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My name is Taylor, US Parachute Team, member of Too Wrapped Up, BASE jumper.... and I need help passing on knowledge of my revolutionary story company. We, as a community are amazing story tellers, but technology is not helping the next generation be so. Please check out Burble (not the manifest company) and share, pledge, or dismiss. Our community is amazing and my 15yrs in it has shown me the love we are capable of in supporting one another. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ava-the-story-tent/ava-the-immersive-story-tent?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Burble BlueSkiesMag-i114-Burble-byMaraLucien.pdf

Way to go Laura! Can't wait to do more CRW with you soon! -Coach (Taylor Cole)

Updating my review: I absolutely love this place, the people, and the culture. There is a reason Skydive Danielson has won best small DZ 2 years in a row by Blue Skies Mag. Slip n Slide landings, unicycle bonfire hopping, river floating, CRW chopping mayhem, port a potty packing ..... keep the stories going and get to this DZ. A must visit!!!! Taylor 'Too Wrapped Up'

Not bad at all. ;) Great to see the old CRW tapes. ~Taylor (Too Wrapped Up) -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=91059&sitesection=&VID=23887304 Elsinore Too Wrapped Up's Kevin ingley and Eric Gallan share the wonders of CRW with San Diego on the local news. :) Love my Teammates Taylor (www.facebook.com/toowrappedup) -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Make CRW (Canopy Relative Work) a discipline you learn shortly after getting your 'A' license to improve canopy skills and meet amazing people (ie Crewdogs)!! CRW is a big piece of Skydive Elsinore and at many other major dropzones across the US. Take the time to ask about this AMAZING discipline! https://www.facebook.com/toowrappedup 'Like' our fan page to keep up with CRAZY wraps, CRW Pup Camps, and Record Breaking Rotations!!!!! We're heading to Dubai for the 2012 World Parachuting Championships and any support through our page is greatly appreciated!!! We are the easiest going people on the DZ and welcome questions about everything from Rigging, Cutting Away (both w/ handle or w/ knife), BASE, Unicycling, CRW, PBR, Wingsuits, and XRW. Get out to your local DZ and try CRW!!!!!! Elsinore is your BEST Option!!!!! ;) -TWU -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

This Saturday..... 25 February @ 8AM!!! 'Too Wrapped Up' A and B teams will be out to get new pups up in the air dancing on canopies. We have plenty of gear, so just bring a rig and a smile..... and maybe a few beers for when the day is over!! And friend Too Wrapped Up on FACEBOOK!!!!! :) ~TAylor -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Plan a weekend at Elsinore some time and plan on staying at my place! LeeAnne and I have a room available for badass CRW peeps and we are (Thanks to Ken's Judging skills) the 2011 home of the Oka Cup. ;) Taylor (Red Canopy - Too Wrapped Up) -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

As a response to a dare, this is Kevin Ingley's Response: "Sorry it took so long for the video. We shot it the weekend after the dare, but I've been on the road ever since and haven't had time to edit and post it till now. Glen Fafard and Chris Lowder shot video. Taylor Cole and I did a Mr Bill out of an Otter under a Lightning. After we came back to consciousness, Eric Gallan muscled his canopy down to dock on us. Taylor climbed from me down to Eric to complete the Mr Bill pass, then he hopped up and sat on his slider just for the fun of it before jumping off. See the "Bill Pass" link below. OK, so we got one point. Bet ya can't turn two. " Bill Pass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSCjZuS2up0&feature=email -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Some great points. being that the sport is so new, progression would probably lead from big flock and slow ==> big flock and fast. Haven't flown the big suits, but seeing some flyers brand new to wingsuiting on them scares me a bit. Good times... and Good Luck to all you flyers on the record. See ya at elsinore!! -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

If belly flying has 0 horizontal component and wingsuit base has a possible 3:1 horizontal component, where are all these big way flocking jumps at? In other words, I see more and more massive suits coming out that give a wonderful control range for limited horizontal speeds, but to me, add nothing more than increased danger to a pilot that possibly couldn't fly the previous suit to full range. Should flocking records have a vector attached? Is a 10 way flock at 3:1 (horizontal:vertical) more worthy than a 100 way flock at 1:3? Not taking sides, just asking the question. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

