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  1. From a Polish BASE website http://www.polishbase.offheading.com/cotojestbase.html: "Wyskakujesz i wisisz przez ułamek sekundy w pustej przestrzeni. Nagle Matka Ziemia chwyta twoje jaja, i z całej siły przyciąga je do siebie" "You exit and for a fraction of a second you are suspended in empty space. Then Mother Earth grabs you by your nuts all pulls them down as hard as She can".
  2. klapaucius

    #110 (((

    There is a prof at one of the Canadian universities in the prairies, do not remember which exactly, doing research on hypothermia. He was at the Letterman's show and demonstrated jumping into ice cold water in a tank on a side street, close to the theatre. He stayed there for half an hour or so. He said that there was a "one ten one" rule for surviwal in cold water: One minute to bring breathing under control, ten minutes for meaningful action and one hour for survival - if your body is supported
  3. klapaucius

    height evaluation

    Careful with the setup, particularly the angle measurement. Errors will accumulate quickly.
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    height evaluation

    Attached are two pictures that hopefully explain better
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    height evaluation

    Basic trigonometry will give you answers. See attached picture. height (blue) = red (rangefinder) * sin (blue angle) height (blue) = red (rangefinder) * cos (red angle) Angle can be measured to couple degrees or so using a plain plastic protractor. Hope it helps
  6. There were two or three threads a year ago or so with some hard data from Kjerag posted by Norwegians and included a few nice graphs: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1966908#1966908
  7. What is the track record of private bills being actually passed into law in the US and NY?. The situation in Canada (where I live) would be as follows: If Senator Marty Golden is in a party that has majority in both chambers, the private bills usually die early in the committes, before even reaching the floor. If he is in minority, then the whole idea would be shot down on principle i.e. the majority always votes down minority bills. The content of the bill does not matter.
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    BASE catapult

    5g it was: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2034882#2034882
  9. I recall a Swiss calling this "stinking shit" a "smell of wealth of Switzerland".
  10. Are you talking about this?: http://www.pcprg.com/
  11. Even if it sounds preachy, isn't it that way? "Screw everybody, I am playing my game" and "I truly enjoy the freedom to pursue my interests and help others" are not exactly the same thing. I don't think I am trying to tell people how to play, only to observe that the freedom is a bit more than the "nobody tells me what to do".
  12. I don't see it. The only ones affected are his family(generally speaking of anyone, not Dave specifically), and that is on him. Other than that it is 1 less car on the road, 1 less worker in an office building; the world is no worse off, and even if the world or society was worse off, what right do they have to make a claim on that one person's life such that it limits that person's freedom? To make such a claim is selfish, greedy and does infringe on the freedom of others, which insidiously errodes their quality of life, little by little. Kinda like socialism of freedom and liberty. Just my 2 cents, TVPBs posts above say a lot about that. But for example of impact, paramedic collects a body. Policemen make investigation. Doctor makes pronounces death, makes autopsy. Funeral, effect on friends. Classmates, coworkers, family (e.g nephews that will not have an uncle) work not done, taxes not paid. It's a bit like butterfly effect - or karma. At the end, your are right, society has no right to expect anything from you. It is your responsibility to use your freedom right. You (not personally, but as figure of speech) can make a choice of jumping reclessly or be a pillar of BASE community. Which is more satisfying, extra rush from ultra low pull or becoming someone's mentor? It is a better chance to keep jumping, too
  13. To easy...Freedom is not a right to do what you want, it the position wher you can make choices and take responsibility for them. When you take responsibility for your life, you take responsibility for other people. That a great responsibility. I said responsibility so many time that it looks like Iam making a point to make a point. What's the point - to make a point? ...does not impinge other people's freedom. ... Imagine you go in. How many people are affected. Starting from people who pick up your (literally) pieces...ending at people whom you will not be able to affect in 30 years, because you took your freedom too literally? ps. edited to clean up spelling and grammar
  14. Point is, just because some equipment is not BASE specific doesn't mean you can't, or shouldn't, jump it. .... Double entendre... I highlighted 130 not because you made that many jumps with skydiving equipment, but because you name these 130 as your first 130. How many more with BASE equipment?
  15. My first 130 jumps off Kjerag... Coming back to the thread. BASE or not BASE, legal or not legal, shouldn't one's profoundly self-destructive action be prevented just because we are humans? We (collectively) do not allow other people to (insert your favourite recless activity)...just because of the impact on the individual and society. No difference here. We are all humans and shouldn't we respect other people's lives as much as we do ours?
  16. Another interesting site. I don't know whether this one has been jumped.
  17. klapaucius

    KIDS and BASE

    It does skew judgement, sometimes it may be good, sometimes not. In any case it is not impartial anymore. Doctors do not treat own family members. Lawyers do not represent their own family members
  18. klapaucius

    KIDS and BASE

    Would you care to elaborate? Just curious as to how you feel his judgement is affected. Are you saying affected similar to "Boyfriends teaching BASE" as Tom has talked about or something different? Coco Yes, and no. There is whole subconscious (of both dad and son) that can make a big mess out of a situation. Emotions skew judgement. "Dad, I am ready"...vs. "Mentor, I am ready" "Son, you can do it now"... vs. "Student, you can do it now" "Son, I am proud of you"... "Student, well done" "Dad, did I do it right?"..."Mentor, what was the problem at ..."
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    KIDS and BASE

    841, Would you feel comfortable to tell your son: I do not want to teach you, because I am your father and don't approve (or don't want to teach a family member, it's never a good idea even if we talk grade 9 math) but you are 16 and there is this BASE instructor with 100 BASE jumps and I trust him wholeheartedly with your and my life? If you say yes - help him find a mentor (good luck with that eh'). If not, well, you are teaching him yourself. And I don't think that it is a good idea, because YOUR judgement is affected, no matter what you say, by the fact that he is your son. I know that I would not trust my life in your hands.
  20. Hey i dont waste my time spell chekking my posts i need to get out fast as i need to jump as real BASE jumpers doesI leave it up to guys like Jaap to answer all the anoying Q´s Actually, it looks like if you just spell checked this one (OK, almost)
  21. Amazing... The airflow above and below the body is so clean... How did you get access to a wind tunnel this size?
  22. In the whole country, there are two objects in Oslo tall enough to jump, maybe a span or two (because they build tunnels under the rivers and fjords) and a few antennas. There is nothing else to do but track from 1000m cliffs ;-)
  23. They will always find a way...