JesseP

This is one of the stupidest threads I have ever read. A mildly dyslexic baboon would almost certainly be able to identify the fallacy in the original (and subsequent) posts. Fact: The rate of gun murder IS DECLINING IN AUSTRALIA. The fact that there was a decline prior to 1996 is irrelevant. That decline could have ended at any point, or begun to increase. The only thing we know for a fact now, is that the increased restrictions have allowed this decline to continue for over a decade. The argument that the restrictions (not ban Mr JohnRich, restrictions) had no effect because a decline existed before is utterly spurious. One cannot say that the decline prior to 1996 would have continued. What one can say is that the decline has continued since the increased restrictions. Hooray. So I guess the main point of your argument is that the answer to our problem (i.e. our lack of gun murder) needs to be addressed by having more guns. Brilliant. Please don't ever come to Australia.

I believe there was also an ironing board gainer done from said E.

Well at least you didn't take me too seriously... In regards to the words “Refreshing” and “perennial” being oxymoronic, that may have been the case if my post had not been dripping in sarcasm. Good job listing my previous posts though. That was important... Jesse.

Ah Mr Begic, How refreshing it always is to read the perennial cry of a retired jumper pining for the halcyon days and at the same time disparaging 'modern jumpers' and blowing their own horn. I think it requires significant literary skill to be able to achieve that difficult task. Sarcasm aside, I wonder what basis you are using to make your rather auspicious claims about the ostensible scourge of ‘modern jumpers’. Your post contains many assumptions, the most notable being that modern jumpers don’t understand the risks of BASE. The obvious implication here is that only you and your cronies do. Rather a bold statement. It may be true of some, but those people have a habit of dying or smashing themselves rather quickly so I don’t think it fair to tar everyone with the same brush. Anyway, the times they are a changing but people will continue to push the limits. You will say they are being silly and uniformed while telling stories of your bold feats (but of course that was different) at the same time. It’s all one big circle I guess. Jesse.

Pity you're not a BASE jumper though...

Use the leg pouch I reckon...

Has anyone got any experience jumping (or climbing for that matter) in NW Canada...in particular a certain "sphere of difficult to climb" mountains. Certainly looks like adventure country. Access/issues/problems etc...? PM me if appropriate.

I remember being very scared on exit and opening and then very bored and cold for the following 15 minutes.

Just so there is no confusion, I am prepared to go on record as stating that this year's video is the best one yet. Here's what some of the critics are saying, "Wow, Simon might have red hair, but boy can he edit" "I can't believe the quality of those Aussie sites. I'm buying a large Fox and a ticket to Sydney" "That guy who kicks off the wall in France did an awesome job" There you go. Buy a copy from the Plumbob.

Instead of priming the pins so much, use spectra closing loops for very low freefalls. Otherwise half-way in the closing loop is pretty much fine for slider down I reckon.

If your avatar is anything to go by, looking at him for more than two seconds should have the desired effect...

38 vented for an 8 second delay would be my choice. I use that for pretty much anything sub-terminal slider-up. However you would probably find that more often than not, a smaller pilot chute would work as well in some capacity. I know of someone who took a 30" skydiving pilot chute on a 4 second delay from 700ft and got away with it. Another example is a 500ft cliff we have here. Most use a 42, but it often gets jumped with a 38. For terminal a lot of people use an F111 36 instead of ZP 32. It fits in the BOC better. In regards to mesh size, BR (Apex or whatever they are now) construct their terminal pilot chutes (F111 36) with small hole mesh. I'm no scientist but I'm pretty sure it has to do with the higher deployment speed. Perhaps they can give you the specific answers you want.

Tape works great. 3 or 4 wraps through the top eye of the bridal and you're good to go.

I think brake settings were a big issue in Slim's cliff strike. I thought the same thing when I watched the Mexico video, that is a great landing area. I also wondered if that guy that hit wall at the end even set his brakes. It looked atrocious.

Objective reporting is far from an oxymoron. The problem seems to be that people don't like the bad things about their issue/ story being brought out, which is a by-product of objectivity. If a report only focused on the positives and ignored the deaths, 'illegality' etc then that would be biased.