Skydiving Scare

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  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I could make excuses not to.
    I could make arguments for it.



    Fact of the matter is I am pee-my-pants PETRIFIED of heights.
    The only way you'd get me out of that plane is to push me.
    And then I'd go into shock on the way down.
    So for me.... skydiving is a big fat NO!
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  • iluvsparkles
    iluvsparkles Posts: 1,730 Member
    hi all..well yea, the thread kind of digressed a little there for a minute.

    but the update is, the we found out that the instructor who passed away was the same guy that josh was strapped up with :( so needless to say it has been a somber day
  • soup78
    soup78 Posts: 667 Member
    hi all..well yea, the thread kind of digressed a little there for a minute.

    but the update is, the we found out that the instructor who passed away was the same guy that josh was strapped up with :( so needless to say it has been a somber day

    Whoa. :frown: Didn't expect that one coming. My condolences, Sparkles. :flowerforyou:

    Makes me appreciate today even more....
  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    I can't believe I managed to stay out of this....

    but, my thoughts and prayers are with those guys.

    http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/28415524.html
  • jules1984
    jules1984 Posts: 439 Member
    Well I was going to say I've been ski-diving and loved it but that's truly a downer to hear it was his instructor in the accident. :frown:

    Life happens, accidents happen - I hope he understands that it wasn't his time and he remembers his wild and crazy day fondly.

    Sometimes its nice just to surprise people and say, "Yeah, I did that." No one ever suspects the quiet ones. :laugh: :laugh:
  • TNTPete
    TNTPete Posts: 701 Member
    hi all..well yea, the thread kind of digressed a little there for a minute.

    but the update is, the we found out that the instructor who passed away was the same guy that josh was strapped up with :( so needless to say it has been a somber day

    So I saw the second posting you said -- you set a date?!?! And when is this magical date!! How exciting!!!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    Sorry for the somber realization that the instructor was the very same. I'll be honest from my experience, life is full of those "oh my gosh, that could have been me" incidents. I went on a ferris wheel, next day it broke people stuck for hours, and the gate opened on several , one fell out (I was much younger)-- could have been me -- but wasn't. I am not saying this isn't a significant event, just listen to your inner voice on what it is teaching you.

    We all have "risk management" whether we consider it a risk to sky dive, bungee (no way!! for me), horseback ride, hunt, run in the dark, or pilot a helicopter. All are risky behavior -- the only thing that is safe is to put yourself in a nice, white, cushiony room and never come out... hmmmm doesn't sound appealing.

    Anyway, my 2cents
  • Cassia
    Cassia Posts: 467 Member
    Life isn't meant to go unlived :wink:
    i like that...
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    No one ever suspects the quiet ones. :laugh: :laugh:

    I love that!!! Exsmackly. LOL :wink:
  • iluvsparkles
    iluvsparkles Posts: 1,730 Member
    Thanks guys, I appreciate the support..its just such an odd feeling that is almost impossible to shake. ..

    oh and as for the date TNT, so far it looks like April 18th!
  • p90x_Dude
    p90x_Dude Posts: 332
    Hey found out some of my co-workers had also been to the same instructors and told me something about the people killed. Apparently the young man killed was a student at ECU who was doing what his girlfriend wanted to do for her birthday. Even if this isn't true it's sad all the same.

    Yep we only live once but AGAIN PERSONALLY SPEAKING, if I drive my motorcycle at 180mph (which I have in my more stupid days) I'm increasing the "risk" of injury/death. So, again personally speaking it's not for me, but thankfully we all can choose our own hobbies/likes. People tell me I'm crazy for riding a motorcycle, but they like bungy jumping or deep sea diving in shark infested waters. It's just amazing that what some may enjoy on a daily or weekly basis may be called "crazy" by others. Again, to each his own, we can all make choices and may have concequences for them.

    My .02 only :smile:
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    I would only skydive if I got to change my pants immediately afterward.:laugh:
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    To each his own, I just personally have no desire to risk almost certain death with a manmade object. Same for bungie jumping, but again it's just me.

    great minds think alike lol
  • mholmes
    mholmes Posts: 949 Member
    To each his own, I just personally have no desire to risk almost certain death with a manmade object. Same for bungie jumping, but again it's just me.

    great minds think alike lol

    BUT You have more guts than I ever will! If you do it, tell me when and where so I can live vicariously through you for that moment! lol :drinker:
  • p90x_Dude
    p90x_Dude Posts: 332
    LOL, that was in my former life LOL!!! Now was 180mph necessary for me to enjoy riding, no I gave in to the temptation and it could have been costly for me and the other two riders doing this on a dark deer infested highway :noway:

    Now, just cruising at 45 mph in the country or 70 on the interstate is just as much fun for me. I absolutely love riding a motorcycle, so who would i be to tell someone they shouldn't do something because I don't agree with it, when in fact they love "it" just as much as I love riding.

    I can't get past the fact that despite all our differences of opinions there are two young men who won't be going home anymore and that is what's most important.
  • dantheman777
    dantheman777 Posts: 3
    To each his own, I just personally have no desire to risk almost certain death with a manmade object. Same for bungie jumping, but again it's just me.

    Wait, you ride a motorcycle, you're risking almost certain death anytime you take it out on a busy road. Don't get me wrong, I had one for several years and enjoyed the heck out of it. But I didn't think of it as a safe activity.

    Regarding skydiving, I did that too, back in college (20+ years ago). It was the biggest rush ever. And I think pilots have the same universal reaction to skydivers. "Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" That's exactly what my best friend's dad, a former Navy fighter pilot & current FedEx pilot, asked me as soon as I mentioned it to him.
  • p90x_Dude
    p90x_Dude Posts: 332
    To each his own, I just personally have no desire to risk almost certain death with a manmade object. Same for bungie jumping, but again it's just me.

    Wait, you ride a motorcycle, you're risking almost certain death anytime you take it out on a busy road. Don't get me wrong, I had one for several years and enjoyed the heck out of it. But I didn't think of it as a safe activity.

    Regarding skydiving, I did that too, back in college (20+ years ago). It was the biggest rush ever. And I think pilots have the same universal reaction to skydivers. "Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" That's exactly what my best friend's dad, a former Navy fighter pilot & current FedEx pilot, asked me as soon as I mentioned it to him.

    that was my point exactly, "to each his own"
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