Kelly

thanks milo.. a note to women.. DONT SHAVE YOUR LEGS!!! i am so lazy about that . i just do touchups. well, i shaved yesterday and now the hair is growing in.. GEEZEEE my leg itches!!! and i cant scratch it!!! damnit!!!!! im anxious to see what the dr says.. i was give muscle relaxers at the dz and while that made the shoulder/arm pain go away the foot was still a very horrible pain.. so that isnt muscle damage.. thats what makes me think its the bone.. aw. this sucks. my container should be here this week coming up.. i had plans to start my trip the first week of november, ill have to move that back a few weeks... i cant jump on my two year skydiving anniversery.. and for those 'old timers' you know why this anniversery is so important to me. :( --- that makes me sad :( "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

hey hey! whooo hee! making your first jump?!?! im kelly, look for me, im 5'1, brown hair, cast on my right leg. ill be the only one on crutches :) kel ps- dont be scared. i hurt myself. "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

i need your help!!! who ever gets this and will be at the chicks boogie... can you please get a message to bridget liss? can you tell her that kelly from cross keys asked her to email her asap.. i dont have bridgets email addy anymore but its important that i talk to her! you cant miss her, she tall and goofy and a damned good chick canopy pilot. if youre still not sure look back a couple of parachutists... theres a big pic of her there :) thanks guys! and can you please let me know that you told her? thanks! kelly [email protected] "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

hey all. after 8 days of not jumping i finally woke up today feeling great. i was at the dz by 7am... got on the second load. nice sitfly jump (solo). came in for landing and got blown a bit left from crosswinds. i flared completely but dug in my left toggle. last thing i saw was my legs going up by my side. I hit really hard. from what other jumpers say I hit horizonal. they thought i was broken real bad. turns out that i have a serious sprain to my right foot, right ankle, and left shoulder/arm. I've got a huge scrape from my elbow halfway up my arm towards my hand. It seems that i bounced on my left and my right ankle sort of slammed into the ground.. then i bounced onto my belly and slid a bit. all in all Ive got to see an orthapedic surgen on wed. for a followup.. the hospital i went to is known for fuckups so i wouldnt be surprised if i actually did break a few foot bones. It looks like ill be out for at least 4 weeks. Im in a wet cast (it contours to your body and hardens). the nurse who put it on fucked it up and theres a tiny space in the right side of it and my ankle keeps slipping into that hole.. so i go from feeling no pain to being in excruciating pain. ah well. lessons learned. damn it! kel "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

well, its been 6 weeks since this thread was last active. im sure we have some new stories to tell :) last week i found myself at 2k directly over the golf course. I thought "i might make it back" but decided against risking it. didnt want to land in trees, didnt want to be forced to land downwind on the runway.. so my only other option was the golf course. I turned around and took one look at the big flag that they have hanging up. I figure out which was is upwind and realize that im already downwind. its okay cause now im at 1,500 feet. winds arent strong. i can chill here until its time to start final. I look for the 'brownish' grass like all the signs at the dz say to look for. gee, that plush green grass looks good, but ill do as the signs say and not land in the middle of their game. I set myself up and am actually amused because as im burning off altitude waiting to start my final (no left hand pattern this jump!) i can see the golfers looking up at me. Its time to start final and here i go... Im about 150 feet of the ground when i realize that that brown grass i had seen was actually a hill! i tell myself "no turns, you set yourself up for this, youre landing on the hill, no hook turns for your dumb ass!" So im coming in, just 50 feet off the ground, landing into the wind (Thank god!) but landing across a hill. well, at least im not landing up or down it... I get to flare height (or was it?) and get ready to PLF. well, PLF i did, and i also rolled down the hill 3 full rotations, or at least thats what the line twists told me when i stood up and began to gather up my canopy. Now im totally embarrased, cause i know that somebody had to have seen me. I turn around to see those golfers that were behind me but what i realize is that i landed just far enough down the slope that the last thing they saw me do was flare! nobody saw my *graceful* landing. I start to take off my helmet when i look down and see golf balls.. everywhere. under me, next to me, in front of me.. everywhere. I quickly put the helmet and goggles back on (yeah they will protect me from the Tiger woods of scottland run golf course!) and gather up my canopy. A nice fella came and picked me up, the golfers cheered, and the staff called the dz for me... Thank goodness we're friends with the golfers or else i might have been target practice. BTW.. it was the driving range that i landed in... not the rough. and yeah, i did ask the manager for a tour of the golf course.. little does he know that i will be scoping out better options! haha kel so where have you landed out lately? "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

