Shark

Right now you are "BI-" but you will soon be "TRI" after the Crazy CReW weekend at Perris.

So that's dessert, what's for dinner?!

It's gonna be a crowded sky with the swoopers and crewdogs this weekend! Shark CCR 2113

What about STDs? (Skydiver Transmitted Diseases)

Dude or whatever, Yeah, skydivers can bitch a lot, but they also pay your fucking salary, however meager. Besides, there are a lot of us who are pilots, probably with more hours than you. There are also ex-military and/or current dudes who would be happy to put some twenty-mike-mike up your ass or drop some iron in your general vicinity. So dude, be happy you are doing what you are doing. And remember, when shit hit's the fan at altitude, the cargo in the back are wearing parachutes.

Ah hah, while true many of us have short term memory and will have forgotten by the next recess. The Shark will be frequenting the Perris "waters" for CReW this weekend and will watch the Swoopers in between loads. That will make June 16th as the next time there is a shark sighting, a long time from now. Get me in another 100... Agreed. Now at 203 jumps I really don't know shit, especially after talking to John LeBlanc. (BTW, I noticed a little drowsiness on your part Saturday afternoon. It was definitely nap time!

THE BEER TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE: SYMPTOM: Beer is crystal-clear. FAULT: It's water. Somebody is trying to sober you up. ACTION: Punch him. SYMPTOM: Don't recognize anyone, don't recognize the room you're in FAULT: You've wandered into the wrong party. ACTION: See if they have free beer. SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet. FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle. ACTION: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling. SYMPTOM: Feet warm and wet. FAULT: Improper bladder control. ACTION: Stand next to nearest dog, complain about house training. SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless. FAULT: Glass empty. ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer. SYMPTOM: Opposite wall covered with fluorescent lights. FAULT: You have fallen over backward. ACTION: Have yourself chained to bar. SYMPTOM: Mouth contains cigarette butts. FAULT: You have fallen forward. ACTION: See above. SYMPTOM: Beer tasteless, front of your shirt is wet. FAULT: Mouth not open, or glass applied to wrong part of face. ACTION: Retire to restroom, practice in mirror. SYMPTOM: Floor blurred. FAULT: You are looking through bottom of empty glass. ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer. SYMPTOM: Floor moving. FAULT: You are being carried out. ACTION: Find out if you are being taken to another bar. SYMPTOM: Room seems unusually dark. FAULT: Bar has closed. ACTION: Confirm home address with bartender, take taxi home. SYMPTOM: Taxi's interior suddenly takes on colorful aspect and textures. FAULT: Beer consumption has exceeded personal limitations. ACTION: Cover mouth. SYMPTOM: Everyone looks up to you and smiles. FAULT: You are dancing on the table. ACTION: Fall on somebody cushy-looking. SYMPTOM: Hands hurts, nose hurts, mind unusually clear. FAULT: You have been in a fight. ACTION: Apologize to everyone you see, just in case it was them. SYMPTOM: Your singing sounds distorted. FAULT: The beer is too weak. ACTION: Have more beer until your voice improves. SYMPTOM: Don't remember the words to the song. FAULT: Beer is just right. ACTION: Play air guitar. SYMPTOM: Ugly woman in your sights. FAULT: Insufficient beer intake. ACTION: Up the dosage. SYMPTOM: Shins and toes hurt. FAULT: You've been walking into things. ACTION: Maintain dosage. SYMPTOM: Squishy feeling in the hands. FAULT: You have grabbed hold of a woman's breasts. ACTION: Duck to avoid boyfriend's fist. SYMPTOM: Bed is bumping around. FAULT: Taking an ambulance ride. ACTION: It's too late, you made an ass of yourself.

Skydive Elsinore just completed their Bridge the Gap weekend that included seminars featuring John LeBlanc. Learning took on a different angle when talking to one of the best canopy designers and test pilots. Talk about geting insight. Well, it blew our minds! Thanks, John!

Congratulations to Mandy! She hit 200 on Sunday! And of course, she tested out the swoop pond waters... You'll have to check her web soon for some pics! We have bridged the gap! Cya, bye!

Right-on... They got night jumps going on, too.

Bone, If you hung out longer for the helo jumps at Snore, YOU would have made that quote...

It was a lucky guess on my part. Nice ex-rig! Whadaya gettin' next? Or should I guess again? BTW, me, Chaz1234, and possibly T1 will be there for CReW on the 9th and probably get some night jumps in! Shark

I'd hardly call it a "sacrifice" as it took over 2 hours since the 1 bottle of "poison" was administered. But, thanks anyway. BTW, see Recon Rich on the Perriscam web pix? Definitely an UglyMug shot....

Okay. I wanna hear some stories. You always hear/see/read about the base jumps of the buildings downtown, but what about something more random. C'mon! Tell us! BTW, this is just for informational purposes and I have no knowledge of, nor have any intent on doing the afore mentioned activity.

