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It's a Micro Raven 153. I have had one ride on it.

The gear I'm jumping now is pretty old. I'm in the process of replacing the reserve since the manufacturer only rated it for 20 years (it was built in 1989). Does anybody know if there are similar restrictions regarding containers? My javelin was also built in 1989, and although it is completely airworthy, does something similar hold true for rigs? Or other types of gear?

In April of 2008, Drew Barrymore was shooting Whip it in Michigan. My friends and I were in a bar, and in she walks in with Justin Long. Nobody paid much attention to her, and you could tell she was a little put off by that. Finally someone asked "Are you Drew Barymore?" She said "Yeah I am!" Then he said "Well I was wondering, what the fuck are you doing in Michigan?" My friends told her we were having a house party and that she should come by. Well, sure enough, she, Justin Long, and their assistants roll up at about 3 am. Justin Long was super cool and chill, while Drew just smoked all the pot and didn't say thank you.

And if the center loses altitude awareness? Then you're fucked since you were looking at them instead of your alti. I'm sorry, but if someone says on a big way "You break off at 4500", I am keeping track of my own altitude with an altimeter in order to figure out when to break off, not estimating based on the ground or waiting for others to signal me. Of course during the track, I use time as a means to figure deployment just like you. I simply do not see how you can be safe without one on a complicated jump with precise break off altitudes, where pulling high or low can get you killed.

We would have uncomfortable small talk until rescued.

True story. So I downloaded that picture a super long time ago. It was an awesome picture. Then last night Crystal tells me, oh hey that's ME in that picture. Truly, the skydiving world is a small one indeed.

Bloodhound gang song. Most of their other stuff is about on par with that…

On a bigway, when tracking and pulling at very specific altitudes is critical, how do you expect someone to do that without an altimeter? I can think of plenty of other examples where you'd have to be more precise than what you intuition can provide. I don't know why a lot of people put faith in the idea that good jumpers don't NEED altis.

Well, here in SoCal, the closest DZ is an hour and a half away if you live in the LA area… COme to think of it, I've never lived closer than 60 minutes to a dropzone.

That is nothing. I've seen a woman breast feeding a child, eating, AND talking on the phone while driving. 100% serious.

How long before? I don't see a problem with smoking, say, the night before, but right before a jump? That'd be ridiculous.

Why not? I don't understand and agree with that type of thinking. Allowing people to watch only those lucky ones, makes people (usually newbies) thinking that getting away from stupid stuff is a norm, when it isn't. Really now, if he had been killed, you don't see why it wouldn't be posted? Seeing a video similar to this in which there was a fatality would not at all aid in safety or understanding, above what something like this shows. I've never seen somebody die, or even directly witnessed an incident, yet I know enough to still be jumping a Triathlon loaded at .9.

What does it mean if I thought this thread was going to be about Amy Chmelecki?

I for one hope we don't. Then I'd have to buy a new Alti-2 in meters.

Yeah. When you get your A, start doing the excel camp if you'll be there during one.

Missing option. I only planned on doing it once, but wanted to do it all myself, so I chose AFF. But THEN I decided I wanted to become a skydiver and continued.

The ranch isn't exactly upstate… I'd suggest Frontier Skydivers in Newfane, or Finger Lakes Skydivers.

Is it hot to be an american football superstar? In order to not seem super gay, I've also attached a picture where I look as manly as I can.

Emily, Emma, Madison, Abigail, Olivia, Isabella, Hannah, Samantha, Ava, Ashley, Sophia, Elizabeth, Alexis, Grace, Alyssa, Mia, Ella, Anna, Taylor, Kayla, Hailey, Jessica, Nicole, Kylie, Katelyn, Zoe, Paige, Gabriella, Jenna, Kimberly, Stephanie, Alexa, Avery, Andrea, Leah, Madeline, Nevaeh, Evelyn, Maya, Mary, Michelle, Jada, Sara, Audrey, Brooklyn, Rebecca, Caroline, Amelia, Mariah, Jordan, Jocelyn, Arianna, Isabel, Marissa, Aaliyah, Gracie, Claire, Isabelle, Molly, Mya, Diana, and Katie. But then again I'm very picky.

That is weird. I remember something about the price going down when demand goes down… I was ever that good at economics.

Believe me, "hot" was never something that I was called until I started hanging out with you guys. Take a woman, say X. X is about a 6. X starts skydiving. X becomes an 8. X then posts on DZ.com about sex and stuff. X becomes a 9. That must have been what's happened to you.

You're right and you're not. I don't think they could maintain a heading or stability, and I don't think they could do a 40 way. A skier who's never skydived, probably won't be very good at skydiving, just as a skydiver who has never skied, probably won't be very good at skiing. There are more differences than not. Still, i believe skydivers in general tend to think they are somehow pushing the limits of human experience, and as you correctly point out, most simply aren't. I say we abolish the term 'whuffo' forever. Do any other sports have names for people who don't participate? How elitist and rude. Want to grow the sport? Treat non jumpers with a little more respect.

I think it was Tom Aiello who had a lineover on a base jump, and used a hook knife to clear it. It's doable.

Can't watch it right now, but I'm pretty sure this video has a good example of what a canopy connected by only one riser looks like... it's not pretty. http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1575 Dave I can't really imagine that looking any worse then being stuck on the tail of an airplane.

In reading the recent incidents thread about the premature reserve deployment over the tail, several people mentioned cutting the reserve risers with a hook knife. Is there some reason you would cut the risers, instead of the lines near where they attach to the risers? That would SEEM to me to be a lot easier…