hoym 0 #1 August 25, 2003 Skydivers do a lot of math adding up and calculating freefall time and logging it in their log books. A friend of mine has discovered and told me about a phenomena he has seen in a number of skydiver logbooks. After jump number 559, many skydivers will write the next jump as jump number 600. Have any of you ever done this? Missed logging jump numbers 560 through 599? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 August 25, 2003 That's funny, since the number after 559 in my log book is 560. Although some "creative" logging was used so my 300th jump would be "300", I made the jump up on the next jump...I guess I'm weird like that (no, I didn't do the creative logging, it was some DZ.com buddies.). Every jump I've got has been jumped.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoym 0 #3 August 25, 2003 Well, I didn't say everyone did it. He just discovered this at a boogie one year (when everyone was sitting around logging jumps and asking for signatures). He found that this took place in more than one skydiver logbook without looking too hard or through too many logbooks. It was kind of a funny story when he handed this logbook back to the guy and said, "Wow, jump 575 was sure interesting." And the guy couldn't find the jump in his own logbook. Of course no one would do that on purpose. It's probably just a trick the brain played when doing both clock/time math for freefall time and adding up jump numbers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #4 August 25, 2003 I think we ought to keep our eye on Faber. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=626003#626003 -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #5 August 25, 2003 62I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CornishChris 5 #6 August 25, 2003 Fabers Jumps - How the fuck did you remember that... CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #7 August 25, 2003 If its a useless fact, its probably rattling around in my head. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #8 August 25, 2003 QuoteHave any of you ever done this? Missed logging jump numbers 560 through 599? Yeah, I think my ProTrack did that. I better send it back for a new one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #9 August 25, 2003 I've actually done more jumps than my logbook shows. I know there are a few hop n pops I have forgotten to log. Ken"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #10 August 25, 2003 I've really only done one tandem. I thought I should come clean... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TitaniumLegs 8 #11 August 25, 2003 I've never actually made a skydive. I learned everything I know from watching "Drop Zone", "Point Break" and "Cutaway" and from reading rec.skydiving. That's all real right? (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #12 August 25, 2003 Cutaway... cool.. that's what we watched at Jim and Shannon's on Saturday night.. Keith Myers is now.. Blueline. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #13 August 25, 2003 3935 tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkey1031 0 #14 August 25, 2003 stopped logging (skydives) after jump 173... that was 6 years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #15 August 25, 2003 QuoteI've really only done one tandem. I thought I should come clean I did a tandem student once... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #16 August 25, 2003 QuoteFabers Jumps - How the fuck did you remember that... Easy,im sure he knows i like beers aswell By the way,im still at 559 so i cant really tell yet if i will just pop it to jump #599,ask BASE 813,i might do my jump #560 as he visit me if he does this year(i HOPE). I cant see any reason to lie about jumps or what your abel to do.Personal i only log if i actualy did the stuff,i cant use a person whith a fake log to anything at all...for the same reason im not allowed to skydive to events in DK,as i never took that rating,but im pretty sure i can land in a narrow space(unless theres a tree nearby,becours my canopy loves trees) Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASE813 0 #17 August 25, 2003 QuoteBy the way,im still at 559 so i cant really tell yet if i will just pop it to jump #599,ask BASE 813,i might do my jump #560 as he visit me if he does this year(i HOPE). fuck man if i am coming over i aint gonna be jumping with you dressing in flowery suits and trying to hold hands! its all about keeping a low profile! Quotebut im pretty sure i can land in a narrow space(unless theres a tree nearby,becours my canopy loves trees) hahahahhahahahaha!!!! Me "this is the landing area - there are the hazards you have to take a delay to make this landing area" Faber "thats cool man its a big landing area" ..........30mins later faber "FUCKING HELL" (as he over shoots landing area and lands in a VERY "tight" area with a brick wall and mesh fencing either side and trees lining it!!! hehehhe Good job mate!!! you turned it from potentially nasty to a very good landing (apart from the twigs and branches taken away with you!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #18 August 25, 2003 Quoteits all about keeping a low profile! oki ill find you a hooker for the weekend QuoteGood job mate!!! you turned it from potentially nasty to a very good landing what could posibly go wrong on that one Quoteapart from the twigs and branches taken away with you! lucky i didnt ruined my canopy... and i ever rembered how to run.. ha ha the biggest danger on that jump were when you drove in the city whith a spped i even cant say in hereby the way the sirens on the video sounds nice,good luck it wasnt us they wanted Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #19 August 25, 2003 So you don't have 174 yet? Or did you carry on jumping? What you going to do if you want an AFF or T rating? Or a licence? tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #20 August 25, 2003 I don't have any real jumps. They are all just figments of my vivid imagination. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #21 August 25, 2003 QuoteI did a tandem student once... Hav'nt we all? tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeffGordon 0 #22 August 25, 2003 I've done the same thing. I went for a long time without logging anything, and when I wanted to get my tandem rating, I had to go back to the manifest computer and copy all that shit by hand into my logbook. It took forever, and none of the jumps I did out of town during that period will ever be logged. (around 40 or so) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #23 August 25, 2003 295 but my protrack only shows 292... the damn thing didn't record my 3 round jumps... not enough delay before opening---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #24 August 25, 2003 Nice observation. Before I had my pro-track I got behind on adding up the math. So I took my log books (only about 900 jumps at the time) and loaded jump numbers and time into a spreadsheet (NERD). On the review I shorted myself about 16 jumps and nearly that many freefall minutes. Biggest mistake is writing the jump number and then on the next page writing the same number instead of the next number. For time, adding the seconds, but not the minutes (e.g. 8:43:52 plus 45 seconds would be incorrectly 8:43:37 instead of 8:44:37). Both are pretty well the same mistake. I like my pro-track a lot for this reason - and the third alarm makes a cool noise most jumps . ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyke 0 #25 August 25, 2003 QuoteAfter jump number 559, many skydivers will write the next jump as jump number 600 Any ideas why this happens?? Bad juju, or weird superstition....or just plain dumb skydivers!!!! Kahurangi e Mahearangi, Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
