NickDG 23 #1 December 7, 2004 There's a thread over on the BB that should be of interest to all, especially to skydivers considering BASE jumping. Until the author posts it here, I'll leave you with this: http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22449 NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base428 1 #2 December 7, 2004 It would be nice to be able to download it, without having to login. Especially since my old username and password don't work anymore. Maybe that's why I don't go to blinc anymore? Can someone post it here?(c)2010 Vertical Visions. No unauthorized duplication permitted. <==For the media only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gweeks 1 #3 December 7, 2004 . . . attached to this post in zip format. It's too big to post unzipped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #4 December 7, 2004 >>It would be nice to be able to download it, without having to login. Especially since my old username and password don't work anymore. Maybe that's why I don't go to blinc anymore?<< That was my problem as well, and after following all of Mick's direction I couldn't log in either, and then one day it just worked . . . Now, I waiting for Mick to change things around, like he seems to do so often, and there I'll be, on the outside looking in again . . . And besides, when I'm streaming Led Zeppelin all the time (AOL's all Zep, all the time) the BB is just too slow . . . I haven't looked at MT's charts too closely yet, but at first glance this appears to be outstanding work, and thank you for doing it. It's funny, but in the large view of things, I see I spent my early BASE career talking people into BASE jumping, and the latter part talking people out of it . . . After all these years I'm convinced the only way to prevent BASE fatalities is abstinence. And, I'm beginning to change some long held views of mine concerning BASE jumping instruction. When organized BASE instruction first began it was the BASE gear manufactures fulfilling a responsibility they felt (and rightly so) to educate people to properly use the BASE equipment they purchased. When individuals, not directly affiliated with these manufactures, began offering BASE courses the entire dynamic changed. When teaching a skydiving first jump course I'm secure in the knowledge that if any of those students make skydiving a career, it's more than likely they'll retire alive. I'm not so sure a BASE Instructor can tell themselves the same thing. At least not as this point. Recently, Apex BASE sent me a copy of their latest version of their promo video, called, "Around the World" for review. It's a great vid, and I enjoyed watching it, and then my girlfriend said something I never considered and something that could only come from someone that doesn't BASE jump. "What's the big deal," she said, "BASE jumping looks so easy!" I can't fault my friends at APEX, after all it's a promotional video, and people who know what they are doing can make anything look easy, but it's endemic to the larger problem. I know there are individual Instructors out there running courses that I'd entrust my sister to (for BASE, not for anything else When you add to the mix the lesser Instructors, the ones motivated by fame and fortune, the situation becomes, in my opinion, intolerably compounded. The biggest thing, the telling thing is, I have no idea what the answer is . . . and that scares me. NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
