diverdriver 5 #2 November 9, 2009 A very low mr. bill? Looks like the top jumper is holding the D bag still. Maybe? Slider down? Wait! Wait! I know! Bill Booth's early test on the skyhook. He abandoned it when it was realized cost prohibitive to carry the extra jumper with you all the time.Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #3 November 9, 2009 I'd say a wrap of some sort and the low guy came loose. I'm betting it left a mark. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #4 November 9, 2009 Ok before someone else's kicks my ass I apologize. I don't know the end result of this photo and I'm not making light if it was this jumper demise. It was insensitive and I am sorry.Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbriles 0 #5 November 9, 2009 Damn That looks like a bad day. Why not? My direction in life is up...then down again REALLY REALLY FAST!!! Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. D.S. #55 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan_d_sucks 0 #6 November 9, 2009 Holy shit! Maybe move this thread to the Skydiving History and Trivia forum.. Maybe someone in there could shed some light on it. I'm interested to know as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,400 #7 November 10, 2009 Low collision that just cleared? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #8 November 10, 2009 Is that kallend? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #9 November 10, 2009 It's a double direct bag B.A.S.E. jump from a 150-foot ship channel bridge here in So Cal from the late 1980s. We called them rodeo jumps. The top guy was direct bagged while holding the bottom guy's direct bag. Nobody hurt, it's over water. I made a ton of jumps from that bridge, but always at night! NickD BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #10 November 10, 2009 I had to go through some boxes of stuff to find it but here's the original photo and caption from BASELine (a BASE magazine by Phil Smith, BASE 1) published in December of 1988 . . . NickD BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #11 November 10, 2009 You guys..........what can one say? Need a hobby? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #12 November 10, 2009 Hi Nick Was 1988 after folks stopped used FF rigs for base? I'm guessing it was since page you attached had a ad for a tert. canopyOne Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #13 November 11, 2009 Yes, most of us were using BASE rigs by then. But no one was really mass producing them until the early 90s. So we made our own. I spent a very long weekend picking the stitches out of a skydiving rig to remove the containers. Then I sewed on a 4-flap Velcro closed BASE container. It was ugly but it worked . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #14 November 11, 2009 save the packjob! while you're at it.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sletzer 3 #15 November 11, 2009 Holy Hell!I will be kissing hands and shaking babies all afternoon. Thanks for all your support! *bows* SCS #8251 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #16 November 11, 2009 i do have big balls; but i'd NEVER have balls THIS big!!! EVERYONE LANDS UNDER THEIR OWN PARACHUTE!!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxmadmax 8 #17 November 12, 2009 Quote save the packjob! while you're at it.. That's Packing Pommy John! A vivid personality. Don't go away mad....just go away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #18 November 12, 2009 fucking brilliant; and very dangerous.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
