Anyone here done a parachute jump?

[ARW]

Because I am thinking of booking this

for my stag do and so far there are only 2 people who have said yes to going on it. No-one has said no to the trip to the lap dancing club.

[Andy Burns]

I like my spine as it is ...

[F]

Make sure you do the lap dancing trip first...

[Graham.]

At my age it's the lap dance that's more likely to prove fatal.

[ARW]

She said no to this

[Jabba]

ARW scribbled...

Can you book a jump at the lap dancing club ?

[Brian Gaff]

Are these tandem jumps then. I think most are these days for health and safety. I've not done one but plenty have and survived. I'm not sure that dangling with some sweaty ex military man for some minutes is what I'd like to do.

I'd much rather do it alone, but I somehow do not think a blind parachutist would be allowed these days!

If you want to talk to people who have done it, talk to local charities, they are often done for charity. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Erm who translated it though.

Brian

[Peter Parry]

I've done quite a few, but by myself. You should do it. It puts a whole new perspective on the attraction of sitting in front of the fire with slippers on.

[Gazz]

Tell em entrance to the lap dancing club is via parachute?

[Tim Streater]

I can't see the point of stag dos.

[Nightjar]

Don't blame them; I wouldn't willingly jump out of an aircraft unless it were parked on the ground.

My cousin's boy has done a number of parachute jumps, often followed by shooting automatic weapons, but HM Government were paying him to do it.

Colin Bignell

[Tim Streater]

And not even then, if it was e.g. a 747.

[Peter Andrews]

My wife did one a few years ago and as £10k life insurance only cost £1 I thought it was quite safe - she thoroughly enjoyed it. Two weeks later the same aircraft crashed on takeoff killing the pilot!

Peter

[Gordon Henderson]

I used to do a lot of skydiving. Not jumped for over 20 years though. It's a fantastic rush. Tandem stuff was just starting to take off back then though - but it's well established now. Much easier than going through a days worth of being shouted at.

Biggest adrenaline rush you'll ever get.

I only did 200 jumps before moving onto something else (driving the planes rather than jumping out), but I was jumping with people who had done 1000's and one even 10,000 jumps.

Gordon

[Tim Watts]

My mate at uni did a lot of parachuting. He loved it. Started with round chutes (simpler but less control) and progressed to square chutes (harder but lots of direction control, apparantly!).

I guess it comes down to having enough balls to step off the plane!

I would need bicycle clips on my trousers...

[Tim Watts]

How about a more classic paintball session? Lots of violence...

[michael adams]

For safety reasons they may insist on breathalising all the participants before allowing them on the plane. Maybe something to check on beforehand.

michael adams

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[ARW]

Cheers. We are looking at tandem jumps.

[bert]

In message , ARW writes

I know a guy who does this. He reckons he's done about 3000 jumps. He says it's no problem no sensation of falling. Just step out of the plane and there you are. And no I haven't done it.