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http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=247 Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

For slider down jumps I tie the slider to the riser using a rubber band that I cut open. This might sound very silly but I loose a lot of time each time doing this (I have sweaty hands...). Yesterday I lost around 15 to 20 minutes and almost had a nervous breakdown. Any suggestions? Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

We jump barefoot when we are in Puerto Escondido... Picture: Fitz and Pana Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

I would not split the forum. A bit of both (tecnical and blabla) is good for the forum. Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Oh yes, I forgot: If you decide not to quit bowling always wear shoes! You don’t want to get hurt! Barefoot bowling is the BASE Jumping of the ball games… Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Almost: Chuchichäschtli, and your throat has to hurt... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Please don’t quit. I know it’s sometimes hard being a hottie (I’m extremely handsome and hot as well). Get away from the Internet a few days and bowl again. Do as well some skydives (but stay away from any kind of instructors, we all know that they are a bunch of sexists which are only waiting to take advantage of you…) to distract yourself. And always remember, bowling is not about the people, its about bowls… Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Go to Switzerland, there you can jump leagaly during the day and consume marihuana (more or less leagaly) in the evening... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

I would not classify this as a BASE jump as it is not of a fixed object. I would classify this as a low altitude Skydive with a BASE Rig... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Would be interesting to be in the LZ after a 2-Way of K763 and cornishe... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

I BASE because if I don't get scared like hell from time to time I get bored. Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

I like: That yanks a larger canopy from a sack on the jumper's back.. Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

They did not asked you about jump numbers, they (and some others as well) only want to know if you are a BASE Jumper or not. Why don't you want to answer this question? Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

You can by one in http://www.crmojo.com/components.htm And I'm sure it will come with packing instructions Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

They make good filters... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

made it a "clicky" http://www.wsbtv.com/news/4534008/detail.html Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Yes, I'm sure there are terrorists in Iraq, but as you all know so are in: - France - Germany - USA - Spain - England - Indonesia - and so on, bla, bla, bla Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

I agree with you that no one should be stopped jumping an illegal object. But I also think that objects which can be jumped legally by following some rules should be jumped this way. People are making a lot of efforts to jump El Gigante or Kjareag legally. To do so, they have to set up some guidelines in order to calm down local authorities. If some one decides to give a f%ck about this and jump the site to his own liking, he risk’s to close down the site for a the jumpers who would like to jump it legally which goes into the same league (in my opinion) as day blazing a illegal object... My 2 centavos Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Many know who jimmyh is: See the www.jimmyhalliday.com homepage if you want to find out more of him... I think it is a good idea to put in some guest material in his next movie. Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

So what you are saying is more or less f%ck the Geneva Convention? And should this apply for every country or only the "good" countries? Are lives of Americans more worth then lives of Iraqis? Or does it also justify the torturing of Americans if Iraqis lives can be saved? Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Quote why do we still do it? -some are too young or just too stupid to really understand the risks and price of participation -some are really good at denial -some would rather not live if they didn't feel alive -some are addicted to the experience reply] I think you sum it up perfectly. I would have to count myself somehow into the group "some are really good at denial"... I know that there is a good chance of getting killed but I very much beleave that I will survife this sport... I would never jump if I would think that I have a 50/50 chance to die... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Or if you take the Kjerag statistics: Out of 18'353 Jumps there where 8 fatalities, which makes 1 fatality every 2294 jumps and 76 accidents which makes 1 accident every 241 jumps. Or my own experience: The 2nd time I went BASE Jumping I witnessed a near fatal accident (heal fast DX!!!) Yes, I agree, this sport is dangerous! Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

I liked the part where they say that probably no man has taken more risks in this sport then the world famous BASE Jumper... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

