As a follow-up to my post My original plan for this year… My actual results I’m now at 62 jumps, I’ve spent about 5000$ on the sport (not counting the 1750$ for the solo course, the 350$ for the jump suit, the 280$ for my protrack, 260$ for my full face, my 100$ for my Altimaster II or the 1200$ spent going to Florida to take that solo course) I’ve just passed my B license, (Yes, Got my B 15 jumps after passing my A). I’ve not only passed the B license exam… I got 96.25% on it… According to… » Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘confession’
Where am I?
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, B license, belly-fly, blue skies, community, confession, dream, excitement, Factory Diver, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, instructor, my blog, parachuting, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, story
High altitude jump woo hoo!
Posted: 19th July 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: 4 way, A license, Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, belly-fly, birthday, community, confession, excitement, first jump, first time, Formation, Formation Jump, Formation skydive, freefall, fun, fun jump, high altitude, my blog, parachute montreal, parachuting, plane, RW, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, stoked, story, twin otter
Only 6 more sleeps until I get to do a high altitude 4 way jump with some friends. For those of you who don’t know what that means… Normally, when you do a skydive, you jump out of the plane at 13500 feet. Or in some cases 10500 feet (if in a smaller plane). If the plane is between 10000 and 13000 feet for more than 30 minutes, then they have to have oxygen available for the skydivers with a minimum of 1 mask for every 10 jumpers. If above 13000 feet, everyone needs oxygen for the duration of the… » Read more…
Never thought that giving something would be so hard….
Posted: 16th July 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, B.A.S.E., confession, excitement, first time, mad, my blog, nauseous, Rant, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, story
This week is one of the Héma-Québec blood drives, they’ve been putting ads all over the place with the whole “Give blood, give life” thing. I figured to myself that I’ve done quite a bit of living, might as well share the wealth. I’ve never actually done this before, so I wasn’t familiar with the procedures, so I decided Well, since I have a half hour lunch, been eating all day, that should be PLENTY of time.” WROOOOONG!!!! Turns out that the 2 minute procedure of drawing a liter of blood is actually followed by a 58 minute proceedure of… » Read more…
My original plan for this year… My actual results
Posted: 5th July 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: A license, Adam's Story, Addiction, awesome, confession, freefall, fun jump, my blog, parachuting, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, story
My original plan for this year: To have 40 jumps done by October (The end of the season here) My actual results: It’s only the begining of July and I’m already at 47… My original plan for this year: To spend no more than 1000$ on jumps after completing my solo course in florida… My actual results: I’ve spent 3337$ (not counting the 1750$ for the solo course, the 350$ for the jump suit, or the 1200$ spent going to Florida to take that solo course) My original plan for this year: To prepare myself for my A license and… » Read more…
The agonizing truth about skydiving…
Posted: 25th June 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, birthday, confession, parachuting, Rant, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving
The title sounds painful doesn’t it? It is! The most painful thing about skydiving is… … Wait for it … … … Keep waiting … … It’s coming soon, I promise … … For those of you who already are skydivers, you probably already knew what I was getting at… … … … For those of you who aren’t… … … … Getting annoyed yet? … … … Fine, I’ll tell you. The most painful and agonizing part of the sport is the fact that 95% of your time is spent waiting for something. Waiting on the weather to improve… » Read more…
A little confession…
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Mike in Mike's Skydive BlogTags: confession, dream, group tandem, mike's story, skydive, tandem
I’ve never actually jumped out of a plane. I have only had the pleasure of dreaming about it… It all started a little while back when I was a wee little lad (17; for those who want to know, I’m now 20) I came across a thread on a forum about a bunch of locals (I live in Montreal) gathering to do a group tandem. Being the adventure thrill seeking child I’ll always be, it got me thinking “wow, that looks like an AWESOME time” but being 17, my parents would never sign the consent form. A few seasons went… » Read more…
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