stilettodude

Welcome to our world "DUDE" Philip Guy D-21881 "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Dad and i made our first jump together in 95 ( with mom watching from the ground), so they are pretty cool about it........on the other hand they were not so cool about my BASE. My Grandfather told me i should take up something safer .....like"BULL RIDING" lol. "NOT" Philip Guy D-21881 "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

1.8 @ 350. In a lot of cases you will find that jump numbers don't have a darn thing to do with with experience levels ( don't flame me yet) to a certain extent. I have seen (close friends) with thousands of jumps laying in the hospital with a fractured vertebre....you might have an eagle eye on your final for several hundred jumps but it only takes one time in the corner to lose it. "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Had one on my first and second rigs but don't have one on current rig. I don't have anything against them but if you jump a HP canopy you could end up in a spin on your back which would not be a good position to have your reserve fired. Philip Guy D-21881 "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Both pillows......it reduses that chance of reserve handle snagging on something. Philip Guy D-21881 "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

On jump #99 i front risered an ESPRIT 120 into the ground and fractured my lower 3 lumbars also fractured my ankle and got a shiny new stainless steel plate, 8 screws and a pin, 2 mos. later i made my recovery jump and got my pie WOO HOO! Since then i have broken my big toe 3 or 4 times but that was my fault for trying to be and not not wearing shoes. Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I love them too steve! I have about 10 in my logs the last one was a 9-way "howl at the moon" jump. One of the more memorable ones was jumping into Biloxi beach a few miles from Keesler A.F.B. and it had something to do with the pilot telling us to be on the lookout for 2 C-130's landing at Kessler I wasted the whole jump looking for those dudes lol. To this day i don't know if he was kidding or not! Philip D-21881 "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I started jumping a Stiletto 120 @ 1.75 around 100 jumps (not reccomended)... i am still flying it. Philip D-21881 "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I started in 94 and have 350 ( not a good ratio) but i stopped for several yrs. when my wife started having children and just started again in Dec. WOO-HOO! Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Hey Girl How are things in Indiana??? Everything is good here ( except the part where i'm at work ). Gotta go, be good. Philip PS when are you coming back to God's country to jump with us LOL????? "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Do you have to be 18 to make a skydive ( legally)? A friend at work wanted to know if his 16 yr. old daughter could make a jump, (preferable a tandem)......i couldn't give him answer. Thanks, Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I heard that J.V. did 4 mo for his moment of fun in St. Louis????? Don't quote me on that one but i will ask him next time i see him. Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I believe Rich hit the " Nail on the Head". With you having 2 jumps you should wait the 3 or 5 sec that you have been instructed, and if no canopy then do your "E" procedures. With time you will learn how your canopy opens and what to expect from it. I always look over my shoulder and watch the deployment but i'm not sure how others handle this. PHILIP GUY D-21881 "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

3) static line 3) PRCP 1) hop-n-pop 1) 5 sec 1) 10 sec 1) 15 sec 1) 20 sec 1) 20 sec dive out ( previously hanging from strut) after that it was to the big plane! "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I Have over 250 jumps under a stiletto 120 and have never jumped a sweeter canopy. I also do not understand why people call them spinlettos..... i have never had to chop mine ( maybe these dudes need to attend a packing course)?? In my opinion.....Stiletto is the best, so forget the rest!

[I like knwowing that in the very rare chance that I have a reserve mal, I haven't allready lost my other option-attempting again the deploy my main. well said Jim! "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Has anyone experienced a funny incident in freefall. I will start it off......once on a night jump we had glow sticks which we held in our mouths during freefall so we could check our altimeters. During freefall a friend of mine bit down on the glow stick too hard and busted the plastic tube. Maybe its one of those things where you had to be there but you should have seen how the wind streaked his face with the glowing green formula. "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Nobody wants to fess up??? I will.......yes i go low sometimes. If the spot looks good and everything feels good i will burn it down below 2000k. This said, you also have to be prepared and know how your canopy opens and what to look for and be ready to react if need arises. After doing B.A.S.E. 2000k doesn't feel low "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I psycho my stiletto and have never had sweeter openings. It goes in the bag so easy! Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

Actually....yes! At the hospital. I think it had a lot to do with sympathy though Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I have been on "Bonus Days" since Apr. of 96. I was setting up for a swoop ay my home DZ. There was a lot whuffo females there that day ( which i intended to impress). O.K. i will say it " I WAS TRYING TO SHOW OFF" I won't go intp details but i front-risered a 120 Espree into the ground! Should have killed me but i got out of it with a steel ankle and a fractured back ( in 3 places). Now that i look back at it.......i wonder if they were impressed??? Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

"WEll SAID" "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

I agree with skymama....do a tandem. Your adrenaline will pumping sooo hard and you can lay back and enjoy the ride. Philip P.S. get video! "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

"OUCH" "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

i have made over 300 jumps without one but as of this year i now have a cypress. I will never depend on it ........its man made and can fail. Have any of you dudes heard of an AAD firing in a high-speed hook or turn??? Philip "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"