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Hey peeps,

Wanted to know if anyone would be interested in skydiving, was doing an article on it and now wanna do it myself

read this to get interested

http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind1.asp
http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind2.asp

cheers,

J

Er...Jeeves, you were doing this and you didn't talk to me?

Hmmm...maybe I will have to come and land my parachute on yer head to remind you!



Knight

DK u done this before? do you do AFF? why not do it as an activity for DF

Jeevan wrote:DK u done this before? do you do AFF? why not do it as an activity for DF

Jeevan his bad shoulder is not from whacking off too much ..

Jeevan wrote:Hey peeps,

Wanted to know if anyone would be interested in skydiving, was doing an article on it and now wanna do it myself

read this to get interested

http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind1.asp
http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind2.asp

cheers,

J

U know what would be fun, skydiving in July !!!
Imagine as u get closer and closer to earth, u feel the heat, the humidity starts increasing, leaving u less air to breath !! u start swearing at the instructor who told u to wear an outfit, and u start thinking, only my underwear would have been enough !!!
come one man skydiving is fun, but not in this part of the world !!!

Dubai Knight wrote:Er...Jeeves, you were doing this and you didn't talk to me?

Hmmm...maybe I will have to come and land my parachute on yer head to remind you!



Knight

please see post in FC

I would love to try this sport !!! but errrr now winter is coming, is it a good timing???

Palkid7 wrote:

Jeevan wrote:Hey peeps,

Wanted to know if anyone would be interested in skydiving, was doing an article on it and now wanna do it myself

read this to get interested

http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind1.asp
http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind2.asp

cheers,

J

U know what would be fun, skydiving in July !!!
Imagine as u get closer and closer to earth, u feel the heat, the humidity starts increasing, leaving u less air to breath !! u start swearing at the instructor who told u to wear an outfit, and u start thinking, only my underwear would have been enough !!!
come one man skydiving is fun, but not in this part of the world !!!

Palkid FYI theres a club at UAQ which has international members as well, they offer you training in diving till you are able to dive on ur own, if people in this region were not diving would they exist

J

Jeevan wrote:
Palkid FYI theres a club at UAQ which has international members as well, they offer you training in diving till you are able to dive on ur own, if people in this region were not diving would they exist

J

I know J and I have heared about them !! but it is the concept !! hot weather and skydiving is like a Beef Berger and Mayo, they don't come together do they !!!

lol i got that:) but i guess its better in winters when most of the people give it a shot, wouldnt mind trying it myself:)

J

seriously contact DK, he is the man, and all the guys in the club are brill peeps too, they would make you more than welcome and sort out stuff for you.

it sounds fun...but im afraid my heart would stop mid dive...

same way i was thinking !!

Palkid7 wrote:
hot weather and skydiving is like a Beef Berger and Mayo, they don't come together do they !!!

not if your from montreal

MaaaD wrote:

Palkid7 wrote:
hot weather and skydiving is like a Beef Berger and Mayo, they don't come together do they !!!

not if your from montreal

No I am not, but i keep hearing that in canada they do that !!!!

lemme know if neones intrested, will get in touch with DK if hes willing and organize something after the desert safari outing

J

can i watch....

im not afraid of heights...but i dont know, jumping out of a plane.....

and ummm, the whole heart stopping, i wasnt joking...

most people who are going to commit suicide and jump, they die from a heart attack before they even land.....

soooooooo, i dont know....can someone ease my worries here first?

bushra21 wrote:can i watch....

im not afraid of heights...but i dont know, jumping out of a plane.....

and ummm, the whole heart stopping, i wasnt joking...

most people who are going to commit suicide and jump, they die from a heart attack before they even land.....

soooooooo, i dont know....can someone ease my worries here first?

Initially no ones going to push you off the plane bushra it would be tandem diving wherein a professional dives with you if u read the articles posted in the start of the thread u will know what i am saying

http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind1.asp
http://www.xtrapulse.com/riding_wind2.asp

J

oh no, i did read them...


im still worried though. cuz i know im crazy and ill be all for it and tell myself to suck it up until half through the jump, then ill probably freak out.

