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Wesley Crusher · 4 September 2018, 04:04 AM

...to wear your Rolex from 18,000 feet?

Yup.

Cryten · 4 September 2018, 04:06 AM

Awsome. I did a free fall course years ago. The peace and sense of tranquillity when under the canopy is indescribable (after all the adrenalin from the free fall)

SearChart · 4 September 2018, 04:24 AM

Awesome! Hope you had a blast!

And to answer the question, yes it is!

I hope your landing wasn't as wonky as mine

Wesley Crusher · 4 September 2018, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cryten

Awsome. I did a free fall course years ago. The peace and sense of tranquillity when under the canopy is indescribable (after all the adrenalin from the free fall)

Yea, no kidding! It was awesome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SearChart

Awesome! Hope you had a blast!

And to answer the question, yes it is!

I hope your landing wasn't as wonky as mine

Thanks, Bas. Yes, I did. Honestly, it was the best experience of my life.

My landing was really smooth, but that's because the instructor knew what he was doing. How many times have you jumped!?

SearChart · 4 September 2018, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

Yea, no kidding! It was awesome.

Thanks, Bas. Yes, I did. Honestly, it was the best experience of my life.

My landing was really smooth, but that's because the instructor knew what he was doing. How many times have you jumped!?

So glad to hear you enjoyed it!!

I did the first jump of AFF course back in June, one jump with two instructors and after pulling you steer and land yourself. I loved it!

But when dad got ill I didn't complete the course and now the Dutch weather won't allow me to. I'll be doing the full course (7 jumps) in the spring and have a set goal of 50 jumps for 2019.

Brew · 4 September 2018, 06:31 AM

Very cool!

FTX I · 4 September 2018, 06:34 AM

Very nice buddy.

Langnam · 4 September 2018, 09:14 AM

Wow. What an amazing photo! Looks like you're having the time of your life. Me? NFW would I step out of a good airplane.

hugs · 4 September 2018, 09:17 AM

Is it safe to wear you Rolex while attached to another man?

GB-man · 4 September 2018, 09:27 AM

That’s awesome Wes. I don’t have the stones for that lol

TheVTCGuy · 4 September 2018, 10:04 AM

I had to jump once in the military, from 9,000 feet. I wasn’t scared until the door opened, I thought: “I’m a PILOT, and here I am VOLUNTARILY jumping out of a perfectly good airplane!?”

Laszlo · 4 September 2018, 10:13 AM

Pretty cool.

Chloe&Harley · 4 September 2018, 10:24 AM

Awesome well done

antbkny · 4 September 2018, 10:33 AM

That looks nuts!

77T · 4 September 2018, 11:03 AM

Springbar failure at that altitude would create quite a scavenger hunt in the LZ.

This is why they created NATO & Zulu straps.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Bigblu10 · 4 September 2018, 11:06 AM

You look ecstatic! Awesome.

Easy E · 4 September 2018, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugs

Is it safe to wear you Rolex while attached to another man?

Usually not

RW16610 · 4 September 2018, 12:04 PM

Very cool! Glad to see you living life to the fullest.

Wesley Crusher · 4 September 2018, 12:27 PM

It was an amazing experience, guys! Life changing! I highly recommend that you all give it a shot at least once.

I am already planning to jump again.

tritium8 · 4 September 2018, 01:41 PM

Sounds like you found a new addiction.

Let me know if you decide to sell either of the cars for funds!

So jealous! Sounds like a blast.

SG56 · 4 September 2018, 01:48 PM

Super awesome!!

And good to know it's safe

TheRolexKingofLV · 4 September 2018, 03:31 PM

I did it once...once, never again!

Looks like you had a blast Wes!

Abdullah71601 · 4 September 2018, 08:38 PM

Looks like a great day Wes.

FWIW, it is not safe. I lost a 5513 on an airborne operation when I was in the Army. I had been having trouble with a loosening screw and the watch blew right off my wrist while I was standing in the door of a C-130.

If anybody lives outside of Ft. Stewart Ga, the watch is in the woods about two miles out from the main DZ.

Wesley Crusher · 5 September 2018, 02:36 PM

Thanks, all! Yea, it was a total blast! Seriously, if you have even remotely given skydiving a thought, JUST DO IT!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Looks like a great day Wes.

FWIW, it is not safe. I lost a 5513 on an airborne operation when I was in the Army. I had been having trouble with a loosening screw and the watch blew right off my wrist while I was standing in the door of a C-130.

If anybody lives outside of Ft. Stewart Ga, the watch is in the woods about two miles out from the main DZ.

My thread title was mostly a joke, partly because so many people ask "is it safe" and also I feel so comfortable with my Explorer that I do just about anything and everything with it, but you actually make a good point. In retrospect, I should have put on a nato/zulu strap just in case. Next time. :)

Danny83 · 5 September 2018, 03:54 PM

Thats fun

SearChart · 5 September 2018, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

Thanks, all! Yea, it was a total blast! Seriously, if you have even remotely given skydiving a thought, JUST DO IT!

My thread title was mostly a joke, partly because so many people ask "is it safe" and also I feel so comfortable with my Explorer that I do just about anything and everything with it, but you actually make a good point. In retrospect, I should have put on a nato/zulu strap just in case. Next time. :)

I had to take my Rolex off for my jump, had my altimeter on the left wrist

Old Expat Beast · 5 September 2018, 04:07 PM

Saipan, Western Pacific, about 20 years ago.

Burlington · 5 September 2018, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

...to wear your Rolex from 18,000 feet?

Yup.

