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I hope you people go splat.

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yeah those r the prices with a person though (u have to do 3 of those before u can go alone) when u go alone its more expensive at most places

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I went last weekend and paid $235 for a tandem, the price sheet said it was $22 to go by yourself.

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I've always wanted to, i'm jealous nick.

fwiw, I would go sky diving before I will bungee jump. I never plan on bungee jumping EVER.

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did you go in ellenville? that seems to be the only place near nyc.

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I did it years ago. I went solo attached to a static line. It was a gas and I liked that after summoning the discipline to throw yourself out of an airplane at 3k feet nothing else seems quite so hard or scary.

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To go alone your first time you have to do a ton of training. When you go tandem, they basically tell you "don't do anything stupid and let me handle everything".

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This wasn't the case when I went. Before my solo jump I had 3 hours of training, which basically entailed jumping off a 4 ft high platform into a sand pit and rolling properly. I jumped solo attached to a static line from 1500 ft above Lakewood, New Jersey. It was pretty cool floating down looking out over the Atlantic Ocean. I think it cost $90, but that was back in 1979.

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yeah those r the prices with a person though (u have to do 3 of those before u can go alone) when u go alone its more expensive at most places

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I went last weekend and paid $235 for a tandem, the price sheet said it was $22 to go by yourself.

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Its $22 if you are already liscensed to jump, not for first-timers.

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I did it years ago. I went solo attached to a static line. It was a gas and I liked that after summoning the discipline to throw yourself out of an airplane at 3k feet nothing else seems quite so hard or scary.

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3,000 feet? Weak man. the first time I went sky diving I was up 18,000 feet. Had almost a full minute of free fall. Awsome experience.

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what are some general myths/stereotypes about skydiving and skydivers? i'm writing a paper.

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I've been skydiving.