There are, apparently, two kinds of DUers.

[redwitch]

Those who would never, ever sky dive and those who would love to sky dive if they ever got the chance. :-)

I am one of the former and think the other kind are insane.

[Cant trust em]

1. I'd totally like to skydive one time.

Clearly insane.

:crazy:

[redwitch]

2. Clearly.

:P

Just the thought of it makes me weak in the knees. Would I do it for a million dollars? I don't know...

[Cant trust em]

4. Jumping out of an airplane 10,000 feet above the earth makes you week in the knees?

Come on. Live a little.

:rofl:

[Pierre.Suave]

6. Only 10K

In broad daylight?


Wimps, the lot of ya...

:P

[Cant trust em]

10. How far is it usually?

Seems to me that as soon as you've jumped out of the plane, the actual altitude doesn't matter.

[Pierre.Suave]

13. I dont know what they do in the civilian world

My entire jumping out of planes experience was in the Marines. We did various altitudes and methods ranging from 800 feet to well above 10k feet.

I have even jumped out of helicopters without a parachute and just a line to hold onto...

[redwitch]

17. The few, the proud,...

The completely deranged. :P

[Pierre.Suave]

32. yes

the real question is this:

Are the people that join that way to begin with and the training just make it more obvious, or does the training make them that way...


:rofl:

[taterguy]

14. When my wife did it she jumped from 10K

This is what she looked like a couple minutes after leaving the plane

[Pierre.Suave]

3. been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

it is a BLAST. I would totally do it again.

[alarimer]

5. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

Count me among the NEVER crowd. Of course I hate roller coasters and other things like that too.

[redwitch]

7. I hate roller coasters.

I can't even look, especially when people I care about are on them!

[SPKrazy]

8. I believe I am the former

not that it wouldn't scare the shit out of me but I'd like to try it.

:)

[NewJeffCT]

9. I would like to try it once

I'd probably piss my pants when it came my turn to jump... but, I'd like to try once.

[hobbit709]

11. As a pilot buddy of mine says

"Why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?"

[Cant trust em]

12. Check out this video.

Awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZxo7IznQnk

[LeftyMom]

15. I'm afraid of heights.

You can put me down as a no.

[redwitch]

16. I have always thought you were quite brilliant!

Now you have confirmed it. :-)

[DarkTirade]

18. If at first you don't succeed...

then skydiving probably isn't for you.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. I am the one who would finally give in and then have her parachute

not open...so... No

[Fox Mulder]

20. I would love to try it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Skydive? Not intentionally.

My only exposure to parachutes was a few years ago when I took an aerobatics course. If you do aerobatics you are required by FAA regulations to wear a parachute, just in case something goes, you know, horribly wrong. So this instructor is buckling me into the parachute and explaining how to open it up if that horribly wrong thing does happen. "Just pull this cotter pin on the door so it falls off," he says, "then just jump out and pull the D-ring on this cord, here."

And I'm thinking, now I'm going to go fly upside down in an airplane made of cloth and wood and maybe a wing will fall off and I'll have to jump out hanging from a fucking parachute. Excellent.

But it was fun and I didn't have to use the parachute. I don't think I could ever bring myself to go skydiving intentionally. I will fly airplanes. I would rather not jump out of them.

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[Pierre.Suave]

33. I have had that same conversation

with an aerobatics instructor.

I was not sure I would be able to make it out of the plane if something really bad happened. I doubted anything would happen while the plane was level in cruise flight...

once clear of the plane, I don't think there would have been a problem, but getting clear of the thing, thats the hard part I think.

[madinmaryland]

22. Why would I want to jump out of perfect running airplane??

:wtf:

[TZ]

27. Has Tony Romo done it?

I know you want to Be Like Tony.....:rofl:
(hope you are having a nice Memorial Day):hi:

[madinmaryland]

29. No.

Pretty standard in most pro contracts that they are not to do that!

Quiet. Going to throw a couple steaks on the grill later.

:hi:

[khashka]

23. I'm the latter

It would scare the hell out of me and they'd have to throw me out of the plane screaming. But it would be a major rush!

Khash.

[stuntcat]

24. I got no desire

If I'm gonna spend money and time on something I want it to be more interesting, like a fabulous trip somewhere :) or help some charities or something, if I had money to throw away I mean.

If someone GAVE me a ticket and said that's all I could do with it then I'd go along with it I guess.

[RainDog]

25. I was invited to skydive for a date

but just couldn't do it.

the guy and a friend did skydive. they jumped too closely to one another and the other guy knocked the guy who asked me unconscious. luckily for that guy, he had his hand on the thing to pull the chute open and did so during the knock him out moment. Otherwise he would have been roadkill.

That sort of settled the issue for me.

As I've gotten older I've gotten more afraid of things like that anyway. Now even the ferris wheel makes me feel sick to my stomach.

[fizzgig]

26. no no no no no

just the thought of it freaks me out :scared:

and yes, the others are insane ;)

[Haole Girl]

28. Did I ever say I was sane?

;-)

[Rhythm]

30. Totally the other sort...

I am uncomfortable in airplanes, and i don't like heights... but i'd do it if i had the chance!

[orleans]

31. let me add that i believe there are two kinds of DUers:

ones who enjoy chicken salad
and ones who do not.

B-)

[redwitch]

34. I like a nice curry chicken salad myself.

Et vous?

[malta blue]

35. No reason to jump out of a perfectly good airplane....

:hi:

Did you have a nice weekend?

[redwitch]

36. Yes.

Very relaxed, Great weather, great food, great company! I hope yours was lovely too. :hi:

[leeroysphitz]

37. I was a paratrooper in the Army. I jumped from planes on purpose.

There first five jumps I made in order to graduate from Jump School were amazing! Those first jumps were great fun, all the fun of that sort that I could ever need or want in fact. Trouble was i still had over three years left on my enlistment...

[Skittles]

38. naw, there is a third kind

the kind that got pushed into doing it ONCE when in the military :D