On heading cliff strike!!! :) Thanks for the pic Amanda! -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Hey Eric, send me your phone number, I got a new phone. Greeny would be the one to ask on this one, I'm sure he'll chime in. Tha 'B' you speak of are my lowest freefalls so far and all went well, no US405 landings. ;) I've seen a lot of freefalls in the 160-190' range by Greeny and he has them down. But shit does happen every once and a while. Be safe!! -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Nice unpacked 2-ways we had!! In perfect spirit with the TF tradition. Send me your contact info when you get a chance. I wanna head up North for a trip sometime. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Couldn't find this one on the forum. Where's the best place to pitch a tent? -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Anybody jump in this area at all? Please PM me. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

$1161 from Orbits on Malaysian Airlines. LAX ==> Malaysia. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

I try to refrain from writing to this website, but in this case I feel I must. Every base jumper has their own personality, individual as a fingerprint, but base as a whole has one personality that shifts ever so slightly with change of individuals. As a BASE jumper brought out just a year ago through old skool teaching and hard work by BASE 17, I am ever saddened that I have been on this ride long enough to know that it is changing. I was present for two peoples ends on Nick's list and believe that in losing the list we are losing the bond that so much makes us one. I said to a friend with a broken back from a parachute accident last night, that I am afraid to jump now adays because of the risk of getting caught. So many stupid jumpers have ruined sites and alerted enemies of BASE to our presence. The whole, known as the BASE community, is changing!!!! Change can be good or bad, as long as we stay together, it will be positive. ~Taylor (A supporter of the BFL, BASE, and all those jumpers that do it for the chicks) -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Gald to see you chimed in! Not sure what exactly happened on that low 'E' jump, but I would go as far to say the PC did help out. As for the 120' over concrete, we all PLF'd but could of stood up (Two vented canopies fully pressurized, unvented had closed end cells). Double break cord setups tied very short to the pins, carabiner clipped to Toyota. Great jump! -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Calvin, I very much respect your innovation and creativeness with all sports you do... thanks again for the rope jumps. But, why put down the idea of pushing the limits safely with SL jumps? This is starting to sound like another.... What is a real BASE jump thread. I actually enjoy the funk (some of the big afro kind) SL jumps that require some creative rigging, clearing some funky objects, or just plane smiling for the fiance from the top. It's a wonderful way for me to take my rigging knowledge from Big Wall climbing to BASE. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Shortish (150') building jumps with a fence (or light pole, rubbish, tall elephants, etc) to clear might be one example. The question is: Is there a way to make it as safe as possible? -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

Two breakcords and 2 of those parachute fellows from the liquor store tied to the place where the PC should be works fine. Now I just need to find a 300 something object on the top of a big rocky hill with a street below and enough elevation to gaurantee me a 2 minute canopy ride. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

I rented a Telesis 260 from the school at Elsinore and put in my ACE 260 canopy with a slider. Packed it normal and did nothing but high hop n pops. 20 minutes on a canopy will do you wonders on finding the stall points, rear riser reverse gears, etc. Not a single hard opening in 4 jumps. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

HAHAHA! Three good things came from that jump... Hurdling a shoe over the top of my canopy, watching my other shoe hit the water without me in it, and walking out in socks!!!! GREAT TIMES!!!! See ya for sure Justin!! :) -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"

FJCs are good, but there really isn't anything better than a true mentorship. Find a local mentor that is willing to spend a few months or more with you to teach you everything you need to start with a minimum knowledge to be safe. I met with mine on Sunday nights at the Dropzone to work on packing and have discussions for months. When everything checked out in those categories, he took me to Perine and taught me how to exit and the ethics of BASE. Beyond that I was continuously handed off to other very trusted jumpers to get a variety of objects in. I believe now, almost 100 jumps into my BASE career that I had a very solid upbringing into this wonderful sport. -Taylor "Can't plan fantastic!!!!!"