Have you been to adult summer camp? I guess I haven’t either, but I found the closest thing to it – Summerfest at Skydive Chicago. I mentioned in another post that this was one of my skydiving goals for the summer and what an adventure it was. Summerfest is a skydiving boogie. For non-skydivers, this…
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Skydiving and being that girl
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… No Christmas has not come early, well maybe for skydivers it has because up here in Canada, skydiving season is in full swing. It is weird, I spent so much time last season getting my solo, A license and B license that I thought this year would…
Skydiving over a snow-covered landscape
I can’t say I ever expected skydiving to turn into a winter activity. Well, I can’t ever say I thought I would be a skydiver, but here I am swept up in the excitement and passion of it all. It truly is a passion for the people in this sport. Every jump is one more…
Skydiving and getting lost in a cloud.
Living in Canada tends to limit our skydiving season with all but one dropzone closed for the winter. Although it’s not my regular DZ, I have done a few jumps there and was pretty excited they were jumping last weekend. I officially did my first February jump! As luck would have it, it also was…
Skydiving: B license
Well it happened! I got my B license this season and it feels pretty awesome. Earlier this year I wrote about getting solo certified and getting my A license, so I am incredibly excited to say I also got my B this year! I am a pretty goal oriented person, so having specific achievements…
Skydiving: maybe I am a skydiver now.
The sun glints brightly outside the hard metal plane. The light flicks to red, as a chorus of “door” is yelled out through the plane. I turn away from the excited tandem student beside me and push up the plane door. I peek out and see the dropzone far below like a tiny piece of…
Skydiving: Solo certified!
I did it, I did it, I did it (well a few weeks ago, but this is late)! I am officially a solo certified skydiver. I have a real CSPA license card and everything. And what does that mean? Well basically I am allowed to jump all by myself. LITERALLY only by myself. I'm not…
Skydiving: I did a backloop and I didn’t totally suck.
If you saw my last post, you know I am working towards my solo certificate in skydiving. I am officially two jumps away! One more from altitude followed by a hop-and-pop from 3,500 feet. After exiting from 14,500 on all jumps so far, there is something scary about the idea of jumping so low. After…
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Skydiving: ground school and AFP (AFF outside Canada)
It finally happened! After seven months off I got back in the sky! To get my solo certificate and eventually my 'A' license, I had to complete ground school. Over six hours we learned everything from body position in freefall, to canopy control, to malfunctions and how to correct them. I was encouraged to come…
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Tunnel time at iFly .
I recently mentioned I had exciting plans for the beginning of January. My first day in a PR post-grad was pushed back a week. I had HOPED to finish my skydiver training course and/or obtain my A license. I found some dropzones with programs to learn the skills to get an A license in one…