iluvtofly 0 #1 May 28, 2008 So Skyfest is just a week away. I'm so excited that I should be sleeping right now but I can't stop thinking about Skyfest. I've been trying to figure out just how to pack for it though. Obviously all my skydiving stuff, tent, sleeping bag, clothes...but what am I missing? What is the weather supposed to be like down there? How cold is it getting at night (I'm sleeping in a tent, this is important)? I'm one of those people who overpacks for everything but still manages to always forget to bring something. Please help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Baksteen 84 #2 May 28, 2008 Ear plugs. There comes a time during night or day that you'll want to close your eyes. "That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billeisele 120 #3 May 28, 2008 low temp around 60, warm, humid sunscreen and a smileGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 135 #4 May 28, 2008 Quote Ear plugs. There comes a time during night or day that you'll want to close your eyes. you crazy dutch, not everyone stick their earplugs in the eyes scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ladyskydiver 0 #5 May 28, 2008 I'd add.... mosquito repellent sunscreen Oh...and, beer - do you have your SCR? (Obviously, TSA won't let you carry that onto the airplane, but you'll need it once you get there.) Have some fun for me, k? And give those nutty dz.commer's a hug for me. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Baksteen 84 #6 May 28, 2008 And here's me trying to avoid sentences like "you like to sleep at night". Lemme try again: Quote Ear plugs. Eventually, there comes a time during night or day that you'll want to sleep. Being able to block out the noise can be a Godsend. Especially if the plane is taking off less than fifty metres away while you're having a lie in for some reason, or if someone is "agreeing very emphatically with their newly found short-term activity partner"."That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites micduran 0 #7 May 28, 2008 $$$$$$$$$$$$ You can buy what you forget. If you don't forget anything you can buy more jump tickets. Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Thanatos340 1 #8 May 28, 2008 Toothbrush, Deodorant, Clean Socks, Extra pair of Shoes (Warm, Dry Feet are Important), Sleeping Bag, Cash. And above all.. Dont forget your Towel. A Towel is perhaps the most useful item in the universe. You can Ball it up and use it for a Pillow, Spread it across you and use it as a Blanket, Lay it on the ground when you and that special new friend want to Lay out in the middle of the landing area and watch the stars, Twirl it up and use it as a weapon, and if you are one of those rare people that actually shower during a Boogie, You can dry off with it.If you have these items, Everything else will take care of itself. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy explains the many uses of a towel much better here: Quote A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very, very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BIGUN 1,030 #9 May 28, 2008 Avon Skin-So-Soft Original Lotion [as a Bug Repellent] Just the plain 'ol original; it's better than their bug repellent brand (they changed something when they did that). It's the best mosquito, bug, tick, flea and CHIGGER repellent on the planet. If you're staying in a tent - it's a must. Mostly around your ankles, crotch, armpits.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflyfree 0 #10 May 28, 2008 great quote from HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I always remember the song from the bbc series it goes something like this...tin tin tintiririnrin, tin tin tiririn, tin tin tintiririn, tin tin tiririn. and yes a towel is very helpful....it can help you dry a pair of jeans in a hurry..just lay the wet pants in the middle of an open towel, roll the towel with the pants in it and have a friend help you twist it as hard as you can...and the jeans will come out as dry as they come after the centrifuge cicle in your washer... Felipe-- Blue Skies NO FEARS, NO LIMITS, NO MONEY... "A Subitánea et Improvísa Morte, Líbera nos, Domine." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites simplyputsi 0 #11 May 28, 2008 Are you talking about a talking, gets high at every chance he gets, towel? Or one of them regular towels? Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CSpenceFLY 1 #12 May 28, 2008 Condoms, lots of condoms. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sunshine 2 #13 May 28, 2008 Quote Condoms, lots of condoms. If J would've gotten Trojan or someone as a sponsor, condoms would be provided....something to think about for next year. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Remster 24 #14 May 28, 2008 QuoteAvon Skin-So-Soft. And while we are on talking about personal care products, dont forget your bottle of Head and Shoulders.