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Yes, that's me alright, but that was my Crossfire 2 149 loaded around 1.6 a few jumps after I got it. My knee was sore and black and blue for a while after that one, but I was still able to jump again that night. I haven't had any spectacular crashes on my Katana yet that I can think of. I recently had a really crappy landing and busted my fibula on an Ace 260 BASE canopy loaded around .95, but there was no video. http://www.basejumper.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2877261 I'm just returning all the shit Charely gave me when I was hesitant to jump my Xfire with my wingsuit. I eventually did and jumped it with the Katana as well, but I prefer to use my girlfriend's rig with my Sabre 2 170 in it, especially if I wanna pull below 3 grand. Doesn't Spaz jump his wingsuit with a Velo? I agree that it's nice to be familiar with the canopy before trying to jump it while wearing a straight jacket.

Fucking pussy. Just hook the damn thing up and jump it. You've only got the canopy for 2 weeks you might as well do all the skydives you can on it, wingsuit, balloon, or whatever. I jumped my new Katana 135 loaded at 1.9 (that I've probably got less than 30 jumps on), with my Vampire that I had 1 jump on, with a trash pack, and it worked fine, a couple of times. It was a little scary come pull time, but I didn't want you to make fun of me for not jumping it. That's way more important. What you should be worried about is if you are still using those risers with the soft housings. Then line twists could get a lot more interesting. I'm sure your arms are plenty strong from all that ladder climbing you've been doing though.

Well, lately I've been jumping mosty with a student strapped to my chest so I have a routine I go through with them. When I'm jumping my sport gear I normally first kiss my girlfriend while heading to the plane (or on the plane if she's jumping with me). Once on the plane I make sure my audible is set correctly, and then think about the jump or just relax, socialize, or stare at the view until around 2-3 thousand feet before exit. At that point I make sure all my gear is ready, put my helmet on, do the high fives with everyone I can reach, check a few other people's gear, and get ready for the jump. I'm fairly obsessive about checking my gear. I touch and check everything at least 3 times, more if I have time. If there is any doubt about anything I'll ask someone else to check it. When it's my turn I check the spot, check for traffic, and then go. Land, pack, repeat.

I leave my rig for a repack wherever it's most convenient for me. You should feel guilty for leaving it for a repack the week before the Byron Boogie. I'm sure a lot of local riggers have a ton of work this week. The polite thing would have been to drop it off the weekend before last.

Happy birthday Laura!

If you like getting your reserve repacked every 120 days, 60 days, 30 days, every jump, or whatever, you're free to do that even if the cycle changes to 180 days. I think the 180 cycle is a great idea. It gives the jumper more options on when to get his/her gear inspected and repacked. I doubt any riggers are going to tell a jumper that they can't repack their reserve now because it's not due for another 2 months or more. Most of the rest of the world uses at least a 180 day repack cycle, so I feel that just like with the required jumps to get a D license the US should switch to be more inline with everyone else. Plus to me as a non-rigger it's more of a hassle to get it done every 120 days, not that everyone does, and I can see especially with my PD Reserve that it is going through more wear during the repack than if I had it done every 6 months.

Here are the canopies I've jumped most of the time. I demoed and borrowed a lot of other canopies too. jumps 0-19: 265 student rigs (0.6 wingloading) 20-250: Falcon 215 (1.05) 251-499: Sabre 2 170 (1.45) 500-750: Crossfire 2 149 (1.65) 751-now: Katana 135 (1.9+) jump #327: PD Reserve 160 (1.5) 23 Tandems: 360s, 380s (wingloading ever changing, from about 1.05 to 1.25) Most of my 90 BASE jumps are on an Ace 280 (.85)

I'm glad it sounds like she's probably going to be okay. I was worried on the flight home last night. I'll stay up and watch her for part of the night when she gets home if you want.

Congrats again baby! We'll have to go celebrate again soon.

meow. Meow. MEOW. MEOW! Did you try giving Katana a bath? I'm sure that will calm her down.

Catch a ride with a friend or a local jumper if you can. Good luck on the train/bus idea. I live in San Jose and use a plane or a car to get to the DZ. Each DZ is different, but all are worth jumping at. I mainly jump in Davis and we have a good time. All should be active on the weekends if the weather allows it. Acampo/Lodi is open every day, Byron/Davis are usually closed Monday and Tuesday. It's usually best to call ahead.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=search_results&search_forum=all&search_string=beer+rules

:5:beer is in the fridge 3 paid tandems and 2 awesome freefly jumps in Davis on Saturday. On Sunday, I rode along in the back of a Cessna 172 with flygirl1 as she did some final prep for her checkride on Friday. She's also out flying by herself right now. We were winded out from jumping Sunday afternoon so just hung out at the DZ for a while.

http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=2961769#videoanchor Click under videos in the lower right, "X Games 13: Update Jake Brown", then fast forward half way through the video.

