Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!cynic!ireta!rob From: rob@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Prior) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: Skydivin'!!!! Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 13:42:43 GMT References: <2807.28158949@ehsnet.fidonet.org> Organization: Federation of Sentient Planets, Burnaby BC Lines: 29 SKYDIVE@f15.n233.z1.FIDONET.ORG (SKYDIVE) writes: > Reply-to: Tomas.Hood@p0.f777.n352.z1.fidonet.org (Tomas Hood) > Fido-To: mark davey > In a _____ msg to All, Mark Davey said, an' I quote: > MD | We almost went once but some of the people were afraid to > MD | jump with some psycho instructor strapped to their backs. > MD | Know anywhere where you can take lessons so that you jump > MD | alone? > Why would you want to jump alone as a new learner? The only way to jump > alone is by static cord. You don't learn free fall that way. I am a > beginner, and jumped in Glendive, Montana with a very good instructor. I > had NO problem with him strapped to my back...it was a secure feeling. I don't think that I lost out by learning through the 'static line' setup... (actually it was IAD, Instructor Assisted Deployment) I think that it's simpler because it's less things to concentrate on at once. I found that I learned a lot about canopy control with my ~15 SL jumps, and then I didn't have to worry about where I was going to land (if I was going to land) when I started Freefall. I could concentrate more on stability... :) Just my thoughts on the subject... others may differ. +------------ | rob@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca | Rob Prior, President, Still Animation Logo Design +------------------------------------------------------------