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ericthemillionare: Winds were less than 5mph. I got on my left riser because I turned to the right. After I hit the wire I pulled both front risers down in an attempt to dive away from the wire, which luckily worked. I backed away from the launch becaus I was freaking out. It took about 15min. to convince myself to jump. . It was a cross wind jump. I started off jumping in the right direction but backed off from the launch I was supposed to jump from and when I stepped back I inadvertantly jumped about 45 degrees to the right . the wind was coming from the left of me.. . I can see why some are confused. We were jumping off an ice shield which might paint a better picture. If I knew how to draw a pic and attach it I would, but I don't. As far as it being a crosswind jump, that was'st exactly true. I wasn't jumping directly with the wind, it was probably 10-15 degrees off. I used my front risers after the canopy cleared because it wasn't the quickest way to get away from the wire. As I stated earlier I was jumping with an experienced. I have practiced avoidance drills dozens of times. I took a FJC last ear so I do know a few things about jumping. The people that jump to conclusions about me or bring my ability into question do nothave a right to do so. You don't know me and you weren't there. You don't know what happened. - - I read all that clusterfuck of mixed up jump information offered and can SAY WITHOUT a Doubt. I Know what happened. LOOK I'm not telling the guy to quite BASE jumping. He is at a cross road to say the least and needs to be set strait. The next thing he will be doing is going down to Moab to proudly get his big-E for the BASE #. When in fact He does Not Know what to do in a OFF Heading. He needs to re-evaluate his ( Canopy Technique ) in object avoidance. Look read all his post. It's Clear His brain can not even Digest the entire base jump event. He was overloaded to say the least. He is totally Not able to asses the object, jump conditions and not able to articulate the Post BASE jump results. A packing lesson and Flop off the bridge FJC at a Idaho bridge and 5 BASE jumps is just not enough Knowledge to go forward and do an Antenna, Cliff or any other BASE object. . But I really Don't CARE about ALL THE OTHER CRAP as much as I CARE about the fact that he does NOT KNOW how to properly turn a Canopy in a simple 90 deg. OFF HEADING. The only thing he did was grab the Left Riser and Pull to Turn Left. When in fact he should have been yarding down on both Rear Risers then letting-up on his Right Riser to Turn Left. This is the most Basic of BASE knowledge that SHOULD BE TAUGHT. All the other stuff is important but that is not what is pissing me off. The Fact is He Thinks he did everything RIGHT in the BASE jump Learning preparation. He does NOT Need to STOP Posting his Jump Problems. He Does Not need to Quit BASE jumping but He needs to stop BASE jumping right now and start over and learn How before continuing on the next level and get Banged-Up. To all you Softies out there Sympathy-Patting him on the back because he's your fucking little BASE Brother, FACT IS - Me Hurting His little Feeling on the dz.com. in Canopy technique. Is NOTHING compared to the Hurt when he Slams into something under Canopy because he was not taught or did not digest the proper technique to avoid an object strike. .

hey, ericthemillionare & Pete S. It was not his/the gear that is the problem. The problem is he does not know the proper was to Turn a BASE Canopy with an undesirable heading after opening. Fuck he DID NOT Even Have a 180. The problem was a SIMPLE 90 deg. opening. Christ how fucking easy could it be. All he had to do was reach up and grab both rear risers and yard down till he SLOW the fucking forward momentum a Little. Then let off an turn his Heading away from the wire. This has NOTHING to do with Brake Settings or Wind or any of the other speculative Shit that everyone saying. The mother fucker has no business up on a Antenna if he has NO Idea what he is doing. READ WHAT THE FUCK HE IS WRITING. . ericmillionaire: I can see why some are confused. We were jumping off an ice shield which might paint a better picture. If I knew how to draw a pic and attach it I would, but I don't. As far as it being a crosswind jump, that was'st exactly true. I wasn't jumping directly with the wind, it was probably 10-15 degrees off. I used my front risers after the canopy cleared because it wasn't the quickest way to get away from the wire. As I stated earlier I was jumping with an experienced. I have practiced avoidance drills dozens of times. I took a FJC last ear so I do know a few things about jumping. The people that jump to conclusions about me or bring my ability into question do nothave a right to do so. You don't know me and you weren't there. You don't know what happened. - The wind was blowing OFF THE WIRE. (not down the wire) . (not across the wire) . It Was Blowing AWAY FROM THE WIRE. It was not even directing the flight heading of his canopy toward the wire. He was not Taught or ever taught the proper way to handle a BASE canopy. He has be practicing (dozens of times) Avoidance Drills, The WRONG WAY. He took and FJC last year that taught him how to flop off a fucking bridge and land a BASE canopy on a football size landing area. This is fucking pathetic. ericthemillionare throws up this BASE fuckup on a Thread and is looking for ACCEPTANCE ?. He will get no fucking Acceptance of BASE proficiency or sympathy from me. Till he learns the VERY BASICS of survival. The simple turning of BASE canopy a few degrees away from the wire. With 490 foot exit and only a 2-second delay. This is the simplest and MINIMUM REQUIREMENT that is expected from him as a BASE jumper . He could not even do it. . .

