Having some fun in the skies with Andrew, and at the same time, attempting to do the B series…
What backflip?
And no, I didn’t even get my A license yet 😛
Tag: awesome
Rain:2 – Adam:0
So both Saturday and Sunday poured rain, while I sat at the DZ waiting…
Well that’s not true, I took my packing lessons (Props to Nicolas at Parachute Montreal for sitting with me for 7 hours while it rained outside on a Saturday)
Sunday was a skydiver breakfast at Nouvel air… Nothing like free food to attract skydivers right?
So I finally found myself a helmet that fit my head… And then Greg bought the only one…
BASTARD! Looks like I’m gonna have to wait for a new shipment…
I’ll be getting the Factory Diver in Black.
Great helmet, reasonably priced, and I won’t have to worry about the visor opening randomly in the air since it doesn’t open 🙂
Never knew studying skydiving would be so…
BORING!
I’ve been reading my PIM 1 for my A license exam, and let me tell you, reading about the fees, or the requirements for certain proficiencies that I’ll never bother to get (Ahem D licence Ahem!) (NB: D license only gives 2 things: 1) the permission to jump without a helmet when NOT coaching someone, and 2) to participate as a course facilitator during CSPA seminars)
This hobby isn’t all fun and games as you can see.
– Adam
My mom went co-pilot!
So I was having a very hard time convincing my mom to come jump with me… When she got there, she loved the atmosphere and the people and everything, so I popped up the idea of letting her ride co-pilot.
She asked me to go find out how much it would cost, so I just manifested her, and brought over the form for her to fill out.
She looked at me and said something along the lines of “I didn’t tell you to book me, I told you to ask how much it was!”
So I pulled her chair up to a table and made her sign the form.
Within 20 minutes, she was being explained how to use a parachute in case the plane had a problem.
I was the 2nd to get off that load, so I didn’t get the chance to see her, but she looked ECSTATIC when she got off.
A friend who came along snapped some photos which I’ll post at a later date. (I didn’t get my hands on them yet).
The conditions weren’t that great, it was cold and was raining in altitude… Let me tell you, rain drops sting like crazy when you hit them at terminal velocity!
All in all, was a fun day, got 2 jumps in, practiced some barrel rolls:
Did some more mantis practices as well… I Couldn’t find a good video of it, but basically, you’re in a position where you’re more arched, your arms are a bit more tucked in, with your hands around your chin.
You’re less stable, but you get a lot more control and speed with your movements.
All in all, a great 28 and 29th jump 😀
-Adam
My mom’s coming along
So my mom finally accepted to come to the drop zone and watch me do some skydives.
I’m actually hoping that once she’s there, she’ll let me pay for her to get a tandem.
She’s somewhat adventurous, but has been extremely against the idea of her jumping.
She’s been super supportive of the fact that I love the sport though, so I’m happy about that one =).
I’ll write up a post about what happened tomorrow next chance I get.
-Adam
So the studying begins…
I finished my A license courses, I’m now at 27 jumps, started my studies for the A license exam…
Basically, I gotta memorize two books about skydiving. That, and finally learn to pack a parachute… Back pain awaits =)
I was playing some Simon says in the sky with Valerie, basically just following her movements (swimming in the sky, learning the mantis position, grabing my foot with my hand, etc…)
Did more Tracking, some dive exits, and ended the day with a huge grin on my face, knowing that 1 month from now, I’ll be doing my A license exam.
As it stands, I’ll probably be doing my B license exam at the end of the summer… I’m going from having planned it for the middle of next summer to planning it for July/August :D.
Damn this sport’s taking all my money!
– Adam
So it’s official:
After 22 jumps, I’ve spent at the very least 18:32 minutes of my life falling…
(Not including falling on the ground, falling out of trees, bungee jumping, or any other kinds of falls :P)
Today was an AMAZING day for skydiving, got 5 of my VR jumps in for my A license.
The day was mainly aimed at people coming to do free-flying, so I got to see a SICK formation being done with a 15 person big way. I was the last off the plane with my instructor Valerie, who was quick to point out to me that we should watch the plane, (we got to jump at 15000 feet instead of the usual 13500 on this jump, and since we were last off the plane (which is a rare occurrence unless you’re a Tandem) we got to watch it spike (fly downwards about as fast as we were falling) after 10-15 seconds of it spiking, we started out track practice for my 7th VR jump. This was a great way to end a beautiful day before going to another drop zone to meet Valerie again for my last 3 jumps.
This is a video of some great tracking…
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For those of you who don’t know, tracking is very important when doing group jumps and formations… You basically do it at the end to split up in the sky so that you can get enough distance between you to not crash into each other when deploying your parachute 🙂
– Adam
Mike’s Facebook status…
Earlier, I read mike’s status to say: “so it’s official, I enjoy falling.”
All I have to say to this is:
I don’t enjoy falling… I’m addicted to it… In my dreams, I’m falling, in my nightmares, I’m falling, in my DAY dreams I’m falling… I look outside and I simply want to fall… Soon enough I’m gonna make a living off falling, then I know for sure that I have a problem 😛