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replied to ya Brit :) I'll probably be out this weekend, let me know

now that she has a license, yup :)

Hello all, just wanted to check in. Just started jumping down in Houston in the past couple of months. My wife has about 30 jumps and I have about 330 jumps. Skydiving at Skydive Houston, hope to get more jumps in here as we get her ramped up and get her a system. Anyway, just saying hi. - Stephen and Jen

So, first of, first time here...Hi.. Second, I'm searching for a rig for my wife, who weighs about 115 without gear and has 30 jumps. I'm looking at a Javellin NJ A-14 style rig, that contains a 126 reserve and a 120 main (spectre). I'm thinking this will fit a 135 (which is what I would start her with). This still falls under the 1.0 wing loading for a low jump number. My main concern is for myself. I currently weight about 180 (plan to loose some weight, hopefully). So, I am wondering the following two things: 1) Does taking my wife down to a 135 Sabre w/ 33 jumps a bad idea (she has been jumping for 20 jumps a 150 sabre, which is really slow up in the air)? 2) If at my current weight + gear I decide to jump the spectre 120, I would be near the max on the canopy (hopefully I can lose about 5-10 lbs). This would put me at a loading of about 1.5. I have 330 jumps and have been jumping for 7 years, with the sabre 135 for the past 100+ jumps. I've read some of the other topics on this, just curious what you guys think. I have jumped a 120 before, but I weighed less and it was a sabre. Is this a bad thing? Attached below is what I am looking into http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=11491&d=1