mdrejhon 8 #1 January 8, 2007 This is January in Canada? No snow on the ground over the weekend. Mother Nature forgot it was winter already... This weekend (Sunday, specifically) at Skydive Gananoque was so much like an October weekend (or a late September weekend). Debbie sent out a call to everyone who might have been interested in jumping, and we managed to get everyone together, the pilots, DZO, etc, for a snowless January skydive on Sunday... About 12 of us got together and jumped. We got 13 loads up in the air, and 5 of these were full altitude freefalls. (Okay, 10,000 to 10,500 feet but close enough). No snow on the ground. It was almost +8-10 degrees C (about 50-55F) early in the day, slowly becoming colder later in the day. Wearing three layers inside my jumpsuit during freefall did the trick. My hands has gotten colder during some October freefalls. They didn't get numb at all at any point in the day, not even while packing in the unheated hangar (with wide open doors) One of us (Andrea) had her 1000th too. Apparently the dropzone came prepared, but she managed to get away with (slightly) preferential treatment since the bathrooms were closed due to winter mode. We had to drive into the resident town for that, or "go behind a tree" if we had to. 2050: Year round skydiving in Canada due to greenhouse effect? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #2 January 8, 2007 Same in Finland too . -3 - +5C on ground level. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,672 #3 January 8, 2007 QuoteThis is January in Canada? No snow on the ground over the weekend. Mother Nature forgot it was winter already... This weekend (Sunday, specifically) at Skydive Gananoque was so much like an October weekend (or a late September weekend). Debbie sent out a call to everyone who might have been interested in jumping, and we managed to get everyone together, the pilots, DZO, etc, for a snowless January skydive on Sunday... About 12 of us got together and jumped. We got 13 loads up in the air, and 5 of these were full altitude freefalls. (Okay, 10,000 to 10,500 feet but close enough). No snow on the ground. It was almost +8-10 degrees C (about 50-55F) early in the day, slowly becoming colder later in the day. Wearing three layers inside my jumpsuit during freefall did the trick. My hands has gotten colder during some October freefalls. They didn't get numb at all at any point in the day, not even while packing in the unheated hangar (with wide open doors) One of us (Andrea) had her 1000th too. Apparently the dropzone came prepared, but she managed to get away with (slightly) preferential treatment since the bathrooms were closed due to winter mode. We had to drive into the resident town for that, or "go behind a tree" if we had to. 2050: Year round skydiving in Canada due to greenhouse effect? Since records were kept there has never been a warmer December in Chicago than Dec 2006.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #4 January 9, 2007 Jumptown, Orange, MA ASOS reported 68 degrees F at 2:30 p.m. T-shirts, no gloves at 10 grand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #5 January 9, 2007 Damn. Jumptown is only a few hours drive away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #6 January 9, 2007 at PST in Baldwin Ontario we jump all year anyway. it is more fun to swoop with snow and the runway is in better shape when it is frozen. but I will take the warm weather without complaining! rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 136 #7 January 9, 2007 Quote2050: Year round skydiving in Canada due to greenhouse effect? yeah go post that in Speakers Corner "Global Warming ? My Ass" Section They are forecasting a +18C for us this weekend (Switzerland)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MotherGoose 0 #8 January 9, 2007 Too bad warm weather at this time of year means means lots of MUD !! I had fun at PST on Sunday anyhow. The pilot seems to have perfected the 3X3 offroading with the 206 !!!You think you understand the situation, but what you don't understand, is that the situation just changed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
