A friend of mine who happens to be a Francophone skydiver from Quebec only took up the sport a few years ago. She’s someone who impresses me. She has her motorcycle license, she has her skydiving license and she’s just an overall “bad ass” woman. She gave me permission to post an article that she wrote up for Canpara (Canadian version of Parachutist) This is the article: Skydiving in your early 50s? Written by Normande Cournoyer Translaled by Gaëlle Vercollier Yes, it is possible. ln 2004, around the end of the summer, I was looking for a special project to… » Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘twin otter’
You’re never too old to skydive!
Posted: 2nd February 2012 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: A license, Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, blue skies, community, dream, excitement, fear, first jump, first time, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, group tandem, hello world, injury, instructor, my blog, parachuting, PFF, plane, scared, sick, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, skyventure montreal, stoked, story, tandem, twin otter, welcome
Night Skydive follow up :)
Posted: 18th September 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, belly-fly, blue skies, first time, freefall, freefly, fun, fun jump, Night Skydive, parachute montreal, parachuting, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, story, twin otter
Hey everyone! I had a very eventful day last Saturday, it started off with my celebration jump for my B license. We did a 7 way that went to hell, was someone’s 100th jump and the idea was that we would do a hybrid (some belly fliers, some free fliers). The plan was that we’d have a 4 person base (I was in the base). With 2 people hanging onto us and one stinger (He was on camera filming and would randomly hook on and off in freefly) Our exit was fairly unstable and I ended up separated from everyone,… » Read more…
What a birthday!
Posted: 4th August 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: A license, Adam's Story, Adrenaline, AFF, awesome, belly-fly, birthday, blue skies, excitement, fear, first jump, freefall, fun, fun jump, group tandem, Head Down, instructor, my blog, parachute montreal, parachuting, PFF, plane, scared, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, stoked, story, tandem, twin otter
It’s been 4 days since then, and I’m still feeling the after effects of Saturday. I started everything off by partying with some friends Friday night and got to bed around 4:30AM… Woke up the next morning at 8:00AM to pick up some friends at the Metro (Subway) and then head to the DZ. My mom, being a pastry chef decided that she wanted to make me some cookies and brownies to bring with me, so I had about 3 boxes of junk food with me along with my skydive gear, a small ziplock back full of cherries, my box… » Read more…
It’s my birthday and I wanna skydive…
Posted: 31st July 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: Adam's Story, Addiction, awesome, belly-fly, birthday, blue skies, excitement, freefall, my blog, parachute montreal, parachuting, plane, skydive, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, stoked, twin otter
WOO HOO!!! 25th birthday today, skies are blue, weather’s warm, I’ve got a rig for the day and a bunch of friends meeting me at the DZ… Gonna be a fun day! Damn I should’ve gotten more sleep! Blue ones! – Adam
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…
WEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Posted: 14th July 2010 by Adam in Adam’s Skydive BlogTags: A license, Adam's Story, addicted to skydiving, Addiction, Adrenaline, awesome, Bungee, Caravan, Cessna, excitement, first time, freefall, fun, fun jump, instructor, my blog, parachute montreal, parachuting, plane, skydive, skydive addiction, skydiveaddiction, skydiving, twin otter
Sorry for the long delays in between postings, I’ve just been so busy with my new job, with my summer plans, with getting Skydive Addiction on the map, with making excuses as to why I haven’t been posting, with procrastinating posting, and with a bunch of other stuff. Seriously speaking though, getting Skydive Addiction on the map is my #1 priority… Behind skydiving of course So anyways, this past weekend, I managed to convince 8 of my friends from a couple of DZs I jump at to join me on a bungee jumping road trip. Needless to say, I heard… » Read more…
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