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The same thing happened to me six months ago also on a solo Sitfly Jump. broke my Left femur, my right hip and three ribs......I also usually check my gear religiously as I am a paraplegic. Video Link below......you certainly don't want this happening to you https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QZV_KkVLdbA all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

just a point I'm wandering about. in point 8 the article mentions that Canopies respond faster at altitude due to denser Air at Altitude. I am only an intermediate Skydiver, but my understanding is that air is less dense at altitude, not more. This is why canopies fall faster and are thusly more responsive. am I wrong?

Awesome to to see new people coming in and news of older pioneers, it sucks that I was in fact not the first....but it was never about that anyway all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Very very nice, solid stability and awesome relative work, welcome back! We will have to start flying together soon eh Jarret? all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Records are sketchy Minna, I tried to find out all this kind of info when I started jumping, there were some concessions made for an instructor who wanted to carry on doing ground schooling and needed to maintain his licence. But I also could not find a lot of info about that case. I've never heard of Daniel Fairchild though. I'm fairly certain the only Paras jumping are Myself and those we know about. A couple new guys are coming through now as well. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Blowjob?....me me.....me! I'd be willing but it would have to be a PM interview all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Hey Pookie, nice work dude. I Myself do not care if I am the Gimp, Cripple or differently able meat Bomb :-) Just a couple of pointers if you don't mind. I notice that you doing a little bit of that porpoising. I used to get that too, when that happens you need to physically force yourself in to a full body "relax", this will stop the rocking and you will find the sweet spot between having enough control and keeping that rocking at bay. I also notice you went with the pool noodle idea. Just be carefully you don't end up on your back and lose a pilot chute through there, could be nasty. This was the main reason I did not go that route. The webbing also seems to give me a whole lot of stability more than I had without it. I noticed that porpoising also never seems to happen to me anymore since I started using that between the crotch webbing. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Nice, welcome back to the fair Blue Sky's. Its a bit strange that I have not heard of you before since I had my accident a little before yours and also returned to the sport a year after my accident and have been jumping off and on ever since. When I started out I tried to find other Paraplegic jumpers but up to that point it had not been done before. Tell me a bit about your set up, do you just jump without any Devices? all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

The legs strapped together set up does not really work very well, when I first designed the system Both Dale and I use, (and I think Minna as well) I went through many different designs, but the only one that worked in multiple modes like flat flying and sit flying was a legs locked at 90deg set up and a web spacer between the legs to keep them from moving around. As airtwardo mentioned a device that can change the angle of lock would be most beneficial. This way we could start making moves in to the Wingsuit flying arena, which is the next Para challenge. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Good luck on the documentary, I wanted to do this myself twelve years ago, but did not get enough people that trusted that i would not kill myself. Tell us what system he will be using? all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Hey Minna, sorry to get in to this so late, but it's been a while since I logged on. I have done many jumps out of a 182 without any problems. I usually swing my legs out and shift myself out so I am sitting on the wheel strut. Side roll off the strut and away you go. I sometimes do a back roll off the strut while holding on to my legs, to swing them up and over as I go over. This way usually results in rapid stability. Faster than with a usual exit. Possibly the roll helps with this. It all depends if the door is fore or aft and where the strut is in relation to the door.. If you can just sit on the strut and exit as you please. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

Just be carefull with those landings bud. I all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

I have sent you a private message but in short. It is possible and a totall blast. I have done more than seventy skydives both flat flying and sit flying. All that is required is the right equipment and instruction. Remember, The sky is no limit. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

look up the "pieces of eight" skydive team, they are all amputee's, and wow can these guys fly!!! all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

machiavelli!! all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

well done and welcome to the SKY'S all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

no video yet. tell me a bit more about your friends level of injury. dropzones i have been to are most accomodating so it should not be a problem. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

i skydive because i am an addict. i was addicted to chemicals(crack) for ten years+, the only substitute that i have been able to find is extreme sports, skydiving in particular. if ever i am injured i need to be very carefull cause those old rock star feelings come running!! all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

pity i cant read french. i would kove to get together with him for a few jumps??? all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

there is no correct answer it is subjective and a personal choice. only someone with said disability can decide what is offensive to him/her. as i said before 'cripple' or "disabled" refers to something that once worked and now no longer does. i dont feel this is accurrate.(even though i prefer to be called disabled) by the way, do you have a close relationship with anyone who is disabled?? just out of interest all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

i know (now) wish there were a few more!! all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

my fave at the mo is kiss my axle!!!!! and i would let them. all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

the best way to make a million in the skydiving business is... start with two million!! all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

QuoteInteresting Read. The Dynamics of the repsonses pro/con are divided pretty much how I would expect them to be with a few anomolies that I didn't expect. So let me see if I am right. For those that are pissed and calling Peek a Rat would it have been better if he went and got a couple of buddies and hog tied this punk and threw him in his tent for a couple hours to think about how he was about to fuck up the Convention for us skydivers and the Ballon Pilot if he bounced? Where I come from you fuck with mine i'm fucking you up right? At least thats the way we did it when I was 18... Guess what I'm 40 years old now and kicking someones ass got real old a long time ago. Gary thought the knucklehead needed a talking to as the kid didn't seem to have the smarts to listen to someone that has probably been jumping longer then he had been alive (I have no Idea how old the person was makign a general statement) Which also goes with most of the people yelling RAT! To be a Rat/Snitch etc has a different meaning to me. A rat has a vested intrest in turning someone in i.e. freedom to sell dope as long as they are turning 1-2 competing dealers in a month..So those yelling Rat...Grow up.. You gots no Idea what your talking about and frankly I think your yappin' to hear your lips flappin... [/could not agree more] all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!

i am a L1 paraplegic and was also told i would never jump again. with perseverence and patience you will get back in the sky. dont let "the man" take you out blue sky's all that is gold does not glitter not all those who wander are lost!