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In my case I rolled the nose after I put on the new slider-you'd thought I rolled up a spectre! Took forever to open. Just shoved the nose in and it was nice openings.

Do a search here.....anyway, call PD tell them the size of your slider and they'll recomend a new slider... buy it- night and day diff! PS- dont roll the nose after you put on the new slider from PD!

Just rub it in Lew!!!!! Ya, a lot of us wish we could be there too!!!!

Your post made me think quite a while......I used to think in similar terms about competitive skydivers, especially 4 ways takin it too far; but after workin nationals at Perris I discovered that there are those type of attitudes in every discipline; personally I thought that the swoopers outnumbered rw in that regard. But the fact was the great majority of serious competitive skydivers I met were really down to earth people that blew away those stereotypes for me.

here i am drunk in the bomshelter, I came here today to do a memorial jump for my dad that died at home with me on hospice yesterday and there's a memorial/ash dive fior Barbara....support from friends here, this sport, keeps me goin....I just had to post a big thank you to everyone for keepin my sanity! Thank You!

Life is a terminal condition..... Everybody dies, be it from skydiving or otherwise, so what are we supposed to do-not have any friends so you don't know anybody who died? I prefer to enjoy friendships and life while I can, I know life is short. And try to lead a life that if I die tomorrow I can accept it.

Come on, obvious answer-depends on who the sex would be with!

You didn't leave a choice for me.....it's my therapy. Don't know what a shrink would say to that, other than I guess I'm kinda fucked up anyway.....

Welcome! I'll be there in the AM. I'll even buy the beer! Looks like great weather tomorrow, but it might suck for a day or two after that....

Father figure???? More like grandfather figure!

It would be nice if, somewhere in your title or your introduction, you actually stated what it is that you're talking about. Point taken, it was too late to edit, talked to Skymamma and she did it. Thanks! And to the other poster-no, no cape, no fanfare, just feel that this is one assignment well worth putting xtra time into.:-)

Thanks!!!!

I screwed up making it a clicky ..again! Help anybody?

I'm still amazed at how many folk don't know about these websites... most states now have one, it's great that it's now a public data base! My latest assignment is tracking down the ones that havn't registered. So public service announcement. Calif's is www.meganslaw.ca.gov Show your kids, get informed, pass it on, I call it healthy paranoia.:-)

Hey, Patrick Swayze actually did skydive, so give the movie credit for that; but does anyone know if any of the other actors in it have actually jumped???? Also has anybody heard if Swayze is still actively jumping?

I'm finding this kinda difficult to articulate.... The recent incident in Belize; I'm finding myself wanting to ask about depth perception over water-I've heard that folk have chopped their main before landing on water at excess altitude; so can the same theory apply to not being able to estimate altitude the other way over water-it looks like you've still got lots of altitude left..... I'm then realizing why I want to ask-at least for myself-it's trying to find a "reason", because shit, given similar circumstances with me in it, if it can happen to a guy that experienced what chance does my rookie ass stand!? A hook turn, OK, I can tell myself-I don't do that, so I'm OK there....forgot to turn on the cypress at the DZ-OK, I know that; so I can break the chain of events there.....but when it's unk. and especially someone you've met, and you know he's really experienced and not a yahoo.....shit, I find that it's hard not to try to grasp for a reason.... Alright, sorry for the rambling, but I think I can now understand where sometimes the "speculation" is coming from. Granted I'm sure a good amount of it is bullshit speculation, but some of it I'm sure is coming from another direction........... BSBD

One more thought-current for improvement really depends on how/who you skydive with. A bunch of 2ways or so with other newbs vs. 4way with the likes of Christy Fricken and Dan BC makes a world of difference for me!!! Gawd, they make me feel sooo slow! But Dans nice about it-just tells me I still suck, but I just suck less....

Just a fu post-Christy asked me to post a fu if I had a good time-it was great! Lotsa folk showed up-we kept her running organizing 4 ways. And terrific free coaching from Uli, Christy, Pat Mcgowan et al! And lotsa video debriefs too. She'll be organizing a few more in the near future, so be sure and keep her busy!

Hmmm, yep, you've got some points. There's bone head skydivers, and there's bonehead cops. I'll be the first to admit that there's cops that make every other cops job harder. And don't worry, if a cop bones up, the courts will decide on the constitutionalty of it, and then that policy is implemented. So if you do run into a dipshit-please p-form and take it to court! It'll make it easier for the rest of us! Just please remember that the majority do have common sense! Hey, you've got a 415 neighbors, one has a chickenshit $158.00 warrant; take him to jail on it and it solves the immed. problem, you won't have to come back and it can't escalate further-what would you do? On the surface and in a report it sounds chickenshit.... I'm sure your brother-in-law can tell you lots of instances like this one. And there are some things with no discretionary leeway. Others there's lots! Somebody with a joint or two? Not otherwise causing problems? I tell them to throw it out on the ground; I used to tell them to "make it disappear" but stopped that line after one guy ate it! I laughed my ass off!

Christy Frikken Insanity said she's putting together 4 way pu that weekend-I'll be there, anybody else?

Airman-I have to reply....As for in the supermarket....if the clerk pushes it and wants to sign a CA (citizens arrest) then you have to take the arrest. Some depts give a fair amt of leeway-you could just cite release (give a ticket with a court date to appear, and finish the paperwork later) and some dept dont. Thank OJ for the new laws that mandate an arrest when one party claims they got hit in domestics. I've advised the male half that he should leave and go to a friends house till it blows over-I explain that she makes the claim-then I have to take him to jail; even if it's found to be unfounded later and it sounds like BS to me, I still have to hook him. I have no ability to make a "discretionary decision" in these cases. So yea, there's some things that suck, but don't always blame the patrol cop-some things they have no choice over....

Last misrouted chest strap I caught was on a gal I was jumping with-NO I didn't grab it! I just pointed repeatedly, and still got accused of bein' a pervert by my friends.....

When I did first did tracking dives with a wrist mount alti only, I'd get nervous, and strain to keep checking the alti on my wrist-of course then I'd go low and get way behind. With a chest mount alti you can glance at it during tracking and then keep your head on a swivel to con't clearing airspace. Just a thought, that may help out the comfort level while tracking....

I also check where the airport is in relation to where I am at just incase I am long and need to leave my breaks set upon opening to make it back. First off I consider myself a newb still. Only dumb question is the one not asked..... I won't ask anyone to do something on a jump that they're not comfortable with. No critizism from me on your post-however your above comment jumped out at me; please reconsider leaving your brakes stowed after opening-it's bit some folk on the butt!!! I understand someone may not have the strengh to hold rear risers to extend your range back, but I'd rather see them unstow right away and pick a spot to land out early, rather than find out a problem much later.....possibly too late....

QuoteIt's the truth. "BASE jumping is illegal" Until that very common misconception goes away, people will continue to call the police whenever they see a jump. If you land in the street, and a police officer sees you, he will assume that you need to be arrested. Hey, not all of us! I'll give ya a high five, and most of the guys I work with would too!