Skydiving at age 38: sounds fun or the stupidest idea yet?

Skydiving at 38: go for it or a stupid idea?

  • "If you want the ultimate, you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price"

    Votes: 13 76.5%

  • "Will somebody PLEASE think about the children?!?!"

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Total voters
    17
SG John said:
Why would you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

Sorry, it’s not my cup of tea.
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Well , its like Dean Wormer told Dorfmann in Animal House: " fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go thru life son....". I am sorta like Dorfmann in that sense lol

Honestly, ive always loved roller coasters and have hit a few on the World Records List and i figure: this is the ultimate roller coaster
 
Don O said:
I talked 4 other friends to jump with me on my 30th BD. Somewhere I have a VHS tape I think I digitized. If I find it I’ll post it. Jumped from 13,500 feet and stuck the landing :dance:. First and only jump, I’m in the middle. My older brother quit after over 1500 jumps.

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That would be a blast! The rules now though mandate you go tandem in the first few ( least around here) so it wouldnt be as cool as yours!
 
Yargnad said:
Yeah that's the way it is down here too, my brother has been a couple of times and they still want him to tandem up on the next one.
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I get it honestly, cause at least theres someone there who has an idea of what to do, cause its rough not knowing how to even hold your balance and fly straight. Learned that in the indoor skydive: literally the slightest pitch of your chin can send you flying 50ft in a sec in whatever direction you barely pivoted
 
Clockworkmike said:
That would be a blast! The rules now though mandate you go tandem in the first few ( least around here) so it wouldnt be as cool as yours!
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That was 1986. Prior to that time, same thing, had to do static line or tandem jumps first. Then this new program, called (no kidding) accelerated free fall came out, where it was a 9 jump program and then you were certified to jump on your own. Well this was the first class were you jump with 2 instructors. We spent an all day Saturday training and then on Sunday did the jump. When we got to altitude the 3 of us are hanging out the cargo door and I’m the one doing the cadence with a leg swing, one-two-three and away we go. As part of the training on the way down I’m talking to the instructors going through things we trained on, like PULLING the rip cord and simulating cutting the main away and pulling the reserve. Once I pulled the main around 5000 ft, the ride down under canopy was a BLAST !
 
Take it from a man over 50 - gravity is NOT your friend.

If I thought I needed potentially deadly experiences to make life more fulfilling, I would ask myself what I am REALLY missing. Don't plug holes by risking death.

And now, the sermon has come to an end...go in peace!
 
Don O said:
That was 1986. Prior to that time, same thing, had to do static line or tandem jumps first. Then this new program, called (no kidding) accelerated free fall came out, where it was a 9 jump program and then you were certified to jump on your own. Well this was the first class were you jump with 2 instructors. We spent an all day Saturday training and then on Sunday did the jump. When we got to altitude the 3 of us are hanging out the cargo door and I’m the one doing the cadence with a leg swing, one-two-three and away we go. As part of the training on the way down I’m talking to the instructors going through things we trained on, like PULLING the rip cord and simulating cutting the main away and pulling the reserve. Once I pulled the main around 5000 ft, the ride down under canopy was a BLAST !
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That would be incredible lol id love to ultimately work my way into a solo jump or like this : with an instructor beside you someday.

When we did the indoor thing, it was at the beach on my anniversary and i think there was about 10 of us. We had to go thru the dive position and hand signals, like chin up, chin down, curl legs, straighten legs etc. Then when it came time to go into the tube, my wife pushed me in the front and forced me to be the guinea pig. I got in there and the one thing they forgot to tell us was to keep your mouth shut and of course, i began flying and had a stupid wide grin....my jaws were flapping a 100mph, spit flying in all directions like a St. Bernard going down the highway with the window rolled down.

Everyone was rolling around laughing at me, until they got in and did the same thing lol
 
Listen man, it is really simple.... If you want to do it go and do it. Whos to say what you can or can't do? Even if it's coming from mum....

If you want to do it and for some reason you dont then you will regret it.

Like Dio says, it's only way is dooooooooown :)
 
Ramo said:
Listen man, it is really simple.... If you want to do it go and do it. Whos to say what you can or can't do? Even if it's coming from mum....

If you want to do it and for some reason you dont then you will regret it.

Like Dio says, it's only way is dooooooooown :)
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Oh its not an issue of permission i guess (im a grown man at the end of the day lol) what put doubts in my head was she and my sister hit me with the " what if you both die and your kids are without parents" . THAT'S what got into my head
 
Ramo said:
Listen man, it is really simple.... If you want to do it go and do it. Whos to say what you can or can't do? Even if it's coming from mum....

If you want to do it and for some reason you dont then you will regret it.

Like Dio says, it's only way is dooooooooown :)
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That argument is not going to work when you are having it with the quickly approaching ground.
 
Clockworkmike said:
Oh its not an issue of permission i guess (im a grown man at the end of the day lol) what put doubts in my head was she and my sister hit me with the " what if you both die and your kids are without parents" . THAT'S what got into my head
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If you look at it like that we are dying as we speak... You can die in a sleep or eating a bread.... Or going to work. You get my drift.... Jump one at he time push her first see if she lives then you jump.
 
you can what if yourself into the retirment home

leave a pretty corpse --

or go have some fun ......
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

Hunter S Thompson
 
Ramo said:
If you look at it like that we are dying as we speak... You can die in a sleep or eating a bread.... Or going to work. You get my drift.... Jump one at he time push her first see if she lives then you jump.
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But why take a chance at shortening your life? To say you did it? For the thrill? If there were a purpose, I could see it. My dad was a paratrooper. We were at war. Just go do a simulated jump!
 
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