Bodhisattva420

Hey thanks for the advice. I'm pretty poor so I might try and buy some golf gloves and latex gloves to wear underneath if they have holes.

Anybody out there jumping this winter without gloves? Last time I went to the DZ I was the only one who wasn't wearing some. I've never had a cutaway and am sort of worried about not being able to feel my handles. Any advice? Thx!

I've landed next to wind turbines before, no biggie, just don't hit one!

That was the most informative skydiving video I've ever seen . . . definitely gonna start working on my backflying!

I don't think anyone mentioned that the TM did consult the D-Licensed passenger and both decided they wanted to land the main. Don't know if that matters but thought it was kind of funny. What do you wanna do man???

LOL!, I thought the same thing when I read that.

After all the old fuddy duddys quit jumping everyone's gonna have a gopro!

Get pied and showered in beer.

I was an atheist till god started talking to me. She's a mean woman! Early 20's?

Just make sure you cock your pc and make sure your closing loop isn't too long or frayed. Maybe get a pin check in the plane?

I loved jumping at WesTex. Good vibes, very laid back.

Any fun jumpers planning on going to Caddo Mills or Skydive 35 for the 1st?

Caddo Mills will be open on the 1st.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO17ac6mtj0&feature=related FAT CAT!

I watched the wrong video . . . this is the good one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHtPDjGE8RU "Who dies on their birthday? NOBODY! People are born on their birthday!"

That was awesome!

I don't know if this applies to all 7 cells, but my Triathlon 160 seems to open a lot harder than the Sabre II's I used to rent (even if I roll the hell out of the nose and the tail).

"The first successful parachute jump was from a balloon. I don't recall reading about the balloon being tethered, therefore the first successful parachute jump was from an aircraft." - I'm pretty sure the first parachutist was a sheep tossed out of a tower in the 1700's.

Send him a $75 invoice for gear rental.

That happens to me all the time. Just remember not to ask him to jump anymore.

Hey thanks a bunch! I guess I'm good to go since I didn't need packing tool to close it, just a pull up cord.

The last time I went to the DZ I changed my closing loop after an experienced jumper informed me that it was too long. I was in a hurry to leave that day so I ended up doing a shitty job packing at the end of the day. Last night I remembered this and decided to open up my rig and repack it before I forget. Upon opening my rig I realized it took a lot more force to extract the pin. How do I know if there is too much tension on my pin? It freaked me out when I had pull fairly hard to extract the pin and would like to make sure it is safe before jumping it again.

If everyone listened to old timers we would all still be jumping rounds for our first 100 jumps.

Offer to pay for it next time.

The cypress has no personality at all; it just spits out a bunch of numbers at you like the rain man. Now the vigil, that's an AAD. I mean c'mon, it winks at you when you turn it on . . . Can your cypress do that? Didn't think so!