Parachute Jump

redder88

This weekend I'm jumping out of a plane. It's my first jump, and I can't wait. If there's anyone out there though who'd like to share their experience, It'd be much appreciated.

Blitzkrieger

I always like to stay inside a perfectly fine areoplane when it's very high off the ground

Wyverne

I jumped from 15,000 feet when i was last in chicago, in chicago skydive, one of the worlds best clubs,

essentially, there are two people in the aeroplane as you are climbing to whatever height you are jumping from (well three if you count the instructor)

the guy who ****es himself (literally)
and the guy who makes a joke and eases the tension,

its only a matter of deciding on the day which group you would rather be in... when i jumped three guys actually ****ed themselves from fear and the others were busy laughing at the bar joke i had just told about two blondes.......

always remember: you made a choice to do this, it'll probably be one of the more exciting and enjoyable things you do (unless you do it again) dont let fear or anything else get in the way,

have a great day, keep ur jocks clean and enjoy the fun..

ps: its kinda trad.. to shout something as you jump out of the plane, make it good, and plz dont say geronimo,

good luck

Figment

Who are you jumping with? How much? Contact details?
And good luck!

redder88

I'm doing it with the Irish Parachute Club down in Offaly with a group of other
first-timers. Its costing £180 for the training and the jump, which is kinda pricey I suppose, but after the initial training its only £10 for the next five jumps and then £20 for every jump after that. As far as I'm concerned its worth the money, but if you want, you can do the jump for charity and raise the money that way.
For details, check out: http://www.skydive.ie/
Though I think the places are limited.

Paladin

It sucks in Ireland from what my brother tells me. As in, you pay much more for much less. Most of the skydiving 'course' is taken up by safety lessons on the ground. Best job is something like Wyverne did. America doesnt have half the hassle about the safety (well they are safe of course, but not the paranoid overly safe sh1te that the irish lads do).

Just out of curiousity, how much time was spent doing safety over in Chicago Wyverne?

Slosh

Not enough money in the world to get me to do that..

Good luck man...

Wyverne

well we all got a 1 hour class that lasted half an hour in the clssroom

then we spent 10 minutes togging up and going over what we did in class, over and over so that it was second nature what we did, pretty kewl. the guy i had was called rabbit (apparently because of the incredible number of female customers he had so far gotten to um....) he was a kewl guy. it was all totally safe though, just not complete paranoia like here.

then we flew up to 13,000 feet, the pilot said it was a good day so we flew to 15,000 feet, opened the door jumped

and we jumped on the day unlike in ireland where u can wait up to two months for a decent day to be allowed to jump tch tch tch

Paladin

Ah Brian ya chicken. Id jump at the chance
+ Id love to be able to get my private pilots liscence some day Bit expensive tho.

redder88

Well what can I say........*SIX* hours of training, all ready to jump, but too gawddamn windy.
(Oh and by windy I mean, anything over 15mph ......Well maybe next weekend....or the weeekend after....or....)

Bard

Originally posted by redder88:
Well what can I say........*SIX* hours of training, all ready to jump, but too gawddamn windy.
(Oh and by windy I mean, anything over 15mph ......Well maybe next weekend....or the weeekend after....or....)

Aww- a pity... there's something I'd love to do... and I'd do it too, if I could.

I wouldn't bungee jump though...- but that's more because of my bad knee than anything else...

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Q_Ball

Hey Wyvernne was it a tandem jump or solo jump............ i'd much rather go solo what the hey u only live once

redder88

Originally posted by Wyverne:
well we all got a 1 hour class that lasted half an hour in the clssroom

then we spent 10 minutes togging up and going over what we did in class, over and over so that it was second nature what we did, pretty kewl. the guy i had was called rabbit (apparently because of the incredible number of female customers he had so far gotten to um....) he was a kewl guy. it was all totally safe though, just not complete paranoia like here.

then we flew up to 13,000 feet, the pilot said it was a good day so we flew to 15,000 feet, opened the door jumped

and we jumped on the day unlike in ireland where u can wait up to two months for a decent day to be allowed to jump tch tch tch

Only one hour training and then freefall from 15000 feet...no fair.... life's just not fair...think I'll end it all...think I just might jump out of a plane and end it all....Oh no wait, can't do that, It's too bleedin windy!

Da Bounca

in these jumps you are attached to the instructor arent you.
to go on your own you have to get a licence dont you?

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The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

redder88

Originally posted by Da'Bounca:
in these jumps you are attached to the instructor arent you.
to go on your own you have to get a licence dont you?

Nope you don't need a license to do a solo jump....

sixpack's little hat

I did a tandem jump from 8000 feet last summer in Australia and we had about 10 minutes time getting ready, including how long it took us to put on all the gear. I can not recommend it highly enough. I waws scared ****less in the plane but the second you're out its absolutely unbelievable.

@boy

See the more current thread on this topic for up to date information on jumping in Ireland

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47001&highlight=skydiving

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