Nickkk 0 #1 September 6, 2005 On a coach dive yesterday....... Tracking away, stopped, wave off, .... Nice opening, then look down and "Oh f@%^ wheres my damn shoe!" Im kinda pissed about it, i liked those sneakers... The coach said she had an idea where it went but we werent able to find it. So now what do i do with this one shoe? What do you do when someone throws a big planet at you? Throw your pilot chute in defense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #2 September 6, 2005 QuoteSo now what do i do with this one shoe? At Tecumseh, MI they hang them on a tree outside manifest. Yes..........you guessed it. It's called the "Shoe Tree." They have quite a collection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #3 September 6, 2005 That's funny and familiar...back in January I posted this to our DZ message board: ------------ Air Traffic Control, this is Black Cross-Trekker 8.5W requesting clearance for landing. On final approach for runway 030. Approximate location 1 mile out from Walton County at 13K ft. Trekker 8.5W this is ATC. You are flying erratically and pose a danger to other air traffic in the area. Be alert for skydivers in the air around your location. ATC, this is Trekker 8.5W. I have no power and have departed from my pilot. I am hanging in by a shoestring and I request emergency clearance for landing. Current altitude 10K ft. Uhhhh, Trekker 8.5W this is ATC....please repeat. ATC, this is Trekker 8.5W. Never mind. I am not going to make the airport anyway. Please alert emergency rescue units and direct them to South Carolina and have them prepared for crash-landing procedures. Current altitude 5K ft. Trekker 8.5W this is ATC. Ground spotters in S.C have been alerted. ATC, this is Trekker 8.5W. Tell Andy I love him....OH SHIT! . . . Memorial Services for Trekker 8.5W will be held at its home last Saturday.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
kingbunky 3 #4 September 6, 2005 we had a woman lose a shoe on a 4-way horny gorilla jump. according to a protrack, max speed was 198mph ! funny bit was, a neighbour found the shoe and returned it."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nickkk 0 #5 September 6, 2005 Yeah im wondering if it may turn up or not.... Ill give it a little while and if it doesnt i think im going to start a "Shoe Tree" at my DZ! That story was funny! What do you do when someone throws a big planet at you? Throw your pilot chute in defense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #6 September 6, 2005 crwdogs lose their shoes on a regular basis. Why, on a 9 way diamond formation that went to hell fast when one dude had his canopy collapse in the formation, 4 people lost a total of 6 shoes! It was raining shoes for a few seconds! "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
ACMESkydiver 0 #7 September 6, 2005 QuoteThat's funny and familiar...back in January I posted this to our DZ message board: ------------ Air Traffic Control, this is Black Cross-Trekker 8.5W requesting clearance for landing. On final approach for runway 030. Approximate location 1 mile out from Walton County at 13K ft. Trekker 8.5W this is ATC. You are flying erratically and pose a danger to other air traffic in the area. Be alert for skydivers in the air around your location. ATC, this is Trekker 8.5W. I have no power and have departed from my pilot. I am hanging in by a shoestring and I request emergency clearance for landing. Current altitude 10K ft. Uhhhh, Trekker 8.5W this is ATC....please repeat. ATC, this is Trekker 8.5W. Never mind. I am not going to make the airport anyway. Please alert emergency rescue units and direct them to South Carolina and have them prepared for crash-landing procedures. Current altitude 5K ft. Trekker 8.5W this is ATC. Ground spotters in S.C have been alerted. ATC, this is Trekker 8.5W. Tell Andy I love him....OH SHIT! . . . Memorial Services for Trekker 8.5W will be held at its home last Saturday. OMG I am such an idiot.... I had to read the damn thing twice before I realized what the hell it was! ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #8 September 6, 2005 I lost a shoe jumping with Kai last year at Rantoul....doing a horny gorilla at break off time he didn't quite let his grip as fast as I did and I didn't quite have it tied as tightly as normal...next thing ya know I see it leaving my foot and going away from me...errr..I was dropping away from it. on TOP of it I was going to land out too....thank god for the stilleto for getting me back. first thing I did when I got back was take a picture of my feet!!! Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #9 September 6, 2005 You didn't happen to be at Elsinore about a year ago, did you? I was driving on the road next to the DZ, and a shoe fell out of the sky and bounced off the pavement a few feet in front of my car! Nobody owned up to it, AFAIK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nickkk 0 #10 September 6, 2005 Quote first thing I did when I got back was take a picture of my feet!!! HAHAHA I did that yesterday too! What do you do when someone throws a big planet at you? Throw your pilot chute in defense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #11 September 6, 2005 Welcome to the "lost shoe club". I lost my shoe somewhere around my 48th (or so). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljmpr 0 #12 September 6, 2005 Sorry for your loss. I still miss my blue Keen...lost during 2-way flower exit from a King Air...can't bring myself to toss its mate so it's still sitting all alone in my closet... God I'm weird! Rhonda Pink Mafia Sis 139 Luminous beings are we...not this crude matter. -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #13 September 6, 2005 hey now, just because someone loses their shoe ( or causes someone else to lose their shoe) is no reason to get upset. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junior_240 0 #14 September 7, 2005 I lost my shoe too this past weekend at the Richmond Boogie. Me and 3 friends tried to attempt a tube exit out of mullins king air. One guy was laying on his back and the other 3 of us were straddling him with everyone having leg strap grips. so we lauched out and it went to shit right away. i don't know how but my shoe must've gotten caught on something and was partially coming off while I was in the air. So I reached down and grabbed it thinking I could hold on to it while I finished the skydive, land and be good. (I was on my back when I attempted this) Well not happenin at all. Once I got it in my hand I was like YES I have it, then a second later it flew out of my hand as I watched it go bye bye - it was pretty cool though. The poor shoe went in in some corn field and will probably get chewed up by some farmers tractor. bless that blue shoe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mx757 4 #15 September 7, 2005 Quote So now what do i do with this one shoe? give it to one of the one legged Pieces of Eight amputee skydivers...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Nickkk 0 #16 September 7, 2005 So now i owe beer and gotta buy a new pair of sneakers, DOH! What do you do when someone throws a big planet at you? Throw your pilot chute in defense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydivermom 0 #17 September 8, 2005 LOL I didn't think I would ever see a post like this. I lost one of my shoes during my very first(I've already bought root beer) AFF jump! It was kinda interesting to do my very first solo landing with just one shoe. I kept the other one and decorated it. My son and I got the markers out and had a blast! Some of the things I wrote on it were "lost my buddy during freefall" and "I made it back to the dropzone". Probably sounds kind of corny but I'll always look at that shoe and laugh!Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mdrejhon 8 #18 September 8, 2005 I donated my other shoe to the dropzone in their "orphaned shoe" pile Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Nickkk 0 #16 September 7, 2005 So now i owe beer and gotta buy a new pair of sneakers, DOH! What do you do when someone throws a big planet at you? Throw your pilot chute in defense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivermom 0 #17 September 8, 2005 LOL I didn't think I would ever see a post like this. I lost one of my shoes during my very first(I've already bought root beer) AFF jump! It was kinda interesting to do my very first solo landing with just one shoe. I kept the other one and decorated it. My son and I got the markers out and had a blast! Some of the things I wrote on it were "lost my buddy during freefall" and "I made it back to the dropzone". Probably sounds kind of corny but I'll always look at that shoe and laugh!Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #18 September 8, 2005 I donated my other shoe to the dropzone in their "orphaned shoe" pile Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