I would give it a try.. but Jeevan imagine .. u landin head down. hahah

St.Lucifer wrote:I would give it a try.. but Jeevan imagine .. u landin head down. hahah

If i land head down, it will be all over the news - UAE successfully completes a nuclear test

I dreamt about doing this and I actually felt how it's like to free-fall, like feeling my insides floating, etc.. strange since I haven't done it before.
I'm off topic.

hey jeeves,

I was just speaking to my friends this morning about sky diving.... I'll try it this coming November.

It would be very nice if there's anyone from DF who would like to try it as well.

i wanna dive with the cameraman hee hee

mes in for sure, dunno bout others

OK, just to convince you doubters:

There is no sensation of height. You only feel that if you are standing on the edge of a building where your brain can regsiter the 3d map in your mind. At 12,000 feet (4,000 metres) there is no connection to the ground and the world just becomes a flat photograph scolling past beneath you.

There is no sensation of leaving your stomach behind...the acceleration to terminal velocity takes at least 8 seconds in which you are in 'sensory overload'.

There is no feeling of plummeting to earth. You are too high and the ground is a good 80 seconds aways. There is the rushing of the wind in your ears and what feels like a physical force in front of you, which is the air flow. We use that to steer ourselves around the sky.

In the freefall time, you are able to control your horizontal and vertical direction and therefore feel a sensation as if you are a bird in flight. Like Superman!

As a tandem passenger, there is a fully USPA qualified instructor there with you to whom you are attached by 4 secure points. He is in control. He often has over 10,000 jumps of this type. he knows exactly what he is doing and how to look after you. You will have been fully briefed and undergone a 20 minute training session before getting in the plane.

When the parachute opens, there is no sensation of 'being pulled upwards'. This is the illusion created by the cameraman who is still falling whereas you are decelerating. The parachute takes 4 seconds to open in shich time you decelerate from 125mph to just 24mph. Like putting the brakes on in your car and not a hard shock at all.

There are always 2 parachutes. In the event of a malfunction (something that these days happens extremely rarely) the instructor knows exactly what to do and can activate the reserve, which opens in less than 1 second and is exactly the same as the main one.

At this point...it all goes quiet and the views are breathtaking! You then have the chance to enjoy the parachute ride and even take the controls and have a go yourself. Its easy. Pull the right toggle and you turn right, pull the left one and you turn left. Pull both together and you slow down your descent rate.

As you get near the ground, the instructor takes over and brings you in to a safe landing. It is the same as stepping off the curb. There is no downward shock at all.

Statistically, you are safer doing the parachute jump than you are being in the car to get you to the dropzone! There are over 7 million parachute descents undertaken globally each year. Last year there were a total of 24 fatalities, mostly to experienced jumpers who were 'pushing the envelope'. This proportion is safer than golf!

Me, I have my own parachute. I have nearly 300 jumps since 1984. I have never used my reserve. The worst injury I have experienced...is a broken fingernail!

If we want to organise a day in UAQ...let me know!



Freefalling Knight

how many people have died of a heart attack while doing this...


im sorry, but i need to know

You make it sound safe DK.

amazing Dk i guess all the fears are put to rest now

i look forward to this, lets see how many people have it in them

J

bushra21 wrote:how many people have died of a heart attack while doing this...


im sorry, but i need to know

I have looked at the statistics. In the last 10 years, there have been precisely 0 deaths attributed to heart failure whilst parachuting. Mind you, if you know you have a heart problem, you will be required to provide a doctors certificate to say you are cleared medically to do it.

The oldest tandem passenger on record...was 101 years old!



Knight

i dont have a heart problem...im healthy...but, i dont know. i just would think that doing that woould cause someone's heart to stop....hmmm


well, you did make it sound a lot safer than the sight.....

*continues her walk and thinks about it some more*