DITTO TO EVERYTHING SAID ABOVE.
THEN PLS CONTACT LONNIE, [HERE ON FORUMS-HE'S DEFINITELY THE MOST EXPERIENCED in all of us para's in landing-& yet a dufferebt landing style then the rest of us-NOTE WE ALL GOT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LANDING STYLES].
OK, got the support of DZ CRITICAL.
AFF instructor EXPERIENCED in TANDEMS WITH DISABLED ia almost i would say a must-unless they allready did teach a para to dive- i.e. FuzzyDave [on the forums], he taught me along with Angus-n maybe this was his 1st [BEER DAVE!
] PARA-TEACHING learning experience.
YES ITS GING TO TAKE
1) RESERACH-TALK TO THESE PEOPLE-WATCH THE VIDEOS OF PARA'S DOING BASE, -THEY ARE OUT THERE WATCH SOME ON BRIDGE DAY AND LOOK FOR RUSSEL-another prara-THESE GUYS CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT LANDINGS THEN ANYONE ELSE.
2) WATCH the few videos there are out there of these base [sorry- i KNOW THIS IS NOT a base forum- this is NOT INVITATION to go do it, OR even encouragement-opposite- do NOT GO DO BASE NOW!].
bit i speak of these fellows for they know-best!].
WATCH the videos i got up on youtube extremewheelchairs is the nickname there.
lots from the 1st tandem to the 12th tandem progression, wind tnnel testing, building of the FFreeFly pants, the knee braces, [both of which still need modifications-are not set the way i need-want them to be].
WATCH the videos of the other paras doing tandems, talk to them on these forums-scan through this forum n look for those doing there 1st tandem as paras n talk to them-what went wellm what went badly-i.e WATCH THE VIEEO OF THE TANDEM WITH A PARA WHERE THEY PARA'S LEG STRAPS GET STUCK N DOOR OF PLANE n NO ONE HAS A HOOK KNIFE to hand to the TM.its freaken scary-BUT if you PLAN FOR IT ALL,
and your instructor plans for it all [we got a knife taped to the side of the doorway now, AND i jump alone with a knife-if my leg is bleeding profusely on a bad landing or a water landing i want to cut off my eg panel/crotch panel on my pants-you will know what we mean when you talk to Peter in SA, HE IS ANOTHER PIONEER in this sport of para's skydiving alone.
me, n dale, n you eentually perhaps will be the few who were never skydivers [oops sorry dale did a few dives] before paralysis.
lonnie and some others parhaps [lonnie is so respected in all worlds of diving that his advice on any skydiving aspect for apara is needed-ofcourse i doudt he does a lot of high altitue FF jumps -not his style
but otherwise ALL aspects of canopy control n landings HE IS THE EXPERT as a para diver].
SO WATCH, TALK, N GET THE DZ INSTRUCTOR WHO AGREES TO GO THE DISTANCE WITH YOU WATCH THIS ALL ALSO-SOME HE MAY HAVE I.E. SOME BRIDGE DAY JUMPS OR OTHER PARAS EITHER DONE THEM IN TANDEMS OR WATCHED IT-
THEN PREPARE!
I mean PREPARE!
its said
PLAN THE JUMP
N
JUMP THE PLAN.
if it isnt going like planned
STOP.
DO NOT JUMP OUT or move forward.
I MEAN IT.
this is not a stroll in the park,
this isnt 'murder ball' -rugby in wheelchairs,
this isnt fencing,
this is life n death split second decisions,
n abilities to make them...
no meaning to discourage you
I ENCOURAGE TO REAEARCH AND DECIDE WITH INFORMATIVE MIND AS TO WHAT YOU WILL DO NEXT
N IF DIVING IS GOING TO BE IT!
WELCOME TO THE BLUE SKIES!!!!
ok got to go, will talk more later when can.
thanks for writing,
keep on sharing with us the progress,
snags along the way.
ooh and also maybe find TK in FL
for your AFF instructor to talk to along with Angus at Parachute school of toronto [google it-it will show uo] :)
n FuzzyDAVE.
AND TRY TO GET A SUPER EDXPERIENCED ACCURACRY CHAMPION-NATIONAL LEVELOR BETTER- to teach you a course on canopy control before your 1ST AFF.
kusit will help SO MUCH.
n try to get in a tunnel, IF AT ALL [OSSIBLE
set up your instructors-get the pANts/gear you think is ok for you-with instrutors help,
do a harness hanging rest to make sure your ok with FJC mmaterial EMERGENCY PROCEDURES [ kus if your not-the tunnel wont ,atter-it matters not if you can FF like a bat out of hell if you mind lock as altitude eats up on you n you forget Emergency procedures].
do ALL THAT 1ST THEN GO TO TUNNEL
NOW, being the 1st in UK, to try this para diving alone,
yiu MIGHT GET A SPONSOR of SOME SORT-EITHER SPORT ORG. TO DISABILITIES or some help from tunnel-perhaps a team training rate-15% OFF would be a great help but remember to ALWAYS INCLUDE YOUR HELPERS IN YIOUR BEER RULES
n NOT US INTERNET HELPERS-we do this without the beer-they would break in transport-but i'd like it if you give the beer rules serious thoght at yoru DZ, with ALL WHO HELP in person.
it keeps the spirit of hel[ing, going and people really appreciate it!!!!!!!
check out'beer rules' in search here.
like i said, i gonna shut up now n go on with the day.
cya
-gimpboogie
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