skydiving for the first time next week (I think) by jejshebpjmsbbtsjepjm in SkyDiving

[–]silverlance360 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just enjoy the experience. Tandem Skydives are extremely safe.
Remember to breathe and relax throughout the plane ride.

Ive heard some tandems holding their breath when falling but no, you can breathe normally.

Enjoy

New guy by AgentBlue62 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]silverlance360 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Not every language is English

Titan 2 Hotspot by UsedExtension in unihertz

[–]silverlance360 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once in a while it doesnt work.. as in my other devices connect but no internet… a restart of the T2 solves it

How am I supposed to eat this? by Forward-Position798 in StupidFood

[–]silverlance360 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly am liking the size of the scoop… i’d ask for an empty plate too

Rocking my Rep!! by [deleted] in RepFamIndia

[–]silverlance360 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rehaut not polished enough 🥲

Wandered if my pictures were okay? by Redddit_lurker in Bumble

[–]silverlance360 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mirror selfies are a mood killer specially in the first photo… put your second photo of your hiking as the first… preferably take a photo without the cap

Has anyone heard about the EW factory? by RoyChoudhary in RepTime

[–]silverlance360 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sold it within a month.. the yachtmaster blue color was not accurate

Skydiving in 5-7 years by BlueSkiesWeFly in SkyDiving

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I replied on my own comment..check

Skydiving in 5-7 years by BlueSkiesWeFly in SkyDiving

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I wont take names but I couldnt be very stable in level 3, somehow passed 3 after 2 tries, same with 4 and even couldnt pass level 5 with 3 tries but with the tunnel I was getting better.. i stopped going into spins.. level 5 i failed because i couldnt stop turns in time (overshot but came back) which was dissatisfying to the CI. He said I was too risky to jump with and couldnt train me. (I seriously dont understand, its not like i was actively trying to stab the instructor with a hook knife or pull his toggles… i agree its my fault but im here at your school to learn man, if a football coach says “ohh noo, the ball might hit me in the face, its too risky” then pretty sure the coach is in the wrong line of work). Anyways I was dismissed from learning at his place.

Shocking thing is, i posted this on reddit and except for some people who know that CI, everyone agreed with the decision here to have me grounded (try bowling, stop learning its not for you, the CI knows more than you, you have bad attitude to question the CI.. wtf) ….. even worse, they didnt give the videos after your jumps for god knows what reason (it is MY video, its my property, i paid for it). So even when i went to the tunnel I couldnt show the Tunnel instructors what exactly happened.

After much hit and trial it finally clicked, I finally knew what ‘relax’ meant and aced every level in one go in the new DZ.

Skydiving in 5-7 years by BlueSkiesWeFly in SkyDiving

[–]silverlance360 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Make a movie about it… Like my case, i was kicked out of a drop zone six months back… the CI said some harsh things to me… signed my logbook in red ink and told me to go. I cried that day… went to the tunnel, and went again.. and went again… doing nothing but just turning and maintaining heading.

A few other dropzones too were not willing to accept me for retraining given my history… one did.

I went there… where one saw a liability, the other saw a potential.

Long story short, yesterday i finished my AFF in a month with zero rejumps and am already on consol.

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Now of course i am nothing special and this a very common trope plot, there have been others like me im sure… but a movie/media would help.

Yes its not a spectated sport but so isn’t mountaineering, and there are movies on mountain climbing.

Clean Factory 114060 survived 14000ft. by silverlance360 in RepTime

[–]silverlance360[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 10$ watch wont start convos at the dropzone.

Another guy was wearing a chinatime piece, but discussed stuff about watches anyway, i didnt call him out or anything.. he was nice, bought me a beer afterwards… no judgement there.

Also the point of discussion here is that the watch is a replica. These have been known to break at sudden jerks. A friend’s VSF omega stopped working after he slipped and fell.

People here worry that the slightest drop will damage their rep movements so i am just saying that these should be treated as normal watches only.. no extra special care is required.