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  6. capital skydive closed a couple of years ago. near austin you have skydive san marcos and skydive temple, both an hour away. there is also skydive houston in waller that is a 2 hour drive. all are great places to jump.

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    We went out to a terminal A one night with Leroy (rip) and Darrell's roommate. The sky was crystal clear and the winds were right between the wires. Darrell and I started climbing while the elevator geeks tried to get the thing running. At about 600 feet, we saw a front rolling in. The winds shifted to a new, unjumped and sketchy LZ sector, and the the clouds came. Undettered we climbed to the top. We couldn't see our hands in front of our face. Soaking wet, we crawled over to the outside and stared at solid white.

    I looked at Darrell and said "Smart people wouldn't make this jump". He said "Smart people wouldn't be here in the first place."

    Hahahahaha. Right you are. Okay then, here we go. Jumped into nothing and tried to watch the glow of lights between my legs. Suddenly, at 500 feet - blam- came out of the clouds and could see everything.

    My favorite jump with my best jumping brother. You are a groovy mother fucker Darrell.



    nice.

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    Have you ever had great sex with someone you just met and then not ever called them?



    ok, since no one has stated the obvious...it was a ONE night stand.

    it makes me laugh to read these posts about bad sex written by guys, whatever... if you got off it was good for you. haha.

    tell your friend the best way to avoid this ego shattering situation in the future is to accept it for what it is, and don't give him your number.

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    I was planning on heading out Thursday night but since the Pogues are playing in Houston that night, I'll see y'all Friday morning



    the pogues are still around? old school. you and Penelope should make a point to bring your alternate rigs...gonna be a full moon. : )

  14. being a fan of joy division i could never get into new order. some other great bands: birthday party, throbbing gristle, iggy and the stooges...

    lately i'm into unkle, dj shadow, crystal method, working for a nuclear free city, etc.

    and i love 2pac and snoop

    guess i'm all over the place : P

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    If an experienced jumper/DZO/instructor/Skygod creates a lot of drama and more or less says, "You aren't ready, Boy, you're gonna kill yourself", it is a complete turn off, and learning will stop.

    Someone who is not ready for an activity needs to be educated on the dangers, not ridiculed.



    i agree whole heartedly with this statement. when i first had the inclination to jump a wingsuit i had the prerequisite 200 skydives. i went through the FJC with the phoenix fly instructors at my dz but was not permitted to jump the wingsuit because one of the aff instructors convinced the DZO that because i was a freeflyer my tracking skills were suspect. wtf.

    if someone seeks education, provide it, don't judge their ability to learn or perform a particular skill based on your personal predjudices.

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    If you knew you'd end up a quadaplegic because of skydiving, but not know when, would you take one final fairwell jump?



    if you knew you'd end up quadraplegic because of skydiving why would you quit? the wording makes it seem inevitable. the real question to think about is if you knew you could end up quadraplegic because of skydiving...

    this is now based in reality. we all know that we might die skydiving yet we continue to jump. how often do we consider the possibilty of fucking ourselves up.

    ask yourself the question now, shit happens.

  21. i think the problem may lie in my computer settings.

    i've tried copying the video submission address from properties, http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/videos/add.cgi to the address window but it defaults to:

    http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropzone.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fvideos%2Fadd.cgi.

    which is the same thing that happens when i clik on the links. any idea how i can stop this from happening?

    edit to add, i have no problem accessing the video submission page on basejumper.com...

    i've determined it's not the computer, or the website but my user log on that is prohibiting me from accessing the video upload page.

    my friend logged on and had no problem. anyone have an idea where in my settings i can correct this.

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    Regarding BASE content vs skydiving, this is an amateur skydiving film festival, not a BASE film fest.



    i appreciate this. however since i participate in both sports they seem to go hand in hand. like i said my video has SOME BASE footage and i would like to keep a percentage of it in. how much is too much? has a criteria for this been established?

    a BASE film fest would be nice but i'm afraid my video would have too much skydiving in it to enter:P whatcha gonna do...