.. am i one of the only people to realize what makes a hate crime so horrible? the fact that somebody is something that they cant help (and that they shouldnt have to!!!) and their murdered for it is horrible. Two people could be standing side by side, a racist or sexist or whatever walks up and kills the person that is what that killer sees as "wrong" and "evil". that killer will murder what he so desperately tries to stand against while leaving 'his brother' the one that is like him, alive and well. people shouldnt be murdered. and people shouldnt be murdered because of one single independant factor. An indian man wouldnt be dead if he werent indian. Thus ,his right to live was taken from him not because he was a bad man, or an evil man, not because he violated society, or hurt people, but because he was indian. The person who kills him should be punished horribly. every murderer should recieve the death sentance. every hate crime murder should have their limbs picked apart slowely by the deseased ones family. thats just my take on it. Kill me because im in your way, then im just screwed. kill me because your ignorant fucked up head thinks that who i am is wrong, well burn in hell bastard. ..... by the way, look at the statistics, often times hate crimes are more brutal, involve extensive periods of tourture, are drawn out and accompanied by verbal abuse. Not to many hate crimes occur when the perp shoots the victim in the back. No, those victims are dragged around by their hair, their bodies are mutilated, their pissed on and shit on, their kicked and their prodded, molested and their tortured. you should suffer 100xs more than the suffering your victim went thru. Think of what the victim's went thru the moments before death, wait, with hate crimes its often hours if not a day or 2 of emotional/physical/ and psychological cruelity. Give them the justice they deserve. make their killers suffer worse than they did. And thats why hate crime legislation is something Im proud to support. i did the research, i read the stories, I read the books, i heard what the victims families said and what the victims last words were, i watched the TV footage, and i wrote a damned good paper on it. .......This is just my opinion.... "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

if you go to monkeyclaw.com you can get some really descent pics. The boys had a policy in place that you could take any pics off the web site that you want. Its a sort of anti-disclaimer.. it should still be floating around on their web site. go there, check it out. you should find some really descent pics. kel "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

JT, you dont have to go to australia and be a friggin tourist. be a traveler. Im telling you, that book that i mentioned above gives out so many secrets to making it in australia with little money. You can also buy bus passes/ public transportation tickets for 1 week, 1 month etc etc ahead of time from here in the states. it saves you money. want to travel round australia via airplanes? buy open ended tickets now, it costs less than what the aussies pay. dont be a tourist! IF youre going all the way to australia make plans to do more than just skydive! its a whole other world out there, something unlike anything else.... kel (the one anxiously awaiting here travels thru the outback) "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

ill be going as a frog. Stewy from Monkey Claw has promised to teach me how to do the frog move that he does in "Just Your Average Freefly Video". ive already got it sorted out. Im using my old protec to fancy a frog head onto it, with the eyes up top. Im not sure about the body yet. ill have to figure that one out. and hey, it might be one of the first jumps on my own gear! "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

this darn pic will have us all staring at visiting jumpers when they come to our home dz's. "hey.. that tatoo looks familiar." or "have i seen that rig before?" or when the drinking is really going on, "where have i seen those nipples before?" haha! "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

ah. ive seen that one before. has he come up and flicked you in the forehead yet? how about tap you repeatedly and asked "is this annoying you? is it? is it? huh? is it annoying you?" or how about when you turn around and he steps right in front of you and just stands there, a mere inch away from you? .. you have yet to see the real PJ in action.... "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

haha. thats nice. ill pick the fattest, roundest, chubbiest little kid and make em my personal soccer ball!!! kidding. actually, this little 8 year old boy actually made my evening somewhat pleasant. I explained all about the jaws of life to him and took him inside the ambulance and showed him everything. The kid was so intellectual, he kept asking question after question. And the fact that he saw the Jaws cut a car to pieces totally made his night. I also got to teach him about fire prevention and what to do in case of a fire, so now maybe that little guy is a bit safer and more informed than before.. maybe hell save somebodys life one day.. some kids are so damned cute... "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

