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Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:58 pm
by golddigger14s
Eddies post got me thinking. I started skydiving lessons a few years ago until my hip replacement. I would like to start up again. Would any of you want to join in? All jumps are free fall with the Accelerated Free Fall program. It would be out at Sky Dive Kapowsin in Shelton.
https://skydivekapowsin.com/I was amazed by how easy it is for the basics.

ETA: I just checked their site, and unless I get a waiver I now exceed the 250 lb weight limit. I will post updates as needed. Until I loose the weight which I need to do anyway we can put a group together hopefully.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:17 pm
by RockHopper
golddigger14s wrote:Eddies post got me thinking. I started skydiving lessons a few years ago until my hip replacement. I would like to start up again. Would any of you want to join in? All jumps are free fall with the Accelerated Free Fall program. It would be out at Sky Dive Kapowsin in Shelton.
https://skydivekapowsin.com/I was amazed by how easy it is for the basics.

ETA: I just checked their site, and unless I get a waiver I now exceed the 250 lb weight limit. I will post updates as needed. Until I loose the weight which I need to do anyway we can put a group together hopefully.
Grounded Chuck.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:03 pm
by Arisaka
golddigger14s wrote:Eddies post got me thinking. I started skydiving lessons a few years ago until my hip replacement. I would like to start up again. Would any of you want to join in? All jumps are free fall with the Accelerated Free Fall program. It would be out at Sky Dive Kapowsin in Shelton.
https://skydivekapowsin.com/I was amazed by how easy it is for the basics.

ETA: I just checked their site, and unless I get a waiver I now exceed the 250 lb weight limit. I will post updates as needed. Until I loose the weight which I need to do anyway we can put a group together hopefully.
Just mention that your penis weighs at least 25 lbs, and you may get an exemption
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:10 pm
by NWGunner
Why is it called skydiving?
You're not diving toward the sky...
Maybe less takers if they call it ground diving....
Either way, good luck on the weight loss, hip replacement recovery, and diving buddies

Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:15 pm
by golddigger14s
Well now that the mice with jokes have spoke up, it's time for the men to chime in.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:48 pm
by MadPick
golddigger14s wrote:Well now that the mice with jokes have spoke up, it's time for the men to chime in.
I'll admit, I thought "Grounded Chuck" was pretty funny.

Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:28 pm
by NWGunner
golddigger14s wrote:Well now that the mice with jokes have spoke up, it's time for the men to chime in.
I'm a mouse 'cause I wished you well? Umm, okay.
Served my country, so pretty sure I'm not a mouse, but thanks.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:40 pm
by golddigger14s
MadPick wrote:golddigger14s wrote:Well now that the mice with jokes have spoke up, it's time for the men to chime in.
I'll admit, I thought "Grounded Chuck" was pretty funny.

Ground Chuck
Sleeping cow = Ground beef.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:47 pm
by golddigger14s
NWGunner wrote:golddigger14s wrote:Well now that the mice with jokes have spoke up, it's time for the men to chime in.
I'm a mouse 'cause I wished you well? Umm, okay.
Served my country, so pretty sure I'm not a mouse, but thanks.
Just cause I posted after your post, doesn't mean my post was directed at you. Sometime when you post, some other people post before you do. Calm down nwg, and let's go jump.

Re: Skydiving
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:27 am
by Eddie Dean
If I still lived in WA, I'd be down (or up) for it!
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:40 am
by sportsdad60
Kapowsin skydive moved to SHELTON? Huh. When did that occur?
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:10 am
by Massivedesign
sportsdad60 wrote:Kapowsin skydive moved to SHELTON? Huh. When did that occur?
Years ago. They bought out Blue Sky Skydiving.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:34 am
by sportsdad60
Do they still operate out of Lake Kapowsin area too?
The original owner was my jump master. I saw her and her husband at a Private Jet open house at the Museum of Flight about 7 years ago.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:51 am
by Massivedesign
sportsdad60 wrote:Do they still operate out of Lake Kapowsin area too?
The original owner was my jump master. I saw her and her husband at a Private Jet open house at the Museum of Flight about 7 years ago.
The original Kapowsin DZ closed a couple years after they bought the Shelton DZ. I am not sure who owns it now. My dad had over a hundred jumps and his C license that he started while it was Blue Sky.
Re: Skydiving
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:12 am
by sportsdad60
Cool, thanks for the info!