Cave BASE Photos

[TomAiello 25]

I have just posted several photos from the 2002 Norwegian Cave BASE expedition.

Cave McConkey

Horny Gorilla

Gainer

Flat and Stable

Front Loop

Two Way Linked

Enjoy!

-- Tom Aiello

[email protected]
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[smiles 0]

thanx, ...good pics!
Curious about 1st ever Cave McConkey...amazing.
Could you possibly explain the risk involved with unpacked canopy...and specifics? Can visualize off bridge...but not within walls at mouth of cave??
http://members.shaw.ca/idgraphics/bridgejump.html

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eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

[TomAiello 25]

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Curious about 1st ever Cave McConkey...amazing.
Could you possibly explain the risk involved with unpacked canopy...and specifics? ...within walls at mouth of cave??

Public Answer:

The risk is very great, and no one, ever, ought to do that.

Both of the people who did that had over 600 BASE jumps, and significant McConkey experience. One of them actually finished McConkey BASE (meaning, that maniac has also launched McConkeys off of a Building, and Antenna and a Span) with the Cave (Earth) McConkey.

If you really want a discussion of specifics, PM or email me.

-- Tom Aiello

[email protected]
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[Newbie 0]

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I have just posted several photos from the 2002 Norwegian Cave BASE expedition.

Cave McConkey

Horny Gorilla

Gainer

Flat and Stable

Front Loop

Two Way Linked

Enjoy!

am i the only one not seeing these pics?

"Skydiving is a door"
Happythoughts

[ernokaikkonen 0]

You did notice that they're links?

[Newbie 0]

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You did notice that they're links?

yeah and when i click them it opens but no pic. When i go into the Photos section and go into Base, and check them out, no thumbnails either.

"Skydiving is a door"
Happythoughts

[ernokaikkonen 0]

The usual questions:
What operating system are you using?
-Windows 95
-Windows 98
-Windows ME
-Windows 2000
-Windows XP
-Something else, please specify....

And what browser?
-Internet Explorer4.x
-Internet Explorer5.x
-Internet Explorer6.x
-Netscape 4.x
-Netscape 6.x
-Netscape 7.x
-Opera 4.x
-Opera 5.x
-Opera 6.x
-Opera 7.x
-something else?

[Newbie 0]

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The usual questions:
What operating system are you using?
-Windows 95
-Windows 98
-Windows ME
-Windows 2000
-Windows XP
-Something else, please specify....

And what browser?
-Internet Explorer4.x
-Internet Explorer5.x
-Internet Explorer6.x
-Netscape 4.x
-Netscape 6.x
-Netscape 7.x
-Opera 4.x
-Opera 5.x
-Opera 6.x
-Opera 7.x
-something else?

2000Pro, Explorer 5.50

"Skydiving is a door"
Happythoughts

[ernokaikkonen 0]

I'm getting the same problem with WinNT4.0 and Explorer 5.5.

Solution: Get a better browser

You also might want to submit this to "Bugs and error reports" so Sangiro can fix it.

[kevin922 0]

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I'm getting the same problem with WinNT4.0 and Explorer 5.5.

Solution: Get a better browser

You also might want to submit this to "Bugs and error reports" so Sangiro can fix it.

I'm running 2000 with IE 6, same problem. Do I need to call microsoft for a beta release of a browser to view those pics?

[Opie 0]

Having the same problem here with XP & IE 6.0 Thought maybe it was just my slow dialup, I'll try again later at work. (I mean on my break)

[ernokaikkonen 0]

Ok I looked into it, the problem is not with the page, it's the images themselves. IE can't open the image files.

Tom, I think you're a Mac-user, right? Did you do something special with the pics?

[Sonic 0]

Ditto. Can't see em.

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It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone

[CrazyThomas 0]

Sounds like you got it Erno. Mac don't Window. Window don't Mac.
welcome to the Microsoft Monopoly. Our software, files, and programs will not run on your platform.
Microsoft....take the name apart.
Micro--really small
Soft--Bill gates has ED.
ED--Erectile Disfunction
Solution? drugs. really, pop some viagra Bill, and get the courage to interface the two systems.
Hey Tom, can Mac open up Windows files, or is the encryption and language a barrier?
Peace,
Thomas

[narcimund 0]

This is utter and complete nonsense. There is absolutely no difference between Windows and Mac jpgs. Nor GIFs. Nor 99% of all graphics formats. What a load of shit. Most professional websites are built with Macs (as are all of mine) and Windows people view them just fine.

