Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 11:20:59 +0100 (BST) From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: my first jump Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971002111135.15818B-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199710011219.OAA04387@greenpeace.grondar.za>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Mark Murray wrote: > Stephen Roome wrote: > > I've done four jumps of the Advanced Freefall course, but the weather here > > in the UK is poor. =( > > British weather :-( :-( :-(. Well, someone built the local dropzone (netheravon) on top of a windy hill in the middle of Salisbury plain... Great thinking! > > So I don't count as a skydiver really, but I've had my 3 minutes or so of > > freefall, and as soon as I can afford it, I should be taking a trip to > > Florida to get skydiving sorted out at last. > > Ayone who falls out of an aeroplane for fun more than once is a > skydiver! > > When I did jump 400, I passed through 4 hours of freefall :-) I guess it's never enough - wonder if it gets boring eventually ?? Shame about the cost though, AFF course + weather + travel expenses ate a hole in my bank account - so it's on hold until I can do it all in a day or two (so I don't forget and have to retake training jumps) - or just get paid more either will do. =) Still wonder why more people don't skydive ? Steve. -- Steve Roome - Vision Interactive Ltd. Tel:+44(0)117 9730597 Home:+44(0)976 241342 WWW: http://dylan.visint.co.uk/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.95.971002111135.15818B-100000>