justinbuss

Thanks Koen! I'll have a look for those. Are these also used for replacing the glass? Eat. Shit. Skydive. What else is there?

All I could find about this online was the following quote at paragear.com: "The Barigo RW Altimeter offers smallness, flatness and features that denote the quality unit it is. The lightweight aluminum case has an easy to read large face that is fixed in place so that "O" stays at the same reference point to the jumper day after day." I can't get hold of the manufacturer Eat. Shit. Skydive. What else is there?

I tried that, but it does not look like the back comes off at all. That makes me wonder how I would replace the glass if that ever got busted, because the glass isn't one of those 'screw-in' jobs. I tried that, but then the alti rotates a bit in freefall, and I'm worried it could get moved to where I can't see it in freefall. Any other ideas? Eat. Shit. Skydive. What else is there?

Ok, I bought myself a spiffy new Barigo altimeter, and it works great, but I have one problem with it. The Altimeters I used as a student all had the face positioned so that zero was in the same position as the 12 on your analogue watch. The barigo, when mounted with the fingers through the ring and the velcro around the wrist, has the zero at the same place as the 3 on the analogue watch. I can change the way I strap it to my wrist, but it's not so comfortable, so I'd like to continue strapping it the way I do now (fingers through ring etc.), but I'd very much like to turn the face back 90 degrees so the zero is at 12 like the student altis because it reads easier that way. Does anybody know how you turn the face on the barigo, or if it's even possible? Thanks, Justin Eat. Shit. Skydive. What else is there?

Maybe you just chose a bad time of year to try to order. The factory in Durban has been closed for a while (they closed 15 December and only reopened on 21 January as far as I know). If you tried to ordered in that time then you would probably have gotten delayed. I'm not "stateside" ... I live and jump in South Africa, so it makes sense for me to order locally. By the way, if you don't get good response from the guys at Chute Shop, try going through the dealer in Johannesburg (http://www.icarus.co.za or send e-mail to [email protected]). Hope this helps Eat. Shit. Skydive. What else is there?

No worries there ... I'm having it custom made, so it's the "latest and greatest" design. I'm also ordering it mainly because of comfort fit and it looks pretty funky and it doesn't hurt that it's so cheap (compared to my other options). I hve not had the opportunity to jump one, because most of the VortexII's on my DZ have very small canopies in them and I won't jump those for quite some time (I've only got 26 jumps). Eat. Shit. Skydive. What else is there?

Any of you ever jump a VortexII (or even a Vortex) harness/container system? I'm looking to buy one, and was wondering what, if any, opinions there are about it. His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream

It was directed at you, but you took it wrong. Sorry if I caused offense. Just that normally when ppl refer to sheep they imply certain things, and I was just saying that I had seen a lot worse than Oudshoorn ... that's all. His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream

Born: Klerksdorp, South Africa (fewer sheep than Oudshoorn, and they have a DZ) Currently: Johannesburg, South Africa Home DZ (and First Jump): Witbank, South Africa His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream

There are only four Afrikaans words a skydiver needs to know: fok, trek, lekker and bier (fuck, pull, **** and beer - lekker is a catch-all that is way more meaningful than 'cool'). Use these words with the right body language and facial expression and you can get just about all your desires fulfiled. fok Afrikaans is lekker His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream

Oudshoorn ain't all that bad considering all the shite places I saw while in the States. Don't knock what you ain't tried. His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream

Thanks Bill. That's the best advice I've heard on the subject. I think I'll show her this and then see if she wants to go. Our DZ uses paddles (no fancy radios here in South Africa ;)), so she need not worry about not hearing that. Her major problem is that she is terrified of removing the hearing aid. Period. I think we'll try the car test, with one of our own helmets, not the student pro-tec, and see if she feels OK with that. His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream

I have a friend who would like to do the first jump course (static line) at our DZ. She wears hearing aids and is apparently not comfortable removing them under ANY circumstances. Do you think she could jump with her hearing aids still in? What would you all recommend we do to try to ease her concern on the subject? Quite obviously the best course of action would be to get her to chat wit the CI or someone like that, and this is what I have recommended, but I would still like to hear your opinions. His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream