Another money sucking hobby initiated
Finally got to a place where I could restart something I started a while back in the army and never finished. Skydiving :taz:
New place has a DZ not too far away, so I decided to restart and finish getting my A license. Unfortunately it's one of those hobbies you can't just do from time to time and have to keep current (not supposed to go more than 30 days without a jump for safety) so I had to start over from scratch. Having bought a house and started school I figured it's about as stable as it's going to get and now's a good time to try again.
Instructors are awesome, father son duo. And after one jump to see where I was at they skipped me two levels saving $260 on each jump.
Love the DZ. From altitude you can see Clearlake, Mount Tamalpias in San Francisco, and the great pacific ocean.
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First jump, pretty boring. Contact from both instructors to evaluate where I was. Had a HARD landing(1:50) that sent me limping back. Back on to the plane to jump again. Winds kicked up on our way up and were too high for jumping. Once I hit the wind took my canopy and drug me face down like a complete idiot in front of a crowd while the instructor was yelling at me LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEOHQuDFO_A