lew, can you ask some older jumpers if theyde be willing to do a sit down or phone interview with her? if that aint history walkin i dont know what is.... she could quote them.. a good resource for future papers. using all different sources, books, magazines, internet searches, and interviews along with quotes (taken from another source) etc etc. if shed like to do some email interview or something i know exactly the person who would help her. hes been jumpng over 25 years, and would totally love to talk about skydiving in the olden days.. email me if it would work out for her. [email protected] "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

grumble grumble... this weekend was shitty. just look at daves post. the crappy weather, combined with the stuborness to sit outside near a bonfire and party has gotten me a nice cold. my head hurts, my throats sore (WTF?!?! i had my tonsels out! doesnt that eliminate sore throats!?!), and im just plain miserable. to top it off, its about 70 degrees, blue skies, light winds here in jersey today. AND I CANT JUMP!!! damnit! Im just miserable. sorry :( I want to jump!!! my container will be here within the next 2 weeks. i want to be ready to jump my rig! arggggggggggg!!!!! and this week is fire prevention week so instead of sitting in bed sulking im doing the whole "community service provider" and attending all the local FD's open houses and touring the schools during the day so the kiddies can play in the ambulances and rescue trucks... grumble grumble.. "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

just a quick update.. the date on the fax was wrong. i should have my container here within the next 2 weeks! whoo hee! i dont have to head west without my gear! thanks for the tips. mary called for me today. kel "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

The great barrier reef extends from the northernmost point of the eastern coast (The cape york penninsula) all the way down to just north of bundaberg. Heading south past this boarder you could hit quite a few dropzones.. among the better of those (From what ive been told) is Port Maquarie. Supposed to be a descent place... but thats at least 350 miles away... if you search the internet for skydiving australia you should be able to find links to dropzones. I did this and didnt really spend much time cause most of the websites were tailored to tandems...... Ill ask my australian friends for some good dropzones in the reef area a website for Queensland travels is : www.queensland-holidays.com.au I cant recomend enough "Frommer's Australia 2001" the book is absolutely amazing. It gives a good insight into the real side of australia. its aimed at travelers, not tourists. It lists everything from prices for lodging (cheap, moderate, very expensive) to what bus to catch to get from point A to point B! An australian friend of mine actually pursuaded me to buy it. It didnt really take much, but of all the selections it was the ONE that he thought was the best for a traveler. Along with the book i also purchased a cheap, soft bound oversized atlas. I pulled the australian map out and have all the 'hot spots' that sparked my interest marked down on it. Ive read this book so many times, and have analized the map so often that im probably more familiar with australia than the USA right about now! have fun! lemme know when youre going.. I might just be there at the same time. we could meet up or something. kel "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

thanks dave. i was wondering what the current situation was in some instances... "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

today did suck. bout the only good parts were the groping and the fact that I worked for mum in the long delay cafe.... by the way, i WILL be protecting my nipples from any (further) retaliation. I couldnt help it, you leaned forward and they were just there! haha "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

alright. i ordered my gear. i was told 6 weeks for my container.. a week later i was told 4 more weeks.. so that cut one week off of the orginial date. On friday i got a fax at square 3 and it said 4-6 weeks.. but that was 2 weeks after i initially heard 4 weeks. so my question is, i dont want to harass the wrong people trying to figure out how much more time to expect. is there a certain number i can call or a certain person to email to try to figure this out? my travels depend on the arrival of this container, and if its going to extend for longer than initially expected im headed out and will have the container meet me there. Im just trying to figure out when to leave.... any email addys or phone numbers for the right person are greatly apprectiated! kel "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

start small. The dzo at cross keys, John eddows, does so much for the local EMS squads. Each year he pays for Rope rescue experts to come down from N. PA to teach a rope rescue course at the dropzone. he is constantly asking me/ giving me ideas for events involving the dz and the EMS squads. He welcomes the fire trucks w/ their pumpers with open arms. he gives us tours of the aircraft, and detailed explanations of them. Just yesterday he donated a few hundred dollars to my ambuance squad, the proceeds from the Golden knights demo camp. I really appreciate all that he does, so in return i contact local news agencies. Im in the middle of writing stories for First Responder, a NJ/NY/PA firefighter magazine. Im also composing a story with pictures about the donation last night for several local papers. Ive called senators, written congressmen, and called the news tipline to get media attention about the shutdown we all expereinced, and all this quite successfully too i might add. point in case, a good DZO will generate good publicity because they run a well organized, friendly buisness. If your dzo is one of those people, help them out. you never know when the story might spread. When I called action news about the shutdown i didnt even name cross keys. I just said 'the skydiving centre is suffering. the owner is loosing money" his resonse was a concerned "Freefall adventures?!? all i hear is good things about that place. I love the stories we do on them! well come out there..." we cant rely on ignorant (not said in a cruel manner) folks to produce positive stories.. we have to do that for the general public. So come on, write a story. send in a picture. spread some positive vibes. Even posting to open chat rooms on heavily traveled internet sites can help. lets do our part, this way we do see posititve coverage in the news media. kel "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