- ..."I got on my left riser because I turned to the right." . OK forget all the wind direction stuff right now. Or the way you front riser dived off the Wire. This BASE Jump, a 3-wire Antenna jump with no-slider is one the easyiest and one of the safer BASE jumps you are going to do. Yet you still managed to fuck it up. If this a sincere and real post. It is clear that no one is giving you proper basic Canopy recovery technique for BASE object strike avoidance in an off heading problem. Dealing with the off heading on a No-Slider jump with ONLY a single rear Riser grab. Man you need to get the proper help to lay down the technique that will keep you alive. You Don't Turn a BASE Canopy in no-slider object avoidance like you are steering a car away from hitting the Ditch. I am not going to get into this anymore and give Canopy Technique advice like I have to others that Did Not know how to handle off headings because I am just getting really fucking Tired of it. .

- This Is a EASY & FORGIVING OBJECT ! It does not get much nicer than this. . .

- You only got on One Rear Riser ? The Left ? .

OHhhhh fuck me runnin. 600- Feet -- WINDS off the Wire ! . I don't get any better than that. That's not called Chicken. That's called PUSSY, meow meow meow . .

Raven is OK and I have done a few Raven 3 & 4 with BASE mods. OK, older Raven's that I have bought in the Past for the most part did NOT have any Tail-Seam reinforcement tape. What this means on No-Slider jumps. Is that where the break-line cascades are attached to the tail-seam. You must take some 1-inch Tape and sew over in that section of tail-seam. YOU Will eventually rip canopy skin & blow-out, the break-line cascade line connections at the Tail Seam on the canopy. In no-slider jumps. It only takes 15 minutes to sew some Tape. No big deal. . Also sometimes you can find old Ravens used for CRW. They also came with the inboard-A-B lines with heavy Dacron so they could Grab & Dock. .

I think You might be referring about what I stated in my posts. I am not saying he is a bad guy or no fun to jump with or an un-safe BASE jumper.Most likely he is a kick in the ass to jump with. Just like most everyone else who BASE jumps in the world. Also the Breaking News Story, as it was introduced in the Vid. really does not effect me all that much because I am not the one who has to try to BASE jump while living there. Basically ( I Think ) you are feeding ammunition to ( Them ) to use against you. And -Them- only see BASE as 4-letters of the alphabet. It is a pretty fair Bet to say that -Them- Don't like BASE jumping. Them- Don't understands BASE jumping. Them- Don't look at BASE jumping as a Sport. -Them- are also in the mind set that they know what is good for you and how you should conduct your life. I think -THEM- also Outnumber You. So lets talk about your BASE area. The post refers to, Cincinnati. So the population of Cincinnati City is what ? I think it is listed as around (300-thousand +) Not counting the surrounding areas. I don't know the Number Population that News Broadcast was televised to or how many watched it. The number of local active BASE jumpers is what? - 20 ? lets say 50 ? Hell that # is Not even looked at like a Struggling Minority. I think it's pretty safe to say that when you are looked at by -Them- it's as Vandals (AKA - Petty Criminals) Because from the footage I saw it look and sounded like. Trespassing, Risk of personal health. also mentioned several times in the Vid.were the words. Against the Law. & Breaking the Law & Illegal. So those of you actively BASE jumping in Cincinnati. You keep on laughing, playing around and have a good time. .

