sammielu

Maybe this is the opportunity to really put a lot of jumps on 2 different containers and get a long term side by side opinion of both? Also, what he said ^^^ have canopies be the same, everything rigged the same, with the same deployment and emergency equipment in the same places. Two seconds to reach in the wrong place is too long. Also, consider a real evaluation of 2 rigs being enough for the turn time (airplanes and packers) at your dz. Making every single load for sure would mean 2 rigs and a backup at a busy dz, not so much at one without quick planes or with shutdowns in between loads.

I check myself at least 3 times each jump and try to see everyone else's on the plane each load. It bugs me when people wrap the excess over the buckle part and you can't tell if it's right! Just watching this video gets my adrenaline going, that 'oh no something's wrong!' feeling.

After my first tandem for my birthday last August I was hooked. It took through winter to get my bosses to hire someone to replace me so I can take the right days off, and I finally completed the static line class in January ... and have experienced weather holds on my skydive days/off work days since. I am so excited to begin solo jump training! This forum is pretty fun in the meantime and has helped with the non-technical questions I'd be mortified to ask an instructor (regarding hair and female anatomy - don't want to seem like a fraidycat!) Hoping for blue skies, days off, and DC open on the same day! -Sam (Samantha)