comment by The Spanish Italians - Its all coming home again (U21595)
posted 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
Good luck with your jump westcliff..

amazing and unforgettable experience... the silence when your parachute opens is weird, no traffic, nothing.. juts an odd silence, with the added bonus of 'oh, my parachute opened, thank the lord'


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Nervous excitement is the narrative for the next month!!!

comment by westcliffWhite (U9751)
posted 12 minutes ago

comment by The Spanish Italians - Its all coming home again (U21595)
posted 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
Good luck with your jump westcliff..

amazing and unforgettable experience... the silence when your parachute opens is weird, no traffic, nothing.. juts an odd silence, with the added bonus of 'oh, my parachute opened, thank the lord'


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Nervous excitement is the narrative for the next month!!!

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will be amazing

one thing I'll always remember, sat there 15000 feet in the air, waiting to jump, nervous and scared.. was the instructors / professionals chatting to each other... plane door open, 15000 ft in the air and they're having a chat, arms out the door frame just like when you're sat in a car on a nice day with your arm out the window... their state of relaxation, put me in a good place too - amazing day

Best of fortunes Westcliffwhite - hope it all goes well👍

comment by The Spanish Italians - Its all coming home again (U21595)
posted 5 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by westcliffWhite (U9751)
posted 12 minutes ago

comment by The Spanish Italians - Its all coming home again (U21595)
posted 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
Good luck with your jump westcliff..

amazing and unforgettable experience... the silence when your parachute opens is weird, no traffic, nothing.. juts an odd silence, with the added bonus of 'oh, my parachute opened, thank the lord'


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Nervous excitement is the narrative for the next month!!!

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will be amazing

one thing I'll always remember, sat there 15000 feet in the air, waiting to jump, nervous and scared.. was the instructors / professionals chatting to each other... plane door open, 15000 ft in the air and they're having a chat, arms out the door frame just like when you're sat in a car on a nice day with your arm out the window... their state of relaxation, put me in a good place too- amazing day
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I appreciate that to be honest. I am sure it'll be fine 🫣

comment by The Light Brigade (U22847)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Best of fortunes Westcliffwhite - hope it all goes well👍
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Thank you Light. Kind of wish it wasn't a month away, whilst also wishing it was 10 years 🤣

comment by westcliffWhite (U9751)
posted 11 hours, 33 minutes ago
comment by The Light Brigade (U22847)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Best of fortunes Westcliffwhite - hope it all goes well👍
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Thank you Light. Kind of wish it wasn't a month away, whilst also wishing it was 10 years 🤣
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If you see God on your way down tell us all about it,
write a book!

comment by NJS Vaguely Noble (U8272)
posted 1 day, 4 hours ago
comment by westcliffWhite (U9751)
posted 11 hours, 33 minutes ago
comment by The Light Brigade (U22847)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Best of fortunes Westcliffwhite - hope it all goes well👍
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Thank you Light. Kind of wish it wasn't a month away, whilst also wishing it was 10 years 🤣
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If you see God on your way down tell us all about it,
write a book!
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Not sure I will have my eyes open to see anything!!

Not sure I will have my eyes open to see anything!!

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keep yer eyes open...

perspective is another thing I should have mentioned... after the parachute opened, like I say, an odd silence in the clouds... but also, you can see the tree tops as you normally would look at a dandy lion... really odd... as you get closer and closer to the ground, those dandy lions in your view become the same size of the trees you were looking at only seconds / minutes before.

I'm looking forward to you posting about your experience

you just can't un see, or un feel what you do during that 5 / 6 minute descent.

did mine 19 years ago this month, and can remember it so clearly like it was only this morning...

comment by The Spanish Italians - Its all coming home again (U21595)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Not sure I will have my eyes open to see anything!!

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keep yer eyes open...

perspective is another thing I should have mentioned... after the parachute opened, like I say, an odd silence in the clouds... but also, you can see the tree tops as you normally would look at a dandy lion... really odd... as you get closer and closer to the ground, those dandy lions in your view become the same size of the trees you were looking at only seconds / minutes before.

I'm looking forward to you posting about your experience

you just can't un see, or un feel what you do during that 5 / 6 minute descent.
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I will be looking at as much as I possibly can - not something I am likely to ever do again and I have only heard positive feedback from people who have done so before me.

I will definitely let you know my thoughts after it has happened

Fundraising target met - thank you all for your help. MOT.

Good on you mate... good luck !!

comment by westcliffWhite (U9751)
posted 1 day, 23 hours ago
Fundraising target met - thank you all for your help. MOT.
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👏

Good morning all, so this was yesterday, and for those who asked / are interested, my thoughts!!

It was a good experience. Difficult to explain, but so many people said that it was the best experience of their lives, it almost felt a little bit underwhelming...never thought I would be saying that!

There were 8 of us plus tandems in the plane, once doors opened, we were shuffled out so quick, there cannot have been more than 5 to 10 seconds between each. The climb was slow, took about 20 minutes to 12,000 feet, all quiet and calm apart from some last minute instruction reminders. As I said, once the doors open, no time to panic as we were all out so quickly it was like watching people step off of a bus!

Free fall, 7000 feet in 35 seconds. Surreal. Wind noise and cold feeling on the face, but no real sensation of falling. Into the clouds, through the clouds, it wasn't thick but added to the experience.

Parachute opens, balls disappear up your backside with the rapid deceleration and total silence. A few spins to speed up the decent which again, felt like we weren't moving and therefore felt it lasted a lot longer than 5 minutes.

Soft landing.

Pub!

All good! X

back safe and well.

Good work mate 👍

Thanks mate. Reading it back, I sound as though I didn't enjoy it. I did. Just totally different to expectations. The only word I can really use is surreal. Almost impossible to explain, but you have done it so you'll know why I am struggling to word it for those that haven't. Have a good weekend.

I have photos, distant landing videos and the completion certificate, if any wants to see them, especially those who donated, happy to share. MOT.