TREE you are wearing Rose Colored Glasses on this one buddy. Because you like all of us. Luv BASE. I am not quite sure that using the, 5 & 6:00 Clock News is a well thought out vehicle to move the promotion of a positive BASE to the public. OK first - The News is not the news. It is a syndicated time slot. That must be contractually filled and is guided by ratings and advertisement. It's goal is not to promote anyone's cause in a Good Light. It's Goal is to fill as many seats in front of the Television in there time slot. To watch a Three Ring Circus. Sometimes being a BASE jumper is more than Hopping a fence and climbing to, quote: (Get Your Fix) And that my friend was the story presented to the public in that piece of journalistic trash. I got MUCH more respect for BASE jumpers using corporate sponsorship such as Red Bull or Go-Fast, as a moving vehicle for positive promotion. They at least have some small pull as to the outcome of the finished story that is presented to the public. If you can not be represented by a higher form of (so called) Journalism with some end-control of the BASE story and how it is released and presented to the public. Your to naive to be a BASE representative for all of us. Only a Fucking Idiot would Settle for the lowest common denominator in Journalism called the News. To be your Guiding-Tool & friend to help you manipulate the non-jumping public to look on your BASE jumping cause favorably. I say Feed the Television News Nothing of BASE and let them starve. Let them scrounge through Dumpsters and Filth to fabricate there twisted form of public entertainment. Don't be a Lackey for Gutter television media. .

Really I don't give a shit because I don't live or jump there. It's just this is Pathetically Laughable plus I'm just a fucking ass-hole. Just listen to the Open Statement of the talking-heads reading there news monitors. In the beginning of the news piece the first sentence sets in concrete to the public watching. The dangerous, reckless Bad-Boy BASE image . Quote: "News time breaking report. Tri-Citys BASE jumpers breaking the law and risking there own lives, right in your Back-Yard." . I hope non of those Tri-City's BASE jumpers Go-In from not having the strength to pull there Pilot-Chutes out Because. There Arms must surely be getting pretty tired from Patting themselves on the Back. ..... You would think that someone Bragging about having 500 BASE jumps would know better but this is prime example of, Masturbation of BASE EGO. Ohhhh !, One more fucking thing. That clip of learning everything from your DEAD Mentor. (quote) "Local BASE jumping Legend". All I can say from looking at this is, LEE did not teach you SHIT. You were taught and Learned nothing. Hey if you really need to be given some validation as to you Tri-City's guys having Arrived as BASE jumpers. What you need to do is just call some of us. or just Post a Thread on DZcom. ( lamely titled) "Hey everyone LOOK at Me." or "Tri-City's BASE jumpers are Rad & Bad" or "Hey I'm big-Jim the New Tri-City's BASE legend," or maybe just post some of that bland Garage Video and everyday run of the mill, BASE footage on your personal BASE web-site. .

Alright you non-BASE jumping, collage going, soon to be journalist. I can see you have learned your lesson. So I, being a fellow countryman & Bigger man here will take the High-road to dignity. I will gather all my inner and spiritual strength to stretch my hand outward in friendship in hopes your strength can compensate for my weakness, and hope your wisdom can help to minimize my mistakes in my humble and misguided attempts at venting my disgust of journalistic practices here in the world we live in. I do not seek to be inhospitable, intimidate or dominate or be a threat to the well-being of all participants in this world wide BASE forum. I know together, in a spirit of individual sacrifice for the common good, we must simply do our best. So let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right. These are not just my goals, They will be the Goals of all of us. They will not be my accomplishments, but the accomplishments of us all. In our affirmation of our continuing moral strength and our belief in an undiminished, ever-expanding BASE jumping dream. . edit to add: If that's not good enough for you. You can fucking Blow Me ! .

Hey I like that music Vid. You got to admire the effort of pure and true feeling of the Heart they give to the beat and rhythms. Thou the lyrics were not all that complex. Dude I got to say, that's a pretty catchy tune there. I was tapping my foot and kinda really getting into the Vid. ..."Ya fuck the shit. Ya fuck this fucking shit, Ya fuck, the shit. fuck the fucking shit ya fuck." It will surely rival the works of Paganini, Offenbach or Mozart.If the big money of the music corp. moguls don't corrupt there innocents ...... .

