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From: yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: rec.skydiving FAQ sheet
Message-ID: <1028@lhdsy1.chevron.com>
Date: 30 Jun 91 04:17:21 GMT
References: <1991Jun26.151051.14010@ichips.intel.com> <3553@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <1991Jun27.204337.7124@cascade.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1991Jun27.204337.7124@cascade.Stanford.EDU> king@glacier.Stanford.EDU (Robin King) writes:
>
>            I've heard new jumpers say they were holding their 
>	breath or forgot to breathe, and sometimes they ask if they 
>	were supposed to.  It's just a sign of nervousness.  Of course 
>	nobody would ever recommend that.  

What style of first jump did these new jumpers do?
Static Line: freefall is less than a second, so who cares if they forgot
to breathe?
Tandem and AFF: no way that they did not breathe. A "normal" person (and
that includes skydivers!) does not have to think to breathe, it is an
automatic reflex. One can stop breathing for fun and one may pass out
because they are forcing themselves not to breathe but they will breathe
again as soon as they pass out! (I'm not joking here, it happens to some
new scubadivers who are forcing themselves to breathe too slowly.)
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  Philip Yzarn de Louraille                 Internet: yzarn@chevron.com
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