Skydiving?

[samaka]

yeah do it!

It's fantastic... Even if it's not the best combination with diving you can make time for both...

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[Tigerman]

I HAD my license, but unlike the SCUBA cert. it needs to be maintained to stay valid. Mines expired a couple of years ago and Ill need to get a new license before I can jump again and given my current location, I cant see that happening anytime this year

 

[Scott5644]

I've been scuba diving for three years now, and have about 250 dives. This past spring I began working on my A license, and now have 66 jumps.
As Miss D said, and it's a point that I have made to other people, it that the scuba dive will last 45-60 minutes on average and the skydive will be a minute of freefall (what a minute though!) followed by a few minutes under canopy.
One of the big advantages of skydiving for me is that a lot of pre-planing and time is not needed. If I decide I want to jump right now, I can be at the drop zone in 30 minutes, on a plane within 15-20 minutes, out the door 12 minutes after that, and home about two hours after I left.... that can't happen with scuba.
If I had to pick just one, it would be scuba, but go out to Perris or Elsinore and make a tandem. I jumped at both those locations in October, and the scenery was incredible.

 

[ScubaSteve]

You are missing an option that is simply, "No I do not skydive but am not against the idea). I have no problem with it in concept but have never gotten around to trying it. I voted the only NO option there but do not share the "Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane??...." sentiments. It is just a No and maybe just a Not yet.

 

[captain]

I did one static line jump 20 years ago. Glad I did it but never really developed an interest. Besides I can swim a lot better than I can fly.

 

[eponym]

Learned to jump a buncha years ago when you could train, jump, and pull--no tandems or static lines. My first jump was both the most extreme (stepping off the plane and arching) and the most peaceful (hanging under the opened canopy) thing I'd done up until then.

These days I find bungee jumping a cheap and quick alternative. There's a 150-foot drop near Nanaimo (Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada), which is one of my favorite dive destinations.

-Bryan

 

[barkeep]

Love both sports diving is diving either sky or scuba to me I have over 150 sky dives class "c" ticket and been diving scuba diving for over 5 yrs. have even done both in same day. (sky first of course) but then again I am an adrenaline junkie.

 

[marcbeaudry]

i'd be hard pressed to choose between one or t'other - i've only just recently become addicted to scuba - and have let my skyD license lapse . both can easily become big obsessions and offer some incredible peace of mind that you wont find anywhere else.
if it's on your great list of things to try before you cant anymore...(i keep scratching things off of my list but it continues to get longer ???)
- make a point of doing it - i doubt you'll regret it. cheers - marc

 

[Reg Braithwaite]

the two sports don't exactly get along in logistical terms..

http://www.youtube.com/v/PmepMsWxR4M

 

[Missdirected]

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