cloudsurfin

Had a really cold jump today at snohomish (I think the forcasted high was 34 degrees on the ground)where i am a student. I lost currency due to the weather here in the NW and was re taking a 15 second delay jump in my student progression. durring the flight, freefall and canopy ride, you could see huge arctic swans flying by beneath you. They fill the valley this time of year. Snohomish is allways an incredibly beautiful place to jump but this made the cold even more worthwile. In september I watched a huge dark ball of pink salmon swimming up the snohomish river. I love what you can see from the air in an area like that I

a friend of mine was a ranger that jumped into panama.... but i dont know if that was the last. most likely we have troops jumping into spots in columbia on a weekly basis since we have a whole secret war going on in that country I

seb i have friends in santiago that might be able to get info for ya if you need any help getting in touch with the dz's or deciding where to go. pm me if ya need any local calls put out from down there I

Isreal is a terrorist group occupying stolen lands....It really is that simple (unless your another US media brainwashed drone) I

I would say that my 5 sec delay was the scariest jump to that point in the progression, and after that it became more fun that fear. the 10 sec.'s are more fun because you feel yourself come to a belly to earth position and finally feel stable for the first time... Every instructor that ive had up in snohomish has been great. well have to get onthe same load soon I

I am a beginner skydiver from washington state. I have somewhere around 15 jumps now on the way to my A license.....been jumping at snohomish and love the instructors there and the whole skydiving culture in general. I have been learning alot here on dropzone in my spare time. i am really excited to have a new learning curve to jump into and a whole new culture that envelopes my new passion.... I am a roofer by trade and now I find myself getting lost in daydreams at work, on the roof, by any planes passing overhead. any other skydivers from washington? cant wait to jump tomorrow! I

bruce- would be great to hook up with ya at the party.. I know what ya mean about the local flavor and the parking...if ya wanna really get some good people watching in , go to the fish hatchery down stream on the lewis river this time of year.....It could be a reality tv show...... hopefully the weather will cooperate that weekend and I can get in a jump at either toledo or portland. see ya at the party I

first post on dropzone and of course its in the db cooper thread.... I am new to skydiving and still a couple weeks away (weather permitting) from getting my A license. I have been studying db cooper for a few years and am from washington state. I have fished tinas bar and spent countless hours chasing steelhead on the washougal and all the local rivers........ he certainly picked a beautiful place to jump... the saturday after thanksgiving is the annual db cooper party at the arial country store.... I will be there and am trying to get some friends together... hopefully there will be some skydivers there. just wanted to introduce myself and say that this thread has provided alot of great reading and given alot to think about... ps- I find it interesting that tina was the name of one of the flight attendants (if i remember correctly) and some money was found on tinas bar. pps- the fbi is far better at framing people for crimes than they are at solving them....doesnt suprise me at all that a bunch of fools couldnt find the suvivor of the jump....if they missed a corpse with a huge parachute attached to it with the countries largest manhunt.....thats bad even for them[ I

patrick "buddy" swaze was a pilot as well..... he will be missed I