Antarctica BASE

[Colm 1]

Would like to PM any jumpers who are familiar with Antarctica. I may be able to do some recon...

[DrThrill 0]

FWIW, I know that at least one jump has been done in antartica, it was near the main research station there (the name of which I forget) by a base jumper who later died on a skydive into that continent.

"If you are not a part of the Solution, you are a part of the Precipitate"

[cesslon 0]

there is a new years flight down there, doesnt land there though just flys over it, joy flight

I can get a good seat for about $3.5k
if ya's wanna pass the hat around I'm more then willing to take photo's and write a report on the place

[Colm 1]

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there is a new years flight down there, doesnt land there though just flys over it, joy flight

I can get a good seat for about $3.5k
if ya's wanna pass the hat around I'm more then willing to take photo's and write a report on the place

I hope to be able to offer some much more close-up photos in a few months.

[Ronald 0]

The best cliffs (e.g. Rakekniven), and presumebly, the highest cliff (that is, the longest vertical drop) are in Queen Maud land.
Just 2 problems:
1) Very inaccesable.
2) Expedition type access: long climb, very expensive.

Check out the archives of National Geographic.

Ronald Overdijk

[base915 0]

Slightly off topic but:

Does anyone know if low temperatures have any adverse affects on F111 or dacron? And if so how low?

[lifewithoutanet 0]

What's up, Mike? Heard you met a few of my stateside friends at AF. Sounds like you fockers had a blast. Talked to Gary yesterday...KL06 is gonna be bad-ass. Anyway...

My greatest worry when it comes to temperatures is actually more relative to moisture in the air combined with temperature. I have two concerns:

The most obvious being any moisture that could freeze a packjob. Not necessarily to a frozen brick of a canopy (although that has happened), but even to the point of making it a little crispy and rigid which could lead to a snivel/slow opening.

The other is more on the effects of freeze/frost/thaw and the effects that process could have on lines and canopy skin. As moisture freezes, it expands and could cause damage. I'm thinking it would have to be a pretty significant amount of moisture in order to really have an adverse effect, but I might as well throw this out there.

-C.