raider747

Is anyone aware of any buildings in Caracas that can be jumped slider up without hassles from building management or law authorities? I'm not even remotely aware of the general attitudes over there toward BASE jumping tall buildings. Help! "Life's not about getting what you want; it's about wanting what you get!"

JP--get the Birdman on! Can anyone find a brother a flock? Raider

I know...blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAh!

Yeah, they told me that if there was a problem I'd be paged at the gate. Unfortunately, the page came 15 min prior to departure and after they had pulled the pins. The primary departure from standard procedure occurred when they pulled the pins and then paged me at the gate.

U can give me a call right now at 303-415-1930 for more precise details. I'll be at my desk for another half hour

It was checked baggage. I asked to be present, but at John Wayne the bags get scanned down in the secure baggage area. If there's a problem, they contact you at the gate. I was contacted 15 mins b4 dept; they said my parachute had opened and wanted to know if they should "stuff" it back in or did I want to do it. I told them I absolutely wanted to do it as this was a big deal and would have repercussions. Missed the flight but got a good pt of contact to deal with. Contacted USPA and Skydiving Mag with the particulars.

On Monday 29 Oct at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Los Angeles, the TSA pulled both reserve and main pins on my non-aad equipped Vector. It remains to be seen whether or not they will honor their promise to reimburse the cost of a repack. It seems that the individual who opened the rig didn't realize that he was looking at a parachute system. Huh?...he must of thought that the owner of this peculiar backpack was so anal as to pack it in such a tight and symmetrical manner, topping off the effort with a nice lead seal and pretty red thread. Morons!

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