Genego

Yeah, of course you're way better than the rest of the jumpers for whom a 200 jump minimum is recommended... The key word is recommended. not required. and by no means am i way better than the rest of the jumpers. But atleast i seek advice from my instructors before trying ANYTHING new! Gotta love JEEP jumpers, (Just Enough Experience to Perform), reliance on semantics to justify their actions. USPA has no authority to require anything, hence they recommend minimum performance standards. After all it's not like USPA recommendations are based on discussion with and feedback from Instructors, Manufacturers, Riggers, and Jumpers. Some of whom have two or even three times the experience that the OP does. Over the past 29 years I've seen too many sub-100 jumpers push the limits, and far too often with regrettable to tragic results. I know you're a wonder-kid in your own mind, and nothing anyone else will say will change your estimation of your mad skills. I hope you survive and someday realize how foolish your actions were. BTW the Lol's were a nice touch. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

You know you're an OLD skydiver when........ When you lament the loss of the need to stand tension cause it gave your girl friend something to do. You still call them AOD's You catch yourself using the term "snoot" every once in a while I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

Really just a little confused. Two jumpers each with over 30 years of experience have suggested a very simple, safe, and effective streamer set up. Gotta ask, what exactly is wrong with using crepe paper? Just in passing, I've used crepe streamers at military airshows with excellent results, and if for some reason it comes loose, it's only an un weighted piece of crepe paper, and even if it fell from 13,000 feet, it wouldn't damage anything/anyone on the ground. Is there some operational reason you need to sew and reinforce something? I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

QuoteMy feeling on seatbelt laws are the same as my feelings on helmet laws. While I choose to wear a helmet (not required by law in WI) and I wear a seatbelt (required by law most everywhere), I think it should be a choice, not a law. ------------ A seatbelt puts you behind the wheel, it keeps you behind the wheel. If you are behind the wheel you may have a chance to control or at least mitigate an accident. It keeps the passengers in their seats so they don't fly around inside the vehicle and interfere with your attempts to save your life. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

http://www.facebook.com/skydivememorial Made it clicky. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

I would say that we are all disappointed FOR you, but certainly not disappointed IN you. Thanks for all your (continuing) contributions. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

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His contributions will be greatly missed, it would be nice if someone could post a picture of him here. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

The vast majority of all first jumps are once in a lifetime experiences. Most people who make a first jump, by any method of training, make only one. It doesn't hurt to call a tandem passenger a student. If nothing else it makes them feel like part of the "community" even if only for a single jump. Also, in the opinion of the individual they are a student. It's also a little more friendly than calling them a customer. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

Think this is better! http://youtu.be/BrSSSfYE2dQ I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

Bravo for the Seals. Fuck the Somalian kidnappers. HELL YES!!!! I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

That's true, the rest of us use parachutes!!! In the 182 making my very first freefall, the jumpmaster grabbed me and said "This is for real, don't fuck it up." I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

As a cop, jumper and rigger, I feel at least a little qualified to comment. The first thing we need to remember is that officers will treat the area as a crime scene. I would personally question the motives of anyone trying to "get data" before the "damn cops" get close, it creates the appearance of impropriety even if none exists. Not dissimilar to the original idea that an ADD manufacturer might not report a fault in an ADD as it could be against their vested interest. It is difficult for anyone on a drop zone to be an impartial witness to a fatality, the decedent is our friend, husband, wife, father, mother, son, daughter. The DZ operator has business concerns in addition to the personal concerns. The police, for good or ill, are neither emotionally nor fiscally involved in the situation. Therefore the odds that they will make impartial decisions, especially at the initial scene, are much greater than those who are directly and emotionally involved in a fatality. That includes properly recovering any and all evidence and maintaining the chain of custody for everything recovered. As for careful, timely inspection, I'm not going to let you "inspect" anything at a crime scene. I don't know you, I don't know your connection, I don't know your "expertise" , I don't know your self interests. My responsibility is not to the bystanders regardless of how vocal or upset they might become, it is to the victim and subsequently to their family.

You may check with your doctor and see if you are a candidate for colostomy irrigation. Some people find that the process, which uses an enema through the stoma, clears the colon for the day and a bag may not be necessary. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

12 (Roughly in order of appearance) : Para-Flite DC-5, Para-Flite Nimbus XL, Pioneer TMC-1 (Tactical Main Canopy 1), Para-Flite Cruiselite XL, PD 260, Excalibur 190, Sabre 190, Stiletto 170, Stiletto 150, Vengeance 135, Vector Tandem 421, EZ 384. Felt like a test jumper on the Nimbus XL, Nimbus, and Excalibur. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

Having a deviated septum, allergies, and nasal polyps, I can relate to being "snotty" a lot. You might consider the possibility that you have a sinus infection contributing to the situation. I was prescribed a 3 week course of antibiotics, along with 5 days of prednisone to reduce acute swelling and flonase to control chronic swelling. All of this improved drainage and I don't have the feeling that my head is full of snot all the time. Also you should take Claritin several hours before jumping. It takes at least an hour to start providing relief. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

Kinda funny it's now a TSO part. I remember being at one of the Riggers Conferences in Muskogee OK (ya I am dating myself dramatically) and having John Sherman teach us how to make quick loops! I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

Keep in mind how much your outlook on life has changed between 19 and 29, and consider how this can color the relationship. You are probably out of college, established in a career, and fairly emotionally stable. A 19 year old isn't always at that point, especially emotionally. You both may be looking for different things from a relationship, and those differences can be exacerbated by the maturity difference. Age differences seem to mean less when both parties are a bit older. My wife is 15 years my junior, but is in her late thirties. (If I were more specific I probably end up sleeping on the couch tonight). Have fun, but remember you may have dissimilar goals at this time. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

There are only two kinds of people in the world. those with ink in their hide and everyone else! I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

Some people feel that reserves are "generic" and there are specific instructions for packing them. They also feel that their main is different and that they know the opening characteristics of their main better than their rigger. Which may be true. And 10000 reserve pack jobs doesn't mean that you can pack a main either I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

I've had many people over the years tell me not to repack their mains, that they would do it themselves. And in my opinion, inspecting the main is or should be part of a normal repack, it's not outstanding customer service in my mind to do so, it's just the right thing to do. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

And comments from the legendary "Bob" Booth!!! I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

You drop off your rig for a semi annual repack. The rigger returns it and tells you that he inspected the main and reserve, and he has repacked the main. Do you jump it or repack the main first? And why? (Really bored this cold 7 degree afternoon. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.

I wonder if it is related in any way to perception. If I drive down a flat straight kansas highway at 95 mph, after a little while it doesn't seem as if I am even moving. Drive down a side street with cars parked on both sides of the road and the same 95 mph is incredibly fast, a difference of perception. On a roller coaster you are connected to the seat, track, with a tangible perception of height, in freefall as soon as you leave the aircraft, there is nothing to be relative to, nothing to tell you emotionally that you are falling at 120 mph. Just my .02 cents to further muddy the waters this cold Sunday morning (7 degrees)

Tangently related: What if the DZ/DZO doesn't own/operate the aircraft. Not common anymore I know, but when I started (many long years ago) it wan't that uncommon. The airport operator owned the aircraft, the DZ bought their lift tickets from the airport ($1.00 per 1000') and jumped. I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave her and go skydiving.