Bungee jumping and skydiving?

Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:52 am

Probably not for everyone, but I'm interested to see what everyone would do.

I'd like to do both.
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Farrah Lee
 
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:40 pm

I'd happily do both.

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Heather Dawson
 
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:19 am

Still haven't been skydiving, but i have bungee jumped a few times. It is a lot of fun. Just do it with professionals, obviously. Not the best thing to try and jury rig.

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herrade
 
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:25 pm

Neither now because of my back, but when I was younger I'd have liked to try out Sky-diving.
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Red Sauce
 
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:02 am

Scared of heights (particularly obvious ones - edges of balconies, rickety catwalks, etc).

There isn't enough NO in the world to reply to this. :tongue:

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Toby Green
 
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:28 pm

Bah. Arguing on the Internet is where the real daring is. :D
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Crystal Clarke
 
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:12 am

I've done both and skydiving is more fun, imho..

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:46 am

This person knows their [censored]. :rofl:

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:53 pm

See I used to be pretty scared of heights but when I was taking my ELF classes for firefighting we did a lot of ladder work on 30-50 foot ladders and I had to get over it awful quick. Even before that though I've always kinda wanted to go sky-diving, been inspired by a couple dreams where I was in a fighter plane pretty high up. It's just pretty up there. :hehe:

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:23 pm

Nope, not me. I get very nervous and uncomfortable with heights. Heck, I start worrying when I'm at the top of a 20 foot ladder.
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:22 pm

Skydiving i was going to do, but cant now due to injury, its actually specified, bungee jumping ive never seen the sense in it, try Australian rappelling its alot more fun.

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:48 am

I hate the sensation of falling, so I wouldn't bungee jump. Skydiving probably wouldn't feel this way unless I jumped from a stationary vehicle (or maybe just for a moment), and there are no visual cues to tell how fast I'm descending, so I think it could be okay. Besides, at that altitude the distance doesn't feel real; in bungee jumping the earth is too close for my comfort. I'm not afraid of heights, but willingly jumping to my (possible) death is an entirely different situation.

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:13 pm

Couldn't I just have a leisurely stroll instead?

I'd say skydiving, it would be incredible but I'd probably be crippled with fear and bungee jumping would be mundane in comparison and maybe even more dangerous?

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:57 pm

Neither have ever appealed to me.
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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:10 am

I've been skydiving twice already. Fun as hell.

Base jumping on the other hand...now that is some [censored] I'll never try.

I never tried bungee jumping before, so I'd probably go with that.

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:42 pm

I'd happily do both, but haven't. I think I'd be more afraid of the bungee jump; no reserve by my side.

My daughter is a bit of thrill-seeker and wants to go skydiving when she's a bit older - about 8+ years down the road. Can't wait :smile:

I have some static line jumps on the log, with only a few that would called fun. Best was a tailgate off a CH-53 at 2,500' AGL and no ruck. Took about 2 minutes to hit the ground.

The silence in the air after canopy deploment is great! Especially at night (most of the jumps) with a good moon. Unfortunately one usually had only about 15(?) seconds of this before hoping that your gear drops from you. Good times!

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:11 am

At jump school, the rumor was that it was harder to jump out of the 35' training towers since the ground was right there. Jumping from a plane, the ground is far enough away, and you're looking at the distant horizon, that one doesn't have the sensation of falling. At least doing static line jumps, it was never a sense of falling. More a sense of getting svcked out.

To those afraid of heights, keep you eyes closed ;) I've blindfolded people on climbing walls and high ropes courses who were afraid of heights, and they then succeded. The only world that existed was that which they could touch - no sensation of height.

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:14 pm

I'd be down for either, if you caught me in the right mood. I doubt I'd enjoy it much, but I'd definitely try either.

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Post » Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:56 am

Too many stories of things going wrong while doing either one of those activities for me to take the risk.

If I had only a few days to live though, then I would try it out immediately.

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