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Actually she herself has said she was NEVER raped. It is interesting to read HER accounts and opinion of the ordeal, very enligtening. BASE 853

I agree that if you lose heading control of your opening and have to correct then you would indeed lose any altitude gains. BUT, don't you agree that by using a muti system you could minimze the center cell strip effect thus regaining the altitude gain? BASE 853

So if you were doing a static line in this situation would you use thicker break cord? Like you figured that you should hold with 150 lbs...would you use 150 lbs break cord instead. Tom mentioned center cell strip. BR's much maligned multi might help with that. I think this is significant even for jumps that are over 80 feet. Say a 150 foot static line. Wouldn't you enjoy that much more saftey margin if you could work this out properly? Or how about that 150' object where you can't quit reach the landing area, you get flying higherybe you can make it... Don't know. BASE 853

I just purchased a digital rebel and I noticed that it seemed to fire more slowly when my tounge switch was attached then when I just used the button on the cammera. The 4 shot burst is the same speed but it will take WAY longer to shot after that. I also noticed that if I fire off one pic it will take longer for the number in the view finder to go back up to four than when I just use the button on the body. What's up with that? BASE 853

you know you are a BASE jumper when 1) skydivers are calling you crazy (or saying that you could be a really good skydiver someday if you don't kill yourself BASE jumping first) 2) the term un-jumpable is a challange 3) you are proud of the object that you jumped by yourself that no one else has ever scene 4) people who see you jumping legal clifs in Utah ask you if.. a) you are hang gliding b) you are para-sailing c) free basing (I have heard all of these) and finally my favorite... 5) the street is a perfectly acceptable landing area as it is flat, consistant, fairly big, and has less obstacales than some other landing areas you have hit grrr, is my FOX back yet, I am posting and not jumping BASE 853

I am planing a trip out west 9/29 through 10/6. Is the weather nice in Utah this time of year? Or should I go else where? BASE 853

So My new FFX is coming in the mail next week.

I'm going. I was actually there last Wendsday and thought it was such a cool DZ that I had to go back. Kick ass atmosphere. BASE 853

Hey, I am flying into the Dayton airport to go to the Richmond boogie. Is there anyone in the area going to the Richmond boogie who could give me a ride? My flight gets in the afternoon of Friday the 29th. Thanks! Ryan BASE 853

Just a little addition to this: I talked to BR the other day about just this. If you look on their web site you will see that they do NOT vent their 48" pilot chute. When I talked to them they did NOT recomend a vented pilot chute for go and throw stuff. As it was explained to me there is no bennifit for jumping a vented pilot chute at that low an airspeed as the oscillation does not come about until you are falling a little faster. I have NO data on the subject, just passing on what I was told. BASE 853

Now, the guys he was talking about are tards, no doubt about it, but it does bring up an intersting point. Now this is an argument that is going on in our local BASE comunity. How much does wind effect opening? I would say very little on a free fall jump, here is why. Have you ever noticed on a tower jump how loud the wind can be on top of the tower? But once you exit it gets really quiet then loud again as your vertical speed increases? I would say this is prrof that you are moving with the wind almost as soon as you leave the tower. Now if you are moving with the wind, then that would mean that it has ZERO speed relative to you. Meaning, when you open, RELATIVE TO YOU, there is no wind. So, now I ask, how can a wind that the canopy does not feel effect its opening. I have heard the wind sock argument, but that fails because the wind sock is anchored, and you are not. I supose the question is now, how long after you leave the object are you moving at the same speed as the wind? Again, based on the sounds one hears after leaving an object, I would say not long at all. Maybe this windsock effect might come in to play on static line jumps, I don't know. What have other people experinced? BASE 853

Take a look at the manufactures web pages: www.basicresearch.com www.crmojo.com www.vertigobase.com there is also morpheus base rigs and paratec rigging BASE 853

Yeah, I agree. I love driving by objects that I have jumped just going about my daily busniess, and to look up and think, yup, I've jumped off of that. Especailly objects that I have pionered/been on eht pionering load. That is really rewarding. BASE 853

He He He I love when people get a hold of information they do not entierly understand. Kinda reminds me of the folks who eat organic food. Forget the fact that there really is not regulation on what is and is not organic, so you can call anything organic and mark up the price. Too much of anything is bad for you. Hell, even oxygen is toxic at too high a pressure. BASE 853

