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Still shorter than Point Break

This happened to one of the guys in my class, he went out of the plane and one of his shoes came off immediately. His other shoe was starting to come off and he wasn't stable at all because he was too preoccupied with keeping his shoe on. His instructor just pulled the damn thing off off and he was fine almost instantly. There's a lot of stuff going on and it's easy to get preoccupied and lose awareness of other things, especially when just starting out (I'm sure it happens to experienced jumpers on occasion too). I had to redo my level 2 because I couldn't find my handle on the practice pulls and got so flustered I stopped paying attention to everything else. Didn't have a problem on my level 1 and haven't had a problem since. You just need to relax and stay aware. You already recognize what you have to work on, which is the most important part. Never stop learning!

Reserve repacks are usually around $50-$60, assembling the complete rig will probably run you another $40-$50. Don't forget the beer

Decreased pressures will cause the absorbed nitrogen to come out of solution, whether you're coming up from a dive or going to altitude isn't relevant.

Pure oxygen is used most of the time. If you just use air you're going to be breathing in nitrogen and you will get the the bends depending on what altitude you're at and how long you're there. edit: made my sentence make sense

Who would want to wait a year between jumps

I'm kinda glad I saw this video, sometimes I've accidentally pulled out the stow instead of the toggle, I didn't realize it could potentially do something like this!

I'm well aware of the mindset. There are plenty of other things that can be cut that are worth far more money, yet everyone goes bananas over the small stuff.

Not to mention their budget is small potatoes.

Doh! I probably should have had my coffee first, then responded

Arizona, Florida, or SoCal would probably be your best bets. I believe there's a group in CT that jumps year round as well, but I'm not sure.

This is something only your instructors can answer

His last login (and the last post in this thread until you bumped it) was in May, I don't think he's going to be responding any time soon.

Why would anyone want to miss spring break

Maine (I'm guessing, from his profile). As wmw999 said earlier in the thread, it's a tight DZ and there aren't that many outs (trees, trees everywhere). However, we are taught and briefed to avoid his land like the plague. I'm new to the DZ and to the sport, but from what I understand, he's just one of those guys who essentially won't be happy unless the DZ is shut down. I'd like to land in a field over landing in the woods, but at the same time I don't want to be the one responsible for getting the DZ shut down, and I think that's why the OP is trying to get an understanding about what's actually possible legally.

In addition to what others said about leaving it off/open until jump run (I personally haven't had an issue having it on and open all the way up), which insert are you using? There should be a larger one that helps cut down on fogging, but other jumpers won't be able to see your mouth.

As far as I'm aware, the GPS signal is repeated every millisecond. The reason most GPS units have historically had low sampling frequencies (~1 Hz) is due to the computational overhead required to make use of the increased amount of data. In most cases (driving/hiking GPS for example) it's been an unnecessary cost, but higher frequency receivers (5, 10, even 20 Hz) have been around for many years, mainly for specialized uses. edit: holy necro

Same, I try and plan it so I spend at least a few days tenting at the DZ and it's absolutely worth it for me. Plus, being 'stuck' up at the DZ really helps you meet the community since you're there for the dinners, the bonfires, and the general shit-shooting instead of racing home and missing it all. I'm not the most outgoing guy around, but being around so much has certainly helped.

"Hey, is this on!? Is the light blinking? Are there numbers? One blink or two blinks? Three blinks? Shit, what does that mean? Oh, there went jump run! lol. lol."

So your arch was bad on your first jump ever? Well, duh. How many people are great at something the first time they try it? Not many. Failed miserably? You maintained altitude awareness, pulled for yourself, recognized that you weren't going to make the DZ, found an out, avoided power lines and a pile of logs. All without a radio. On your first jump ever. That sounds pretty damn good to me. Relax, learn from what happened and improve. Chances are you'll be fine.

I see no problem with this.

And die.

Then someone would bitch about paying higher dues to accomodate a licence they may not want to apply for.

It's like an elevator pitch, I need someone to actually hold my attention first.

You have to, otherwise it evaporates.