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Give him an angry look so he understands better.

Hmm, there's something quite interesting wrt that post! When I press Quote on the lawrocket's post above, I get this: ************** cut here ************* ************** cut here ************* Note the [email] tag just before ? Something is wrong there! Maybe he misclicked the [email] button before posting? Anyway, that should be considered a bug in the markup handling. Mismatched tags should be handled gracefully. Maybe we should collect instances of this bug in this thread to try and trail the root cause.

I've just hit a "quote" in firefox and responded. Actually, I saw this problem through these forums for years, some users were more consistent with it than others. I thought that some people just didn't quite understand the markup thing.

But with a hook knife you lose valuable time too. So being able to quickly and securely use the knife should be useful.

Scenarios in which to use the hook knife aside, what is the best way to train for using the hook knife? I read a story of one of our experienced jumpers losing a hook knife during a reserve line over I noticed some jumpers using a rubber band probably to secure the knife (it won't fly away until you securely grab it and when you do you can tear the rubber band with your adrenaline-powered uber-strength. I guess). Would be interested in hearing of best practices of doing it (securing a hook knife on your rig/jumpsuit). What is the best way to securely and conveniently grab a small hook knife like this one: [inline cs061201.jpg] What are other considerations?

For me it was like: finally those guys won't hold on me and make me perform those tasks end exercises, I just can jump and enjoy the view.

Russian and European formation record (feminine). In the news they're saying "national world record", meaning the largest freefall formation built by ladies from a single country (Not sure if this is true or records of this kind are recognized elsewhere). The current FAI approved record from last year: http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16588 New claimed record: http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16877

Absolutely right, except for some folks who then backfold their cheststraps to stow the excess. But those would show up as an exposed buckle. It's pretty easy to spot if you take the time to look.

I've watched it half dozen times and haven't discovered a thing But that was some 8 years ago, maybe I should try again.

Congrats :D Mine is coming on August 18. Won't make 200 probably, but still not too bad, I guess :) Blue skies.

Oh, sorry, this must have been introduced recently and I haven't checked that! You rock!

This would be ok if hover-over text (alt) showed the country from profile.

Post your video! My first jumps were filled with fear a bit too much, because I prepared myself for this "overcoming" of said fear. But after a few jumps I understood that I didn't come here to be afraid, but to have fun, made conscious effort to stay relaxed (slow breathing, smiling, not rushing etc) and it developed into a very comfortable process. I started to enjoy the ride to altitude instead of waiting for it to finally end. Psychology and fear is not something we should turn away from, but rather face it and solve the problems, just like that. As for the understanding the dangers involved, it's a personal thing, every person accepts different levels of risk. You have to trust your training to be confident, yes. Training prepares you for the majority of difficult situations and is aimed to reduce the influence of unpredictable. And unpredictable is not limited by skydiving. Good luck

No such check, really? I can think of one. But I get what you're saying, that was part of my reasoning too.

I tie my reserve handle using the chest strap. Is it a bad idea considering I do check it (and the handles) many times in the plane?

This should be implemented in the forum engine. As mentioned, most e-mail programs can do that, skype can do that. It's not that difficult.

It's just what we do: suck on our first jumps! 3-4 jumps won't make much difference in a blink of an eye! I had to repeat 3 different levels of AFF, but was very satisfied with my further progression. I don't know the details of IAD progression, but it seems that exit is just at most half of the task, the rest being controlling and landing your canopy, which you succeeded. During my first year in the sport I already had some time to witness people overcome their problems in skydiving and enjoying it and this is great.

They also had this one: [inline bridge.png]

A friend of mine once did it at the following pace: SAT: FJC + jump 0 (Tandem AFF) next THU: Jump 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 But he had some parachuting with a bit of freefall behind his belt before that.

So this is just me, I thought there was a bit too much of input on the left side at around 0:17 in the video? Or this shouldn't be too dangerous in normal conditions? I haven't flown that small of a canopy, but when I was stalling my Omega 189 I saw something similar.

Recently I came across this particular sketchy video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sqg0UbUmE It has an interesting preface: don't mix strong winds and a flat turn (wut?) My question is: what caused this stall? What we have to do to avoid this (I feel not flat turns)?

At 17 I came home for holidays (was studying away from home). Me and my mother watched a TV advert for skydiving o_O She asked "would you do this?" Without a doubt a said "Yes. Would YOU pay for it?". And it was done, a static line jump with a round. Ended up pretty interesting: there was a problem with old russian AAD, the reserve ended up over my head well before the main got a chance to catch some air. The main was flying around me hanging by the drogue. Surely I freaked out and pulled the reserve handle (we weren't taught what to do if you kind of have something above your head AND at the same time something flying around you), wasn't even asked about where the handle went I loved the experience, even did one SL jump later at a different DZ uneventfully. Forgot about the thing for 8 years. But then at the end of last summer, it somehow dawned on me that I could become a licensed skydiver. I didn't know a thing about the sport: FS, freeflying, nothing. I didn't know what to expect on the AFF jumps, I just went for it and haven't regretted a bit so far.

Oh, a nice airplane... wait WHAT?

Hehe, POPS knows the thing :) My first jump plane. Sweet, but my god, that siren! My fav at the moment is in the attachment.

Can you please extend on this as my understanding of the language and what is written here makes me imagine things that I cannot even comprehend.