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Look what I did this weekend [56k warn]

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:17 am
by Luke
My sister bought me a jump for my 21st birthday (today)
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:25 am
by pickle
Happy birthday. Now you can enjoy the taste of alcohol for the first time ever! ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed your jump. I for one am happy to be safe inside the fuselage.

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:28 am
by matthijs
Congrats!

Looks very very cool!

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:44 am
by Chris Corbyn
Awesome! I'd love to have a go at that. How long do you freefall for? And how long do you fall in total before you get your feet on the soil again? :D

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:46 am
by Luke
the freefall was like 10 seconds (seemed like a lot longer). It was supposed to be longer, but the weather was bad. I'm not sure how long we were floating around once he pulled the chute. It was awesome, I highly recommend doing it if/when you get a chance.

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:47 am
by John Cartwright
Happy B-day! Wohooo!

Re: Look what I did this weekend [56k warn]

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:53 am
by timvw
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:My sister bought me a jump for my 21st birthday (today)
Wth? She paid a men to breathe in your neck? I'd jump a plane too ;))

Happy birthday !

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:17 am
by guitarlvr
Happy Birthday!

Wayne

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:30 am
by Oren
Happy B-day dude :D

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:32 am
by Oren
pickle wrote:Now you can enjoy the taste of alcohol for the first time ever! ;)
Here you can do it when you are 18 years old, not 21.

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:40 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
That's one shortcut to the ground I hope to avoid ever making. Now jumping off a bridge with an elastic band tied to your feet at least offers a little comfort! ;)

People wait 'till they're 21 to start drinking? Since when?

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:45 am
by Luke
I'm not sure if you guys recall my last avatar... that should be an indicator of whether this will be my first time trying alcohol. :lol:

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:14 pm
by bsprogs
I'm new but I can still say Happy Birthday! :lol:

That's awesome! I've always wanted to do that and I was actually thinking of doing that for my 22 birthday!

Where did you jump at?

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:24 pm
by Luke
lodi, california

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:35 pm
by Burrito
you can do it at 18 here (the US) as well.

happy b-day nsg...looks like you had fun. what elevation were you when you jumped? I did it about 12 years ago and my free fall was much longer than that (like 40+ seconds I think). We jumped at 9,000 feet so maybe that was the difference....maybe the weather didn't permit the pilot to go that high.

very cool present though.