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Originally Posted by abaya
Reaching the top, you feel a surreal sense of weightlessness for what seems like a long time--really just a second, maybe less--and then begins the freefall down. I don't remember any powerful jerks--just a bouncy feeling during the turn at the bottom, like you might feel on a bungee cord, I guess? But I didn't have any neck problems at the time--if you do, then you might want to ask a doctor or something beforehand.
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Yeah, no powerful jerks here either. I was expecting more of a jolt upon release, not really.
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Originally Posted by MSD
I wanted to go skydiving, but was told that at my height and weight, the combined weight of the instructor and me would be too much for the parachute to keep at a safe speed and I'd break both legs on landing. I would probably throw this thing off balance and end up with it wrapping the cord around my neck and strangling me.
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You might try to do an accelerated free fall course, if you really want to do it. 15-20 yrs. ago no one was doing tandem as far as I know. I think blahblah454 is doing this course right now. It's completely possible for someone 300lbs to hop-n-pop solo.
And unless your doing a static line deploy the "things" going to come off your back once the rips pulled, it would be almost impossible to get it tangled around your neck. I've seen students land with marks on their necks because the static line caught them wrong. That only happens when you don't "belly down" as instructed.