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Had a 10yr break and honestly it was like riding a bike. I did ground school in a harness and jumped once with an instructor for recurrency. Landing was a little difficult to be honest. Took a few jumps to get flare right. Haven’t looked back.

Anyone have any experience using this mount as to reliability ? Thinking of using to for my still camera on Bonehead.

Thanks. Looks like one has to take a knife to the liner.

Is there space to fit 2 audibles into the helmet one on either side ? Have researched it but no info on bonehead website. Thanks.

That was a real zoo jump. Anything but safe. Ignorance is bliss. Hope he reads the replies and stops to think a minute, takes a deep breath before he responds further.

Another year gone by. Memories still as strong as ever. --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

5 yrs have flown by. Good memories still as strong as ever. --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Go hard choms ! Go hard ! Gone but not forgotten. --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Have a look on Trade Me for lenses. Good prices. R --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

I couldn't agree more with the above sentiments. I learnt to skydive in SA and later became a cameraman and JM in Cape Town and I can vouch that the CIs in Cape Town would not sign you off to jump a camera for all the above reasons with such low jump numbers (read inexperience). I was only allowed to start jumping camera at more or less 200 jumps but it really depends on your skills and the confidence your CI has in you. Personally I wouldn't allow anyone who is not really current to even think of flying camera. It changes the whole dynamics of a dive. I wouldn't want people on this forum to think SA has gung ho skydivers with little or no safety rules in place. The rules work very well and are policed seriously unlike some other countries where they are poorly policed. Richard --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Thanks for the previous post - hadn't seen it as I was busy replying. Obviously the batteries are pretty good these days which is great. I am still experimenting with the camera and am pretty impressed with its performance. --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

No need for sarcasm. I have read the manual - thinking along the lines of saving battery power !!! I wasn't too sure if the shutter button is overrriden when connected to a tongue switch - and don't have a tongue switch to try it out. The cameye wakes up a sony video recorder so i don''t think its unreasonable to ask the question. The manual doesn't specifically mention these issues. Thanks for the other informative answers - thats why we have forums is it not ? --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

I recently purchased a new canon 40D. If the camera is inactive for 1min (or 4min) then it automatically powers down. To activate it again all one does is push the shutter halfway down. My question is if one uses a tongue switch can one reactivate it by depressing the tongue switch ? Or does one have to switch it off and the on again. The power on switch is very inconveniantly located and may not be easily accesible depending on what sort of camera mount/condom one has - would be frustrating to have to manually power it on 4 minutes before exit and in the event of a go around go through the whole process again before exit. I don't have a stil camera helmet yet - am still looking at different options. Thanks Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Magic !

Donation made Peter. Taz it would be great if you could keep us posted on Silindile's progress and also allow us to keep the donations flowing should you ever need more funds for her education in the future. As a SA (now living in NZ) I can appreciate the difficulties you may experience in the future. if there is anyway I can assist in the future re funding or anything else please don't hesitate to contact me directly ([email protected]) anytime. I had enormous respect for tonto and in all his contact with me his love for you shone through the pages. Take care Rich (Doc) --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Thought I would share this with you - a reply I had from Tonto a year or so ago in response to a mutual friends demise - quote: "I'm kinda Buddhist though, so really for me it's like they got bumped from the load and remanifested, or are not really back from a bad spot yet." Sort of puts his life into perspective - he is not gone forever. Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Geez I can't beleive this. Tonto was my instructor on my first 2 SL jumps in 1990 in Stellenbosch - in those days he impressed me with his attitude and his appearance (long hair and always jumped barefoot !) and he influenced me to return to skydiving in 1996 to do AFF and continue my skydiving career. We have subsequently had regular contact via PMs when we would discuss everything other than skydiving ! His posts as a moderator on DZ.com are going to be sorely missed. Thought provoking posts and always safety conscious. Safety first !! Just goes to show we are not all invincible and if this can happen to him it can happen to anyone ! Be careful out there. He is going to be missed terribly. My sincere condolences to his daughters, Taya, parents and other loved ones. Hambe gashle. Go in peace ! Doc Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

130 -140 yrs ! if not longer --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Will PM you. --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

TI were on the high priority occupation list in NZ last sure (not sure now but easy to check - go to the NZ immigration website) which means its easy to get a work permit. Even easier if you have a job to go to. Rhys is correct - sportskydiving is pretty much dead with few sports skydivers left. It is difficult to stay motivated. There does not appear to be any degree of organisation either. A new exec committee was voted in to the NZPF app 3 weeks ago but as yet I have had no communication from this organisation even though I am a member. I jump at a small cessna operated DZ (Cloud 9) in the centre of North Island. Sportskydiving friendly and great operators. Always welcome to drop in there for a jump on weekends mainly. Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Yeah I had Lasik too - and have not looked back. Magic ! --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

I would'nt risk it either. You risk causing more damage. You will live ot jump another day. Be patient. Rich (MD) --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Wendy, I have an interest in high altitude sickness however have never in my reading come across this particular problem in a healthy individual. So it perked my interest. I would be interested if anyone else has come across this complication before in relation to HAS. Only too pleased to assist where I can. Cheers Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

I have done extensive reading on the topic of high altitude sickness and knowwhere is any mention made of sucutaneous oedema as one of the plethora of symptoms for this disorder. One can get what is termed acute mountain sickness (general feeling of being unwell), high altitude cerebral oedema (HACE life threatening) and high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE) together with a multitude of other minor symptoms like cough/bronchitis etc. I have no doubt subcutaeous oedema can be caused by high altitude in a person whose lungs are damaged due to previous inflammation or even perhaps a congenital bullous which ruptured and caused a pneumothorax. Thats what I mean by "underlying lung condition". You may not even have been aware of the problem. I suspect you may have developed a small pneumothorax at some stage on your sojourn up the mountain which was self sealing (lucky for you) - potentially it could have been a lot worse. I suggest you have chest xrays or even a CT scan done of your lungs to exclude any damage before you even think of jumping again. I would not want you to develop a spontaneous pneumothorax at altitude as it may be life threatening. My advice to you would be to have an extensive lung check up before you even consider jumping again. See thee web site below for details on altitude sickness. Doc Rich http://www.ismmed.org/np_altitude_tutorial.htm --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Difficult to answer as not much detail is given - when ? how ? underlying lung condition ? One usually sees subcut emphysema in stab wounds\gunshot wounds to the chest where the lung is damaged and air escapes beneath the skin. Once the laceration in the lung heals the emphysema disappears. I am not sure in what context you developed this condition - scaling high mountains does not normally cause this problem unless you have an underlying lung condition. So I can't answer in more detail. As for going back to skydiving I suggest you follow your drs orders or get a second opinion - I am not prepared to make a call on the scanty information present in this forum. Going to high altitudes shortly after having had this condition may be a problem. Doc Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.