know about it, anyway. How'd he get injured? Was he solo?
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:18 |
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I tried not to bring it up or ask questions. I think he hit a tree or a pole or something and it caused permanent damage to his back. And yeah, it probably was solo. I don't think tandems became commonplace until the 90s or so, and he always seemed pretty old for a dad.
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 06:27 |
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When you're hanging out the door with your legs under the plane you might poo poo yourself. But when you actually jump out and get hit by the wind outside the plane, it's is one of the most ego destroying things you can do. Enjoy!
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 21:26 |
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Remember it is bad luck to pack your chute yourself. Get someone else to do it for you just to be safe.
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 21:29 |
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How many parachutes does a goon need to safely get to the gound? We're about to find out!
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 22:22 |
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toggle posted:When you're hanging out the door with your legs under the plane you might poo poo yourself. But when you actually jump out and get hit by the wind outside the plane, it's is one of the most ego destroying things you can do. so skydive on shrooms, got it.
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 22:26 |
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redstormpopcorn posted:so skydive on shrooms, got it. Take a hit of acid before you go
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# ? Jun 11, 2014 22:35 |
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redstormpopcorn posted:so skydive on shrooms, got it. you ain't poo poo when you're free falling from 15,000 feet duder
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:15 |
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chug a whole forty on the way down op
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:16 |
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toggle posted:you ain't poo poo when you're free falling from 15,000 feet duder Nobody ain't poo poo anyway in the cosmic sense, we're already falling from 490,828,800,000 feet into the sun. That's like the cumulative height of every human who has ever lived. The Universe doesn't care about us, and that's awesome.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:22 |
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I did an 18000 ft tandem here http://www.skydivemontereybay.com/ a few years ago. It was fun, but there are rollercoasters with more thrills and don't cost $259, so I don't think I'll ever do it again.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:23 |
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I did the full-day training and my first jump was a solo jump. Two instructors jump with you, but you're not attached to them at all and pull your own cord. Free-fall was noisier than I expected, with the wind, but after you pull the cord and you're just out there slowly moving towards the landing area it's really very peaceful. The part I didn't like was the slow flight up to the jump altitude in a small, kind of beat-up airplane. You're all packed in pretty close, and that's the part that got me a little uneasy. Once I got to the door and it was time to jump, I was ready to go. The best advice was one of the trainers telling my to make good and goddamn sure my balls were completely clear of the harness straps. It's a pretty good jolt when the chute deploys. I'm glad I did it and I got some great pictures/video, but I don't feel compelled to do it again. I thought I would.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 01:58 |
InFlames235 posted:Whoah whoah someone's not getting my plat if I splat. how the gently caress else would you die? trip into the plane and crack your skull? anyway go naked in a pagan sky ritual you get to gently caress your instructor this way do it Robo Reagan posted:are you going to finger a fat bitch while in free fall yeaaaaah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:02 |
Stoic Commie posted:chug a whole forty on the way down op dont rip the cord till it's empty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:03 |
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sky diving is boring. don't go sky diving, it's hundreds of bucks for hours of sitting around waiting for a 3 minute small talk conversation with a man who is strapped to your rear end.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:07 |
Stoic Commie posted:chug a whole forty on the way down op when you land spike that motherfucker like nobody spiked it before then scream "20,000 foot! BITCH!" then unhook yourself from the other guy's torso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:12 |
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had a dude at my dz literally fly into the wind pole nailed his nuts on it loving
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:14 |
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Real hurthling! posted:sky diving is boring. don't go sky diving, it's hundreds of bucks for hours of sitting around waiting for a 3 minute small talk conversation with a man who is strapped to your rear end. Pretty much this. Everyone there tries to hype it up and get you super excited while they try to get some video of you for promos. I guess it's cool I can say I did it to impress everyone that's scared to try. There are a lot of people that really enjoy it though and maybe some of you will.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:24 |
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My flight was the last one up that day, and by the time I landed and lugged my poo poo over to the hangar, and put on my regular clothes, the instructors and pilots were all hanging out at some picnic tables next to the hangar drinking beer. The guys who jump with you also sit down with you afterwords and go over what you did right and wrong. I could tell they wanted to go drink instead of giving their 100th review of the day, so I offered to split the cost of a case of beer with one of the guys and go hang out. We went and bought it, and I just listened while they talked about who had hosed up and other random things from the day. The beer kept flowing and the group moved off of the airport property and over to an RV-camp where they were all set up with trailers and campers. By the end, half the guys were pretty shitfaced and they were all telling jump stories. Some of the stories were genuinely pretty remarkable, and it was more interesting in many ways than the actual jump. So fly last and buy beer, I guess.
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:25 |
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redstormpopcorn posted:Nobody ain't poo poo anyway in the cosmic sense, we're already falling from 490,828,800,000 feet into the sun. That's like the cumulative height of every human who has ever lived. The Universe doesn't care about us, and that's awesome. yessss that's my sssshit
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:30 |
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do the one where you strap a dude to your rear end and then claim its not gay and that you had to do it
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:37 |
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SpicyMeatSandwich posted:do the one where you strap a dude to your rear end and then claim its not gay and that you had to do it That's the one I'm doing no homo
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 02:57 |
ask him about skindiving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 23:38 |
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http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/06/george-h-w-bush-to-mark-90th-birthday-by-jumping-out-of-helicopter-thursday-104050.html
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 23:41 |
ahaha bush is a crippled dead guy now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo
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# ? Jun 12, 2014 23:53 |
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InFlames235 posted:Going where no goon has gone before: away from my couch. its ok to skydive. quite boring in many ways.
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