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites simplyputsi 0 #15 May 28, 2008 Quote Condoms, lots of condoms. There is gonna be sailors there?Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites virgin-burner 1 #16 May 28, 2008 Quote Are you talking about a talking, gets high at every chance he gets, towel? Or one of them regular towels? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites popsjumper 2 #17 May 28, 2008 Pack a .38. You may need it to keep all but one of the horny drunks off you at 3 am. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MilliniaS 0 #18 May 28, 2008 QuoteDont forget your Towel. "and dont forget to bring a towel!!" "HE ALLREADY SAID THAT TOWLEE!!!!" "oh ya right.... oh man im so high.....""Its such a beautiful day outside, we should thank the leader." "The leader? Who the hell is that? Some sort of leader?" -Homer Simpson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites moodyskydiver 0 #19 May 28, 2008 Quote If J would've gotten Trojan or someone as a sponsor, condoms would be provided....something to think about for next year. or if some responsible person(it was me last time) is designated the "Bringer of the Condoms" and makes a run to Planned Parenthood and brings a huge bag of condoms for all those times you forget and come running out of your tent in a towel looking for on like in the dz.com tent in Rantoul for example.(*cough*Sunny!*cough*) "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites McBeth 0 #20 May 28, 2008 Quote Quote Condoms, lots of condoms. There is gonna be sailors there? Do sailors have touch Paul privileges? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sletzer 3 #21 May 28, 2008 Condoms? Condoms?! People still use those things? I personally prefer anal sex. Sure the girl may walk a little funny the next day, but it avoids the pregnancy risk. (Plus you can blame the "shuffle walk" on a hard opening) edited for shpellin I will be kissing hands and shaking babies all afternoon. Thanks for all your support! *bows* SCS #8251 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites simplyputsi 0 #22 May 28, 2008 only girl sailors would have touch Paul priveleges. But, my post comes from a quote from Austin Powers where he in reference to comdoms being used he refers to sailors needing to be the ones to use them because they go from port to port. Do you have a sailor outfit by chance though? Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites micduran 0 #23 May 28, 2008 I must go find my old Navy uniform Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites McBeth 0 #24 May 28, 2008 Quote Do you have a sailor outfit by chance though? 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Baksteen 84 #2 May 28, 2008 Ear plugs. There comes a time during night or day that you'll want to close your eyes. "That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 120 #3 May 28, 2008 low temp around 60, warm, humid sunscreen and a smileGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #4 May 28, 2008 Quote Ear plugs. There comes a time during night or day that you'll want to close your eyes. you crazy dutch, not everyone stick their earplugs in the eyes scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyskydiver 0 #5 May 28, 2008 I'd add.... mosquito repellent sunscreen Oh...and, beer - do you have your SCR? (Obviously, TSA won't let you carry that onto the airplane, but you'll need it once you get there.) Have some fun for me, k? And give those nutty dz.commer's a hug for me. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #6 May 28, 2008 And here's me trying to avoid sentences like "you like to sleep at night". Lemme try again: Quote Ear plugs. Eventually, there comes a time during night or day that you'll want to sleep. Being able to block out the noise can be a Godsend. Especially if the plane is taking off less than fifty metres away while you're having a lie in for some reason, or if someone is "agreeing very emphatically with their newly found short-term activity partner"."That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micduran 0 #7 May 28, 2008 $$$$$$$$$$$$ You can buy what you forget. If you don't forget anything you can buy more jump tickets. Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #8 May 28, 2008 Toothbrush, Deodorant, Clean Socks, Extra pair of Shoes (Warm, Dry Feet are Important), Sleeping Bag, Cash. And above all.. Dont forget your Towel. A Towel is perhaps the most useful item in the universe. You can Ball it up and use it for a Pillow, Spread it across you and use it as a Blanket, Lay it on the ground when you and that special new friend want to Lay out in the middle of the landing area and watch the stars, Twirl it up and use it as a weapon, and if you are one of those rare people that actually shower during a Boogie, You can dry off with it.If you have these items, Everything else will take care of itself. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy explains the many uses of a towel much better here: Quote A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very, very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,030 #9 May 28, 2008 Avon Skin-So-Soft Original Lotion [as a Bug Repellent] Just the plain 'ol original; it's better than their bug repellent brand (they changed something when they did that). It's the best mosquito, bug, tick, flea and CHIGGER repellent on the planet. If you're staying in a tent - it's a must. Mostly around your ankles, crotch, armpits.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyfree 0 #10 May 28, 2008 great quote from HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I always remember the song from the bbc series it goes something like this...tin tin tintiririnrin, tin tin tiririn, tin tin tintiririn, tin tin tiririn. and yes a towel is very helpful....it can help you dry a pair of jeans in a hurry..just lay the wet pants in the middle of an open towel, roll the towel with the pants in it and have a friend help you twist it as hard as you can...and the jeans will come out as dry as they come after the centrifuge cicle in your washer... Felipe-- Blue Skies NO FEARS, NO LIMITS, NO MONEY... "A Subitánea et Improvísa Morte, Líbera nos, Domine." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #11 May 28, 2008 Are you talking about a talking, gets high at every chance he gets, towel? Or one of them regular towels? Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #12 May 28, 2008 Condoms, lots of condoms. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #13 May 28, 2008 Quote Condoms, lots of condoms. If J would've gotten Trojan or someone as a sponsor, condoms would be provided....something to think about for next year. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #14 May 28, 2008 QuoteAvon Skin-So-Soft. And while we are on talking about personal care products, dont forget your bottle of Head and Shoulders.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #15 May 28, 2008 Quote Condoms, lots of condoms. There is gonna be sailors there?Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #16 May 28, 2008 Quote Are you talking about a talking, gets high at every chance he gets, towel? Or one of them regular towels? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #17 May 28, 2008 Pack a .38. You may need it to keep all but one of the horny drunks off you at 3 am. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MilliniaS 0 #18 May 28, 2008 QuoteDont forget your Towel. "and dont forget to bring a towel!!" "HE ALLREADY SAID THAT TOWLEE!!!!" "oh ya right.... oh man im so high.....""Its such a beautiful day outside, we should thank the leader." "The leader? Who the hell is that? Some sort of leader?" -Homer Simpson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #19 May 28, 2008 Quote If J would've gotten Trojan or someone as a sponsor, condoms would be provided....something to think about for next year. or if some responsible person(it was me last time) is designated the "Bringer of the Condoms" and makes a run to Planned Parenthood and brings a huge bag of condoms for all those times you forget and come running out of your tent in a towel looking for on like in the dz.com tent in Rantoul for example.(*cough*Sunny!*cough*) "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McBeth 0 #20 May 28, 2008 Quote Quote Condoms, lots of condoms. There is gonna be sailors there? Do sailors have touch Paul privileges? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sletzer 3 #21 May 28, 2008 Condoms? Condoms?! People still use those things? I personally prefer anal sex. Sure the girl may walk a little funny the next day, but it avoids the pregnancy risk. (Plus you can blame the "shuffle walk" on a hard opening) edited for shpellin I will be kissing hands and shaking babies all afternoon. Thanks for all your support! *bows* SCS #8251 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #22 May 28, 2008 only girl sailors would have touch Paul priveleges. But, my post comes from a quote from Austin Powers where he in reference to comdoms being used he refers to sailors needing to be the ones to use them because they go from port to port. Do you have a sailor outfit by chance though? Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micduran 0 #23 May 28, 2008 I must go find my old Navy uniform Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McBeth 0 #24 May 28, 2008 Quote Do you have a sailor outfit by chance though? No, but I would wear one if you bring it to the boogie for me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #25 May 28, 2008 Quote or if some responsible person(it was me last time) is designated the "Bringer of the Condoms" and makes a run to Planned Parenthood and brings a huge bag of condoms for all those times you forget and come running out of your tent in a towel looking for on like in the dz.com tent in Rantoul for example.(*cough*Sunny!*cough*) ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites