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Jimmy, this post is not ironic or cynical..Please dont continue to strive to embarrassing yourself..

I just want to meet TomDancs. That is genius Well.....

Thats only your opinion......... we have all met people we think that of, but if we all posted this everytime it happened this forum would be full of personal messages that only a handful of people really care about.... Tell you what, I will post everytime I meet cool new people, and see how long it takes you to think I am a wanker in doing it....... I bet not long.... PS) Dan and Adrian.... fucking cool weekend, thanks for taking me to your local sites and showing me some new canopy shit.... you guys are hardcore..... Love your work.... (see how that does not interest you?)

better someone else blows your horn then you blow it yourself hey!

Difference was I was congratulating someone else (not thanking them)... subtle I know (I do realise the US struggle with subtle), but still a difference..... Well done

*throws in a forum hand grenade* and sees what happens....... TooZents, I love you too....

Something tells me you have their phone numbers and email addresses after spending so much time with these fellas........ so my antipathetic question is.... is this post really to thank these guys, or to show off to the world on what you have achieved during this time? Dont insult us with what you actually are trying to show here......

Nice to see you have done your research before you buy a BASE rig...

Why not look at the website? http://d3company.com/base.html

I assume that your post is trying to be a little ironic and aimed at being hudibrastic, please let me know if I am mistaken. I do thank you 100% for showing the forethought and basic instinct of sarcasm, but I am sure that this was only by mistake and not from your thought. I do actually thank you 1000% for this post, no seriously, I do, thank you, not fuck off, not fuck you, but thank you...... you and your sycophants have made me thankful of you all so so much!!

I found your post quite intelligent until I got to this part. For your information I have extended an invite to meet up. As I said I am not trying to control, and as you say, I am just concerned that I have this is my local area.

of course not..... just to the suggestion of a governing body

Sorry if I only post on things that actually get my emotions running high....... Sorry if that makes me a bad person and slightly salty, at least I post and stick my head out on issues that mean something to me and I will put my hand up to.... Fuck sitting on the fence.... I am willing kick down the side of the fence I feel needs kicking down.... Sorry if that makes you feel I am a little bit of a C U Next Tuesday.... but I only say and do what I am sure will enable me to sleep well........

Jimmy, Thanks for your response. Your response actually does not agree in facts with the PM I got from Clair, but hell thats not an issue with me. I agree with you in some ways, but I also disagree with you. OK Joe is switched on and you made a judgement with that and I respect and dont question your choices with that. BUT, he has returned to my local area, looking to buy a rig, speaking to people he does not know I know, and has also looked at a local 80ft water tower telling my friends "I am gonna jump that", so forgive me if I feel your judgement of him being switched on and ok to BASE jump is 100% wrong.... I have spoken to several people who know him (people who are 30+ years in the sport and have grown up with him as he has spent time on DZs since he was 2 yr old) and his speak and approach is scaring them.... so I will stand by my post.... he is not as switched as you think..... He is now in my country and actually in my local area, so no matter what your view of him is, I have my own veiw..... and I will stand up and be proud of what I am doing.... Michael PS) I dont ever want to be as cool as you.....

My first thought was "Fuck off"

rather than just linking I thought I would post the thread I made on the UK board: Jimmy Halliday has released a 17 year old UK non skydiver back to our country who has a "bullet proof" attitude to BASE... I only post this as my name has been used as a "reference" as I "know" the person because he used to hang around my local DZ. He recently tried to buy gear from someone I know. He has also spoken to another BASEr that I know and he was slightly worried about what he was hearing from this newbie. He seems a little bit too keen and over confident after his introduction to the sport in the USA. I have spoken to someone (he is a CCI and long term skydiver and parachute test jumper) connected to this person that hopefully will ensure that he learns to skydive first and also speaks to other jumpers before progressing this new found love of his. If you are selling gear and get an enquiry from someone named Joe, I would ask that you question that enquiry... I dont want to be controlling, I dont want to stop people making their own choices.... but this I feel I need to step in and say this situation requires it to stop a crater happening. Edit to add: Jimmy, if you do have an issue in me posting this then please please PM me as I have a few issues in what you have done returning this "child" back onto my home soil and then have him use me as a reference in trying to buy gear is insulting. I actually do know this person and I for one feel that getting him jumped and sending him back to the UK with his new found love is disrespectful to all the jumpers here and disrespectful to BASE jumping in general.

http://www.basejumper.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=709

More new jumpers I meet seem less scared than the older jumpers I meet.... It does seem that the newer jumpers coming into the sport are not as scared than alot of people that have been in the sport for a good few years, but also alot less scared in their formative years than we all were when we first started.... Exposure to BASE through what ever medium seems to null some people from the start..... this is dangerous in my opinion... When I did my FJC I had never seen a BASE jump or seen a BASE video.... and you know what, I am glad I went in so raw.... watching all the videos and footage now I feel I would have felt a little more like "so what"

........ please be careful out there........

I meant even further out west...

My sincere thoughts go out to all family and friends

You are confusing the UK with that other country way out to the west of us that apparently speaks / writes English..... You know the one, the one over their...

I sat down with a friend once and we could name 120 (I think it was) UK jumpers between us. Not all were what you may call active (I say 12 jumps a yrear, 1 a month, is active) but a large proportion were. I hear of other countries having low numbers of jumpers, I guess if you try and have as many people as possible estimate their own country number of jumpers then some reasonable estimate can be had. 4000 does seem high to me, but 1000 feels a little low.