Curious...What's your highest elevation?

[fonz 0]

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Are there any rules and regs governing drinking at dz,s?

Rule #1: Absolutely no alcohol (or drugs...) whatsoever prior to skydiving. No exceptions.
From what I've heard, how this rule is enforced differs from DZ to DZ.
Bar personnel might refuse to serve any alcoholic beverages to anybody before the last load has gone up.
Bar personnel might refuse to serve any alcoholic beverages to any skydivers before the last load has gone up (i.e. tandem passengers and whuffos can get beer, skydivers can't).
Bar personnel might notify manifest and/or instructors when serving beer to anyone.
Although it's not too friendly for whuffos and tandem passengers, the first method is probably the easiest.
Rule #2: Always be aware of local laws and regulations.
At Perris, for example, you're not supposed to drink alcohol outside the Bombshelter and its terrace (enforcement isn't terribly strict, though).
You may need to be over 18 or 21 to be allowed alcohol.
It may be illegal to have open bottles in the car or even to have alcohol anywhere other than in the trunk.
Rule #3: Know your own limits.
If you're jumping again the next day, getting hung over isn't a good idea. Especially not for students.
European jumpers tend to have an easy time in the U.S. because our beer contains more alcohol than American beer (uh oh, I'm gonna get flamed for this ).
Alphons
http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven/skydive

[fonz 0]

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what is the highest elevation you have jumped from?

You probably mean the highest altitude?
My highest exit was last august at Texel, when I jumped out of the Turbo Let at an altitude of 14,000 ft. Haven't done any oxygen jumps (yet).
Alphons
http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven/skydive

[QuickDraw 0]

"our beer contains more alcohol than American beer "
With you all the way there brother
and thanks for the advice.

[freeflir29 0]

15 or 16K at Raeford and only about 14,500 since leaving there.
Hypoxia- The Air Force has a rule that you can't be over 10,000 ft without supplemental O2 for more than 10 minutes. That's probably a pretty good guidline.
"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"
Clay

[ooohhhno 0]

Normal altitude for our King Air to dump us at is 14,000, what a blast. Snuck onto a high altitude flight once heading for 22,000 w/ O2 but they found out several of us were newbies so they dumped us at 15,000...weeeeeeee...better than nothin'!
ooohhhno :-)

[cyric77 0]

Highest without 02 was around 16,800

[lummy 4]

bill,
Do you jump at Byron? You have Always gone out at 14 5 or above?

[Amazon 7]

Highest sport jumps have been about 21k with O2


These are supposed to last a long time.. but the last one I did.. well it was only a 60 second delay...most of my speed dives are in the 40 sec range though

[Peej 0]

16000 feet. No O2

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[slotperfect 7]

A 26,000 FT AGL military HALO is my highest, and I have lots of HALOs and HAHOs from 25,000 FT AGL.

Arrive Safely

John

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30,100 MSL out of Mullins at WFFC 2005 (please see avatar). Billvon did one as well.

mh

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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[SkyGuyIIx 0]

23,500.....I think I logged a 2:17 freefall. It took FOREVER!! I remember getting really bored at 12 grand.....

[pincheck 0]

17.2k from casa at Dublin boogie 2way fun jump with a friend it was funny as hell

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[monkycndo 0]

24K w/ O2

16.9K w/o O2

50 donations so far. Give it a try.

You know you want to spank it
Jump an Infinity

[Quincy 0]

From Pro-Track:

18,300 w/o O2 on the coast so MSL

96 sec freefall with camera suit on

Sat-in at 3,200

Quincy...

[billvon 2,400]

> Highest with O2: between 22,000 and 23,000 MSL . . .

Wow, how fast things change. In 2002 that number went to 26,000 for the Arizona record, then went to 30,100 in 2005 at Rantoul.

[turtlespeed 212]

I don't really remember - but I've been pretty high before.

ok
Seriously - I think we got 22k at waller out of a casa.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[diablopilot 2]

23,500 MSL w/o2 over 3 minute freefall.

18,500 MSL no o2

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[mpuettman 0]

Maybe we were on the same load at WFFC 2005 - I did one from 30,100' also.

[Conundrum 1]

16,000

[grue 1]

21,800. 10am on 1/1/06, jump # 80.

cavete terrae.

[rhys 0]

I did a jump from 20500' a year and a half ago, the dz is at 1000' so it was 21500' asl, had o2 in the plane,

did an 84 second 2way freefly jump, we looked at easch other @ 10000' and bot had the same look.... shouldn't we have pulled by now?

fuck it was cool.

I have been to 16000- 17000 a number of time, gotaa olce the pt6

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

[gemini 0]

30,500 ft out of Mullins King Air at Rantoul 2005

Blue skies,

Jim

[Broke 0]

I don't feel like digging up what reg it is, but you aren't supposed to go over 15k without O2

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
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SCR 14192

[jlkskycam 0]

Without O2 on board, 18-5. Never jumped higher than that.