jumping at cross keys you tend to meet a lot of the 'famous' folks in the skydiving community. It gets to be normal. In the short time ive been in the sport ive ment some amazing people, among them freefly teams, RW organizers like Ponce and presse, canopy pilots, 4 and 8 way teams, CReW dogs (the Wild Humans Rock!)skysurfers, camera flyers, the flying gelardis, the golden knights, and they have all bettered my skydiving skills and improved my knowlegde and understanding of the sport. but the people that I admire the most, that i could sit and listen to for hours are the ones that the younger jumpers arent familiar with. Tom M. for example. Bill Ottley too.Then theres 'john'. i dont know his last name, but hes this really sweet old guy thats been jumping for about 25-30 years i believe. I could spend days sitting there, listening to his stories of jumping T-10's and having belly mounted reserves. Listening to how a PLF was THEY WAY TO LAND, not a way to land when you cant stand it up. Listening to stories of how RW came to be what it is today... its these folks, the pioneers, the men and women who jumped because they truely loved it, even if it hurt like hell, that i admire the most. Think about it, we rely so much on the modern equipment. If you knew that you had to do static line, if there werent AAD's, if the 3 ring release wasnt invented yet, if we were still jumping rounds, if landings were always PLF's at best.. if the planes took 1/2 hour to get to 8 grand, if their werent successful, advanced organized RW and FF loads.... how many of us would have stuck it out? Those 'grandparents' of skydiving are the ones that deserve the most admiration. Folks like chuck and all are the newer pioneers. They jumped for decades,but their not as old as those mentioned above. their still in their prime. One day chuck will be the older man that our children (if they become skydivers) look at in awe, sit for hours and listen to their stories, dedicate tiki bars too, read about in parachutist. but for now, the 'chuck blue's of today will continue to amaze us with their ever advancing skills, the limits that they push, and the barriers that they break. These folks will be the reason why our skydiving children will have it better than we do. THanks to all the 'chuck blue's' out there. im learning cause of you. kel "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

dave, youre spending 4 months in florida? man, i lost your email! drop me a line with the details.. the where, when etc etc. Ill come visit! kel [email protected] "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

hey. sounds like our plans are a little simiar. ill be in florida, if not california already sometime november.. from there ill head to Eloy for a bit. Ive got a friend headed there now as we speak. im eventually going to australia but i just might wait until the boogie in febuary at Port Maquarie to head over there. anywhoo, ill be at eloy for a bit! by then ill have a navy blue, royal blue and red container, a voodo. Hopefully ill either be in the sky or on the packing mat. Ill be looking for you if im there for the canadian invasion. BTW- theres a place to stay on the dz. not gaurenteed, but from what Bridget has told me theres an area called the Concentration camp. a camping area/trailor area with a brick wall around it hence the name. call the dz. write them an email. try to get your name known before you get there.. it will make things easier if you plan to stay for a while. "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

have fun sis! ~bout cheap jumps, all i gotta say is " $11 wednesday's from the skyvan!" "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many

viking, does she know that you skydive? youve got to find a way to let her know that if she doesnt. Think about it, the conversation leading up to that inevitable question is always awkward, so if you start off by talking about something that you absolutely love, something that is so important in your life, something that really excites (shut up dirty minded people :) you, the conversation would be easier. Maybe talk about how beutiful the sunset looks when skydiving.. offer to show her a picture. THATS IT!!! look thru your skydiving pics/vids. What absolutely reminds you of her? is it a beutiful sunset? an amazing sunrise load? A great shot of some blue skies? when you find that picture or that video that reminds you of her bring it to class. Tell her that you were looking thru your stuff and saw this.. (you were looking thru stuff) and you thought she might like to see it. there ya go. good luck! "i can not attest to what i did, just what i remember...." ~me, after one too many