DRLOVE 0 #1 October 4, 2005 Bad Karma or Bad Packing? Two times in the past three years I have taken my brother jumping with me... Both times he did a tandem jump one at the ranch and this past weekend at the cross keys swoop for the cause and the pink mafia boogy. Both tandem jumps resulted in cutaways. I myself have never heard of two tandem jumps two cutaways... I can't wait for the third!=============================== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pawel 0 #2 October 4, 2005 Well at least he got 4 rides instead of 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #3 October 4, 2005 wow that is pretty unbelieveable! What are the chances, not only two tandems in a row with reserve rides, but that the passenger be related to an experienced jumper? ...probably a good thing. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dionysus 0 #4 October 4, 2005 HA! Maybe the skydiving karma gods have you and your brother confused. So all the bad karma you have built up gets unleashed on your brother. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRLOVE 0 #5 October 4, 2005 I was on both jumps and watched both cutaways.=============================== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRLOVE 0 #6 October 4, 2005 If that is the case I should take him more often.=============================== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #7 October 4, 2005 Next time switch Tandem Instructors...smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #8 October 4, 2005 take him for a FJC scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #9 October 4, 2005 Face it - your brother is cursed. Buy him a set of golf clubs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRLOVE 0 #10 October 5, 2005 Two different dropzones, two different tandem masters...=============================== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UDSkyJunkie 0 #11 October 5, 2005 QuoteI myself have never heard of two tandem jumps two cutaways I've never heard of two tandems and two cutaways either, but I've seen close to that... we had a gentleman come out for his first jump and had a tandem cutaway. He knew it was a rare thing, and loved the jump anyway, so he decided to go through the student program. About a month later, he did his third tandem, and had another cutaway! Coincidentally, it was the SAME tandemaster, the SAME canopy, and the SAME malfunction! Before anyone asks: no, that canopy didn't have an unusual malfunction rate, and neither did the the J/M... just one of those weird quriks of fate. Unfortunately, the 2nd mal in 3 jumps was enough to scare the guy off, and he never came back for a 4th."Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #12 October 5, 2005 Tell him to quit dipping a knee when the TM deploys? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
