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DON'T BUY THE 1000. My brother bought one, used it for 2 weeks, broken. They fixed it, 20 more jumps, same problem, broke. He'll post later what was wrong with it. He's had 4 or 5 cameras in the past, no rookie user. - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

FUCK HIM. Vince should go to TF and get current first. haha!

all they did was build a fake house on the Gash. Apex Moab should have gotten the job. They live here and have more jumps off that jump then anyone. Oh well, great commercial. -

The camera was the Canon XT. 8.3 MP. Not sure of the speed? - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

I would say that he's a stones throw away from Boulder. Maybe a bit farther. Really about 30 hours of driving! - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Yes, he was wearing it on his foot. - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

I have a friend in FT Meyers, fl. I don't think he'll drive 4 hrs to jump that but you never know. He might call. - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Congrats to my little brother, Keith MacBeth! He took this month's cover shot of the CRW World Record 85 way! It's also on a few other magazines around the world! Nice Job Keith!! - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Quote:"In my opinion, the only way to "limit" this kind of record would be to make a "class" where you did everything yourself, with only 1 rig, and only equipment you carried yourself. No packers, no elevator, no cars, no boats, no giant lights, etc, etc. You'd have to bring your packing tools, if you used them, and could stash them somewhere on route during the first lap." You should organize it next year during the Labor Day Boogie. That would be very cool! - Maybe set a record for most jumps off and 'E' in a day during the MOAB Turkey Boogie off of the Tomby????? Maybe make it a 'BASE Recored'. Most BASE jumps in a day off a 'B', 'A', 'S', 'E'? Like KL, Tomby, TF, and a legal 'A'. Don't know any. First person to do the most jumps in a 24 hr period off of each jump. So go to TF, do as many jumps as possible. Go to Moab, KL, 'A', etc. Sorry if it's confusing, I just made it up but that would be a bad ass feat. Anybody up to the task? I'll video. - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Thoughts anyone? I would like to know how fast he was going horizontally? - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Ask this same question in another forum and see what kind of answers you get? - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Thanks Mike! - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Can you tell me where I can find that info/insurance. We are looking ASAP! - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Around 50 BASE jumps. And that's around, again jump #'s isn't everything. Confidence, experience and being current means alot. It's different for every single person. Someone with 50 BASE jumps and 120 skydives or someone with 50 BASE jumps and 3000 skydives. You should be experienced enough and current too when you visit Moab. You don't have to be but it's nice. You can tell if someone knows what they are talking about or if they are full of it and dont' have a clue. I've walked down with this one guy a year ago, had 40ish BASE jumps and 200skydives, first 'E'. The whole way up, I was asking the usual questions when taking people to 'Tom_ston_ for their 1st 'E'. He had no business being there. Couldn't answer the questions. So I told him he wasn't ready and I wasn't comfortable letting him jump. If you show up here with 30 jumps, havent' jumped in 6 months, do you think that is smart, in Moab? If you and some friends show up, and we are all at work and they don't know anyone, dont know any exit points but want to jump. What do you think they do or what do you think they've been told to do when they get to Moab? Call Apex, Clint, Shelley, Matt they will show you around. We all work 7 days a week. None of us have a problem going out with jumpers anytime when we are not working. It just seems that the 'newer' jumpers are all coming out here and trying to get their 'E' with under 25-30 jumps. Sure they jumped at the bridge and were current but haven't don the drills because it's a bridge. THey might have practiced object avoidance but it's a bridge, no REAL SENSE of URGENCY. No wall in your face. IE: 2 weeks ago, jumper came out, super overhung, best in moab, maybe. Anyway, had a 90 right and pulled left rear riser down about 6-8", and it didn't turn. Then went to toggles, no problem at all. We asked him why he didn't turn completely with risers. He said the canopy wasn't turning. He pulled only 6-8" and for only 2 seconds, which really isn't that much if you think about it. I pull 1.5-2 feet if I'm heading towards a nasty wall that wants to kill me!!! Food for thought. Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Hey BASE world, some Positive Media coverage on Moab. http://spiceweasel.net/moab.pdf Thanks Grue for hosting! The Utah Sports Magazine came out and did a story on my wife and me a month ago. Talked about Skydive Moab a bit too. There are a few things in the article that could've been changed but nothing major. Enjoy - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

THey are all the same. Just didn't want to include Full time skydive staff. -

It's just for fun. Sure way too many variables to consider. I just wanted to see. Ok, make another poll and make the age limit 18 - 28 and this thread 28-48

Your thumbnail, of you and Jessie doing a 2 way, I have that same picture. Actually 4 shots in a row. What is your email address. or PM me. Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Someone mentioned in a thread:"Skydivers are generally not rich." It was an interesting comment so here is a poll. I'm just curious. -

Quote: "Skydivers are generally not rich." Interesting comment. What is the average salary of a 'skydiver', fun jumper, part time staff? Not including full time skydivers who do it as a job. For some reason, I heard a # that sticks in my head. $55,000. And the way the health insurance poll is going, last I check, over 80% have health insurance, that makes sense. Someone start a poll on average salary. -

The fact is, when something happens in the news, the phone rings more. It gets people thinking about skydiving. All kinds of people have some Good or bad thoughts about it. This doesn't help skydiving look safer, I agree. I'm closed so it has nothing to do with my wallet. -

THe media!

There is no such thing as bad publicity. ANything good or bad about skydiving is good for business. My phone has rang more since this happened then a week before I was closing for season. - Clint MacBeth Skydive Moab 435 259 JUMP M.O.A.B. Mother Of All Boogies Sept 19 - 23, 2012

Quote: "New jumpers don't just come to Moab, find an exit point, and jump. They talk to people about where the exit points are, how to access them, how high they are, etc. So there is an opportunity to have these conversations. Telling someone "You don't have 50 jumps, you can't jump here!" isn't going to work anyway. After all this is still a very renegade sport!" _________________________________________________ Don't call us when you get to Moab if you don't have the experience, we don't want to scrape you off the wall. Perfect sinario, Fly to Salt Lake City, Go to TF for a few days to get current, drive to Moab, do your jumps, fly out of SLC. Like I said, jump #'s dont' mean shit. Your right, people just don't go to Moab, find a jump, hike to it, and jump off. What do they do. They call Apex/Skydive Moab or Slickrock and say, we are here in Moab, we dont have an 'E' yet, we have 16 jumps. Can you take us to Tombstone and show us some other jumps? We get this call all the time. What would you do? It's easy to say, let's go but we also work for a living and can't play all the time. And jumpers always expect you to drop what your doing and come jump with them. Ok, I'll stop working for several hours, show you a jump, and then get back to work. In those hours of playing, we just lost $200 in revenue. If people really want to make Moab a safe experience and want to know where some exit points are, hire Apex or Skydive Moab as a guide for the day. It's $200 a day. This includes, showing you 3 exit points that day and how to get up them. We'll explain everything about the jump. Not just some words from other jumpers saying, it's 400', 2 sec delay, nice landing area, you'll be fine. Can't miss the exit point. - Clint

Quote 'my only gripe would be this: just about all of the reports i read were very "sensational" and basically had the premise that skydiving is crazy and she (and her baby) are just damn lucky to be alive. it's up to her as "the story" to keep the facts straight and the reporter inline. either she didn't do a very good job at this, or reporters being reporters, listened to her and then turned it into something that would sell papers. either way, the result is the same - the public continues to think that the gear is unreliable, the instruction is substandard, and the people in the sport are careless. all of which, couldn't be further from the actual truth. _________________________________________________ WHen she was on the 'TODAY' show, she said, 100% that is was her fault and it had NOTHING to do with the gear or instructors, just her! _________________________________________________ "your reserve is supposed to be your guaranteed backup" Nothing is guaranteed!!