I've been out skydiving a couple dozen times, but not in the past 7 years, although I really want to again.  It is the freefalling part I like so just parachuting doen't appeal to me.  I fast roped while in the military (no D ring hook up) and that was fun also more that just repelling.  I got banned for a year from skydiving in Texas years back for pulling way below the hard-deck (2,000 feet) several times with my love of the falling part.  I haven't been out since my wife and I had our first kid.  I had a special T-Shirt made for me back then: "The Divers Triad - Sky, S.C.U.B.A., and Muff" in a triangle figure on the back and front (a lot of fun up and downs they were).

Cheers - Tim, R.N.

I've always wanted to but I always had something else I needed to spend the money on.

Best jump I ever made was out of the air-stair on a B727 Up in Sandwich Illinois.

I liked RW more than solo free fall... But, CRW scared the crap out of me.

  It has been a while Sevo, but I'd say I'm pretty sure the auto is hardset to 700 feet and my pulls were around a 1000 or more (the hard deck was 2000 they like >2400 feet pulls with the 300 foot inflation formula), but the last gig really pissed them off.  I know better, but I like to fall and the last time their reaction was priceless; they have insurrance people they have to make happy too so I understand.  I always wanted to do that bridge jump in West Virginia sometime; just through your rig out while your running of the plank.  I had a buddy a few Air Force units back for me that was a Pararesue Jumper with his HALO and HAHO qual..  He retired a few years back while he seemed to be in great shape, but he had to get a CABG x3 a half year back.  The unit we were in used to 'Fast Rope' for medic insertions a lot and he was the best, no fear.  A lot of young kids have that sticker on the back of their cars, but this guy really had no fear, no shit.  I wish I could jump that high with O2 and just fall for 20 or 30 thousand feet; you just got to wear some warm underware as it is cold up there.

Cheers - Tim, R.N.