Having met more than a couple "dead" skydivers

Both future dead and past (people who [link|http://deadmike.com|bounced] and survived as well as people saved by automatic opening devices that "froze"), I'd have to say that dread/denial/mourning stuff isn't usually in the description of their thoughts. Its more like acceptance/relaxation/release/amazement. This is the feeling I get immediately after leaving the aircraft. Just one big ahhhhhhhhh. Of course, many don't remember their "final" seconds.

Many simply don't remember - they have sensory overload. This is common with early skydivers as well. They simply don't remember the dive. You can make faces, flip them off, fly up and french kiss them, they don't remember.

Some of the ones who were saved by devices were simply peacefully amazed. Mesmerized. Not scared, just fascinated. Or they were totally unaware of their situation.

One thing they all say is that the impact doesn't hurt. Waking up later is when the pain arrives.

Of course, most jumpers already have a peculiar acceptance of their mortality. So maybe this isn't representative.

Post #203,274 by tuberculosis 4/13/05 8:28:28 PM Reply	Having met more than a couple "dead" skydivers Both future dead and past (people who [link\|http://deadmike.com\|bounced] and survived as well as people saved by automatic opening devices that "froze"), I'd have to say that dread/denial/mourning stuff isn't usually in the description of their thoughts. Its more like acceptance/relaxation/release/amazement. This is the feeling I get immediately after leaving the aircraft. Just one big ahhhhhhhhh. Of course, many don't remember their "final" seconds. Many simply don't remember - they have sensory overload. This is common with early skydivers as well. They simply don't remember the dive. You can make faces, flip them off, fly up and french kiss them, they don't remember. Some of the ones who were saved by devices were simply peacefully amazed. Mesmerized. Not scared, just fascinated. Or they were totally unaware of their situation. One thing they all say is that the impact doesn't hurt. Waking up later is when the pain arrives. Of course, most jumpers already have a peculiar acceptance of their mortality. So maybe this isn't representative. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Post #203,284 by drewk 4/13/05 9:04:56 PM Reply	I must have adreneline deficiency I've done two jumps. Granted, they were tandems. But I was ... unimpressed? Don't know the exact word, but at a minimum it didn't live up to the expectation. I got a slight sense of butterflies in the stomache when I first swung my legs out the door, but once I was out ... nothing. Hey, cool view, but ... nothing. Maybe the fact that it was a tandem made it feel too much like a ride. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #203,292 by boxley 4/13/05 9:50:45 PM Reply	reminds me of narcosis underwater diving All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #203,293 by broomberg 4/13/05 9:53:57 PM Reply	But that is directly physical based
Post #203,296 by boxley 4/13/05 10:12:39 PM Reply	not always, sometimes it just happens without a physical cause, low ambient light, a slow current moving sand under the divers eyes then it can onset. thanx, bill All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #203,311 by ubernostrum 4/14/05 4:02:16 AM Reply	Judging from his site... I'd say Dead Mike suffered more brain damage than previously thought. Quoth the JavaScript alert: \r\n\r\n The Dead Mike site is best viewed with Inernet [sic] Explorer v4.0+ \r\n You are missing some really kewl stuff that I could only do in IE! \r\n You are being directed to a mostly equivalent Netscape version of my page. \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird? \r\n[link\|http://www.shtuff.us/\|shtuff]

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