As well, I'm perfectly able to view all of Tom's images on the three machines I've got here at home. They work perfectly on my Mac OSX IE 5, Windows 95 IE 4, and Linux NS 4.7. I've looked at them in Photoshop and there's no obvious problem with them.

Perhaps it's the capital letters in the extention that are gumping up your browsers. Maybe it's the strange copyright protection Javascript.

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[kevin922 0]

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This is utter and complete nonsense. There is absolutely no difference between Windows and Mac jpgs. Nor GIFs. Nor 99% of all graphics formats. What a load of shit. Most professional websites are built with Macs (as are all of mine) and Windows people view them just fine.

As well, I'm perfectly able to view all of Tom's images on the three machines I've got here at home. They work perfectly on my Mac OSX IE 5, Windows 95 IE 4, and Linux NS 4.7. I've looked at them in Photoshop and there's no obvious problem with them.

Perhaps it's the capital letters in the extention that are gumping up your browsers. Maybe it's the strange copyright protection Javascript.

Well there is something going on that IE doesn't like. I loaded it in netscape 7.0 and it works guess something needs to be posted in the bug forum.

Kevin

[mickb 0]

No problem here
IE 5.5 Windows 2000
had XP but changed back because its crap!
nice pics



mickb

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.
Michael Pritchard.

[ernokaikkonen 0]

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This is utter and complete nonsense. There is absolutely no difference between Windows and Mac jpgs.

There shouldn't be a difference... but:

I opened one of Tom's pics with a hex-editor, and the file had an xml header a mile long before the actual image data. It had been done with a Mac, with Photoshop. Obviously IE doesn't care much for the header.

[narcimund 0]

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Obviously IE doesn't care much for the header.

Not obvious at all. Multiple people including me have said their IE 5.5 on Windows has no problem with these images.

Whatever the problem is hasn't been isolated.

If I had an affected system available to me I'd start testing. Here are some things I'd try:

• I'd first remove the copyright protection JS.
  
• I'd download the image to see if serving it locally changed anything.
  
• I'd resave the image in photoshop.
  
• I'd eliminate the HTML entirely to see if the image can be loaded independently.
  

I think that would answer the question.

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[ernokaikkonen 0]

>I'd first remove the copyright protection JS.

I did, no effect

>I'd download the image to see if serving it locally changed anything.

Same thing

>I'd resave the image in photoshop.

Didn't do that, I'm pretty sure it'll help... But I can't re-upload Tom's pics for him.

>I'd eliminate the HTML entirely to see if the image can be
>loaded independently.

I did, I tried opening the image only locally, didn't work on my work-computer with IE5.5, worked fine here at home with IE5.0

Erno

[konradptr 0]

Well, I like to skydive, not play with computers. For whatever reason, it doesn't work... Win XP, IE 6.0, etc...

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Getting banned isn't that bad......

[narcimund 0]

I'd still open/resave in photoshop. Since serving it locally still shows the problem, you don't need to re-upload to run the test.

Whatever is wrong does seem to be with the image files themselves. I wonder what settings Tom was using when he made the files.

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[ernokaikkonen 0]

I could do it (don't have photoshop but I'd imagine GIMP would do the trick), but uploading the re-saved images would take ages over my GPRS-connection.

Re-saving with GIMP got rid of the xml-header that was embedded in the file, but the file got 20kb larger...go figure. I think it's best Tom makes new files out of the originals. I'll send him a PM.

[TomAiello 25]

Hmmm. I think the problem must have been when I shrunk the photos (the original images exceeded the upload quota).

I'm using IE 5.2.2 on Mac OS X.2.

I used Photoshop 7.0 to do the reduction.

Give me a minute and I'll try again.

-- Tom Aiello

[email protected]
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[CrazyThomas 0]

Narcimund:
one word--Sophist!
I have seen your type before. I see you are in Eugene. Are you part of the PDX crew yet?
Peace,
Thomas