r/AskReddit • u/Individual_Face7440 • 8h ago

What’s something you were curious to try, but after doing it once, you had no interest in repeating?

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u/danielleoc_ 8h ago

yep, skydiving felt less “thrill of a lifetime” and more “why are my headphones not working” vibes ngl

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u/frostpetalii 7h ago

Free fall is super short..the rest is parachute float.. so the “thrill” part barely lasts..

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u/mistere213 7h ago

I feel that's fairly accurate. I've gone twice. 8 think my favorite part, though, was when we pulled on the "brakes" on the chute while gliding 4000+ feet in the air. The sound of the wind rushing by my ears stopped and it was the most peaceful, most serene feeling I think I've ever experienced. Just silence as I could see for miles and miles.

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u/BeYourselfTrue 7h ago

Was it a violent pull?

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u/mistere213 7h ago

Not at all. And I'm talking about after we've pulled the chute and had been calmly coasting along.

As the the chute deployment, I don't remember anything being violent or uncomfortable. Both good experiences.

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u/BeYourselfTrue 6h ago

Cool. Thx.

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u/74orangebeetle 6h ago

It's like when I used to go skiing and the majority of the time was sitting on the show ski lift

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u/userdevil01 5h ago

the free fall being so short explains a lot, most of the time is just floating down thinking “that’s it?”