Ep 90 Managing Fear as a Skydiver

[@RiciMoore]

To me this common sense seems to apply to other areas of life. Thanks for the good show blue skies fun days.

[@alifouad1491]

Thank you u love feel the fear and do it anyway

[@sharkair2839]

embrace your fears and they will diminish.

[@lobbyrobby]

I have 2 tandem and 8 solo jumps. That first tandem I was calm as can be until the door open. Then I was scared shitless. The second tandem was better. My first solo jump I was also terrified. Even on my latest (8th solo) I'm still freaked out leaving that plane. I love the canopy flying of skydiving so that's the only reason I jump lol.

[@vincevoelker3893]

Great acronym for FEAR and your videos are always appreciated! Thanks for keeping us vigilant and continually learning!

[@BurninatorTheTrogdor]

Brian Germain and Dean Ricci have great books on fear. Solo, stress free jumps really helped me when I was going through AFF. I think you should watch all of the TEEM videos and learn how your gear works. Read and watch everything skydiving. Take a canopy course right away!

[@DNesbitt-p1t]

I've got 3 tandems under my belt. Two, 23 years ago, and most recent was 2019. On the last one, I felt door terror until I was out of the plane. That surprised me. I noticed that when I was at that place mentally, so was everything else I worried about just flooding my being. The jump went great, but I needed to handle my business; kids, career, and all my obligations not being ok. I learned that my life was out of balance. Hopefully soon, I can get my rating.

[@concious.co-parent16]

Low altitude aircraft failure is my biggest fear. I'm always looking for landing areas while climbing.

[@concious.co-parent16]

I experienced some intense fear, now have 66 jumps. Haven't been able to jump in a year and life is not the same it's quite dull.

[@mindful_gus]

Can you do a video on how to measure risers? i was told I needed shorter risers and a friend gave me his. but how do i know i got the right size? where do i measure from? Thanks.