Oh hi! Welcome to my blog. As you can see, this is a work in progress, but I just couldn’t wait to start writing.
Let me introduce myself. I’m Ashley Mead. AKA the Skydive Chick herself.
That’s me. Happy as can be, ready to make my first AFF jump, but that’s a story for another day. My home base is Cleveland Parachute. Highly recommended if you’re ever in the area.
Currently, I am a beginner skydiver, but I have just as much passion for the sport as any experienced jumper out there. Stick around, you’ll see.
I’ve got a few goals for this site – beyond chronicling my journey to licensing, which I will be doing, but along the way I want to share with you pictures and videos, experiences of other skydivers, and happenings from around the skydiving community, just to name a few.
So join me will you, on this thrilling journey that is the life of a skydiver.
Blue Skies,
Ashley
Nice blog Ashley – keep it up, look forward to read more!
We all remember the time around our first few jumps – the beginnings of a great adventure
Hi, Ashley!
So you found Skydiving, Or more appropriately I should say Skydiving found You!
There’s a lot to learn, so learn from everyone, but it’s just like everything in life, everyone has an opinion so do your due diligence on matters of instruction, and cross reference new data whenever possible. You can learn a lot from your instructors, and at the end of your AFF your final Instructor will probably say something like “Well you’ve passed Survival Training” And now the learning really starts to kick in. Three suggestions;
1. Tunnel Time, Get some, it will help you master AFF Levels.
2. Get any and all training videos you can afford, specifically the “learning To..(SitFly, BackFly, ect)…series from Skydive University. And some Fun Videos my all time personal favorite “CROSSWIND” I’ve burned up three copies so far.
3. Read and Analyze All the Incident reports in Skydiver Magazine and in DropZone.com Put yourself in there position as you read and test yourself as you go through the “Event”. Ask yourself what would I/should I, be doing right now, as a matter of “Self Rescue” Be honest and you will see if you would have had a better/or worse outcome, and you will be all the wiser for it. I use the term “self rescue” here from Solo Diving (SCUBA) which I practice a lot, It’s really just being a where of, and practicing all of your Safety & Emergency Procedures, All Of The Time. And of coarse relying only upon yourself.
So no scare here, I’m just trying to pass on what little I can from the knowledge I have gained from my limited time in the sport.
Blue Sky’s to you!
13,500 Gotta GO00ooo!
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