Baseball is for the second TV unless Bonds is up. To further compilicate things, here are the official rules: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/official_scorer_10.jsp 10.17 Winning And Losing Pitcher (a) The official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher that pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such lead, unless (1) such pitcher is a starting pitcher and Rule 10.17(b) applies; or (2) Rule 10.17(c) applies. Rule 10.17(a) Comment: Whenever the score is tied, the game becomes a new contest insofar as the winning pitcher is concerned. Once the opposing team assumes the lead, all pitchers who have pitched up to that point and have been replaced are excluded from being credited with the victory. If the pitcher against whose pitching the opposing team gained the lead continues to pitch until his team regains the lead, which it holds to the finish of the game, that pitcher shall be the winning pitcher. (b) If the pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such lead, is a starting pitcher who has not completed (1) five innings of a game that lasts six or more innings on defense, or (2) four innings of a game that lasts five innings on defense, then the official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher the relief pitcher, if there is only one relief pitcher, or the relief pitcher who, in the official scorer’s judgment was the most effective, if there is more than one relief pitcher. Rule 10.17(b) Comment: It is the intent of Rule 10.17(b) that a relief pitcher pitch at least one complete inning or pitch when a crucial out is made, within the context of the game (including the score), in order to be credited as the winning pitcher. If the first relief pitcher pitches effectively, the official scorer should not presumptively credit that pitcher with the win, because the rule requires that the win be credited to the pitcher who was the most effective, and a subsequent relief pitcher may have been most effective. The official scorer, in determining which relief pitcher was the most effective, should consider the number of runs, earned runs and base runners given up by each relief pitcher and the context of the game at the time of each relief pitcher’s appearance. If two or more relief pitchers were similarly effective, the official scorer should give the presumption to the earlier pitcher as the winning pitcher. (c) The official scorer shall not credit as the winning pitcher a relief pitcher who is ineffective in a brief appearance, when at least one succeeding relief pitcher pitches effectively in helping his team maintain its lead. In such a case, the official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher the succeeding relief pitcher who was most effective, in the judgment of the official scorer. Rule 10.17(c) Comment: The official scorer generally should, but is not required to, consider the appearance of a relief pitcher to be ineffective and brief if such relief pitcher pitches less than one inning and allows two or more earned runs to score (even if such runs are charged to a previous pitcher). Rule 10.17(b) Comment provides guidance on choosing the winning pitcher from among several succeeding relief pitchers. (d) A losing pitcher is a pitcher who is responsible for the run that gives the winning team a lead that the winning team does not relinquish. Rule 10.17(d) Comment: Whenever the score is tied, the game becomes a new contest insofar as the losing pitcher is concerned. (e) A league may designate a non-championship game (for example, the Major League All-Star Game) for which Rules 10.17(a)(1) and 10.17(b) do not apply. In such games, the official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher that pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such lead, unless such pitcher is knocked out after the winning team has attained a commanding lead and the official scorer concludes that a subsequent pitcher is entitled to credit as the winning pitcher. 10.19 Saves For Relief Pitchers A save is a statistic credited to a relief pitcher, as set forth in this Rule 10.19. The official scorer shall credit a pitcher with a save when such pitcher meets all four of the following conditions: (a) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his team; (b) He is not the winning pitcher; (c) He is credited with at least a third of an inning pitched; and (d) He satisfies one of the following conditions: (1) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; (2) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batters he faces); or (3) He pitches for at least three innings.

She's getting old. A quarter century today. Happy birthday, if I'm not too busy doing tandems I might even skydive with her.

If you look at illusioneer's profile you can see that the gear he jumped 12 years ago did not have a Cypres or a slow opening main. I'm only 28, but I hear back in the early days of skydiving rounds they would deploy lower than we do today on our high performance canopies. I've done a freefall from 300' using my BASE rig. I would say that your emergency exit altitude should depend on the gear that's on your back.

Jump #327 I think. A Mr. Bill attempt that resulted in a lineover and spinner on my Sabre 2 170 that I quickly chopped. I was at 1800' under my PD 160 reserve. I did a few practice flares, I think it was my first time under anything as small as a 160 and first time flying a reserve. At Skydance, we have a gravel swoopers alley, and I did a straight in approach and slid in my landing on my feet because that's what I felt the most comfortable doing. Recently I did an intentional cutaway of a Stiletto 120 hooked up backwards and landed my Crossfire 2 149.

If you want to keep skydiving, go for it. From the posts I read, you need money, you need exercise, and you're at the DZ a lot. Do you know how to pack yet?

I normally do two 90 degree "clearing turns" before I do a 270 degree swoop. I call them my downwind and base legs. They also help for accuracy. If I see traffic that I think could be a potential conflict, then I abort the 270 degree swoop. I'm also a private pilot and I remembered to do my clearing turns on my checkride before every maneuver. I do my best to follow the DZ's swooping rules. Sometimes newbies end up landing straight in through the swoop lane, and I abort my swoop and then talk to them after we've landed. If there's conflicting traffic or you're landing amongst a lot of standard pattern fliers, then don't swoop. Most of the time at most DZ's that have set up good landing procedures for different types of canopy traffic you can swoop safely.