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    Quote Originally Posted by thescot View Post
    Man, what a gal. Adventure, fun, and looks, too.
    You're a very lucky man
    I feel I am very fortunate... she keeps me on my toes & smiling.
    This is a woman who bungee-jumped, for the first time, on her 40th birthday!
    Got her motorcycle license at 50.
    Skydiving at 52... I can't wait to see what's around the next corner.
    Never a dull moment here...
    She's always on the go, but has found the time to help me raise my daughter (from a previous marriage) and chase after her 8 grandkids.

    Lucky? I hit the jackpot!

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    Very cool!! She is a keeper for sure.

    I am too heavy to jump right now, but I have promised myself for many years, that if I ever get to my target weight I will jump out of a airplane at least once. I am afraid of heights and I think It will scare the s### out of me, but I will still do it once.

    Great pics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiltferone View Post
    I am afraid of heights and I think It will scare the s### out of me, but I will still do it once.
    I'm terrified of heights... the wife cleans the gutters, in fact
    But jumping out of a plane (at those heights) is something the human brain just can't compute, I guess.
    I've never hesitated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acstoon View Post
    I'm terrified of heights... the wife cleans the gutters, in fact
    But jumping out of a plane (at those heights) is something the human brain just can't compute, I guess.
    I've never hesitated.
    I am scared of heights too but, like you said, that altitude just doesn't compute. I hate climbing ladders but I have no problem standing on the skids of a huey several hundred meters up. I always wanted to try jumping. I was a parachute rigger in the Marine Corps so I packed a lot of them but never got to use one.
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    Those that understand binary, and those that don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by emolas View Post
    I am scared of heights too but, like you said, that altitude just doesn't compute. I hate climbing ladders but I have no problem standing on the skids of a huey several hundred meters up. I always wanted to try jumping. I was a parachute rigger in the Marine Corps so I packed a lot of them but never got to use one.
    I've finally decided that I'm not afraid of heights, I'm afraid of pain. If I fall off the roof cleaning the gutters, I probably won't die, but it will just hurt alot!

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    Quote Originally Posted by emolas View Post
    I am scared of heights too but, like you said, that altitude just doesn't compute. I hate climbing ladders but I have no problem standing on the skids of a huey several hundred meters up. I always wanted to try jumping. I was a parachute rigger in the Marine Corps so I packed a lot of them but never got to use one.
    First, I shudder to think that my riggers never actually jumped themselves. Maybe they knew better.

    Second, anyone who's ever jumped in the military has never jumped from "a perfectly good aircraft".

    Third, I always felt safer jumping and landing on my own than riding it out in a helo...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrewO View Post
    First, I shudder to think that my riggers never actually jumped themselves. Maybe they knew better.

    Second, anyone who's ever jumped in the military has never jumped from "a perfectly good aircraft".

    Third, I always felt safer jumping and landing on my own than riding it out in a helo...
    On point 2: It's a bad thing when you have to turn around because parts fell off your plane

    On point 3: I'd much rather be in something that at least wanted to fly / glide than beat the air into submission.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acstoon View Post
    I'm terrified of heights... the wife cleans the gutters, in fact
    But jumping out of a plane (at those heights) is something the human brain just can't compute, I guess.
    I've never hesitated.

    I hate heights too... but at 15,500 feet... there's nothing around to base your height with...and since the ground doesn't really come rushing at you.....there's no fear... besides, what are you going to do about it while in free fall

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