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rredman 0
I was flying camera for the record, and Sheri packed my rig for the whole time, and I had awesome openings, and talk about quick... I only missed part of one dirt dive because one of my team's rigs wasn't quite packed in time (we were running pretty tight on that one), and I waited for it.
Sheri, you rock! And the whole team of packers were great! Thank you all.
The whole staff at Skydive Burnaby were great with us all week, everyone was friendly and helpful, and all of us learned a lot.
Bigways are a huge team effort, and I can say this success was due to a great team effort!
Special thanks go out to Guy, Bruce, TK and Jeff for all the great work organizing and coaching. Also, Tara and Mike for hosting the event. What a great facility (and the wiew isn't bad either).
And one special one to Mark, for helping me learn how to fly camera on a big way! It's a lot harder than it looks! Thanks buddy!
mdrejhon 8
Very nice lake view on the jump run!Quoteand the wiew isn't bad either
GREAT VIEW! Most of the jump runs were flying almost exactly over the beach of Lake Erie with the wind blowing strongly inwards. That meant the jump door view pointed south, with a lake view (Lake Erie). Lake as far as I can see, down, up, left, and right, blending into the sky, with no land in view unless poked my head out and looked straight down to see the beach. It almost looks like we're jumping into the water, where we're not - with the winds blowing us into the dropzone a few KM's away from the lake.
On one bigway jump that was on a bad spot... I was definitely tempted to land on the sandy beach on an out landing - I could easily overlay a crosswind landing pattern onto the beach from where I was at 2000 feet. (I was tracking for 10 seconds TOWARDS the lake after one of the bigways on a jumprun that started slightly too far upwind -- resulting in the beach being very well within reach of landing on!). Instead, I landed in a farm field about 1 kilometer away from the lake, with a cluster of other jumpers, for easy pickup. The chase crew is amazingly fast -- they can identify which farm field the out landers land on, from several kilometers away!
wmw999 2,342
In the long run, once you find the common languages, and know which questions are critical, and which ones have "standard" answers (not that anything is standard), being deaf is not likely to hinder you from being asked on events if your skills are there.
Ask John Woo, Billy Vance, et. al.
Wendy W.
mirage62 0
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Which is why people who can't track well should NOT be part of the outside group. If the 1st wave is doing its job, the 2nd wave shouldn't be able to catch them. IMO, any situation where the 2nd wave catches the first is 100% the fault of the 1st wave.
John all b.s. aside I am surprised to read the above. Your a great tracker, but you and I both know better trackers. Many times I have had to slow my track to keep from catching people from behind but because of my errrrr gerth I'm generally a mid-diver. Does that mean I need to move back in the formation or move up to the base?
kallend 1,878
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Which is why people who can't track well should NOT be part of the outside group. If the 1st wave is doing its job, the 2nd wave shouldn't be able to catch them. IMO, any situation where the 2nd wave catches the first is 100% the fault of the 1st wave.
John all b.s. aside I am surprised to read the above. Your a great tracker, but you and I both know better trackers. Many times I have had to slow my track to keep from catching people from behind but because of my errrrr gerth I'm generally a mid-diver. Does that mean I need to move back in the formation or move up to the base?
Fortson, if you can catch someone who has a 5 second start on you, I think they should not be outside you to begin with. In fact, if YOU can catch them, they should not be on the big way to begin with. Track like your life depends on it.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
Woohoo for the 59 way!!
mdrejhon 8
Sheri! Thank you very much for lending me your rig when we all decided my rig should stay on the ground (stretched grommet - snag hazard)QuoteI had a great time everyone. My wrists still hurt and I woke up with puffy fingers, but the good news is that I think the Toronto Star is going to publish something... what I don't know. Ross is getting paid for his first photograph so he owes BEER!!!!!
Woohoo for the 59 way!!
rredman 0
kallend 1,878
QuoteTracking off is about being part of the team and saving yourself. You have to be disciplined in the way you track. Its just like the people who think that putting the power swoop on the formation and passing several people on the way. Sure they are fast but they cause more danger for the team. Most bigger ways use tracking teams anyway. If you can't stay within your team for the designated time, then you don't belong.
If you can't keep up with your team you don't belong. If you are so slow the team behind catches you, you don't belong. You don't maximize separation by tracking so slowly that it makes those behind you and those behind them slow down. A poor tracker on the outside creates a separation problem that propagates right back to the base.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
mirage62 0
You track to the lowest common denominator -or- to the speed of the slowest tracker. John Appleton (sp?) seem to track up hill and I bet he would have past you easily. (not trying to be insulting you know how good he was) Soooo that would mean that you should have been (always) behind him. My point is that seperation is the issue and I will give you reasonable speed.
Besides your just saying this to promote keeping your skinny ass on the outside. Don't worry about it, you'd get to scared to function in the middle
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kallend 1,878
QuoteJohn, John, John step away from the chalk dust.....
You track to the lowest common denominator -or- to the speed of the slowest tracker. John Appleton (sp?) seem to track up hill and I bet he would have past you easily. (not trying to be insulting you know how good he was) Soooo that would mean that you should have been (always) behind him. My point is that seperation is the issue and I will give you reasonable speed.
IMO the lowest common denominator shouldn't be on the outside.
John Appleton could indeed outtrack me, but he wouldn't have caught me if I had a 5 second head start on him.
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Besides your just saying this to promote keeping your skinny ass on the outside. Don't worry about it, you'd get to scared to function in the middle
No argument there! The middle is one scary place.
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kallend 1,878
QuoteT am more concerned about those that take right off in a steep dive and feel it necessary to open under people.
That too!
And it's not like tracking is a hard skill to learn.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
sweet...!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome weekend... what was your total for packjobs anyway? I heard you also did Fuzzy's reserve for him... man that guy needs to quit packing for himself!
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson
mdrejhon 8
QuoteI was never 'directly under' -- just that I needed to be sure I was really clear of people before I opened.QuoteT am more concerned about those that take right off in a steep dive and feel it necessary to open under people.
I'm still audible-less, but bigways are starting to require or strongly recommend one. As a deaf guy, I'm seriously considering getting an L&B Optima with flashing LED alarm. At 30-ways and bigger, it's starting to feel like one is becoming a requirement for bigways.
kallend 1,878
QuoteQuoteI was never 'directly under' -- just that I needed to be sure I was really clear of people before I opened.QuoteT am more concerned about those that take right off in a steep dive and feel it necessary to open under people.
I'm still audible-less, but bigways are starting to require or strongly recommend one. As a deaf guy, I'm seriously considering getting an L&B Optima with flashing LED alarm. At 30-ways and bigger, it's starting to feel like one is becoming a requirement for bigways.
Mark, have you asked John Woo? He's been on a bunch of big ways and he's deaf too. www.deafskydivers.org/Profiles/JohnWoo/JohnWoo.html...
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
DeNReN 0
He kept offering to pay me to pack for him recently....and Im just learning to propack
Congratulations on being a part of the record this week-end. What an amazing week-end, even for me b/c I've NEVER seen that many people at my DZ. I met some incredible people and had a blast. Hopefully I can come out your way sometime and do a jump with you. I hope your allergies have calmed down a bit!
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