Hardly. These guys are assholes and should be prosecuted, no question, but they're hardly responsible for the deaths of young Americans. Terrorist assholes get 100% of the credit for that. - Jim Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/20/international/asia/20abuse.html?th&emc=th In U.S. Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths E-Mail This Printer-Friendly Single-Page Reprints By TIM GOLDEN Published: May 20, 2005 Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him. The prisoner, a slight, 22-year-old taxi driver known only as Dilawar, was hauled from his cell at the detention center in Bagram, Afghanistan, at around 2 a.m. to answer questions about a rocket attack on an American base. When he arrived in the interrogation room, an interpreter who was present said, his legs were bouncing uncontrollably in the plastic chair and his hands were numb. He had been chained by the wrists to the top of his cell for much of the previous four days. Skip to next paragraph Dilawar was an Afghan farmer and taxi driver who died while in custody of American troops. THE BAGRAM FILE First of two articles The Bagram File Along the Chain of Command, Confusion and Contradiction Enlarge This Image A sketch by Thomas V. Curtis, a Reserve M.P. sergeant, showing how Dilawar was chained to the ceiling of his cell. Mr. Dilawar asked for a drink of water, and one of the two interrogators, Specialist Joshua R. Claus, 21, picked up a large plastic bottle. But first he punched a hole in the bottom, the interpreter said, so as the prisoner fumbled weakly with the cap, the water poured out over his orange prison scrubs. The soldier then grabbed the bottle back and began squirting the water forcefully into Mr. Dilawar's face. "Come on, drink!" the interpreter said Specialist Claus had shouted, as the prisoner gagged on the spray. "Drink!" At the interrogators' behest, a guard tried to force the young man to his knees. But his legs, which had been pummeled by guards for several days, could no longer bend. An interrogator told Mr. Dilawar that he could see a doctor after they finished with him. When he was finally sent back to his cell, though, the guards were instructed only to chain the prisoner back to the ceiling. "Leave him up," one of the guards quoted Specialist Claus as saying. Several hours passed before an emergency room doctor finally saw Mr. Dilawar. By then he was dead, his body beginning to stiffen. It would be many months before Army investigators learned a final horrific detail: Most of the interrogators had believed Mr. Dilawar was an innocent man who simply drove his taxi past the American base at the wrong time. The story of Mr. Dilawar's brutal death at the Bagram Collection Point - and that of another detainee, Habibullah, who died there six days earlier in December 2002 - emerge from a nearly 2,000-page confidential file of the Army's criminal investigation into the case, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times. Like a narrative counterpart to the digital images from Abu Ghraib, the Bagram file depicts young, poorly trained soldiers in repeated incidents of abuse. The harsh treatment, which has resulted in criminal charges against seven soldiers, went well beyond the two deaths. In some instances, testimony shows, it was directed or carried out by interrogators to extract information. In others, it was punishment meted out by military police guards. Sometimes, the torment seems to have been driven by little more than boredom or cruelty, or both. In sworn statements to Army investigators, soldiers describe one female interrogator with a taste for humiliation stepping on the neck of one prostrate detainee and kicking another in the genitals. They tell of a shackled prisoner being forced to roll back and forth on the floor of a cell, kissing the boots of his two interrogators as he went. Yet another prisoner is made to pick plastic bottle caps out of a drum mixed with excrement and water as part of a strategy to soften him up for questioning. The Times obtained a copy of the file from a person involved in the investigation who was critical of the methods used at Bagram and the military's response to the deaths. Although incidents of prisoner abuse at Bagram in 2002, including some details of the two men's deaths, have been previously reported, American officials have characterized them as isolated problems that were thoroughly investigated. And many of the officers and soldiers interviewed in the Dilawar investigation said the large majority of detainees at Bagram were compliant and reasonably well treated. "What we have learned through the course of all these investigations is that there were people who clearly violated anyone's standard for humane treatment," said the Pentagon's chief spokesman, Larry Di Rita. "We're finding some cases that were not close calls." This is sad... Michi (#1068) hsbc/gba/sba www.swissbaseassociation.ch www.michibase.ch