went skydiving today. - United Bimmer Community

**Numark318i** · 09-04-2005, 09:27 PM

18000 feet. 1800-skydive.
holy shit..of course i went tandem..but man it was sick. 90 sec of freefall. then a 3-5min chute ride. I got a dvd and pics..ill develope them tomarow and post.

**Hoppy** · 09-04-2005, 09:28 PM

18, 000 as in eighteen thousand? thats pretty high for a first jump

**Numark318i** · 09-04-2005, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoppy

18, 000 as in eighteen thousand? thats pretty high for a first jump

lol..well it worked out aprently. Amazing..ima do it some more i think

**komodo** · 09-04-2005, 10:14 PM

That's awesome. I wanna go so bad. Our dorm is talking about organizing a trip later this year.

witeshark · 09-04-2005, 10:25 PM

It looks like amazing fun... But I think I'd stay in the plane

**Dudesky** · 09-07-2005, 06:10 AM

^^I'm with him. Slight fear of heights. There are certain things I'll do only if I have to

**german speed demon** · 09-07-2005, 09:50 AM

i personally will jump out of a plane when it burns out from under my ass.

**Red_Rocket** · 09-07-2005, 10:12 AM

same here but who would jump out of a perfectly good plane..... just kidding

i would do it if i had the chance

there is nothing like accelerating towards the ground at -9.8m/s^2

**komodo** · 09-07-2005, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Red_Rocket

same here but who would jump out of a perfectly good plane..... just kidding

i would do it if i had the chance

there is nothing like accelerating towards the ground at -9.8m/s^2

GEEK!!! hehe

**RogueRonin** · 09-07-2005, 03:42 PM

Skydiving is one of the funnest things I've ever done. I only jumped from 11,000ft. though. You don't get that rollercoaster feeling in your stomach, like a lot of people think you do. It's loud, it's windy, and it's a little cold. I compare it to floating in a pool, but just with the afore mentioned factors added to it. The scariest part was deploying the 'chute. Going from about 120 mph to 20 mph in around a second, can be a little nerve racking. I went tandem, and the guy found out I fly Cessna 172s, so we did spins and stalls on the way down. We were headed toward the L.Z., hit about 25 ft., and the wind died. Now, when you're setting up to flare, and you have no head-wind, you come in a little hotter than expected. None-the-less, I WILL do it again...it's just a matter of time and money.

nick_318is · 09-07-2005, 04:32 PM

Not sure if I want to skydive or not, part of me thinks it would be pretty sweet, and the other part is a little scared of heights. But sounds sweet, can't wait to see the pics