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I have been lurking here for a very, very long time (I don't post much). Perhaps too long, because this was my first thought as well. And I'm a chick.

I loosen my chest strap a bit under canopy but wouldn't dream of taking it off completely (not a swooper, flying a very lightly loaded docile canopy). I think if that happened to me I might be tempted to do it up once open as well. I sure as shit hope it wouldn't, though. I still make sure I get (and give) gear checks every single jump.

Bring Febreeze and Lysol spray

What she said

I have one pair of Gatorz and one pair of Smiths that I keep losing and re-finding. Every time I go to look for them they're gone. Then I find them about a week later, just before I buy a new pair. I don't jump with them cause I'm scared to lose them for real.

I used to wear Vans for jumping. Then I lost one on a freefly jump. The video of my buddy trying to catch it is pretty funny. No big, bought another pair. Lost one of those under canopy taking my booties off, of all things. Now I go to the kids section of Payless and get el cheapo ones. (I'm five feet tall, kids shoes fit me great and they're cheaper! Plus, you can get them with sparkles on them

Blue skies, Dave.

LOL!!! That is an awesome picture!!

Ew.

Adorable!! We took our travelling teddy bear (he's our travel mascot) for a tandem a couple of weeks ago and had great fun

ok THIS made me spit coffee on my keyboard. Thanks

Why be there? Make your decision at check thousand and stick with your decision at check thousand. Those who need to make a decision below 1000’ should have done something long beforehand…. If you had a bad day and are below 1000’ with a situation, you really need to get more nylon above your head and maybe your day will get better. FJC – KISS for Students on the FJC. Additional EP Information is taught as they move through AFF Training. There is an EPR-Solo done for the Solo CoP and an EPR-A done for the A CoP. Learning never stops and Instructors should be reinforcing the Must-Knows for the Skydiver at their stage of development and tailor those Must-Knows to the Skydiver at hand (some are more switched on than others). Also, line twists, slow slider, etc. are "nuisances" not "malfunctions, and yes, we teach them how to deal with those. I certainly don't have all the answers, and really, in skydiving, few things are 100% black and white. I'm not a senior instructor by any means with only about 3 years teaching FJC and just having got my JM recently, so if I'm ever confused about something I talk with people more senior than I and get ideas, thoughts, etc.

One procedure...how far does that go? I teach first jump course, and once people are solo licensed, and then working towards their A, B licences, we have discussions with them when doing EP endorsements about how proceedures "may" change. We encourage them to ask questions, do their homework, and really think about possible scenarios, decisions, and outcomes. The important thing is to make as educated of decisions as possible, and really understand that during a mal, especially a high-speed mal, there is not a lot of time and altitude to mess around with "should I do this, or this?" Have your procedure and stick to it. Different situations may call for a bit of a decision-tree type process, though, for example - a hung up toggle for someone with 20 jumps may be a cut away - they may not be proficient or even have practiced landing on rears right away, but for someone with more jumps, landing on rears may be an option. So that is a decision that evolves with experience, and also may depend on the situation. I was reading another thread about the cutaway from blown brake lines and how one of the posters had the same thing, and got them fixed, but shortly thereafter had to cut again due to some other unseen problem. So some may choose to land that, some may choose to cut away. Whatever your decision is, stick to that decision. A PIT is even more important due to the high rate of speed. In that previously scenario, you're (probably) under an open canopy, so you're no longer falling out of the sky at 120 MPH, and you need to react. Does it include low-altitude problems, say below a designated threshold? We IAD our first jump course students, so they are taught at "check canopy" that is decision making time. Do you land your main, or do you go to reserve? Does it exclude any decision making efforts? Sorry, Popsjumper, not sure I get this question... (it's Monday morning and I'm a bit slow today

We also teach cutaway first, for the same reason - one procedure is best at that stage - and then as students become novices, we have discusisons with them on EPs and how they may "evolve". One good thing about my PIT was that it sparked a great deal of discussion among newer (and older, for that matter) jumpers who witnessed or heard about it.

After thinking about this for a long time, and listening to outcomes of what happened with both procedures, I made my mind up that a PIT would be straight to silver for me. Then I had one... and, without doubting myself, went straight to silver. I ended up with a beautiful bi-plane that I landed very softely in the middle of a field right beside our DZ. Lucky me, I had just taught FJC that morning, so was quite current on two-out procedures My firm belief is that there are pros and cons to each, and jumpers have to do their homework and weigh out the pros and cons, and make up their minds - and then STICK to the plan if that should happen to them. You don't have time to fuck around with "which one should I pull?" during a pilot chute in tow.

Not USPA, but CSPA C license here... I generally pull at around 3,500 - 3,000, having a canopy that takes longer to open than some. That being said, I do hop & Pops from 3,500 with a bit of a delay, so sometimes I do open lower, I guess... but still rarely below 3, I'd say.

Ah.. gotcha :)

But then he wrote this: "I have emailed them 4 times over the last 2 weeks without a response to buy something and ask a question about my protrack... If i cant even get a response" So... that's why I was wondering if he had the email address wrong.

Remster - P. and I thought the same thing when we watched it yesterday morning.

Ha - I was so confused - Top Chef Canada (or similar) just aired an episode where the contestants had to go skydiving (at Perris) to earn an extra hour to prepare their dishes, then the Skyhawks all came in and helped taste the food. I didn't remember any of them looking like "rookies"

(not directed at you, yoink, just a general reply) I also have had great customer service from them. Bought an alti (an Optima II I believe) and the battery cacked out on me, I waited almost a year to finally try a new battery (had another alti I was using) and when I changed batteries, that one didn't work either. Emailed the company, had a response in less than a week, saying "send it in we'll take a look". I sent it over, they sent me a brand new one. No questions asked. Pretty awesome. And that wasn't that long ago... last year, perhaps the year before? So.. to the OP.. did you have the wrong email address this whole time?

Now THAT is a nice story!! All of my zoo (five of them) are chipped. Even the indoor ones.

I so wanna come see you, Grimmie!! The first couple of years I was at the DZ every single weekend. Now i like to take the occasional weekend off

But... but... that's what I do Although I did not put a camera on my head till I had over 350 jumps.. (I'm a scaredy cat) Remster - there is a good chance we will be seeing you this Christmas. We're trying to decide between Eloy and CA. Just FYI.