Awesome !! Surely the best selfie ever taken

Abdullah71601 · 5 September 2018, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

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My thread title was mostly a joke, partly because so many people ask "is it safe" and also I feel so comfortable with my Explorer that I do just about anything and everything with it, but you actually make a good point. In retrospect, I should have put on a nato/zulu strap just in case. Next time. :)

The NATO won't really help you in this application. Once you lose a spring bar the watch will twist violently in the 120 mph air stream and pop the other bar or tear loose from the strap.

Try putting an elastic band over the top of your watch when you jump to protect it from the wind. When you graduate from tandem jumps you'll have other things to do than look after your watch.

1William · 5 September 2018, 08:48 PM

Interesting, but not for me.

4 September 2018, 04:04 AM	#1
Wesley Crusher "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Real Name: Wes Location: Holosuite Posts: 6,345	Is it safe... ...to wear your Rolex from 18,000 feet? Yup.

4 September 2018, 09:14 AM	#8
Langnam "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 954	Wow. What an amazing photo! Looks like you're having the time of your life. Me? NFW would I step out of a good airplane. __________________ PLVS VLTRA

4 September 2018, 09:17 AM	#9
hugs "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: UK bad teeth etc Watch: Rolex and Tudor Posts: 1,001	Is it safe to wear you Rolex while attached to another man? __________________ Rolex Explorer Tudor Black Bay.

4 September 2018, 09:27 AM	#10
GB-man 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: USA Watch: addiction issues Posts: 36,924	That’s awesome Wes. I don’t have the stones for that lol __________________

4 September 2018, 10:13 AM	#12
Laszlo 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Watch: Date & No Date Posts: 10,857	Pretty cool. __________________ "You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die." Paul Henreid as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca

4 September 2018, 04:06 AM	#2
Cryten "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Terrafirma Posts: 2,655	Awsome. I did a free fall course years ago. The peace and sense of tranquillity when under the canopy is indescribable (after all the adrenalin from the free fall)

4 September 2018, 06:31 AM	#6
Brew "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Real Name: Larry Location: Finger Lakes Posts: 6,007	Very cool!

4 September 2018, 06:34 AM	#7
FTX I "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Real Name: Flavio Location: N/A Posts: 14,654	Very nice buddy.

4 September 2018, 10:04 AM	#11
TheVTCGuy Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Paul Location: San Diego Watch: 126619LB Posts: 21,540	I had to jump once in the military, from 9,000 feet. I wasn’t scared until the door opened, I thought: “I’m a PILOT, and here I am VOLUNTARILY jumping out of a perfectly good airplane!?”

4 September 2018, 10:24 AM	#13
Chloe&Harley 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 X2 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Real Name: Mark Location: Niagara Falls Can Watch: Milgauss white Posts: 3,094	Awesome well done

4 September 2018, 10:33 AM	#14
antbkny "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Real Name: Anthony Location: Brooklyn, NY Watch: Dblue Posts: 6,723	That looks nuts!

4 September 2018, 11:03 AM	#15
77T 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Real Name: PaulG Location: Georgia Posts: 40,916	Is it safe... Springbar failure at that altitude would create quite a scavenger hunt in the LZ. This is why they created NATO & Zulu straps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro __________________ Does anyone really know what time it is?

4 September 2018, 11:06 AM	#16
Bigblu10 Banned Join Date: Jul 2017 Real Name: Jaime Location: Here Posts: 5,606	You look ecstatic! Awesome.

4 September 2018, 12:04 PM	#18
RW16610 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Rommel Location: Toronto Canada Watch: 116710LN Posts: 9,009	Very cool! Glad to see you living life to the fullest.

4 September 2018, 12:27 PM	#19
Wesley Crusher "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Real Name: Wes Location: Holosuite Posts: 6,345	It was an amazing experience, guys! Life changing! I highly recommend that you all give it a shot at least once. I am already planning to jump again.

4 September 2018, 01:41 PM	#20
tritium8 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Real Name: N8 Location: L.A. Watch: 216570 Posts: 1,745	Sounds like you found a new addiction. Let me know if you decide to sell either of the cars for funds! So jealous! Sounds like a blast.

4 September 2018, 01:48 PM	#21
SG56 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 X2 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Tampa Watch: SD4K Posts: 2,674	Super awesome!! And good to know it's safe __________________ Sea-Dweller 116600 - the manly one GMT II 16710 - the manly one Daytona 116500 - the manly-womanly one Yacht-Master 268622 - the chick version Speedy Mitsukoshi <3 Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAF141C.BA0824 - the chick version Thank you logan5tx!!! Have to link it. Too long for the signature. https://www.rolexforums.com/showpost...0&postcount=14

4 September 2018, 03:31 PM	#22
TheRolexKingofLV "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Real Name: Trace Location: Vegas/Bay Area Posts: 9,234	I did it once...once, never again! Looks like you had a blast Wes! __________________ Official Host "The Penthouse Party" Las Vegas 2018 Instagram @tracenunes

4 September 2018, 08:38 PM	#23
Abdullah71601 Banned Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Calumet Harbor Watch: ing da Bears Posts: 13,568	Looks like a great day Wes. FWIW, it is not safe. I lost a 5513 on an airborne operation when I was in the Army. I had been having trouble with a loosening screw and the watch blew right off my wrist while I was standing in the door of a C-130. If anybody lives outside of Ft. Stewart Ga, the watch is in the woods about two miles out from the main DZ.

5 September 2018, 03:54 PM	#25
Danny83 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Real Name: Danny Location: Bay Area CA Watch: Yellow Gold Posts: 20,185	Thats fun

5 September 2018, 08:48 PM	#30
1William 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Watch: Rolex/Others Posts: 45,200	Interesting, but not for me.

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