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love the sling shot idea...i always hit myself in the face with the grapple we use at xkeys 
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My only cutaway so far, my main landed on the run way. It was picked up about the same time I landed because the plane couldn't land 
. The freebag was next to it so that was picked up also. After I shed my gear, my bf and I recovered my handle. I brought beer for it being my first reserve ride and liquor for my rigger. Nobody expected anything but they sure enjoyed helping drink the alcohol 
When I had my chop, Brenthutch on here drove around with me and he was the one that spotted both my freebag and chopped main. I tried to buy him a jump ticket or a bottle, he refused and told me to just repay the favor to someone else some time.
The funny part is that the week before I landed out, following someone else's main and landed beside the corn field it was in. It took my husband and I 1/2 hr to find the canopy and free bag, but we got it and the jumper was very appreciative (he was too frazzled from chopping to follow his gear). Try finding a green and yellow canopy in 8 foot tall corn!!
Hutch told me he was just Karma paying me back.
Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda
ehn... I don't see a reason to give cash. Maybe I'm old-school, but I think we're all supposed to be friends and help each other out. This includes watching for chopped mains and (within reason) looking for/recovering them for fellow jumpers. I will (and have) paid back others for recovering my main by recovering theirs in return. Agreed with Remster, I wouldn't turn down a couple beers!
If anyone deserves cash, it's a wuffo/farmer who finds it in their yard and calls the DZ to let them know. Or a DZO who does a low pass over a field or even a dedicated flight to see if you can spot the canopy... I've seen a lot of flights to look for canopies, but the DZO has always just taken the hit (well, maybe they get the price of a jump ticket so the guy can jump out and land by the main).
If anyone deserves cash, it's a wuffo/farmer who finds it in their yard and calls the DZ to let them know. Or a DZO who does a low pass over a field or even a dedicated flight to see if you can spot the canopy... I've seen a lot of flights to look for canopies, but the DZO has always just taken the hit (well, maybe they get the price of a jump ticket so the guy can jump out and land by the main).
"Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission."
darkwing 4
I didn't respond to the survey. I have looked for many, many cutaway canopies, sometimes for hours. It never occurred to me that I might get tipped. I would refuse a tip, from either a stranger or a friend.
-- Jeff
My Skydiving History
-- Jeff
My Skydiving History
AndyMan 7
I would never give, nor accept anything resembling 10% or more of the canopy. That's just excessive.
The only time I've given anything was after someone went to pretty extensive lengths to retrieve my main from a tree. In that case I gave a case of beer.
I've helped people retrieve their main countless times, and I've never been given anything - nor would I ever expect anything.
_Am
The only time I've given anything was after someone went to pretty extensive lengths to retrieve my main from a tree. In that case I gave a case of beer.
I've helped people retrieve their main countless times, and I've never been given anything - nor would I ever expect anything.
_Am
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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.
You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.
Oh, when my husband had his chop, it landed at the top of a 60 foot tree. One of the jumpers there climbs/cuts trees for a living, so retrieved the main for us. We bought him 2 jump tickets.... he tried to refuse, so we just had them put on his account at manifest... it was above and beyond just looking for a main, he had the equipment needed for that job to be done safely.
Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda
Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda
kallend 1,623
I've spent hours walking in high corn looking for lost canopies. It never occurred to me that I would be tipped, and I would be offended if offered money (I did accept the beer).
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
Is it just me, or are a lot of 'mericans completely obsessed with tipping and making sure they get the amount right.... Too weird for words.
Anyway, to the question of the post; it wouldn't be a tip it would be a reward and no I wouldn't. A thanks, the offer of some beers and hand-shake.
(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
Anyway, to the question of the post; it wouldn't be a tip it would be a reward and no I wouldn't. A thanks, the offer of some beers and hand-shake.
(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
To chase a cutaway I got in my car, went 4-wheeling, jumped in a lake, swam to the middle, and retrieved the canopy. I told the jumper he should buy his cutaway beer for the DZ but wouldn't have accepted a tip.
You gotta look out for each other.
And buy your beer.
You gotta look out for each other.
And buy your beer.
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