# I joined the 2.5 mile high club today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648 "2012-08-16T04:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648/21 "2012-08-17T19:33:00Z")
Happy birthday! Wishing you a good day, a good year and a great life. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648/22 "2012-08-18T02:34:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Rock on! > > And happy birthday. Many thanks to you, and you really should try it. > [@Ambivalid](#): > > Hey, we all have our preferences. šŸ†’ > > You little freak, you. Excuse me, but I take offense to this. I am no _less_ than a **big** freak. Depending on whom you ask. And the context of the question. > [@Becky2844](#): > > Thatā€™s very cool! and Iā€™d never do it in a million years. But it must have been exhilarating, and with your a(l)ttitude, youā€™ll go far. šŸ˜ƒ One thing you must never do, **Becky2844.** Never say never. > [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Way to go! And happy birthday! Thank you so much! And extra special thanks for allowing me to bend your ear. I appreciate the advice, information and encouragement. I look forward to going again! > [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > I jumped out of plane for the first time about a month ago. Free fall is like nothing else and itā€™s one hell of a rush. > > May you have another 40 years of jumping out of planes! Free fall was the best part! Are you going to go again? ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648/23 "2012-08-18T02:43:32Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I jumped once, and with the exception of my wedding day and the birth of my kids, it was the most exhilerating thing Iā€™ve ever done. And it was also the only time Iā€™ve ever had a guy strapped to my backside. Funny thing is, my wife had some strange guy strapped to her backside at the same time, and she enjoyed her ride as much as I did. > > Hmmā€¦ As long as she didnā€™t enjoy it _more_ than you did you may have nothing to worry about. > [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Can I just say Excellent username/post content combination. > > Also Happy Birthday! Thanks šŸ™‚ > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > +1 You too! šŸ™‚ > [@PoorYorick](#): > > Hmph. Swingingā€™s so passe. I donā€™t think itā€™s passe when youā€™re doinā€™ it at 13,500 feet and falling. > [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Congratulations! > > I would love to parachute some day. I went hanggliding (as a passenger) last year, and I was in a doors-off helicopter tour this year, and the initial feeling/sensation was quite similar. > > I found both of the experiences almost peaceful, in a strange heartpounding way. If I hadnā€™t been locked into the skydiving idea I would have taken a helicopter flying lesson. I was looking on Groupon and found a good coupon for a one hour session. It was cheaper than skydiving \*\*\*\*and \*\*\*\* lasted longer. I think you should skydive - just set a date and do it. I would like to do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648/24 "2012-08-18T03:23:48Z")
> [@PeacePlease](#): > > So cool! Happy belated b-day and what a great way to celebrate a milestone. > > My Dad just did this last February. Heā€™s 78. He frickinā€™ LOVED it. He did it with my 85 year old uncleā€¦who, um, liked it but was absolutely terrified before the jump. > > It is something that Iā€™ve always wanted to do. Unfortunately, there are weight limits to tandem jumps and I havenā€™t reached that goal yet! > > Good for youā€¦takes a lot of guts to jump out of a plane at 13,000 feet!!! Yay!!! Glad it was such a rush. Your dad and your uncle are too cool! I think a tandem jump would be an excellent reward for hitting your weight loss goal, so definitely do that! > [@Taomist](#): > > Congratulations and happy birthday!! That sounds like so much fun!! Gracias šŸ™‚ > [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Happy Birthday! > > (ā€¦imagine the poor guy 2.5 miles below though. "ā€¦dammit! Bird poop!? ) Danke šŸ™‚ > [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Happy Birthday! > > I went skydiving a few years ago, and it was awesome. Iā€™m turning 40 in a few months, and I have a few friends who say they want to go jump..so I get a little group together and go do it. > -D/a Everyone was shocked I went by myself. Number one question when people found out I was going was ā€œWho with?ā€ Iā€™m apparentlyā€¦_unusual._ Have you started actively making the plans yet? > [@BMalion](#): > > Happy Birthday! > > Iā€™d love to try that, skydiving I mean, not strapping myself to your backside. > > On 2nd thoughtā€¦ Hey nowā€¦ the ā€˜How you doinā€™?ā€™ thread is down the hall. But you reminded me - there is a video easily found on the internets with two people gettinā€™ jiggy while skydiving. It looked awkward and distracting to me. And I thought _surely_ there must have been a way they could have turned her harness around the other way? Maybe not less distracting but surely less awkward! Anyway - with my newly acquired experience I can also surmise that in addition to being awkward and distracting it must also have been very uncomfortable. Those harnesses are kinda pinchy, tight and uncomfortable even with a clothing barrier. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648/25 "2012-08-18T15:55:43Z")
> [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > Thank you so much! And extra special thanks for allowing me to bend your ear. I appreciate the advice, information and encouragement. I look forward to going again! My pleasure. Iā€™m glad it went well for you and you had such a good time! Freefall is quite an experience, thatā€™s for sure. Thereā€™s nothing like it. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648/26 "2012-08-19T14:32:04Z")
Awesome sauce. Happy birthday! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-joined-the-2-5-mile-high-club-today/631648.md?page=1)