NicoNYC

Does such a person exist? j/k. There are many jumpers at my DZ with that frame of mind. However, they're mostly free flyers. I noticed, not all belly flyers but a majority of them are all about completing formations and who screwed up. I personally don't care because I'm honored for anyone to ask me to join the load. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

I meant to be vague about that. I didn't want give out an exact number because then people would figure out who I'm talking about. Someone from my DZ already PM'd me asking who the nasty person was. Like I had mentioned before, we broke off at 4,500 feet and my main opened at about 2,200 feet according to my pro-track. Besides I always count 6 or 7 mississippis before I wave off and dump. And I track very straight with my arms out to the side, like hugging a beachball, no arch, legs straight out and knees locked. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

There you have it. Those are the factors for you to consider. Ask your gear store if they let you demo jump suits and then you can get a feel for what type of jumpsuit works for you. Unfortunately, I'm a short pudgy bastard so they never had anything in my size. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

First of all, who the heck would tell you to wait till your more experienced to buy a suit? I bought mine after my 2nd Aff jump. If you're going to be flying belly and freefly, I say you buy a Freefly Space Suit with flat shoulder grips and flat leg grips for RW work. That's what I'm using now. I use a freefly suit cuz I fall like a mother#@$! The baggy suit gives me the parasitic drag that I need to slow my fat ass down and the grips work great for formation diving. If you really want to be anal about it, try out suit from your gear store. If you're renting gear from a gear store, they usually allow you to borrow a freefly suit or an RW suit, at least that's what they do at the gear store at my DZ. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

hehehehehe I know I edited my original post which had mentioned that this was a dolphin and not a shark. I didn't get any replies. So when I took it out, I got replies, see....I just love attention. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

You again! I'll catch you one day doing a re-post too. You just wait! How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

Who wants to go surfing? Raise your hand....that's the last thing the lifeguard will see before you take a dirt nap in the ocean bed. This is what other airplanes are to Skydivers. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

I hear ya. Back to the basics. Basically, what it boils down to is that you're responsible for yourself. Don't rely on others to keep you safe and be more alert all around and be more defensive under canopy. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

What bothers me is that this person emphasized the point, if you're not within the group by 6,500 feet, get the hell away from them. I can take criticism. I've made plenty of mistakes in this sport and I'm not afraid to admit it. What I don't like is when people think their shit doesn't stink and that they're a critic for everyone else but when it comes to them, they're perfect. This person just doesn't wish to listen to reason. I feel bad that this person doesn't want me jumping with them any longer. I learned a lot from that person. I'm kind of happy in a way too because this person just has a nasty and bitter attitude about everything and anything. Maybe I should stop being so fuckin' nice too. I should stand up for what I believe in. The fuckin' values I grew up with were to respect your elders and respect those with more experience than you. That's why I keep my fuckin' mouth shut. Then, again we don't live in a fuckin' perfect world so let me just shut the fuck up. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

Which is exactly what I do. I track very straight. However, I tend to sink a tad bit faster while tracking. Which is why from 4,500ft break off, my main opens at about 2000 feet. I track straight, my arms are out to my side, like hugging a huge beach ball and my legs are straight and knees are locked and I'm not arched. You're right. However, for now at my experience level, it's a little bit over my comfort zone. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

I agree and thank you but basically this person said that I was dangerous and pretty much broadcasted it. Therefore, I may be jumping alone because of that. This person has been more of a regular at the DZ than I am. It varied we had one person with 1,000, another with 700, another with 900 and another with 400, the rest were lower than mine. The others that were in the formation with me told me to ignore that person and not to worry about it. He also told me when tracking away from the group to not to try to get out of there in a hurry. Meanwhile, the person that I supposedly tracked underneath told me that at 6,500 feet if you're not in the formation to stay away and keep watch. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

My sentiments exactly. Which is the point I tried to emphasize. However, this person kept insisting I wasn't with the formation, I was below it. I even mentioned to speak to the other people I was in the formation with but this person called me a liar and didn't want to clear that up. I even told this person let's look at my pro track and you'll see that my main opened up a little bit above 2,000. This person was really upset because I could have opened up underneath him. His/her claim was that he/she waited for me to deploy first. If this was the case then he/she would have really been pissed off at me cuz that would have meant that he/she would have dumped after me and would have been pissed off that he/she had to dump lower than 2 grand. It's so f*ckin' confusing, I didn't want to get into it so I just kept quiet about it. The jumper I almost killed when I was tracking away has twice the number of jumps than I have. He/she kept pointing out that I wasn't with the formation. The person under the canopy has half the number of jumps that I have. Basically, the person under the canopy has a higher wing loading and smaller canopy than I have. I fly a 210 and I'm loading it at 0:9, that person is loading at 1:1. Therefore, his/her descent rate is a tad bit faster than mine. I'm a floater, I can float a long time. Therefore, eventhough I was below him/her, he/she eventually caught up to me. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

I had to say my peace and that person wanted to beat a dead horse so I just shut my mouth and walked away. No sense in arguing with someone that won't even listen to what you have to say. I just wanted an unbiased opinion of what outsiders have to say. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

Excuse me, I had to be vague cuz I just wanted to make it short. Basically what I'm trying to say is that the canopy above me was way above me and in front of me. We were both holding in the same direction but Then, I did notice the canopy was behind me but still way above me. Then, when I turned to my d/w leg at about 1,100 feet there was no one in front of me or to the side of me. Then at about 1000-900 feet, there the canopy was behind me and to the left of me, about 20 feet higher than me. As soon as the person saw me, he/she went in full brakes. There was quite a shock like, "whoa, where did you come from?" Luckily, I like to look around during my pattern legs, I don't get fixated on a target. I would have performed some kind of evasive manuever if he/she didn't go in full brakes. Anyway, the point is, I honestly don't think the person saw me at all. Just before that jump this person flew under our formation and I caught his/her burble and I asked that person, why the heck he/she did that and that person didn't notice that we were above him/her. In my opinion that person has poor skills in keeping alert to his/her surroundings. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?

I know you weren't there to see it and no I don't have it on video. Basically, here's the situation. The person that thought I wasn't in the formation also thought I was below the formation and I tracked underneath him/her. When I told that person I was in the formation, he/she didn't believe me. That person was dead sure that I was below the formation. 2nd the person that said that I almost killed him/her under canopy said that I turned and lost altitude down to him/her and that he/she had the right of way. What really happened was that I was already travelling downwind at 1,000 feet and that he/she popped directly behind me and was about 30 feet to the left of me. I saw the person under canopy at 2,000 feet about a few hundred feet above me and about a few hundred feet out in front of me. Since I'm the guy below, doesn't that give me the right of way? I know that he/she was above me because I had to turn my head up to see that person. How many hits of adrenaline can you take?