Skydiving! Updated with pics and video!

[Kirby]

14,000 feet over the North Shore in Oahu. It was freaking incredible and absolutely beautiful. My ears are still messed up though.

Crossed that of my bucket list. :biggrin:

 

[Anubis]

nice, buddy i work with did his 10000th jump this fall

 

[Kyle]

I'm going to be in Hawaii w/in the next year- never been sky diving but always wanted to go...gotta do it. Where'd you go? Price?

 

[Kirby]

I'm going to be in Hawaii w/in the next year- never been sky diving but always wanted to go...gotta do it. Where'd you go? Price?

Pacific Skydiving. I think after all the pictures and videos it was around $375. There's a $40 charge if you're over 200 lbs too. Quite expensive, but worth every penny.

 

[Old Hippie]

14,000 feet over the North Shore in Oahu. It was freaking incredible and absolutely beautiful. My ears are still messed up though.

Crossed that of my bucket list. :biggrin:

What a ride that had to be!!!!

I did the skydive thing one time and it was great but to do it over Oahu at 14,000 ft musta been quite the major rush.

Nice!

 

[olds]

14,000?
Did you need oxygen or do they figure you get to 10,000 quickly and don't need it?

Skydiving is something I'd like to do that I know I'll never do. Kinda like Gisele Bundchen.

 

[bruceb]

I would like to try it, but I am a little afraid of that first step.

 

[SandInMyShoes]

14,000?
Did you need oxygen or do they figure you get to 10,000 quickly and don't need it?

Skydiving is something I'd like to do that I know I'll never do. Kinda like Gisele Bundchen.

14kft is a common jumping altitude, as well as a common summit height for day-trip mountain climbers, and I've never heard of anyone using supplemental oxygen for either.

 

[coxmaster]

14kft is a common jumping altitude, as well as a common summit height for day-trip mountain climbers, and I've never heard of anyone using supplemental oxygen for either.

At 14k the pilots were most likely using oxygen.. The FAA requires it above 12,500

 

[skyking]

Above 14K the flight crew must use it for the entire duration; above 12,500 they must use if for the portion of the flight exceeding 30 minutes.
That is why 14K is the common altitude for high jumps; at 15K you must provide it for the jumpers as well.
Jump flight crews don't need to use it because they never exceed the 30 minute rule.

 

[jman19]

nice, buddy i work with did his 10000th jump this fall

10,000 jumps? Are you serious? What is the point of that?

 

[Godsend1]

14,000 feet over the North Shore in Oahu. It was freaking incredible and absolutely beautiful. My ears are still messed up though.

Crossed that of my bucket list. :biggrin:

That's where I jumped from in 92. Dillingham field right?

Airgasms FTW!

 

[Jadow]

I did a tandem jump a couple years ago, it was awesome. I took the AFF class and could have gone solo (with 2 guys holding on to me at the start), but decided to just go tandem.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Awesome, I REALLY want to go skydiving one day. Pics?

10,000 jumps? Are you serious? What is the point of that?

Most likely works as an instructor/jump crew. I know a guy who has done a few thousand working as an instructor.

 

[jman19]

Awesome, I REALLY want to go skydiving one day. Pics?



Most likely works as an instructor/jump crew. I know a guy who has done a few thousand working as an instructor.

That's possible I guess - but Anubis said he works with him, so I don't think that is this guy's primary job.

 

[Mike Gayner]

That's possible I guess - but Anubis said he works with him, so I don't think that is this guy's primary job.

If he doesn't work as an instructor I would seriously question that figure. 10,000 jumps, even over forty years, is a jump on every working day. I don't buy that.

 

[jman19]

If he doesn't work as an instructor I would seriously question that figure. 10,000 jumps, even over forty years, is a jump on every working day. I don't buy that.

You're probably right.

 

[Kyle]

Pacific Skydiving. I think after all the pictures and videos it was around $375. There's a $40 charge if you're over 200 lbs too. Quite expensive, but worth every penny.

nice- def. going to do that when I'm there....the friend I'm visiting prob wont so I'll be going solo, but what a place for my first jump....

 

[Kirby]

That's where I jumped from in 92. Dillingham field right?

Airgasms FTW!

Yeah, Dillingham field. I didn't notice if the pilots were using air masks, since we were facing the back of the plane and my face was glued to the window.

I'll post some pics when I get a chance. The hotel charges for internet so I'm on my phone.

It was weird that I specifically remember how the camera man used his hands to make sure he was pointed the right way.

 

[thepd7]

If he doesn't work as an instructor I would seriously question that figure. 10,000 jumps, even over forty years, is a jump on every working day. I don't buy that.

Yeah that's a ton of jumps. I do know that the guys who I tandem'd with had upwards of 1000 though because they would put in about 10-15 jumps per day on the weekends.

 

[zoiks]

I'm going in a few weeks in Santa Cruz. Already bought the tickets. They want us to jump barefoot since we'll be landing on the beach.

 

[little elvis]

Did a tandem jump in New Zealand (Lake Wanaka area) a few years ago, 13,000 ft, I think. I almost backed out, so glad I didn't, it was absolutely amazing.

 

[dawp]

My daughter did this for a high school project (because of where her birthday falls, she was 18 most of the senior year), this was outside Dallas with a company called Skydive Dallas even tho it was about an hour northeast of dallas. she still want to do more jumps. I think it's addicting. she did a tandom jump.

I almost joined her on the jump, but I was a little short on cash at the time.

 

[Kirby]

Finally, got some pics for you guys.

Video: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6BswbHFz0Sm-JLHXz4aD2ZYUjwchq9mMknEE0iuoD3M?feat=directlink

 

[tcsenter]

Very nice! Thanks for that, I'm thinking about doing this myself but I'd kill to be able to do it over Ohau. I notice your tandem guide performed a bit of a turning dive/swoop ending in a glide at the last 300 feet or so. Sweet!