Interesting question. I think that an equally interesting is why do you keep jumping? To adress the first question I have to admit I am not totally sure. When I started skydiving I always intended to start BASE, never know to what extent, but figured I would eventually start BASE. I think the draw at the time was similar to what drew me to skydiving, at the time I assumed they were more similar then they are, it was somthing different and new to try. I also kinda considered BASE to be a naturall progression in skydiving, and to not do that would be to totally cut myself from reaching my full potential as a parchutist. After I made my first three skydives there had been a news story on our local news about two guys jumping off a building in my town, one of them got hurt but the other one did not. For some reason this really made me want to jump. I think the fact that it was really life or death type stuff, what I thought skydiving was before I started. About a year and a half later the guy who did not get hurt was taking me off my first A. So now to adress the second question. Why do you keep doing it after you make one? Or why not just jump off of A's in low bust areas, or legal S's and E's? Well, quite simply there is somthing about being in free fall and flying a canopy in an urban area that you cannot describe. I love putting the slider on and going to a 7+ second A where the bust factor is low, but I really love looking at a lit up street in free fall. Or lining up my canopy with a lit up street and flying between buidings. I think that you need to do the urban AND not-urban stuff to really enjoy. I have yet to do stuff that is really in the middle of no where, like the Norway stuff or the water fall in Venezuala (been there but not to jump), would really love to do that sometime to get the full BASE experince. I guess to make a long story short: it's about living life, pushing yourself, seeing new and beautiful things, having fun. There is somthing cool about having one parachute that you packed with your loving hands being the only thing between you and serious injury or death. Uhhh, that was long. Wish the wind would die down so I could go jump. BASE 853

I agree with this. My G/F is not a whufoo, but she will probably never be a skydiver. Yeah, she may someday do a tandem but that will probably be the extent of it (after this tandem her mom will kill me lol). However, I still think she is perfect for me. She never complains about days at the DZ or nights on roof tops. She admits it scares her when I am out doing fixed object stuff at all hours of the night, but she also says that's part of who I am and thus part of who she loves. Hell, she has even scouted BASE sites with me, and done research on objects for me. Like I said, she accpets it, kinda understands it (don't think anyone can totally undersand it unless they do it themselvs) and is totally cool in all other aspects to boot. She even likes NASCAR!!!!!!! So, there is not settling involved with my choice of a "whuffo". BASE 853

Thanks for the input everyone. You are right I did have to stear, as I was pointed at a Church with a big cross on it's roof. Although that would have made a pretty interesting news story: "BASE jumper inpailed by cross". Not relevant to the discusion, just kinda funny. The reason this question came up is after I landed and told my buddy (who got his 4th object on that jump...congrats buddy, you know who you are) about the toggle out he asked if I unstowed the other toggle. I told him I did, and he agreed with my decision but said some people did it another way, so I was wondering what other people did. So now, let me clarify. People are sugesting not tossing the remaing toggle, and stearing with the risers, AND the remaning togle in your hand? BASE 853

Okay so I did a sweet little 300' B this morning except on opening I had a toggle pop out . No worries, just unstow the remaining toggle and riser land the bitch. So, did I waste time in unstowing the other toggle. I don't think it took that much time as it was instinctive, but I want to know what other people think. Just because it went well this time does not mean it was the best thing to do. I feel it is more natural to make the canopy as semtrical as possible by releasing the toggle, but I can see how this may take precious time. All opinions welcome. BASE 853

Fuckin' A right. If you want a real pet, get a dog. Fuck this cat shit, they suck. Although, it is fun to flip 'em over on there back and put packing weights (sand bags) on them...he he he. good times! BASE 853

What is up all?!?!?!?! Holly hanna, I am so drunk right now. I don't know if it was the vodka or the cigars or what but I am buzzing good. Just wish I had some crack here now. Some crack and some hos', that would be cool. My gf is three hours away right now and even though I could get away with the hos I really don't want to. She is so cool. She does not jump, but she has scouted BASE sites with me, goota like that. I mean really, a gril who does not even skydive is scouting BASE sights...that is devotion. AND she is totally cool with all sorts of jumping. Yeah, I wish I could jump now (don't worry, not gonna try, even though I am packed slider off and there is a juciey B two blocks from my home...no, no jumping tonight). Cheers! BASE 853

I don't have any mental disorders, but my other personalities are total nut cases. BASE 853

The coment about the intellegence agency finding no link between Al Quida and Iraq is at the bottom of the article. Now I need to ask again. What does this have to do with the French being our friends or not? They did not give any information that gave the Iraqi's and tactical advantage. The did not tell them anything secret. Seriously, we need to get over this us against them mentality. The French government disagreed with us, get over it. BASE 853

Just out of curiosity, so what? After reading the document on the Fox news sight I have to ask, why do we care if they told them these things? NONE of these things were that big a secret. ALSO, did anyone notice that the washington intellegence sourcse found NO institutional link between Iraq and Al Quida? BASE 853

More on DBS... Okay, so a new question on this comes up... What really low objects? Lets say you static line a 168' object, you should be open by 90' or so. So now you have your breaks set to the stall point, and you are low to the ground with a canopy that is almost stalled. Do you take this risk to? If so, I would imagine that you would slowly let your breaks up right after opening and then flare with whatever you have left. I ask this because I have used factory brake settings for this senario and was wondering what other peoples opinon on this is. BASE 853

Can you do an H-mod to a Stiletto? BASE 853