OHhhhhhh trying to insult my manhood and masculinity by accusations of homosexuality. The last refuge of a scoundrel. .... Dude your parents are really wasting there money on your lazy ass putting you through collage if that's all you got left for this barn-yard debate. This is typically expected behavior of the Rookie posting against the Old and hardened Veteran of the BASE forums. Wanting to quietly take this to the PM's ?? Hell, you little Cry Baby. why don't you just give me a fucking phone call here at home. We can discuss this over a warm cup of Chai Tea. .

UWwwwww Careful there. Or you will be lowering yourself to my level of intellect ? . ..."Now go flip my burgers, so you can rush over and bag my groceries, you retard. " - I know this can't be the only time you have abused the mentally challenged like myself. So I guess the only recourse left for me is to say. Why don't you SUCK my Fucking Dick ! . .

OHhhhh Christ ! Another fucking College wannaby journalist. What's the matter ? Tired of writing ecology romanticisms of Global Warming or Holes in the Ozone.? Or are you worn-out with the usual pretentious college,liberal Tripe of injustice to the poor and struggling 3rd world nations. By the trampling boots of western culture and its capitalistic Whip on there backs. To practice your dissertation on. OHhhh fucking pardon me ! She Wants hammer another nail in my BASE Jumping-Ass. To hone her academic writing skills. By interviewing & Publicize BASE jumping ? What the hell is wrong with you people ? She's not a jumper and If she cant take Cheep-Shots from a BASE jumper with only a 7th grade education. Then how the fuck is she going to make it in the real world, As a so called, Journalist ? edit to add: And I Aint Your Fucking Buddy ! .

stellabella: ..."If you don't want your name used (whether it's just the first or the full name), then I can create an alias." - OK, I am Not at all telling anyone here Not to give interviews for Magazines or papers. About BASE jumping. Or Letting them Watch you jump or Show them your sites to Write about. BUT ! These kind of Posts Or Offers of Interview. Really Fucking PISS ME OFF. Mainly because I know there are idiot BASE jumpers out there that will do it. . This is a Similar offer that was offered to me the first of this week. I was asked to give interviews and insight to BASE jumping in this local area along with some photos and some Exits from local sites. For publication in a N.W. Magazine here. So all there little readers could be enlightened to my behavior with a Parachute. The Reporter doing the magazine piece seemed sincere and honorable. I just had to say - NO - I tried to explain while trying not to insult his profession that there is NO WAY any written article about BASE jumping will be seen in a positive light to anyone in the Public reading it. BASE jumping will always be looked at as a Dangerous, Reckless,Daredevil-Stunt & Illegal Act to the public. It will never be seen by Society as an accepted way to Pass The Time as a self-chosen Sport. At the same time I tried to explain and articulate in my limited vocabulary that there is - NO Way he could Possibly Write or Arrange the BASE Article - about the local BASE jump scene that would be looked at as a positive thing and Would be Negative to the Cause and it will only turn out BAD for us, as Jumpers. (the cause) as being the rare occasions of Legal BASE Events, or Access to possible Legal Object in the future. As well as I would be a (Fucking Idiot) to naively show-off local jump sites. . This is only my humble opinion (miss StellaBella) but I do not believe that any BASE jumper here in the States should ever Give or be Paid to give interviews of BASE jumping. BASE jumping, Written or Videoed for reported articles should -ONLY- be given for Legal jumps sites or Legal BASE Events . It is a rarity that even (the legal Jumps) that are written about us are positive. Most are written to look as if we were all out cheating death with a Parachute with every BASE jump made. Most freelance Reporters/Journalists (here in the states) I think, are fucking Lowlife SCUM who scratch a living to pay there bills by writing and Feeding us, Over Sensationalize Crap. The few Reporters that are Honest and Sincere will have there (submitted) work/writings. Edited, Twisted and Deformed to accommodate the Mindless Reading Market that they try to SELL . The public as a whole can barely make a mentally grasp, to Comprehend Skydiving as anything legitimate or normal as behavior. So BASE will never written to be looked upon as Good. (just another opinion) If Any Of You do give BASE interviews to Reporters/Journalists. Even if by hiding your name. You are so fucking stupid you don't deserve to BASE jump with the rest of the BASE population and should have your Pull-Hand Cut-Off and your Head shaved as a warning to all. That you are a Fuck-up and can not be trusted. While at the same time miss Stellabella (journalist) can go fuck her self with a rusty Rail-Road Spike. You miserable Fucking Cunt. .

