ILUVCHUTERS

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  1. Ah, I misunderstood - thought you did it before. i got this stuff called Cat Crap - it works on goggles, I wonder if it would work on visors?
  2. I have a Phantom and have had no problems with fogging. But I have never used anything on it other than a soft cloth to clean it. Curious - why alcohol?
  3. I have about 400 jumps on a pilot 168. Beautiful, soft, slow openings. Cracked me once (packing error, most likely). I have about 80 on a Sabre 2 150. Not quite as slow, but not crackers either (except again, one time - but that was discovered to be a deployment system problem - replaced pilot chute and all is well again). I love how my Sabre 2 flies. I couldn't land the Pilot for the life of me, despite it's bigger size, but landings on the Sabre 2 have been brilliant for the most part. I do miss the openings of the Pilot a bit, but the Sabre 2 openings aren't that bad, just taking a bit to get used to, is all :)
  4. HAHA I am so sending that to my engineer husband. (ETA: I have a music degree which makes this even funnier in our house)
  5. I was hoping someone would bring that up I do have a question: when did skydiving become so boring (especially at 80 jumps???) that we have to look for other things to do while doing it??
  6. When I teach FJC I make sure to let my students know that their parachute will most likely be a different colour than the one on the posters/video/pictures, and that the colour of it doesn't much matter. It's everything else about it that does (square, inflated, controllable).
  7. Thanks. (oh no my first "use the search function" burn)
  8. Not only to respond to the OP, but a general question: Do many people wear earplugs while skydiving? I can see wearing them in the plane, which I do (when I remember), but I take them off before leaving the aircraft. Seems to me it would be harder to hear your audible with earplugs in, and B) harder to hear anything under canopy, which might be important?
  9. I agree. Maybe get her a GC for one instead? I had so much fun shopping for my first rig, I wouldn't want to take that away from anyone. Besides - what if she doesn't like that particular rig? Everyone's different
  10. It wasn't my intention to debate who needs special records and who doesn't. I was just relating my experience with one of the records you don't seem to think are big deals, and how they could be a big deal to someone. Seeing it from that point of view instead of from the point of view that they don't matter cause they're not big enough, fast enough or whatever is a better way to look at it, IMO.
  11. Sure. But some would argue that's every day at the DZ
  12. I totally agree. A few years ago I was lucky enough to be part of the Arizona State women's record. I had a couple hundred jumps, probably less. I was awe-struck and flattered that I got to be on it, and to work with all the amazing women that were on the jumps. Not everyone comes from dropzones with multiple large planes turning dozens of loads each day, every day. As far as the women v. men thing (?) skydiving is a predominantly male sport, no one can argue that point, and it's nice to help women advance, compete, work together, and have fun together, without the testosterone, sometimes.
  13. You and I have both worked for what we have, but have been lucky enough to have not had fate take it all away. Many very decent people are not so lucky. Fate has stripped them of practically everything. Thanks for such a great tale of compassion and not judging. I wish I could have been there with you to help fill the tank and help them on their way. I'll try to keep an more open mind in the future.
  14. We call that "Moose Knuckle" here in Canuck-Land...
  15. If it'll fit into carry on by itself, if you get a duffel to put it in that shouldn't make that much of a difference that it won't fit into carry on in a duffel. I personally wouldn't carry it on just by itself, but that's me. I put mine into a backpack style soft-shell gear bag for carry on.
  16. Landing/accuracy. Although my accuracy has improved, I'm still crap at the actual landing part, which is why I'm still perfectly happy jumping my 168. I am really really good at PLF's...
  17. Holy Shit that is quite the story!! My first balloon jump was kind of funny. It was me, my now-husband, and two other jumpers from my home DZ in Canada - we were in Arizona at Christmas a few years ago - As we were preparing to get in, my husband starts telling me what to do when we land out (figure out where the wind is coming from, pick your spot early, stay with the others, etc.) I was like... what do you MEAN we're not landing on the drop zone!! Apparently the look on my face was priceless. It was my first time away from my home DZ (big Alberta DZ with lots of open fields around it for miles), I had about 100 jumps (if that) and I was scared enough being at a new DZ, never mind landing in the middle of the friggen desert! I didn't know anything about balloons, and for some reason I thought you could steer them somehow . It never even occured to me we wouldn't be landing on the DZ.
  18. it certainly is. And, it's not like rigs are THAT uncomfortable. Mine's quite comfy, actually, and I'd be perfectly happy to wear it for extended periods of time if I had to, never mind a 10-20 min. plane ride.
  19. Why on earth anyone would need to undo their chest strap and loosen their harness "for comfort on the way up" is absolutely beyond me. I'm ready to jump out every single time I get in the plane. Whether it's at 12,500, or sooner if needed, at a moment's notice. And I try to instill that in the novices/students I teach, too. *edited to change "you" to "anyone", did not mean to imply personally the previous poster