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@Saint Ezzard said:

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@stevek said:
Never quite understood skydiving.

I mean you get in a plane, jump out of the plane, and it takes you to a spot on the ground.

Wouldn't it be easier to just walk or drive to that spot? Uber is readily available.

Sorry about that Steve, I missed your comment on this thread, I get carried away and started posting and don't see everything on here. The only explanation I can offer is the rush some people get, it's like a high to them. There's a line in the movie Point Break, where Patrick Swayze's character Bodie says about skydiving, "100% pure adrenaline, other guys snort for it, jab a vein for it, and all you got to do is jump." That's the best explanation I've heard, personally, I'm fine right here on the ground!

While in college back in 1993, I skydived (skydove?). It was a tandem jump - didn’t have the $s to spring for the extra training required to solo. Damn glad I tandem jumped - instead of arching, I kinda tucked… saw the underside of the plane twice while tumbling, with my tandem coach yelling “arch, dammit, arch” in my ear Eventually arched or who knows what would’ve happened.

Jumped from 13,500 ft, free fall of 8k ft in about a minute. Glad I did it once, not sure I’d do it again!

You've got some guts my friend, my goodness. Last night my wife asked me would I seriously consider doing it if someone offered me a million dollars, and I thought about it and I just couldn't go through with it, I just couldn't put my trust in a parachute. If that parachute doesn't open properly, it isn't going to end well.

I’d definitely do it again for enough money. I think skydiving violates my life insurance, so if someone wants to pay me $1 more than my life insurance payout, I’m 1,000% in.

@stevek said:

Might be by 5 points, might be 20

might be 100