In never rains in southern california.... As I head out to the dz, I ponder how many drunks would be there today. It is, afterall, raining with 1 mile viz and a low, low ceiling. Same gang as yesterday. It stops drizzling at times, and an hour later it subsides. Unfortunately the cloud base is less than 2000'. We watched the same videos, including some new (new to us) footage of Grasshopper doing RW. His best was a rodeo with Jessica with great video by T1. Finally, Lara Croft bitches about being hungry and we road trip it to In-&-Out. Now, with hour increased exit weight, we look upward only to see glimpses of blue holes. Didn't look like an Otter load to altitude anytimes soon. But WAIT! The rotorheads are pulling the doors of the JetRanger! So we figure if we are to do hop-n-pops we might as well do them from the helo. Me and Recon Rich grab the golf cart and start cajoling the rotorheads and he says he can probably get us upto 3.5. Our ST&A gives us our final blessings and we manifest our load and 3 others. We are to launch a 4 way out. Me and Rich on the left skid, and Mike and Jim on the starboard skid. The pilot gives us a short brief before we strap in and rotate. A little hover and we buzz the packing tents a few times and head for the hills. We get to 2 grand and I motion to the sky; the cloud base is right on top of us. Will we get any higher? As we go the last 1000' we go into the base of the clouds just off the dz, then clear them as we start our hover. We all stand on our skids and everybody waits for my exit count. We're a little south and the pilot side slides over the dz. The anticipation was killing me and I check the faces of my jump buddies. The are just as anxioius as if to give me the "what-the-fuck-look." The pilot finally maitains a good hover and reaches for the siren, our cue to leave. I do the ready set go thing and fall off. No air, no speed, not much control. I begin to feel the pressure and track away, hoping my pals do the same. I do not hear my ProTrack as we went out under 3k and feel that I have been in the air a long time. I pitch and feel the dbag deploy, all the while thinking that I may not have enough speed to inflate the pc. I get the usual snivel of the Spectre, watch the lines and slider. I glance towards Rich as my canopy is still inflating and think GEEZ! he's still in freefall! We all end up following each other in a right-hand landing pattern onto the grass for our so-called demo jump. See, a film crew was out there and got us out of the helo and our cool landings. They also got Rich as he had won the Low-Pull contest. The ProTrack sez we went out at 2900' and I was in the saddle by 1900' in 9 seconds. Remember, he was still in freefall when I was under canopy. (Please do not attempt this stunt at home.) Anyways, the cloud cover wasn't as bad by 330 and we managed to get a few more jumps in with 4 otter loads. Not bad for rainy start, eh?! L8

No shit. There I was at 3500'. The JetRanger goes into a hover. I make my way to the skid from the left seat. I hear the siren, look at my jump buddy in the right rear seat as he mounts the skid. "READY - SET - GOoooooo!" And I fall head first as I feel my stomack going up into my throat. I pick up speed and regain my "flight" controls and turn 180 and watch the helo with Chris close by in the background. He pitches, and I follow shortly as I can hear myself scream from the rush. Good chute, no line twist, and stow the slider. I see 3 good canopies around me and make my approach to a great landing in the grass. What a RUSH!!! (I'm doing another; very soon.) To bad today's weather sucked and the ceiling wasn't high enough for another helo trip. It was, however, fun anticipating the "call" and getting geared up, consulting the pilot to give us 50-60 knots with some last minute advice from our ST&A. (Is that kinda like T&A??? Nah.) We went limp as soon as the local glider pilots reported the 2000' ceiling and we shut down the loads...4 of them. Then later in the day the helo crew bailed when it turned hop & poppable. Well, there's always tomorrow, Memorial Day, one in which we should remember our friends in eternal freefall, and other love ones who have passed. Peace, out.

Pammi, But think of it this way, at least you can buy yourself beer if you use your reserve... Shark

Mandy, Ya jumpin' this afternoon?? I'm gonna be there for a couple at least....

[Drool] I'm there!

The Shark needs 14 for 200. So, 2 on Friday then I'll finish it up on Sunday's Hit & Chug contest!

I'll be late (like anyone cares), cuz I'm gonna get some jumps in. Chaz1234 should be on the load out. I'll let y'all know if he goes "both ways."

Yeah, but what happened to Stunts?

You guys actually got that thing that high? What's the ceiling on a UH1? We got a JetRanger for the weekend, but rumor has it that it may only get up to 5 grand...

Dan, Sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling. You know when it's right. This is a sport were being indecisive can be deadly. eg. when to cutaway. If you are alive and still having fun, you made the right decision. So, the trade-off for not jumping was learning how to pack. That's not bad at all. Black skies, CReW skies (6/9-6/10, Perris) L8r

So there were 17 that made the formation. I'm not sure if you were on that one. I forget what day it was, but there was that 16 way British Team, NRA that Hammo LO'd a sunset big way. Yeah, funny thing, I just watched the video you are talking about. We were part of the 5 way base with that big dude from Luxembourg.