Originally Posted by
Rich Engelhardt
Speaking of which....
First time I jumped, they gave us an 8 hour class on how to do it.
All morning long we practiced how to push off from the wing & how to do a PLF. (parachute landing fall)
Everyone was having fun and joking around and we were all smiles and laughs.
When we broke for lunch, the instructor told us, "When you come back, we'll spend the afternoon going over what to do when things go wrong".
25 people turned silent and we all had the same look on our face of - "Go wrong? Nothing goes wrong! Why would anything go wrong? I'm not sure I like the sound of "go wrong". No - I'm POSITIVE I don't like the sound of "go wrong".