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In the overhead... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Excellent review! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Slept in a chair, ate crappy food while the wife drove and I watched bad re-runs of old situation comedies....I think it's called air-travel. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

I had my TriCon in backwards, the canopy would facing into the wind but I could see where I was actually going. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Well...I'm not going to try and change your mind. I would, however, ask you to consider the possibility that BASE jumpers made the decision that they were not being sufficiently challenged and see BASE as a means of achieving those ends. Me? No BASE in my future like SCUBA diving in caves. I've done caverns and wrecks and some other types of crazy diving in the oceans of the world (to exclude polluting it) but I draw the line at cave diving. My call, my choice and my limits of challenge. I did a lot of cave diving years ago & I started BASE jumping back when sport skydiving gear was all there was...both are considerably safer now, but for me the reward just doesn't equal the risk anymore. Dunno if i'm any 'smarter' than I was...it just that your 'values' change over time. I have nothing but respect with what the BASE community has grown into & for the people in it - for me it's not worth the cost....at this time. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Perfect! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Says WHO?! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

When you're waxing your cane...can ya hear yourself moan? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Love the effective camouflage - can't even see it! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Nope. Nor would we care to. Kinda what I figured & have interjected during such discussions...gotta be boring enough! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Then, generally, no. I can state that people here do not get banned (by me at least) without a clear violation. Remember, I (as a moderator) can see things general users can not. As a result, I see a number of violations you simply can't. Which brings up a question I've heard discussed before...can mods read PM's? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

I've never read the rules here...never been banned, or even warned for that matter. I'd imagine though that the interpretation of the rules is fairly open & judgement calls are made regarding 'intent'. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

I swear I could see the lights of L.A. at exit on that one! Here's another memorable one~ http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1997701#1997701 ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

...The goods are ODD! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Ordinarily I fly most places, but that's not really all that long of a drive...and having your car save some $ & you can bring more 'stuff' just in case. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Pull low & date your riggers wife ... You'll be back to normal in no time. That or dead... Which would prolly be okay with the people you choose to endanger. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

I went 38 years without an AAD and probably still wouldn't have one if Captian Mom hadn't gifted me a Vigil... That said I'm happy to have it and do use it. I wouldn't be afraid to jump without it. I have 3 different motorcycle helmets... I usually wear one but not always, I like having the choice. I don't like mandatory requirements on choices... It's indeed safer to utilize these things and smarter people do without being legislated into it. But the choice should be up to the individual. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

What is dangerous about them? The reserve is almost always flying straight, with minimal downward velocity of, let's say, 15 ft/sec. Plenty of time to untwist. Much better than burning altitude freefalling at 176 ft/sec, trying to get stable, thus opening much lower, or not at all... Kind of a judgement call IMO. I can get stable pretty quick & when I'm down to 'it either works or game over', I like being in a stable launch position. Nothing wrong with using available altitude to insure that...again 'in MY opinion'. I'm very comfortable with my hard deck, I have time to do it right. "What's dangerous about them?" ~ mainly you have no control of where you are going, in crowded skies that can mean a wrap...sure would suck to be stuck in a severe wrap @ 2000' & be all out of parachutes. Weigh that against a cleanly opened reserve under control @ 1500'...which is still twice as high as your AAD is set. In the last 15 years I heard about approx 40 jumpers (in the US alone), who either cutaway and did not pull reserve, or pulled it too low (some had 6000 jumps and multiple cutaways before). In the last 15 years I heard about ZERO wraps under reserve. Both thing can happen, but the odds for former are WAY higher than the latter. So you're saying 40 people went in during the last 15 years...none of them had an RSL hooked up? Is that reflected in a database somewhere because I kinda find that hard to believe. As far as reserve wraps... I've seen 2... Heard of a few others. Saw one from the ground at a freak bros convention & the other up close and personal in 1981. - so I know for a fact it happens - the 'odds' in my case aren't 'way higher' it won't happen, it already has. In 14 cutaways I've never had an RSL hooked up & I'm still here... Had one cutaway below 500 feet, manually deployed the reserve and walked away - so I know THAT can happen too... Not everybody down & dirty sans RSL reaches room temperature! So like I said, it's a judgement call. I'm not saying jumping without an RSL or MARD safer - but that there are certain instances in which having one adds complications ~ I think people should be aware of that. In the case being discussed in this thread...several things happened which could possibly have changed the outcome from positive to negative -- it seems the MARD didn't work as advertised, bad spinner had the OP on his back during reserve deployment, reserve opened while loaded more on one side, jumper could have fouled the lines and slider with the cable in his hand... But despite all that things turned out ok.... That's usually how it goes & that's great - all I'm saying is from that altitude a stable face to earth deployment would give this jumper even BETTER odds because it would most likely have eliminated many of the 'could have been' problems. You're right about generally playing the odds in your favor - but this instance isn't a generalization it's parameters are specific. This jumper had plenty of altitude to chop get stable and deploy manually and cleanly... In this instance the line twists were more of a problem than impacting due to pulling low. --- for anyone that can skydive themself back to stable in a thousand feet. The judgement call is whether you are competent and comfortable with your skills and situational awareness or not. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Going to miss you brother. DAMNIT. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

