[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Have you thought about joining the Army? Back when I was in Rangers, we had a very similar program. Of course, it also involved people shooting back at you, but the rappelling, parachuting and scuba work was an added bonus.[/quote]
Ha, I was actually in Air Force ROTC for a year in college. It didn’t take. I decided that not being yelled at for other peoples’ mistakes was worth paying for college myself.

I love diving (will be in Belize diving this Xmas), but after doing a tandem jump I decided I already had too many expensive hobbies to add skydiving. Paying around $2K for a jump rig and having to pay for one-way plane trips adds up. I would rather be a spoiled dilettante than do what I love for a living… I suspect the pressure would ruin my fun!