Broke 0 #1 May 25, 2006 When you jump do you usually log your jump first or do you pack your rig first?Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #2 May 25, 2006 I often don't log my jumps until the end of the day... I'll usually hit up a few of the guys I've jumped with during the day to sign my jumps... generally my logs aren't overtly detailed if its an RW jump I'll note the # of points and possibly the formations created. On other jumps I'll make a point of notable activities, problems, etc...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #3 May 25, 2006 I hear the more jumps people have the less detailed the logbook gets. I still log just about every detail I can rember about any jump I do, but then again I am still a low timer. I usually rent for a jump or two so the packers get my rig for the most part.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #4 May 25, 2006 some I'll include more detail... examples are coached jumps, jumps where I'm doing new things, etc... part of the reason I wait until the end of the day to log most of my jumps is that it allows me to get back on the plane and continue jumping sooner...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbblood 0 #5 May 25, 2006 I sometimes wait for weeks to log jumps. Pro-track keeps track of em for me. I use a packer most of the time too. So, I really don't do either...at least right away.Blues, Nathan If you wait 'til the last minute, it'll only take a minute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #6 May 25, 2006 I'm so lax about logging my jumps that I sometimes don't even remember what I did (two weeks ago) and don't log them."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #7 May 25, 2006 I'm so laxed about logging my jumps they almost wouldn't let me in the convention last year. . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #8 May 25, 2006 Sounds like me. I usually wait until the end of the day and then log. I do however try to put some details in the log for almost every jump. No time to log right away when there is a plane to catch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Nightingale 0 #9 May 25, 2006 drop the rig at the packer and go log my jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JENNR8R 0 #10 May 25, 2006 I like to log before packing. I believe that I'm one of the few, with the number of jumps that I have, that do this. It just helps me to remember what happened. I draw cute little formations with arrows. That way I can look back and pick one that I have done before since I'm not very good at organizing. I put down what kind of landing I did, first and last names of who I jumped with if they are new [especially the famous ones!], and even the temperature. It's like a diary.What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #11 May 25, 2006 I haven't logged in about 1,200 jumps. Just not into it. But I always make sure that I jump with my protrack.. so I know how many jumps I have (+ or - 5) "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Vectracide 0 #12 May 25, 2006 Whats logging? Hey Karen. You packing this weekend? If so, you are on the first and last load of the day.....got it? And any others you can fit in. ;) B. ------------------------------ Controlled and Deliberate..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fueler 0 #13 May 25, 2006 log...???? no, no, no, no. beer....yes! my protrack says i have 563 jumps. im sure thats pretty close. **************************************** what!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mjosparky 3 #14 May 25, 2006 QuoteI haven't logged in about 1,200 jumps. Just not into it. But I always make sure that I jump with my protrack.. so I know how many jumps I have (+ or - 5) Later on I think you will regret this. I have never heard a jumper say "I sure am glad I didn't bother logging my jumps back then"!My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Peej 0 #15 May 25, 2006 QuoteI hear the more jumps people have the less detailed the logbook gets. You're right. At the beginning of this year i had 341 skydives and was still loggong massively detailed descriptions of each jump. Now i do so many in a weekend thanks to camera that i just write jump no, brief description and get someone to sign them. I often don't log till the following weekend. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites n23x 0 #16 May 25, 2006 I hate logging, and am very lax about it. I wish I was better about it, but I'm not. Any suggestions? (In the realm of me not doing anything about it because I usually forget? ) .jim"Don't touch my fucking Easter eggs, I'll be back monday." ~JTFC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Peej 0 #17 May 25, 2006 My motivation is that PASA, our local skydiving organisation stipulates that you must have physically logged 1000 dives if you want to be an AFFI. I want to so i log. You could always buy a Neptune/ pro track/ vigil, all of these keep track of jumps for you. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DJL 232 #18 May 25, 2006 QuoteLater on I think you will regret this. I have never heard a jumper say "I sure am glad I didn't bother logging my jumps back then"! Why? So I can get patch from USPA? Woohoo!!"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChrisL 2 #19 May 25, 2006 I log all my jumps at once at the end of the day before leaving the DZ.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Superfletch 1 #20 May 25, 2006 I rarely log right away... sometimes I go several days. My protrack keeps track of all my jumps and sometimes I'll have manifest print me out a report so I will know who was on the load with me to spark my memory. However, I do log every jump and right down as much detail as I can remember except on tandems which all get logged as (S.T.F.B.S.) - Same Tandem Filming Bull Shit. :P Everyone that has ever read my log book thinks it reads more like a novel. No one thought I would continue doing it this long. 925 Jumps and counting. Anyway, I don't have any plans of changing anytime soon. Gary "Superfletch" Fletcher D-26145; USPA Coach, IAD/I, AFF/I Videographer/Photographer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KNewman 0 #21 May 25, 2006 I wait until the end of the day because I stay pretty amped up after each jump and cant write worth crap After the last jump of the day and I get my rig packed up I have calmed down enough to write legibly. Blue Skies and Stand-up Landings!