Andy_Copland 0 #1 July 21, 2007 I love this old book1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #2 July 21, 2007 QuoteI love this old book ________________________________ What is the title? I think, I have it... just going by the photo. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #3 July 21, 2007 Skies Call 2 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #4 July 21, 2007 QuoteI love this old book Thats a reserve deploying....and he survived. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #5 July 21, 2007 You obviously never met Henry Bivins "I hum it 'cause I can" Henry 3:16 There is another guy around here that had the same color canopy, so he and Henry could low pull at will and say "hey it wasn't me" Most people today would shit their pants just by watching the altitude they pulled at. BTW please don't name the other guy who is still living and jumping. The hint is that it was not Scotty Carbone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #6 July 21, 2007 Quote Quote I love this old book Thats a reserve deploying....and he survived. Wow. It looks more like a little, white blob from here. Maybe I need a better picture... Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #7 July 21, 2007 Ive seen the video of the mad russian at the ranch pulling very low he also FELL OUT OF THE OTTER at about 5ooft at the Ranch. http://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #8 July 21, 2007 Quote Skies Call 2 ______________________________ Yup! Got it! It is a really cool book. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #9 July 21, 2007 I like the way they talk about CReW being a very new aspect to the sport and guessing where it will go. Look at where it is now 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #10 July 21, 2007 Alive and kickin'! Early RW was passing a baton in free-fall! The sport has sure, come a looong way. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #11 July 21, 2007 A huge way, now people are doing big VRW jumps and i just sit abck and think..... "fuck me..."1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #12 July 21, 2007 Quote I like the way they talk about CReW being a very new aspect to the sport and guessing where it will go. Look at where it is now It's also got several pages of the first jumps off El Capitan. The word BASE wouldn't even be invented for a few more years. There's more too, pics of The Herd and a formation load of three Skyvans exiting at a Herd Boogie. There are the big wing jumpsuits of the day and the obscenely huge Kreuger Balloon Suits. There are some record attempt bigways in the mid-sixties range, and a briefing for an attempted record 75 way, with a diagram on the side of a Skyvan (I was standing approximately behind the photographer, not participating, but observing in total reverence). Even the aftermath of the crash of 873 (the blue DC-3) at the 1978 Nationals in Richmond. This book is da' absolute shit, it brings back a flood of memories every time I open it. I got my copy hot off the presses in 1979 & still have it. It's a treasure trove of where skydiving was at in the late seventies, which is when the really huge changes came about. People were switching from gut gear to piggyback, from boots to sneakers, from round to square, from ripcords to hand deploy, capewells to 3 Rings, and the very first square reserves (5 cells). Plenty of Strato Stars and Strato Clouds to look at, as well as Units (great canopy, once it finally opened). There was a lot of experimentation and unfortunately things sometimes misfired with fatal results. But overall it was an immensely exciting time to skydive. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #13 July 21, 2007 In the later pages there are pictures Carl took. The shadow against the rock. Really humbling stuff.1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #14 July 21, 2007 To me, it's amazing. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ECVZZ 0 #15 July 22, 2007 Quotehe also FELL OUT OF THE OTTER at about 5ooft at the Ranch. There was a vid submitted at the Flyboyz film festival some years ago showing a rather lowish jump from the 206 with a base rig at a now defunct dz "near" the former SLT at Beckwourth, Ca. The vid in it's entirety was absolutely hilarious. Wish I knew where to get a copy. G. Jones "I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around, the more I think it might not be a bad idea." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #16 July 22, 2007 Quote as well as Units (great canopy, once it finally opened). I had over 1200 jumps on Units, not a single chop.It was a very experimental time. All this new gear was coming out and we were figuring it all out, one incident at a time. Yeah, it was interesting as hell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #17 July 23, 2007 QuoteQuotehe also FELL OUT OF THE OTTER at about 5ooft at the Ranch. There was a vid submitted at the Flyboyz film festival some years ago showing a rather lowish jump from the 206 with a base rig at a now defunct dz "near" the former SLT at Beckwourth, Ca. The vid in it's entirety was absolutely hilarious. Wish I knew where to get a copy. The BastardSkydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #18 July 23, 2007 QuoteQuoteThats a reserve deploying....and he survived. Wow. It looks more like a little, white blob from here. Maybe I need a better picture... Better pic attached. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #19 July 23, 2007 Damn, that is low!! [I'm a Master of stating the obvious - sorry] (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,400 #20 July 23, 2007 Quote Quote as well as Units (great canopy, once it finally opened). I had over 1200 jumps on Units, not a single chop. I had a secondhand Unit. If I had not seen it jumped repeatedly before I bought it, I would have refused to jump it with that slider. The slider was more vent than fabric! It had great openings, and was the easiest-to-flare canopy I had jumped at that time. It even had an El-Cap jump on it!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #21 July 23, 2007 Quote Quote Quote as well as Units (great canopy, once it finally opened). I had over 1200 jumps on Units, not a single chop. I had a secondhand Unit. If I had not seen it jumped repeatedly before I bought it, I would have refused to jump it with that slider. The slider was more vent than fabric! It had great openings, and was the easiest-to-flare canopy I had jumped at that time. It even had an El-Cap jump on it! I started with a Unit II and put a couple hundred jumps on it. I actually wore out a Unit 4 with the kevlar lines. They opened nice and slow...just like my Spectre does. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glitch 0 #22 July 23, 2007 ...I once exited a Huey at "something less than" 2000 under a borrowed Unit. I finally saddled out at "something over" 1000' and barely made it to the LZ. I didn't want to chop it because then I wouldn't have a rig to practice the demo with...although I did have the cut-away broke loose and was lifting up my feet for some reason thinking 'come on...come on...open already!' ...the thingies I did when I was young and immortal. Randomly f'n thingies up since before I was born... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #23 July 23, 2007 I was once in the saddle under my main at something like 700 feet, no cypres at the time. My left leg strap had come completely all the way out to the end of its strap on exit as a rear floater when I got snagged on the jumper in front of me. I didn't even feel it through the entire 10 way working dive, at least not until breakoff when I turned and started tracking. THEN I felt it flapping against my leg. Instantly, I KNEW my 120 was not going to open right and I don't think my reserve would have opened cleanly, and I spent the entire time I was supposed to be tracking and then some, trying to grab the wildly flapping strap and it took 3 or 4 tries to yank it tight, and THEN I reached back for the pc while checking my altimeter and I went "oh fuck" right as I let go of the pc. Thank god it was a clean opening or I probably wouldn't be here. It was 10 years ago last month."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azdiver 0 #24 July 23, 2007 thats f'n hilarious and i swear the guy looks like blake the pilot at sdalight travels faster than sound, that's why some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #25 July 23, 2007 Quote Quote Quote The Bastard Son of a Bitch!!! How fucking low was that??? Reminded me of the guy who jumped from what, 200-300 feet over WTS from the 195, I think? Steve "Deadman" Morrell did it. Mike Mullins was on the ground yelling through his PA system forbidding him to do the jump. The pilot was screaming "NO! NO!" But Steve just grinned and nodded like a maniac and off he went. A bunch of guys were standing near the pea gravel pit and they had to dive out of the way as Steve came screaming through his flare for landing. I sure wish I'd seen THAT video. This was all told to me by someone who knew about it. Steve did a lot of crazy assed shit, and somewhere along the way earned the nickname "Deadman", I think because he was supposed to be on the flight that blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland and missed it... If I'm wrong, correct me, but this is what I remember."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
