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Heartbroken. Our world is now a darker place. We'll miss you Emily. By remembering your joy and enthusiasm we'll keep your spark burning until we fly together once more.

Thanks for those links tobiasz! Anyone know when Olso Base is going to put out a NTSC version of 2nd Base?

Is there a reason why ærosmith was wearing empty rigs on stage? Was the orignal plan for the jumpers to jump and then have ærosmith take the stage? Does anyone have video of the begining of the jumps?

This post gave me an idea. Warchalking is a method of marking a wireless internet access point as being open (free), closed (private) or other. It employs a set of chalk symbols to indicate the presence and nature of a wireless network. It was adopted by geeks from hobos. Hobos would place the mark somewhere to alert other hobos of valuable lessons already learned about that place. I see that if could be useful for base jumper to adopt a system of signs as a way to mark a site. As an example you could have marks for these different situations: * This tower has an elevator but it is alarmed * Only jump this object at night * Contact a local first * Don't jump this object, certain doom * Owner is cool if you talk to him first * Beware of talus * Seldom jumped * Jump anytime * Security cameras * etc... There problem are two problems with my idea. The first is if a law enforcement figure caught wind of this system, they would know what was up and use the marks to catch jumpers. The second issue would be the honor code. Properly marking objects and following the rules. I could see a local trying to hog an object, an outsider mismarking an object to get others in trouble or worst, a visitor not following the marks when they saw and understood them.

On April 26th 2003 Colorado skydivers lost a leader. Those that were there at Mile-Hi on that day, learned of Jeff's passing in an eeire mood. The buzz of the King Air was replaced with clamour of the wake. Many friends and fellow jumpers gathered around to pose on Jeff's favorite wingless chariot to say goodbye for the first time. Blue skies Jeff.

For those skydivers not out partying tonight in Colorado, tune your dials to UPN channel 20 at 7pm to watch Stephen Baldwin and Casper Van Dien in the thrilling action hit of 2000, Cutaway. TV Guide listing I have never seen this crapfest before, but I doubt it can outdo Fandango or Drop Zone. Sorry to all those that hate this movie. And what is it with criminals in skydiving movies?

Swoopy, you are crazy. good luck. For those of us who are not linemen, take look at some of the crazy shit they do.

You are right of course. I just thought it might have another, more specific name. I will be content, for now, that it is BASE. Ass implants... Romper room colors... riser prosthesis, too funny. Thanks all.

Thanks for the answer Tom. What would this type of jump be called? Maybe it does not have a specific name. It would take a fair amount of setup time to do properly, which might be out of the question for many jumpers. Would you setting one of these up be considered "opening a site" even if it was taken down at the end of the day?

A skydiver here with a BASE question. As I was driving through a canyon on my way to go skiing, I was looking around to see what was jumpable. A stupid idea came into my head that you could climb along the high tension power lines suspended over a steep valley and then jump from the middle. After the idiocy of that thought passed, I thought about the scene in Cliffhanger where they are traversing across a highline and some lady falls. I think it is called a highline when you supend a rope between two points and then traverse across it, using it as a bridge. You could use such a highline to obtain a jump that would not be possible otherwise. I have attached an image of what that might look like. What I would like to know is: Would this jump be considered a BASE jump? If so, would it be considered an S? Do people do this sort of jump?

When I was looking in to doing my first balloon jump, I found this page. They took a balloon to 3000m with a camera flyer, a peregrine falcon, and a tandem. The tandem student had a lure that the falcon was trained to follow. The falcon followed the skydivers with ease during the fall. I assume they used the balloon because a falcon would have trouble doing it's first exit on a plane. If someone has the video from this I would love to see it. In reference to the sound of skydivers, has anyone heard ever heard a jumper in freefall from a stationary position? Maybe we are pretty noisy and slow enough to avoid. Also planes can travel faster and are much larger than most skydiving formations.

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New locations: DivX Version WMV Version I would have given up after the line twists were cleared. Lets say that the line over could have been cleared eventually, it would have looked like a ball of crap to my eyes (even if it had not been.) I would have decided to cutaway around the 5 second mark; I don't know how long after deciding it would take me to pull red however.

I feel your pain brotha'. I was planning to jump today because I had to work all day yesterday. We can only hope that the winds will die down. Suck when the skys are blue, the air is warm, but you still can't jump.

Talking with some whuffo friends of mine over the holidays, I was asked: Can you jump out of jet airplanes? It came up that Dan Cooper aka D.B. Cooper had jumped a 727 at low speeds under 10 grand from the rear stairway of a 727. Now I am not sure what would be so great about jumping out of a jetliner. It seems that you want to jump planes that fly as slow as is safely possible. The ideal airships for jumpers are balloons and helos. If it is altitude you want, you go with a C-130 as in Tac test 63-18. Assuming you had somehow retrofitted the airplane to allow opening the door in flight, What are the problems with jumping a high speed jet aircraft? (wind speed, cost, oxygen...?) And could you make a jump out of a damaged jet like UA flight 811? (Please notice I have made no references to movies or fictional tv shows.)