cliffhuck: "My grandmother could have stepped off that cliff and maybe lived. That's not skiing." . Good statement. he says Confirmation of Faith ?. That jump was not test of Religious Faith. The jump was confirmation and proof that you have - Complete Commitment - and belief in yourself and abilities. Why plan the jump, Probe the landing area and wear protective Safety hard-gear ? - 111: ..."why even wear skis if you're barely moving forward at the exit point, and are crashing into powder below"? . Because my friend. Skiing up to the exit point look way Cooler to the Chic's. Than Walking up to the exit point with Snowshoes and carrying your Bible. ....... .

..."I am actually very surprised that most BASE jumpers are content with the mixed forum," - Look maybe you got to look at it like that ( is the reason ) for it being popular and so well liked or tolerated by BASE jumpers. It's the Lack of Structure. BASE jumpers for the most part are non-structured. BASE jumpers dislike structure that is forced on them. 428 almost got to the point with the BLINC and it's demise statement but basically that is the reason. If you start to dissect all discussions of BASE into (narrow) subsections. You are stretching it to thin and you loss the informal flow. Then it starts to become almost clinically sterile. BASE is not that big and there is really not that much BASE Chat on this thing that you can't wade through and filter out the Crap and pick-out what useful info you need or can use. So Basically, If you can't wade through the crap then your not tough enough to BASE jump ..... - 428: ..."The real solution is to reprimand the people who post one-liners and smiley face replies. For example, if you want to thank someone for helping you get your "A", then please do it via private email." . Hey 428 that was such a Great and Outstanding Post, THANKS ! for helping in forming mine .......

Damn !, Another BASE jump getaway.that makes two so far. 1-E & 1-B all you need now is an S & A That story line on the Building jump Sure LOOKS like something along the lines Non Fiction Rig Smuggling...... .

they're trying to jump off a springboard, they lose most of their forward speed when they plant both feet. - Dude it's the funniest thing to watch I have seen it happen twice. Both times they went into & did there first Front Flip. That Technique is Not the way to go..... .

gus: I have a lovely 360 ft jump which is perfect for practicing. Does anyone have any good advice on running exits? - You got the right idea on staying alive. Do the Running Exit every time. Making Clearance from the object is more than your best friend. It is your Primary Goal when exiting a cliff on a slider-down deployment. I totally agree with 914. If you get all worked up on all the little details. You are just going to end up Mindfucking yourself. After your on top & all geared-up on exit and ready to Go. Try just taking a few deep breathes relax and do a couple of (mental dirt dives) on exiting. Just like you would do on ride up to altitude on a skydive. What ever you THINK you will do will translate into your exit. Being head-low is not the end of your world. Just square it up & maintain symmetric body form like 914 says. It will open on heading. Be confident, relax, breath. Because on that moment when you exit that is your cliff. So strut off that motherfucker like you own it. .

You just make sure you let me give you your next Pin Check before you exit...... .

Sonofabitch I lay-off giving you shit for a couple weeks punk. Look what happens. You think I am your whipping boy for comment. .

Ya, that be it. .

I remember DJ & I doing a 2-way and we kind of got into a low-puller-ego thing once in Freefall. Dwain was on the boat watching and in transit to pick us up both up on the water jumps. Don started to go towards me instead of DJ because I was the closest to the boat. Dwain jumped up, he was seriously Furious and he started Screaming Angrily . " Noooooo Stop ! " "Don't you Dare pick-up The Dirty High Puller First !" So, I was picked up last ........... fun times . edit to add: tvpb: ...." people who have mischievous grins " . Ohhhh that reminds me also. That SMIRK, that little fucker had. It was WAY more than Mischievous or evil and one of a kind.. I will never forget. I had a (impact) one night. So I came crawling and limping in to the hotel some hours latter. He was standing right there like he had been patiently waiting there the whole time after he got the word that I got smacked-up. I saw him just standing & looking at me and he was just grinning. So I snapped, "What the fuck you looking at ?" He didn't say anything. He just stood there with that Grinch, Smirk on his face and never answered. .