Crates in Advanced Free Fall - Category B - Connecticut Parachutists

Consider this a VERY rough draft; it has no audio, and was literally ripped directly from the camera with absolutely zero editing. There's a short gap between when I deploy and land; that's because the cameraman (props out to Dave; check out his website at SkyDivingStills.com) had turned off capture during that period of time. I'll re-upload an edited version with audio at some point in the not-too-distant future.

This was my second Advanced Free Fall (AFF) examination, and so far, I am two-for-two. As of the date of this post, it has been a few months since that exam; I will be back to continue the certification process as soon as I can scrounge up the dough. I've also got a video of my first freefall video, but this one is a lot more badass. I'll upload the earlier one after I've located and edited in some wacky fast-paced British trumpet music (you know, the kind they play when someone's being chased by six bobbies in a row with the video all sped up).

Skydiving is ridiculously expensive, when gauged over time, and the costs of entry into the hobby are prohibitive for many enthusiasts. The amount of scratch needed to attain the lowest-ranked certification is more or less on par with what most kids pay for their first car. Class D certification, the highest rank available in Connecticut, costs about as much as you would pay for a down-payment on a _really_ nice house. My boss just cut my hours by 25%, blaming it on the economy (despite registering record profits last month and each month being more profitable than it was the year prior); skydiving is on hold until I can stack some Benjamins.

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[fallingangels666]

So yea. Holy CRAP that looks thrilling. I think i would freek out but isnt that the whole point. To freek out and have your adrenaline pumping and feel life at the max?

[CR4TES]

I guess. The whole thing about it, for me, is that it seems like if you can act quickly and efficiently in that scenario, there seems very little else in the world you CAN'T handle.

That's pretty much why I'm going for my certification. By the time I'm done, they'll have me "docking" with instructors as if I was saving their lives in freefall, and doing tons of other aerial acrobatics I never thought I'd be able to handle at 150mph hurtling toward certain death by ground-smashies.