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I wasn't first woman, either. But weren't you on the nude record attempt? I'll be home in a few days..looking for pictures, we'll have to edit carefully lol

Oops, didn't have my log book in front of me....it was July 9 1979.... We had hiked up the day before, slept in our canopies and packed on top that morning. There were a group of hikers on top. They took pictures as we went off and promised to send us copies. Dang, tQuotehey never did. I do have one under canopy. In retrospect, glad they didn't send the photos to the rangers. Skydivers!lol!

and now, another one. I'm sure Sled and Gary were there waiting for him!

Oh, so sad. I was just thinking about Kevin yesterday...He told me last year to put my old gear in a museum somewhere. I'm sure Gary was there to meet him! Blue Skies

I learned to jump at Taft. I loved out trips from Van Nuys, the round robins, when we could lure Spike from LethaMae. The loss of so many friends was beyond sad. I flew over Taft several years later, on a comercial flight. They were still there, still flying. Terry jumped ElCap in the 60's....was my inspiration in 1979. Blue Skies!

I remember...the Pueblito....the tingle lol

Hey Jerry, I have a card and patch from Carl, ElCap 16 July 20, 1979. I wanted to be the first woman, but missed by one week. Rich and Sylvia flew over ElCap, "jumped in", repacked and were Elcap 13 and 14. I hiked up and jumped with my good friend, Dave Olsen (RIP). I'd heard hat there was a group of jumpers who did the dive in the 60's,so I went to "Twitch" for techniques....he told me, "They'll tell you to track away, but how often do you get to fall next to a mountain...turn and look at it. I did. Does anyone else remember the real pioneers?....Terry Ward and a few others have the first numbers. They jumped ElCap in the 60's sometime. I concur...we were not "base jumpers"....we were skydivers out to have fun