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Have you sky dived?

Poll - Total Votes: 63

Yes, love it

Yes, but never again

No, but want to try it someday

No, not for me.

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oldguy73 · 70-79, M

why jump off a perfectly good plane?

RunTheJulz · 46-50, F

@oldguy73

Bodhi: If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love

Spoken by an actor who had 55 skydives under his belt before he performed in the movie Point Break (19991) and yea it was a cliche rich dude action film but in some parts it was very authentic. I have tremendous respect for anyone that learns how to skydive 🪂 after taking the ‘minimum amount of classroom time to get to the solo jumping stage. It’s easy to go tandem and be strapped to an instructor for the first time but it’s an entirely different experience to go solo for the first time and it takes a lot of mental discipline and fitness to focus in such an adrenaline rich environment. I can see why people get hooked on the sport and spend every dime they can get their hands on to get more and more jumps under their belts. If I could afford it I’d probably be jumping on the regular. My first jumps were very impressive and if I didn’t have other sports/activities that take all my time energy and cash flow I’d most certainly be at a drop zone trying to negotiate with a pilot for cheaper flights on the regular (like a season pass for a ski area).

valobasa4ever · F

No, but I have done Parasailing few times.

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LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON · F

@valobasa4ever THAT looks SICK !!! Sign me up :D

valobasa4ever · F

Nerve shaking .

valobasa4ever · F

You're welcome. 🙏

LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON · F

That's a negative :)
I want to cliff dive, not sky dive :)

Anniedlr · 26-30, F

Nope - I’m not crazy 😂😂

LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON · F

@Anniedlr Ditto.

mooncrest02 · 31-35, F

Yea once, it was really fun and spontaneous. My kids want to do it when they grow up too. Lol

LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON · F

@mooncrest02 wow. okay.
Brave :)

mooncrest02 · 31-35, F

@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON felt safe enough, the place had great reviews. Lol

Ontheroad · M

Nope, never saw any reason to jump out of a perfectly functional aircraft.

Gibbon · 70-79, M

No and wouldn't. I never had the slightest fear of heights until I had a freaky experience that messed with my head. I'd spent a few days installing a stainless steel chimney for a woodstove. I put a plastic bag over each section when I paused. One night I was in bed and heard it start to rain. I forgot to cover the last section. I put on my jeans and boots and went outside in the rain and climbed the ladder with the bag in the dark and got to the roof peak. At this end of the house it was 3 1/2 stories to the ground. I carefully covered the chimney while my brain was saying get the hell off the roof. It was all I could do to shimmy on my ass to the ladder let alone turn to go down it.
Since that day I won't near any point of height that has no restraining rail. I once climbed cliffs with freaking sneakers and no ropes and sat with my feet dangling off the cliffs summit. Stupid but no fear.

KingofBones1 · 46-50, M

Not only I skydived but I was a trained parachutist in special operations. I once did a Halo jump naked with four other guys from 20,000 ft in nothing but our O2 gear and jump boots. That is your tax dollars at work thank you for providing me with such a wonderful experience

mooncrest02 · 31-35, F

@KingofBones1 lol that is wild and so awesome. 🤣

KingofBones1 · 46-50, M

@mooncrest02 oh yeah it was definitely wild. When we got down though we caught a lot of s*** over it as you can imagine. However nice thing was in our first sergeant top stuck his neck out for us so we didn't get our you know what's in the ringer. Although we did get office hours for a while