piisfish 135 #26 October 24, 2005 QuoteBut this year I've "lost": remote for Sony handycam, GPS unit, Carrera sunglasses (out of the showers!), Manfrotto quick release topplate & special screw, 2 A/V cables, a handy small screwdriver that was on my keychain, and a camerabag.Not funny, and if I see my Carrera anywhere Lost at the DZ... most expensive... a packboy I guess... Lost somewhere in my car : my protrack. Lost "from my car" : Sony PC8, Sony .6 wide angle, waycool .25 wide angle, Canon Rebel XT, 256Mb cf card, Manfrotto plate, chargers, spare batteries for both, firewire cables, videotape with 2 unedited tandems which I have to reimburse.... Oh yeah, and a window for the car too... This one wasn't really lost, just a bit puzzled scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jas8472 0 #27 October 24, 2005 I lost my Alti, it came off in free fall and went into the river in kolonma in may. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katzurki 0 #28 October 24, 2005 Was it a hand-mount or a wrist-mount? Alti as in an analog Altimaster altimeter, not a Neptune, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #29 October 24, 2005 Travis, After hearing your story of the lost cutaway, and many others... I have been harboring this idea... You know those little VHF transmitters they put on wild animals to track migrations of animals for science.... Well, I have not done a cost analysis yet to determine if it would be worthwhile, but, I am sure there is a corner of the DBag where the transmitter could be inserted in a pocket. Cutaway your main, track it like an animal, straight to Farmer McNasty's front door... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #30 October 24, 2005 I was wondering about the same, but it was too expensive.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #31 October 24, 2005 QuoteI was wondering about the same, but it was too expensive.... If the DZ, or a group of experienced jumpers owned one receiver, the cost would go down a lot... I bet you could get transmitters for $100 or so, maybe much less... Those scientists can't spend too much to follow turtles... Perhaps one of the companies that makes skydiving specific electronics could figure out a transmitter... What were the costs you found???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #32 October 24, 2005 Ouch!! Least the worst damage it could have done was to a fish and not a human I guess! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #33 October 24, 2005 I can't remember. Something $400-500+. I jump in Finland, and there is some chance that the "rag" got into a lake or swamp. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #34 October 24, 2005 My first logbook. Even after 23 years I'd give a lot to have it back!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outlawphx 1 #35 October 24, 2005 The floater bar on a King Air stole my altimeter I look over to it in freefall and still have the wrist strap and plastic ring around my finger on, but the only thing between them is a flat piece of plastic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #36 October 24, 2005 QuoteQuoteI was wondering about the same, but it was too expensive.... If the DZ, or a group of experienced jumpers owned one receiver, the cost would go down a lot... I bet you could get transmitters for $100 or so, maybe much less... Those scientists can't spend too much to follow turtles... Perhaps one of the companies that makes skydiving specific electronics could figure out a transmitter... What were the costs you found???? I was just thinking if the DZ would get a tracking system, and issue transmitters to each jumper who wants one, to attach to their main, either at the Dbag, pilot chute or a riser, nobody would lose their mains forever, then at the end of the weekend give the transmitter back to the DZ... something like that... If we had something like that at Lake Wales the week before last, it wouldn't have taken us 45 minutes to find my main along with help from a pilot circling the swamp looking for it... just triangulate the location and make a beeline for it..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #37 October 24, 2005 My dignity...I did learn something though - jello shots should be left to the pros....My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chronistin 0 #38 October 24, 2005 QuoteMyne - lost the alti in the landing field having taken it off! I "lost" my altimeter when a lowtimer on his first attempted 7-way grabbed my hand so hard that it came off. I freed my hand and tracked away like hell. Very strange feelingto be in freefall without an alti - although a mind-sharp co-diver followed me and "held hands" with me - showing me HIS alti until pull altitude (PLUS it was one of my first dives with my audible, so, I really didn't have reason to worry, but I did). Someone has the video of this jump, showing my alti getting lost - and I kind of cherish the thought that it lies there somewhere in the tunisian sand waiting to be found... oh well, the joy of the "firsts"... Chronistin (Home @ http://www.fallschirmspringer.net/) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #39 October 24, 2005 QuoteMost expensive bit of gear you have lost? i know someone who lost a testicle. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LemmingBoy 0 #40 October 24, 2005 QuoteQuoteMost expensive bit of gear you have lost? i know someone who lost a testicle. I think that guy wins...er...maybe not. More of a pain in the ass than expensive- A guy I know has to replace the contents of his wallet after losing it in freefall this weekend. He got to see it open up and flutter away on the video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #41 October 24, 2005 That makes myne shiver just thinking about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savage 0 #42 October 25, 2005 Z1 helmet with neptune...on a zippy and rather spinny opening...and yes, the chin strap was done up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpShipGypsy 0 #44 October 25, 2005 I had a pair of persciption sunglasses fall out of my pocket while riding my motorcycle to the DZ. I was jump pilot, not a jumper then so i guess it doesnt count. Ben the Gypsy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #45 October 25, 2005 Early 80s. Entire rig (Classyflyer, Lite Cloud main, Comet Reserve), two jumpsuits, Altimaster II & III, helmet, rigging kit and all my logbooks in gear bag fell off my motorcycle while I was riding to the DZ. Didn't notice it was missing until arriving at the DZ. Immediatly retraced the entire route but never found any trace of it. The upside was that my insurance payed for replacement of all the equipment but there was no way to replace the memories recorded in those logbooks. I still wonder what happened to all that stuff. The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huka551 0 #46 October 25, 2005 My protrack after only 5 jumps, it taunted me beeping as it went away!!! Muff Brother 3723 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MB38 0 #47 October 25, 2005 QuoteMy protrack after only 5 jumps, it taunted me beeping as it went away!!!You may have lost it, but it thinks you're dead!I really don't know what I'm talking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VTcnix 0 #48 October 25, 2005 On a cross-country jump last winter I lost my beloved Z-1 with my new pro-trac in it due to a riser strike... bummer... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #49 October 25, 2005 Is a Z-1 a helmet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iwasinkheson68 0 #50 October 25, 2005 yeah, a pretty shiny full face. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites