Comments on: Skydiving Queenstown: An Acrophobic’s Rite of Passage http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/ Dubious tips & essential ephemera for today's curious traveler Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nicole R. Zimmerman http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-31583 Nicole R. Zimmerman Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:25:50 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-31583 Zach, thanks for the clarification on that. Totally makes sense. Tina, I went to the Nzone: http://www.nzone.biz/ Zach, thanks for the clarification on that. Totally makes sense. Tina, I went to the Nzone: http://www.nzone.biz/

]]> By: Tina http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-31063 Tina Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:02:58 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-31063 nice article! really! you got me set on doing the same asventure..where'd you go for your skydiving in Queenstown? could you sent me a contact address (neacsu_tina@yahoo.co.uk) 10xs nice article! really! you got me set on doing the same asventure..where’d you go for your skydiving in Queenstown? could you sent me a contact address (neacsu_tina@yahoo.co.uk)

10xs

]]> By: Zach http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-12745 Zach Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:59:43 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-12745 Beautiful article. Small correction though: "After the parachute ejected, briefly thrusting us upwards almost as suddenly as we had dropped, we drifted down." This sensation is psychological in nature and is caused by the sudden change in velocity and the fact that the parachute is essentially "pulling" upwards on your body against your speed towards the ground, which causes quick deceleration. In reality, you don't move "up" at all relative to the ground (in other words, you don't gain any height). Once you have acclimated to the new speed, it feels like you are once more drifting down, when in reality, you were always moving downwards. Beautiful article. Small correction though:

“After the parachute ejected, briefly thrusting us upwards almost as suddenly as we had dropped, we drifted down.”

This sensation is psychological in nature and is caused by the sudden change in velocity and the fact that the parachute is essentially “pulling” upwards on your body against your speed towards the ground, which causes quick deceleration.

In reality, you don’t move “up” at all relative to the ground (in other words, you don’t gain any height). Once you have acclimated to the new speed, it feels like you are once more drifting down, when in reality, you were always moving downwards.

]]> By: Nicole Zimmerman http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-9918 Nicole Zimmerman Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:41:37 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-9918 You can now read this story in the recent anthology, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009, published by Travelers' Tales! You can now read this story in the recent anthology, The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2009, published by Travelers’ Tales!

]]> By: Ellie Barwick http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-9211 Ellie Barwick Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:38:58 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-9211 Fantastic blog, so well written. It gave me goosebumps and brought back many memories for me. We also took the plunge and jumped in Queennstown, my boyfriend never keen but now looks back on it as one of the best experiences off his life, I feel the same. You can read our story at http://www.twillet.com/2008/12/skydiving-in-queenstown/ Happy travels x Fantastic blog, so well written. It gave me goosebumps and brought back many memories for me. We also took the plunge and jumped in Queennstown, my boyfriend never keen but now looks back on it as one of the best experiences off his life, I feel the same. You can read our story at http://www.twillet.com/2008/12/skydiving-in-queenstown/
Happy travels x

]]> By: Happy Monday-Before-Turkey-Day! « Jas and Belle http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-8513 Happy Monday-Before-Turkey-Day! « Jas and Belle Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:53:15 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-8513 [...] is, um, if I don’t die. I mean… I am JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE. It’s a significant [...] [...] is, um, if I don’t die. I mean… I am JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE. It’s a significant [...]

]]> By: Johnny21 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-6179 Johnny21 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:06:58 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-6179 Great blog....amazing pictures! Makes me want to go to NZ Great blog….amazing pictures! Makes me want to go to NZ

]]> By: Mike Richard http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-6122 Mike Richard Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:59:19 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/plunging-from-the-plane-a-rite-of-passage/#comment-6122 ".. a qualified tandem instructor who had performed this feat without incident numerous times before." It seems there are two kinds of instructors: (1) the kind you mention above and (2) the dead kind - the kind "with incident". No? =P “.. a qualified tandem instructor who had performed this feat without incident numerous times before.”

It seems there are two kinds of instructors: (1) the kind you mention above and (2) the dead kind – the kind “with incident”.

No? =P

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