Discussion Skydiving

So I recently (30 minutes ago) bought a ticket and booked a time with a friend to do a first dive course with a subsequent solo dive at 3000 feet AGL.

I'll be honest, I've got a pit in the bottom of my stomach thinking about the jump day but also a big ass smile on my face.
I'm excited but still nervous which I assume is normal when you plan to jump out of a plane.

So I'm asking a question to any experienced skydivers there are in NuF.
You guys got any pre-jump tricks to keep nerves down? Or just any tips and tricks to ease my mind before I take the course in 2 weeks?
I'd also love to hear some personal experiences about your jumps.


To all those people who never have or never will go skydiving feel free to comment on how crazy you think I am, how I'm gonna turn into a pancake or just in general any thoughts you have on the topic.
Have fun with it.

 

hmmm are games in mobile and pc included here?

 

HELL YEAH!

U lucky bastard! I wish I could go skydiving(OR BASE jumping?). I have a brother who is interested in Building his own Paramotor at some point as well. Meh, Paramotoring is nice and all, but nothing gets your blood pumping than free falling.

(P.S Please add a "HELL YEAH" option to the Poll)

 

Player unknown battleground teach me skydiving

 

It's great fun. I've only been tandem because it's really hard to find places that do solo dives here, and I don't really have any tips since it's strangely not that scary when you know the guy who packed your parachute has to use it too

 

without any parachute at all from the sky?

 

...................even if I want, I don't have money for that

 

....You know you have to free fall before you pull your chute right? You don't just open your chute directly from the plane.

 

First time is a mind breaker, after that you'l love it !

 

Well... it's more fun to fly than dive imo... unless you just love the thrill of the free fall... I'll do it someday definitely though~~

 

Its neat having the feeling that your life depends on pulling a string.

 

naha....i dont do skydives....only scubadives.

 

If i had the chance to I would love to try it out. ^^

 

I would love to. Unfortunately, I'm afraid of heights, so I will more than likely cause myself and the parachuter to plummet to our deaths because my panicky body made it impossible for the other guy to pull the parachute in time. Or I will faint.

 

I would do it if I were above a sea or a large enough body of water to make my death unlikely.

 

Not to ruin that idea for you but hitting water at high speeds

250 foot jump into water is more than 95% likely to kill you.
I'd rather take my chances trying to find a pile of Hay or something on land.

 

Scuba skydiving
Edit: ah nvm. How about a giant metal cone?

 

my problem is not with skydiving itself but how lax it is in the states they are to lax on safety and checking chutes you just have to wait till a whole plane full of people become art on the ground due to negligence by a skydiving operator