Sinkster 0 #1 September 23, 2002 Happy Monday everyone. Here is a quick post with a link to a news article about skydiving from The Budapest Sun Online about skydiving that was fun to read (especially the last couple paragraphs ). Also, I wanted to make sure everyone knows that Google now has a news search engine that is awesome. In fact, I found this article using that and searching for "skydiving" and there are bound to be more ones as well. Go to news.google.com to check it out. Very handy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dropdude 0 #2 September 23, 2002 nice, news search very handy dropdude Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #3 September 23, 2002 "... no skydiver has more than 10,000 jumps. " No one they know maybe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinkster 0 #4 September 23, 2002 Heh, yeah I got to jump with a 73 year old dude last weekend. It was awesome watching this guy swoop the formation as graceful as a bird! I love how this sport can support such a wide range of people and ages. Pretty cool sitting there in a round watching a dude 50 years older than you grinning at you and realizing that despite all his years and wisdom at least you can connect on one thing! I sure hope I am jumping when I am that age and that I will always be young at heart like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #5 September 23, 2002 A friend of mine says "it's better to land out and walk a long way than to land close and get carried a short way". That's the key. This sport is very unforgiving about bad judgement. Be safe. Enjoy the sport for a long time. That's what I plan to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #6 September 24, 2002 And Bill Booth didn't invent the piggyback in 1985, or what was that I was wearing a lot earlier? Automatic Activity Device? I need one in the morning. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #7 September 24, 2002 Quote"... no skydiver has more than 10,000 jumps. " No one they know maybe. ROTFLMAO.. hell i saw like 6 last weekend with more than that.. 2 of them i was lucky enough to jump with.. silly wuffos..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #8 September 24, 2002 I'm thinking they meant nobody in Hungary has more than 10k jumps... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #9 September 24, 2002 Now, boyz'n'girlz, I think it was a pretty good article. He might have made a few technical mistakes, but notice the friendly lack of "death plunges" "diving to their death at 200mph" and the likes of that. As a matter of fact the Activity in AAD probably came from what the Hungarians told him. When I was last in that country (nice babes) English still was a seriously foreign language to themjraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drenaline 0 #10 September 24, 2002 I agree, it was a pretty good article. Except that he forgot to mention that we hear music when we jump, just like we see on TV. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #11 September 25, 2002 QuoteI agree, it was a pretty good article. Except that he forgot to mention that we hear music when we jump, just like we see on TV. Whew, gald I am not the only one. And it is really nice knowing that the word orgasm translates so well. hehehehehehehe I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pack40 0 #12 November 25, 2002 QuoteI'm thinking they meant nobody in Hungary has more than 10k jumps... There is a guy called Gyorgy Meszarovics who has more than 12000 jumps. OVER Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
