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Its going to be 2 X 10ft tunnels

They are truly amazing! These kids totally rock! Wish one day I could fly like that. Very inspiring! Just out of curiosity. How many hours of tunnel time do they each have?

Great news for anyone interested. Found a bunch of news articles and videos about a new tunnel opening up in Singapore in mid 2009. It is apparently going to be the same size as Paraclete (16.5ft). Check the links below. Anyone who knows more info about it please post it :-) http://youtube.com/watch?v=3byP-XhTJ-U http://travel.asiaone.com/Travel/News/Story/A1Story20080515-65377.html http://www.truveo.com/iFly-Singapore-Breaking-News/id/1089282878 http://www.youth.sg/content/view/5014/63/ http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?p=5300287 http://www.rsi.sg/english/discoveringsingapore/view/20080611164353/1/.html

Malaysia is a lot of fun for freeflying for smaller people (70kg or less, I weigh about 70kg). I have done 10 hours in the tunnel in Malaysia. Working on back, belly, and extremely slow maxed out sit and it was a blast. and considering it cost about US$300 per hour it was definately worth while for refining slow speed positions. learning to fly on back, belly and sit at the same speed has done wonders in the sky. But if you are not able to fly at such slow speeds, then the malaysia tunnel is only going to be frustating. The Malaysia tunnel does not enforce the IBA progression, and none of the tunnel instructors are skydivers. They pretty much let you do what ever you want in there. Which is fine if you already have tunnel experience. But not good if it is your first time. You also wont get coaches in Malaysia, and I think its essential to have a good coach in the tunnel to make the most of your time, at least for the first 10 hours. I have also done 18 hours in the US ( Arizona, Perris, SF Bay). Arizona is by far my favorite. The air is smooth and powerful. and the tunnel is gigantic. The coaches are awesome there as well. They are strict on the IBA progression which is really good. I highly recommend you go to the US and get some good coaching there. And the tunnels are more powerful for freeflying at freefly speeds. Its worth going to the Malaysia tunnel at a later stage to play around.

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Hi, I am not originally from LA, so I dont know any riggers around here. I need to get my reserve swapped to a new container and cypress installed. Can anyone refer me to a rigger who might be available to do it. If not I will just get it done at Elsinore or Perris. Thanks! Brad

Hi, I bought a camera condom for my Canon EOS 350D through a local company that make jumpsuits and other skydiving accessories here in New Zealand. And i love it. Mine cost me NZ$60 (so thats about US$40) They will ship anywhere in the world. check there website for contact details. Although they dont list it on there website they do make them. Drop them a mail http://www.deepseedskydiving.co.nz Hope that helps Later, Brad

Trust me I know all about mercer and their great prices.

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Hi, Which dropzones in the northern hemisphere have the best jump prices or best bulk jump package deals? Are there any dropzones that offer season jump passes? ie. jump all you can for a fixed price. Specifically dropzones with turbine aircraft going to 13K+, that have long operating hours 7 days a week and have regular and constant loads going up as well as semi reliable weather. I'm looking for a dz to jump at during the northern hemisphere summer..May 2007 - Oct 2007 to do about 1000 - 1500 jumps during that period. The 2 dz's that I've heard about that seem to be just that are Lodi and Aerograd Kolomna in Russia. Your advice and opinions would be appreciated. cheers brad

Double spock pic from outside view

Unfortunately not. The more expensive heart rate monitors have a detailed log which you can download onto computer and displayed as charts of your HR over a period of time. A friend of mine told me she did it a while ago on her really expensive advanced heart rate monitor which records altitude as well and her HR peaked at deployment altitude.

Its a Polar F6 Heart rate monitor.

Yesterday i decided to do little experiement by wearing my heart rate monitor on a jump and was totally shocked by the results. My resting heart rate is around 60bpm. While boarding the plane it was fluctuating between 100 - 120bpm. 1 minute before exiting i turned the excersize logger on. just before exit my heart rate was 145bpm (74% of Max HR). Just after deployment my heart rate was 175bpm (89% max HR). Exited 16000ft and deployed at 3000ft. My heart rate remained at around 170bpm for the remainder of the canopy ride until landing. i turned off the excersize logger 1 minute after landing once my heart rate had dropped to below 140bpm. During that 6 minute period. My max HR was 175bpm. average heart rate was 148bpm. And calories read 78 calories. I was quite amazed by these results, as I am quite fit and excersize regularly. And while excersizing i find my heart rate is usually between 140 - 160bpm. I also consider myself to be a fairly relaxed skydiver and was not nervous on this jump. What physical effect do these readings have compared to similar readings recorded by doing something such as running? Are you burning fat skydiving? Or does it have a different effect on your body?

I dont think anything can properly prepare you for being tunnel fit, besides doing lots of tunnel time or skydives. But there are a few things that will definately help alot. I think stretching and excersizes such as what you would do in yoga would be the the most beneficial. I have done 45 minutes in the tunnel, 2 days in a row. 25 mins the first day. then 20 minutes the next day. After the first day i was stiff and sore in my shoulders and arms. But not the kind of stiffness that you cant move. I found that getting back in the tunnel the next day actually got rid of the stiffness. But i felt it for a few days after that. Ive booked 5 hours tunnel time for dec. Which ill do over 25 day period. and broken up into 20 mins a day (rotating the 20 mins over and hour period). I gotta admit I am quite nervous about whether im going to be completely physically trashed by this. and be able to handle this. and jump as well during that time. I've been doing yoga the last few months several times a week, and i can definately see how this is going to benefit me. Being disciplined enough to stretch before and after your tunnel time will definately benefit you. and will reduce some of the stiffness. Have fun! The tunnel rocks!