Water tower

[rfarris 1]

Does anyone have any experience with these kinds of jumps?

http://www.blincmagazine.com/cgi-bin/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Other&image=watertower.jpg&img=48&tt=


(Tom please edit if this is inappropriate)

Does anyone know the details of this particular jump in the photo? Looks like he is doing a static line?

I literally walk past one every day, about 150' tall with a pond under it.


Rod

[tymkoder 0]

the only thing I have known like it was about 8-10 years ago at a skydive boogie in Iowa called Dollar Days. Most people that go to the boogie know thw story.
some guys tried to do what they called a "SLOPE SLIDE".. two guys help inflate the canopy as he ran off the water tower slope.
all I know is this guy did not get an inflated canopy and the chain link fence at the bottom saved the the guy. apparently it had enough coushin in it to stop his fall. he lived.

looks like alot of fun.

chcken man

CHICKEN MAN
BASE 954

[Zennie 0]

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I literally walk past one every day, about 150' tall with a pond under it.

That might make a nice SL... but I'm a bit of a purist... if it ain't freefallable I won't jump it.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

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Where is the pic from? Blinc.

Ask there.

Matt Davies

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I literally walk past one every day, about 150' tall with a pond under it.

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That might make a nice SL... but I'm a bit of a purist... if it ain't freefallable I won't jump it.

you can freefall 150ftnot that i think i would try it out anytime soon but it can be done

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

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The person you refer to tried to paraglide an Evolution 160 of the top. The canopy was inflated, it was just in a dive and he was unable to recover before he bounced on the ground and then into the fence. Disclaimer, i had nothing to do with the incident other than calling 911.
I bagged BG off a 120ft water tower in La. 1990. It wasn´t a prob. he had no option other than to land downwind.
take care,
space

[rfarris 1]

Okay

[base515 0]

We use to have a water tower that we jumped several times. We bagged it and landed on a golf course, it was 135ft, and I had enough time to pop brakes and flair,. They're fun, go for it!

May we live long and die out

[Possum 0]

The biggest problem with H20 towers seems to be getting past the ladder guards on the botton 20-30 feet. I think most city planners are more paranoid about their water supply than tower manufacturers are about antenna access.

[sabre210 0]

That might make a nice SL... but I'm a bit of a purist... if it ain't freefallable I won't jump it.

[Skinflicka 0]

Not usually a problem for those with opposing thumbs.

If you're nimble you can usually shimmy up the leg ties (the thin poles at 45 degrees to the main legs which criss-cross their way to the top).

If you're fat...well, go on a diet, Pork Chop and we'll see you at the bridge.

Dr. AdSkins.

$kin.

Prizes to anyone who gets to read my posts before Mr Aiello's son, Tom deletes them.

[TomAiello 25]

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The biggest problem with H20 towers seems to be getting past the ladder guards on the botton 20-30 feet. I think most city planners are more paranoid about their water supply than tower manufacturers are about antenna access.

If you tie a weight onto the end of about 15' of nylon webbing with knots in it, you can toss it over the block, and climb up it.

-- Tom Aiello

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hmmmm......where might one purchase these "opposing thumbs" of which you speak? BR? Vertigo?
Thanks in advance,
Mitch

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Don't get me wrong, i'm really not having a go, i just would be keen to know why you turn your back on thousands, no tens of thousands of jumpable exhilarating, balls to the wall objects just because they might fall 10feet below your FF harddeck.

Nope, no offense taken, and you make a very good point.

Maybe "purist" wasn't the best selection of words.

I'm sure there are plenty of SL objects that would be every bit as fun as a freefall. The only thing like that that I've done was a PCA from 210 and I was sort of disappointed that I didn't get much ground rush. Now a PCA/SL from 150? That might be interesting.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

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mate you really need to visit me one day
besides to get a ground rush you´ll need to keep your eyes open

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

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The only thing like that that I've done was a PCA from 210 and I was sort of disappointed that I didn't get much ground rush.

oh well! at least you dont have metal in your leg waiting for a bone graft!

I had great groundrush from 210, in fact the best ever!.............. but I also had great time off!

[sabre210 0]

The only thing like that that I've done was a PCA from 210 and I was sort of disappointed that I didn't get much ground rush. Now a PCA/SL from 150? That might be interesting.

[TomAiello 25]

Jumps are so different from each other that it's tough to generalize about altitude.

Examples:

I know one 150' cliff that is probably safer as a freefall than a static line.

I know a 350' cliff with a 6000' canopy ride that no one has ever freefallen--but it's a fantastic PCA.

-- Tom Aiello

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