FUNNY?! Was it Funny when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??? Who bombed Pearl harbour? http://youtu.be/V8lT1o0sDwI You don't know?! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

What is dangerous about them? The reserve is almost always flying straight, with minimal downward velocity of, let's say, 15 ft/sec. Plenty of time to untwist. Much better than burning altitude freefalling at 176 ft/sec, trying to get stable, thus opening much lower, or not at all... Kind of a judgement call IMO. I can get stable pretty quick & when I'm down to 'it either works or game over', I like being in a stable launch position. Nothing wrong with using available altitude to insure that...again 'in MY opinion'. I'm very comfortable with my hard deck, I have time to do it right. "What's dangerous about them?" ~ mainly you have no control of where you are going, in crowded skies that can mean a wrap...sure would suck to be stuck in a severe wrap @ 2000' & be all out of parachutes. Weigh that against a cleanly opened reserve under control @ 1500'...which is still twice as high as your AAD is set. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Nice job not gettin' dead! I took a look at the video & have a few comments as well. pic a ~ something looks a bit weird with the hook, maybe the PC hung a second? pics b & b1 ~ notice how your risers aren't equal, see how the front risers have tension but the rears have slack...you loaded the reserve pretty squirrely. Something tells me it didn't come out of the tray & off your back right...I'd bet the line twist was caused more by that than your spinning. But then again - spinning bad enough could be the cause it didn't come off cleanly. pics c & c1 ~ Back when I had hair like Bozo, we were taught to throw the handles after pulling...that insured there wouldn't be anything flying around the lines possibly causing an entanglement. Obviously most people don't do that anymore, but just something to think about...what would you have done if that cable had half-hitched around the line twist and slider? See how the reserve risers aren't symmetrical...if you would have 'locked' it up like that, she would have started to spin. On a 7 cells reserve it would likely be survivable...likely. Personally- considering the altitude, I probably would have stowed the handles in my mouth and made sure my hands were clear before reaching like that...but that's me, what do I know. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

Do you know what the man is saying? Do you? This is dialectics. It's very simple dialectics. One through nine, no maybes, no supposes, no fractions -- you can't travel in space, you can't go out into space, you know, without, like, you know, with fractions -- what are you going to land on, one quarter, three-eighths -- what are you going to do when you go from here to Venus or something -- that's dialectic physics, OK? Dialectic logic is there's only love and hate, you either love somebody or you hate them. An AI ,that Dreams , that other guy sounds a little,, off, too much punch back,, Who has more meat on his stick, the guy who is doing, or the guy who is just talking about it,, If I'm actualy in space sending you this message, how I feel when you say Oh no your not,, your just troubled, I mean the news man,,,come on with the news. " already" ,,beam me up scotty, if i mean if you ,alien skydiver sir, had the time to add the transporter unit , and space and all,,, a weak man has weak thoughts, a strong man even when tired chooses to search a little higher,, he would try to live,, others might just die,, if I tell you to get off this planet and you say it can,t be done, that's me hearing you say ,, No,, to my face,, keep making cowerdly statements, and I,ll add your collective cheapness to the attempted murder file,,,Oxygen tanks running low,, That was mean,, I'm sorry,, go outside and look up, my kid will give you a fly by, ,now I,ll know if your lieing or not,,ok... brainiac,, now start hepling out, wise guy,, We got work to do,,, yes. ,,yes my name is. Sheapard, commander,,yes we own the game, Delta force own game, next, I'm a little OFF? He quoted from Apocalypse Now ...and I'M a little off ~ Space Food Sticks have no meat ! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

FUNNY?! Was it Funny when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~