Freefall pics NLC

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:45 am

At the risk of becoming a skydiving bore, some stills from Monday afternoon

Mark

Post by ed » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:58 am

Wow! Again, fecking awesome.

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:02 pm

Last one is awesome!!!!

Nice one Mark.

Post by **simon** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:00 pm

Excellent, looking forward to doing my first one next month

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:11 pm

Do the yellow bits on the jump-suit help with stability?

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:16 pm

jamie wrote:
Do the yellow bits on the jump-suit help with stability?

I think they do a bit, but they are mainly there to give the instructors something to grab onto if it all goes pear shaped during the AFF course. You can actually jump without any suit after 25 jumps, but apparently it does feel a bit different as there is less drag. Something to try next time...

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:17 pm

simon wrote:Excellent, looking forward to doing my first one next month

You doing AFF Simon? And where?

Post by **simon** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:00 pm

I'll just be doing a tandem one not the AFF but it does look bloody cool so if I enjoy it as much as you have then I'll be very tempted. I'll either be doing it in OZ or NZ on my honeymoon

Post by **simon** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:01 pm

ryallm wrote:You can actually jump without any suit

I don't want to see those photos

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:25 pm

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:27 pm

simon wrote:I'll just be doing a tandem one not the AFF but it does look bloody cool so if I enjoy it as much as you have then I'll be very tempted. I'll either be doing it in OZ or NZ on my honeymoon

Helen and me both did a tandem in Nelson at the top of NZ South Island on our honeymoon, and it was one of the major highlights of our trip, so go for it! I can highly recommend Nelson - stunning views from the air over the Abel Tasmin national park, and a great bunch of guys at the dropzone. The tandem was fantastic and gave me the urge to do AFF, but the first AFF jump felt very, very different to the tandem experience. For me it was an order of magnitude more scary, and in fact it felt right on the very limit of what I could cope with mentally for my first 3 AFF levels. Thankfully I didn't completely crack up and it did get easier

Mark

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:56 pm

Just totally incredible photos mate

Post by **simon** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:40 pm

What an experience!!
It really is awesome and something I have to do again and solo.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:15 am

Is that one of Ed's relatives strapped to you?

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:04 am

Fantastic Si, especially with the snowy mountains in the backdrop

You sure that wasn't taken in a studio with fancy wallpaper?

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