June 11, 2006
2 and a half miles above Waller, TX


" OH SHIT!!!"




*7,500ft later..*

"PULL!!"

*6,000ft...later..*

"Heh..well, it opened."



"Time for a drink."

Last edited by Matthias on Aug-02-2006 at 00:49

#1 Cost of Gas to get the plane up to 10,000 feet, 20$
#2 Cost of first Tandem Jump Tree Fiddy (350$)
#3 Your expression on the last picture is priceless.

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Originally posted by we_R_DNA #3 Your expression on the last picture is priceless.

...must...not...chop...


Looks like a hell of a time. I'd love to give it a shot at some point.

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Originally posted by we_R_DNA #3 Your expression on the last picture is priceless.

absolutely!

i want to try it too, but that whole fear of heights and blacking out thing...yeah.

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Originally posted by iclone fear of heights

Your depth perception is bluffed at 13,500ft. Your also looking at the horizon rather than straight down. The only falling sensation is the 120mph upward winds. From what I have heard, fear of heights applies more to BASE jumping as you do get ground rush.

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and blacking out thing...yeah.

The only incidents of blacking out I have heard of, is if the jumper gets caught in an uncontrollable spin. In the unlikely case that you DO go unconsious (while as a student) your rig has what is call an AAD (automatic activation device) What that does is say by 1,200ft you have not deployed your main canopy, the AAD launches your reserve.

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous I'd love to give it a shot at some point.

Go for it dude. If I woulda known better then, I woulda started at 18.

Do you feel sick when you land? I mean, travelling down at such speeds must cause an effect on your brain, temporarily. Maybe some euphoria?

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The scientist cannot capture the whole cosmos in thought. In his mind he makes a kind of microcosm, which we see as an analogue of the cosmos. In this way we try to get a feeling for the whole. The artist, I suppose, gets a feeling for the whole some other way.”

David Bohm in “Art, Dialogue and the Implicate Order”, published in On Creativity RC (Routledge Classics)

Whoa my little sister just invited me to go sky diving in lexington this Sunday!!! I am going to take the last few weeks of Matthias's advice going skydiving!!! WOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Matthias 1,200ft you have not deployed your main canopy, the AAD launches your reserve.

that makes me feel a better. i'll need a very patient instructor to help me through my neuroses...

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Originally posted by we_R_DNA Whoa my little sister just invited me to go sky diving in lexington this Sunday!!! I am going to take the last few weeks of Matthias's advice going skydiving!!! WOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!

as in...KY?!
my little sis is in lex, too

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Originally posted by diggerz Do you feel sick when you land? I mean, travelling down at such speeds must cause an effect on your brain, temporarily. Maybe some euphoria?

I've never felt sick, but then again I was advised to not have any alcohol within 8 hours of making a jump or anything to eat an hour beforehand.

This varies from person to person, but there is always anxiety and anticipation during the plane ride right before exit. For my first time, this was more or less fear of the unknown, not knowing what to expect, that sort of thing. Now that I am in the training, this anxiety is not on the safety aspects, but more or less performance-based anxiety of making a stable exit (leaving the plane without flipping over forward or backward)...not dangerous necessarily, but wastes time better spent on diveflow manuevers; and doing all of the objectives of the AFF level correctly to advance to the next and learn more manuevers. For some this anxiety may cause an upset stomach, but I havent experienced such.

During and after freefall jumpers who have less than 5-10 jumps or jumpers that are uncurrent WILL experience some sort of sensory overload. The freefall you just did will be a blur and it will take some time to remember a few specifics that occured. After my first 3 jumps I was out of it for at least a 24 hour period. It was a good thing since all the pent-up stress was GONE, probably the main reason I became hooked. You lose alot of adrenaline during freefall and the more jumps you do in one day, the more you will feel exhausted from it at the end of the day. You get used to this though as there are instructors who are making 10-15 jumps a day like its nothing.

During the canopy ride (5 minute descent from 6,000ft AGL after canopy opening to landing) your still in overload from the freefall but your no longer falling at 120mph, its quiet, the air is clean (nice break from the houston) and you can see for miles..so its pretty relaxing. in fact heres a few pics a friend managed to get under canopy:









With the canopies in use today..if flared on time and properly, landings are pretty soft. Stand-up landings are easy to get. As far as feelings of euphoria? Oh yeah...you definitely get that. The only thing that compares is the thrill we've all gotten from quality electronic music. I can't explain the connection...but one has only to try it once to get what I am saying.

Last edited by Matthias on Aug-01-2006 at 20:57

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Originally posted by we_R_DNA Whoa my little sister just invited me to go sky diving in lexington this Sunday!!! I am going to take the last few weeks of Matthias's advice going skydiving!!! WOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Get video of it if you can afford it. Have fun

oh yeah ill def. try it out someday

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"I think the scientific and the artistic spirit have something in common. The scientist wants not only to learn the facts, but to understand how they cohere, fit together and make a whole. He even uses criteria such as beauty and symmetry to help decide which theory he wants.

The scientist cannot capture the whole cosmos in thought. In his mind he makes a kind of microcosm, which we see as an analogue of the cosmos. In this way we try to get a feeling for the whole. The artist, I suppose, gets a feeling for the whole some other way.”

David Bohm in “Art, Dialogue and the Implicate Order”, published in On Creativity RC (Routledge Classics)