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jsaxton 0 #22 May 25, 2006 I had to BUY a logbook so I could get into the Convention last year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #23 May 25, 2006 You know what.. I don't think that I will regret it. If I were going to have a log book it would be the sort where you write down only the most minimal information, altitude, plane, location, date... Why bother keeping a good record of that? I remember quite well the dropzones I've jumped at. And if I forget someday, well, so what? "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites EricaH 0 #24 May 25, 2006 Another reason to pack first regardless of logging preferences is that there's likely a full load coming in right behind you & they really need all the packing space available. Get your rig outta the way. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #25 May 25, 2006 Or there is also probably a load about to leave that you could get on, if only you would pack right away. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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Nightingale 0 #9 May 25, 2006 drop the rig at the packer and go log my jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #10 May 25, 2006 I like to log before packing. I believe that I'm one of the few, with the number of jumps that I have, that do this. It just helps me to remember what happened. I draw cute little formations with arrows. That way I can look back and pick one that I have done before since I'm not very good at organizing. I put down what kind of landing I did, first and last names of who I jumped with if they are new [especially the famous ones!], and even the temperature. It's like a diary.What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #11 May 25, 2006 I haven't logged in about 1,200 jumps. Just not into it. But I always make sure that I jump with my protrack.. so I know how many jumps I have (+ or - 5) "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vectracide 0 #12 May 25, 2006 Whats logging? Hey Karen. You packing this weekend? If so, you are on the first and last load of the day.....got it? And any others you can fit in. ;) B. ------------------------------ Controlled and Deliberate..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fueler 0 #13 May 25, 2006 log...???? no, no, no, no. beer....yes! my protrack says i have 563 jumps. im sure thats pretty close. **************************************** what!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #14 May 25, 2006 QuoteI haven't logged in about 1,200 jumps. Just not into it. But I always make sure that I jump with my protrack.. so I know how many jumps I have (+ or - 5) Later on I think you will regret this. I have never heard a jumper say "I sure am glad I didn't bother logging my jumps back then"!My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #15 May 25, 2006 QuoteI hear the more jumps people have the less detailed the logbook gets. You're right. At the beginning of this year i had 341 skydives and was still loggong massively detailed descriptions of each jump. Now i do so many in a weekend thanks to camera that i just write jump no, brief description and get someone to sign them. I often don't log till the following weekend. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n23x 0 #16 May 25, 2006 I hate logging, and am very lax about it. I wish I was better about it, but I'm not. Any suggestions? (In the realm of me not doing anything about it because I usually forget? ) .jim"Don't touch my fucking Easter eggs, I'll be back monday." ~JTFC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #17 May 25, 2006 My motivation is that PASA, our local skydiving organisation stipulates that you must have physically logged 1000 dives if you want to be an AFFI. I want to so i log. You could always buy a Neptune/ pro track/ vigil, all of these keep track of jumps for you. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #18 May 25, 2006 QuoteLater on I think you will regret this. I have never heard a jumper say "I sure am glad I didn't bother logging my jumps back then"! Why? So I can get patch from USPA? Woohoo!!"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #19 May 25, 2006 I log all my jumps at once at the end of the day before leaving the DZ.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superfletch 1 #20 May 25, 2006 I rarely log right away... sometimes I go several days. My protrack keeps track of all my jumps and sometimes I'll have manifest print me out a report so I will know who was on the load with me to spark my memory. However, I do log every jump and right down as much detail as I can remember except on tandems which all get logged as (S.T.F.B.S.) - Same Tandem Filming Bull Shit. :P Everyone that has ever read my log book thinks it reads more like a novel. No one thought I would continue doing it this long. 925 Jumps and counting. Anyway, I don't have any plans of changing anytime soon. Gary "Superfletch" Fletcher D-26145; USPA Coach, IAD/I, AFF/I Videographer/Photographer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KNewman 0 #21 May 25, 2006 I wait until the end of the day because I stay pretty amped up after each jump and cant write worth crap After the last jump of the day and I get my rig packed up I have calmed down enough to write legibly. Blue Skies and Stand-up Landings!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #22 May 25, 2006 I had to BUY a logbook so I could get into the Convention last year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #23 May 25, 2006 You know what.. I don't think that I will regret it. If I were going to have a log book it would be the sort where you write down only the most minimal information, altitude, plane, location, date... Why bother keeping a good record of that? I remember quite well the dropzones I've jumped at. And if I forget someday, well, so what? "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricaH 0 #24 May 25, 2006 Another reason to pack first regardless of logging preferences is that there's likely a full load coming in right behind you & they really need all the packing space available. Get your rig outta the way. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #25 May 25, 2006 Or there is also probably a load about to leave that you could get on, if only you would pack right away. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
