Wife's 1st jump

**acstoon** · 8th August 07, 07:48 AM

My family has an annual skydiving weekend... we had 25 jumpers, this time.
My wife took her first jump, this year.
The look of exhilaration on her face says it all!
(Not bad for a grandmother of 8, huh?)
(now you'll know why I always have a smile on my face)

Not content with the everyday, Mary & instructor do a backflip upon exit:

The smile says it all:

Needless to say, I'm quite proud of my bride.

**McMurdo** · 8th August 07, 07:50 AM

Wow that is very cool, great pictures, I would be proud of her too.

**CactusJack** · 8th August 07, 07:57 AM

That is just too cool, I would love to do that but have been told because of my 2 very bad knee's that the landing could cause me some problem's

**pdcorlis** · 8th August 07, 08:02 AM

OMG that is simply amazing!

**acstoon** · 8th August 07, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by CactusJack

That is just too cool, I would love to do that but have been told because of my 2 very bad knee's that the landing could cause me some problem's

Actually landings are VERY gentle... Either standing (with no more impact than walking down stairs) or sitting (land on your bum... very little impact) One of my best friends jumps with a prosthetic leg.
In fact, the instructor my wife was with, regularly takes a quadriplegic enthusiast skydiving. The oldest that he's had dive, at his jump business, is 95 years young!

**MysticMead** · 8th August 07, 09:07 AM

I remember my first jump.... and the smile does say it all... there's nothing in this world that can come close to the feeling of free fall...

and like it's been said... landings are VERY gentle.. my first jump the landing was less of an impact than walking down stairs... and I've had a PLF (butt landing) a couple times that we very gentle as well... in fact.. they were almost fun

**Mike1** · 8th August 07, 09:12 AM

I'm still not convinced of there being any reason to step out of a perfectly-running airplane. At least until the pilot has turned out the seat belt light at the gate.

**ChromeScholar** · 8th August 07, 09:18 AM

Beat me to it, Mike1...

**acstoon** · 8th August 07, 09:28 AM

Ahhh... the view, the freefall, the utter silence of gliding under a 'chute... can't be had IN an aircraft!
That's why we keep going back, year after year.
(My one niece made a comical, yet true statement, recently: "Ya' know, I've taken off many times in an airplane, but I've never LANDED in ONE."

**demobud** · 8th August 07, 09:32 AM

So is kilted sky diving next? Might be a bit cold...

Seriously, that is cool; the closest I have come to actual jumping was on the practice jump range at Fort Bragg.