hWalker

RIP bro...

I was told by an Australian jumper that in Australia if cops find his logbook they will arrest him and throw him in jail just for that...

It was meant to be a solo A, but… Perfect day, winds were calm, sun was shining, not that cold. So I decided this was time for my first solo. Actually, on the way to the A I was hoping that I'd meet other BASE jumpers there, and as I was approaching it I thought I'd seen someone climbing up but I was wrong. Anyways, I got to the top. Called up my buddy, told him to call back in 20 minutes and started to gear up. I was in a good mood and felt no hesitation whatsoever. Then, all of a sudden I felt that the A was starting to get shaky (non-working freestander, around 360). First I thought the winds picked up but no, they were still calm. What the f***. It just didn't feel right. Searching for the reason I looked down and what did I see??? I saw a whole crowd of BASE jumpers climbing up! What a surprise!!! I had to wait for them to get to the top because the exit I'd picked requires some balancing and I wouldn't wanna get out there on a shaky A. So, what was meant to be a solo turned into a big load, but hey! I'm not disappointed. They even brought some champagne with them and let me have a bit.

Let's consider a hypothetical situation: someone works in a high building in US and that someone is a BASE jumper (not necessarily made known to the whole world). Say, the BASE jumper brings his rig to work bearing in mind possible terrorist attacks, earthquakes, other emergency cases. The rig is kept safe somewhere in the office and the jumper is happy and cool knowing that he/she can, in case of an emergency, grab the rig and jump off of the roof to save his/her life. But one day, the BASE jumper is struck with a thought: 'merely having a rig in the office is not enough! I need to practise at least a few times to be completely happy and confident that, in case of an emergency, everything will work out just the way it should'. Now, the question is: do you think the BASE jumper has any chance of getting a legal permission to make that few jumps for the sake of practising? Through legal action? P.S. Then, at some point, the BASE jumper might conclude that he/she needs to stay current with this kind of rescue jumps. How about getting a permission to practise on a regular basis?

Very, very true. Wise men don't say 'make 200 skydives before you get into BASE' for nothing. Get proficient in any skydiving discipline of your own choice. Get really confident in your skydiving skills. Making a 5-6th jump on a day should feel like a piece of cake. And only then you may start to think about getting into BASE. IMHO, just like you can't make a good programmer unless you're a strong mathematician, you'll never make a decent BASE jumper unless you're a worthy skydiver.

My friend, it was awesome

Indeed I was. I thought the emoticons are meant to convey the mood of a poster. Sorry, don't take it serously.

The next step is to think of some sort of a flare system for the wheelchair parachute. Automatic? Hey, how about a remote control flare system?

STOP bragging about Atmosphere!!! Don't want this thread to be deleted for not being linked to US.

I've sent you a private message.

Yes, my friend! It's in your video

I'm sorry, I thought this forum was about BASE jumping all over the world. If not, do delete this thread. Otherwise, here come the pics of Skywalker (the canopy

for those confused, the phrase means "Flying Carpet" Thanks, my friend. Just in case, it should also be added that this is a definition from a fairy tale about Aladdin

Ok, I'm going to name my canopy SkyWalker for now. Thanks to my friend ACMESkydiver

No, the reason the canopy doesn't have a name is that it's a new canopy recently developed by a Russian manufacturer. It's been jumped and it's great. They are not in a hurry to name it something, mine is only the second of that kind, so I guess for the time being I could name it whatever I want. Any suggestions?