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From: lusty@scan2.tamu.edu (LUSTY WENCH)
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Subject: Re: rec.skydiving FAQ sheet
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Date: 27 Jun 91 02:28:08 GMT
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In article <1991Jun26.151051.14010@ichips.intel.com>, mtimko@pdx066.intel.com (Mark Timko) writes...
>In article <35970@mimsy.umd.edu>, jerrys@umiacs.umd.edu (Jerry Sobieski) writes:
>|> -	How do you breathe in freefall?
>|> 	------------------------------
>|> jumpers will hyperventilate in the plane just prior to exit and hold
>|> their breath until opening.  

I remember being very surprised on my first jump when I attempted to
breath while in freefall.  Then I realized that I was trying to 
breath through my nose, and that breathing through my mouth worked
just fine.  This does tend to make for some interesting pictures
while in freefall, but I never even think about breathing any more.
It just seems to come naturally.


Diana Stanley