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I do enjoy roller coasters but they became a lot less thrilling after I've skydived and ridden a motorcycle on a racetrack. The actual sense of "danger" that comes with them is no longer there after doing various things that could have legitimately killed me. Thrill rides for me are BB King these days... The thrill is gone.

Where did you skydive and how many times have you gone?

Where did you skydive and how many times have you gone?

This was in Cloverdale, CA in mid-2001. I've only gone once. It was tandem and a jump from ~13,000 ft because I wanted the one that provided the longest freefall. I've never jumped solo. 

I have to say, that was (at the time) the absolute most exhilarating and adrenaline-inducing thing I'd ever done. I was on an adrenaline high for an hour afterwards. The only thing that rivals it is the other thing I mentioned--riding a motorcycle on a racetrack. 

I've considered going again, but am having trouble finding anyone who wants to go with me. Also, for tandem jumps there's a weight limit and I'm >250#, which can be over the limit for most places. I almost had it arranged one year with coworkers for as soon as I lost enough weight to do it here in SoCal, but then that (the necessary weight loss) never quite happened. 

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Funny thing... The whole ride up in the plane I was calm. I didn't really get the butterflies until they opened the door. And then, having the instructor strapped to your back, you sorta penguin-waddle yourselves to the door. So I'm hanging out the door of the airplane with one foot on the wing strut step ready to go. At that point in my mind I knew I was past the point of no return, but the fear was absolutely bubbling up and freezing me. 

To me it FELT like the pilot tilted the wings and basically threw me out of the plane. Or maybe the instructor just pushed. Not sure. I don't think I made any conscious or deliberate move to exit that plane, but then we were out. 

And the craziest thing? Once out of the plane, all the "fear" portion went away and it was just pure exhilaration. 

Funny thing... The whole ride up in the plane I was calm. I didn't really get the butterflies until they opened the door. And then, having the instructor strapped to your back, you sorta penguin-waddle yourselves to the door. So I'm hanging out the door of the airplane with one foot on the wing strut step ready to go. At that point in my mind I knew I was past the point of no return, but the fear was absolutely bubbling up and freezing me.

To me it FELT like the pilot tilted the wings and basically threw me out of the plane.

I watched an interview with the 101st guys pretty funny some of the comments.Forrest Guth was - it's like a scarry amusement park ride,get real scared but once it ends you want to get right back on again. Shifty Powers said something like the 1st time was not so bad because you don't know what the hell you're doing.

I guess I might be more concerned with the landing ripping something up a friend did that yrs back with his knee

I watched an interview with the 101st guys pretty funny some of the comments.Forrest Guth was - it's like a scarry amusement park ride,get real scared but once it ends you want to right back on again. Shifty Powers said something like the 1st time was no so bad because you don't know what the hell you're doing.

I guess I might be more concerned with the landing ripping something up a friend did that yrs back with his knee

One of my good friends is a former special forces guy.. Toughest guy I've ever met.. He absolutely hated the airborne part. He's been shot, involved in an explosion and still has shrapnel in him and he said the scariest was jumping out of a plane and no one will ever make him do it again. 

Wuss

Hello from curacao.  Left Aruba yesterday. 

gonna git cold here in Iowa

should head back to Texas