skydiver30960 0 #1 December 8, 2005 I'm just looking forward to another winter without tandem jumping with a mix of sadness and relief, and wondered what everyone else's winter plans were... Elvisio "just keep the vacation less than 120 days" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverjerry 0 #2 December 9, 2005 stop skydiving just for the winter NO WAY. i would have a nervouse breakdown. here we jump all year round life is a journey not to arrive at the grave in a pristine condition but to skid in sideways kicking and screaming, shouting "fuck me what a ride!. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #3 December 9, 2005 Why don't you do what all the european gypsy skydivers we have in the USA do: follow the sun. Find you a nice warm place to skydive/work in the winter if that's what you really want to do. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #4 December 9, 2005 Pit Meadows is open 7 days a week from May through the end of October. I try to only work 6 days out of every week! Hah! Hah! From Halloween to Easter, we are officialy only open on weekends, but I still rig 5 or 6 days out of every week. If a student wants to come out on a weekday .. I do a few mid-week jumps during the winter. Practically, we only jump one weekend in December and one weekend in January, because the clouds come to play far too often. The West Coast of Canada may rarely get much below freezing, but we get lots of rain over the winter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efs4ever 3 #5 December 11, 2005 Well, I always disappear during the period between Xmas and New Year. Eloy, usually. Points west always! Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #6 December 21, 2005 Moving to the midwest from sunny California and warm tropical Hawaii, I thought I could adapt to be a cold weather jumper ... Heck, I'm tough ... And everyone else was doing it ... SO I decided to devise a way to skydive when it was 23 degrees on the ground covered with snow. It took me about a half hour, but what I came up with was a plan. Thinking I was cool, being like all the other cold weather skydivers, I exuberantly boarded the airplane for my first skydive in the snow; a 4,500 ft. hop n pop. As soon as I got out on a bad spot which was also my first time jumping at this particular airport and realized that in the 'ole airport aerial photo we saw, the ground was not "white", I eventually realized by seeing my smaller VX, Velo friends that I was waaaaaay downwind ... Shise! And after landing in snow "off" and realizing Damn, what if I had a cutaway in this stuff... And ... After being a full time cold winter AFF instructor last year ... Ummm, I think I'll stick to rigging indoors with heat and go skydive someplace warm like Florida and Hawaii this winter Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmyfitz 0 #7 December 22, 2005 QuoteI'm just looking forward to another winter without tandem jumping with a mix of sadness and relief, and wondered what everyone else's winter plans were... Yah, I take a winter break every week. I have one or two days off every week. Last week my day off was Friday and it was great. About 10:30AM I got a phone call from the DZ asking if I could come in to help out. What a nice day off I have tomorrow off so I should only do 2 to 3 jumps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #8 December 22, 2005 I'd like to keep doing paid jumps during winter... the problem is most students don't want to jump in the cold. but I still do it when i can. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #9 December 23, 2005 QuoteUmmm, I think I'll stick to rigging indoors with heat and go skydive someplace warm like Florida and Hawaii this winter Ya got any plans to fit Socal in?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #10 January 15, 2006 Awe Shark!!! I tried to fit SoCal in, but the airline logistics wouldn't let me on this trip, so I am stopping in Vegas instead. Damn it Jim! Still got that bottle of wine with my name on it? LOL That was like 2-3 years ago now huh? Good to see you still on the forums. Take care.Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #11 January 16, 2006 QuoteAwe Shark!!! I tried to fit SoCal in, but the airline logistics wouldn't let me on this trip, so I am stopping in Vegas instead. Damn it Jim! Still got that bottle of wine with my name on it? LOL That was like 2-3 years ago now huh? Good to see you still on the forums. Take care. Uh, yeah, but it's almond champagne from the local whinery! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Regan1990 0 #12 February 1, 2006 We work all year round (Empuriabrava) but i have just had 12 days in the UK seeing family, friends, eating curry, fish and chips, cake, crisps, chinese, pizza, roast beef, turkey dinners and sausages.... and getting very very drunk!!! puuuuure bliss!!!! Put on half a stone in a week! Best holiday i have ever had! now need to get in shape for the summer!! -------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanglesOZQld 0 #13 February 4, 2006 Hell no - Queensland Australia we jump ALL YEAR ROUND NO FEAR! (Except for when some of us plough into the ground and something goes "snap") BSBD! -Dangles. "A Scar is just a Tattoo with a story!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
