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Completely OT - Skydive Nagambie 2-Feb-2009 At 2:02:23 PM Cookie

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>Speaking of long odds, apparently your instructor could have a heart attack and die in mid-air
>while strapped to your back.

not good, not good... however there was an accident a while ago, where during a tandem the chutes failed and the instructor basically used the tandem jumper to break his fall... she died of massive internal injuries and he broke his pelvis... so not even tandem is safe!!

>My problem i think was i spent too much energy mentally preparing to be able to >throw myself out of the plane. I think got sensory overload on the way down and was >unable to get a proper arched position and kept reaching for my hip rather than the >chute. My arm was so tense they weren't able to move it to the handle and I didn't >even notice them trying.

i think it will go either one of 2 ways with me 1) no issues, they wont be able to stop me jumping. or 2) ill pack it as soon as the plane starts to taxi and they will have to push me out.