From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 12 8:23:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48A337B400 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:23:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from proxy.centtech.com (moat.centtech.com [206.196.95.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D59B343E4A for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:23:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from sprint.centtech.com (sprint.centtech.com [10.177.173.31]) by proxy.centtech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7CFN9907495; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:23:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id g7CFN8g04851; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:23:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from centtech.com (proton [10.177.173.77]) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7CFN5o04844; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:23:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3D57D2D9.70109B7B@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:23:05 -0500 From: Eric Anderson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christopher Schulte Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i am not a wimp References: <000001c2410f$6157e3e0$0a01a8c0@COMPGEEK> <5.1.1.6.2.20020812094859.01a74e68@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I just finished my AFF, and am now cleared for solo and whatever else I wanna try. It is definitely a life changing event. I was very afraid of heights prior to skydiving, but it's almost completely gone now. You're right tho - once you skydive a few times, nothing else is even really on the same scale. It would be interesting to why computer/technical people are drawn to the sport of skydiving. Eric Christopher Schulte wrote: > > At 08:01 AM 8/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Just curious how many other skydivers there are on this list. It seems that a > >lot of skydivers are techie people for their day jobs.. I'm one of those > >people.. > > I was working on getting my AFF certification last summer, but fell out > of motivation to finish it. Not due to fear, mind you. :-) > > Skydiving is a lot of fun. One downside is after the first jump > amusement parks really lose their adrenaline factor. I mean, > come on. 120mph freefall from 12,500 feet? What can compare? > > My view of the world was forever changed. > > I recommend it to anyone medically able. > You'll lose your fear of heights. :-p > > >Eric > > > >Jon Noack wrote: > > > "A person who has been skydiving is not allowed to call himself a wimp. > > > Thus, please submit a letter to the editor asking that your statements > > > be retracted. :)" > > > >-- > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > >The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away. > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Christopher Schulte > http://www.schulte.org/ > Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org > email address. This address is valid. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message