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  2. this could be a stupid question - sorry if so...

    was it (and is it in other countries) a big problems in the past if you wanted to make a demo-base-jump e.g. from the roof of a football-stadium before the game begins? what was the problem - sorry, but i do not get it.

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    Read this



    i already read that one in the last days - i can not see a major difference concerning day-blazing and site-burning when comparing it to the above mentioned video...

    i am looking forward to your clarifying posts.

  7. i just watched this "OLN_Fearless"-video about jeb on skydivingmovies.com and was wondering what - concerning siteburning and day-blazing - the difference between jeb and felix is.

    isn't jeb also offending against base-ethics when jumping (and showing it on video/TV) that famous object in paris at daylight and that famous bridge in L.A.?

    as a non-base-jumper (not yet...) i am looking forward to reading your position to that question.

  11. ah, ok - very interesting!

    how much force do you accept on each of your horizontal ropes and how much do you accept on the vertical rope (on the jumpers body)?

    is the force cell rigged on the tyrolean permanently or do you remove it after being sure, that you are within the limits?

    what do you mean with "creative measuring teqniques"?

  13. do you share your rigging-know-how?

    i only rope-jumped a 30 meter high bridge (with 20 meter of rope to swing) near my hometown severel times but now found 2 almost 100 meter high spans which both allow something like a 60-meter-rope-jump. this will be our project for next summer.

    and then: maybe a tyrolean someday?

    you guys would have the knowledge and experience to help others to prevent stupid avoidable mistakes on rigging a tyrolean-rope-jump-system, don't you?

    would you share your rigging-know-how?

    greetings from europe.

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    Someone posted that a BASE jumper they knew worked on antennas.



    TowerToppers the man. He climbs A's all day. When we were scouting recently he explained how to tell the height, what the different types of towers were, what the regs on striping and lights were...

    Very good guy to have on an load.


    maybe he could post some lines here or write an article for BASE-WIKI?

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    Photos would be a real plus for the wiki. (like what does a tail pocket look like, or a tailgate, etc etc)
    I have a camera if someone wants to lend me some gear ;p

    /Captain



    very good idea!

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    redirect your energy to something you wish to achieve, not avoid. focus on your goals and motivations, not your fears.



    ...one of the things i wish ot achieve and therefore want to focus on in the next years is to make "safe" base-jumps someday.

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    I would think that off-heading opening are influenced way more through "bad body position" than through your theory of a bad pack job.



    thanx for your reply!

    as i noted above the percentages i used are only to give something like an example how this could look like - as i am an ABSOLUTE (!) NEWBIE to this sport the percentages are most likely 100 % UNREALISTIC!

    i hope you have better guesses than me.

  21. as there are obviously no hard statistical data on risk-factors leading to accidents/injury (not death) in base i am interested in your guess - let's see what the base-community supposes!

    here my question: what are in your opinion the main-reasons leading to "injury-accidents"?
    (let's include all incidents leading to pain or body-malfunction that last at least one week, ok?)

    i think it would make sense to rank your (five to ten) most favourite reasons and quote your supposed percentage/spreading of each one of them --> so someone could be aware of the situations that seem to be most often responsible for accidents leading to injury!

    let me make two (different) axamples (data is 100% imaginary and therefore of course invalid) how this could look like:
    example1:

    50% - offheading
    50% - due to bad pack-job
    25% - due to unstable body-position
    25% - bad luck
    30% - landing incident
    50% - due to pulling to low
    50% - due to insufficient experience
    50% - due to PC-hesitation
    30% - due to bad landing area
    20% - due to insufficient body-armor
    20% - other
    50% - bad weather
    50% - leading to slippery exit-point and unstable body position...
    50% - foggy landing area leading to bad landing...
    25% - aerials-associated
    50% - leading to wall strike
    50% - leading to low pull..
    25% - drugs-/alcohol-associated

    example2:

    30% - bad luck (if that exists...?)
    75% - leading to offheading
    25% - leading to PS-hesitation
    20% - unsufficient experience
    60% - leading to pulling to low
    40% - leading to bad landing
    15% - bad weather
    50% - leading to slippery exit-point and unstable body position
    50% - foggy landing area leading to bad landing
    10% - aerials-associated
    90% - overconfidence
    10% - bad luck
    10% - drugs-/alcohol-associated

    10% - bad pack-job
    90% - leading to offheading
    5% - leading to lineover
    5% - leading to hesitation
    5% - dangerous landing-area (relative to the experience of the jumper)
    50% - trees
    25% - stones
    10% - power supply lines
    10% - buildings
    5% - cars

  22. nick, could you make some calculation including the "leading-to-injury-incidents"? would be very interesting, wouldn't it? thanx.

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    Agreed that the Spectre does not perform like a BASE canopy, but it's still 7-cell, I can practice BASE emergency procedures, and it is relatively forgiving with regards to flying beaked approaches.



    hmm, now i am a little bit confused...

    what's different to a base-canopy?

    what is not different to a base-canopy?

    what do you mean with "emergency procedures"?

    is "practicing emergency procedures" the most important skill to learn before base-jumping?

  25. hey lou,

    again very helpful. thanx.

    two more question to the Raven:

    1. was this your first and at that time only skydiving-rig?

    2. i contacted a local base-jumper (rigger, i think aff-instructor, former base-mentor/-insturctor, base-gear-dealer) and he warned me that it COULD maybe be 2 disappointing years if i really focus on a base-canopy or raven 100% at skydiving (=practicing for base) in the next 2 years: a big, heavy and not very freefly-friendly container with such a docile canopy could bore me over the years...

    ...i unfortunatelly can only afford one rig at the moment...

    ...another "problem" he mentioned was, that i could maybe not go skydiving on (more) windy days, because of the bad gliding-performance of such a docile canopy. i could maybe "often" not reach the DZ anymore...

    he suggested some canopy like the PD spctre - it should be more sporty he said - but would this be wise, if i wanted to train for base?

    (oh my god, my english is so bad - sorry!)


    i am looking forward to any comments. thanx.

    m.w.

    PS: i hope the local base-jumper i contacted is not offended if he reads this postings - i appreciate his help very much! but on the other hand side i would like to hear more than only one opinion to that question...