kallend 2,121 #26 September 8, 2006 QuoteAnd the next step . . . see below. Max has wasted no time and is now chatting with a USA-Today reporter. Pretty damn cool!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #27 September 8, 2006 FUCK YA!!!!! Max you the man!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #28 September 8, 2006 Amazing! Max, you are such an inspiration! Thank you for what you have given and the hope that you continue to give. Karen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #29 September 8, 2006 If that's not inspiring, I don't know what is? Way to go Max!!!Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #30 September 8, 2006 Max, welcome back to the sky. I'll be in Perris tomorrow and Sunday doing some CReW. If you are around, I'll buy you one at the Bomb Shelter.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #31 September 8, 2006 QuoteAnd the next step . . . see below. Max has wasted no time and is now chatting with a USA-Today reporter. Nice one Max, how was his landing, is his balance OK, we have 2 amputees here, and they never cease to impress me with their landingYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #32 September 8, 2006 HOORAY!! HOORAY!! HOORAY FOR MAX!!![/RED] Good job, dude. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,090 #33 September 8, 2006 >how was his landing . . . Landed OK then fell over; not an issue with a Spectre 230. I imagine it will take a bit of time to get used to the differences landing with one leg. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #34 September 8, 2006 Way to go Max! Very cool Good on you!When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyskydiver 0 #35 September 9, 2006 Way cool! Great pics! Welcome back to the skies, Max. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #36 September 10, 2006 Super thanks to Bill. He has been a mega-source of support for me since my injury. We manage to debate in SC and keep it civil, yet when I saw him Friday morning, my first action was to give him a biiiiiiig hug. I am indebted to him, and he has my eternal gratitude. In addition to my currency jump, I did one of the warm up jumps with "Pieces of Eight", that 5 way didn't go quite as well, but it was great to be back in the air. Yesterday, I went to see my old friends at Elsinore. Mel Curtis, John Hamilton (DZO), and Steve Simar organized a 4 way with me for Pat Newman to shoot some video and get lots of pictures with each point. The pics turned out great, the jump went smoothly. I then did a second jump with Mel and a couple other guys. It too went very well. It's so good to be back. It'll be tough to go back to Walter Reed, I miss California so much and I miss Perris and Elsinore very much. Here are some pics from the first jump.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #37 September 10, 2006 I said it before and I'll say it again, thats pretty damn cool Respect to you.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #38 September 10, 2006 Fucking Awesome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #39 September 10, 2006 QuoteIf that's not inspiring, I don't know what is? Way to go Max!!!Chris No S H I T ! Really kind of puts things in perspective... You ROCK Max! "Improvise, Adapt, Over Come." You a definitely are Hero of human spirit in my eyes, and I don't use that term often! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #40 September 10, 2006 Wonderful pics!!!! Turning points with Gravity on a BEAUTIFUL Saturday... Must have been great fun. I'm glad to see you're back in the sky. Karen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 1010 #41 September 10, 2006 Dude, you rock! Good job with everything, and nice pics btw! You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wightout 0 #42 September 10, 2006 You are an inspiration Max! Thanks for being an example of perserverence (sp??)!! Blue skies and keep us all posted on your progression and how you are doing!! To borrow a line from Squeak...MY LIFE ROCKS!! HOW'S YOURS??!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ypelchat 0 #43 September 11, 2006 Congrats. It's good to see you back in the air. Yves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #44 September 11, 2006 Max, I've been telling my kids about you. They're very impressed too! How long ago was it that you got injured?She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #45 September 11, 2006 QuoteMax, I've been telling my kids about you. They're very impressed too! How long ago was it that you got injured? That was March 1st, this year, six months ago, of which I've been walking for about 4 1/2 months. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #46 September 11, 2006 There is no stoppin you. Look out Jay Stokes. Welcome Back Max. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #47 September 11, 2006 Max, Thanks for posting the pics. They're spectacular. How much more time do you have at Walter Reed? Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #48 September 11, 2006 QuoteMax, Thanks for posting the pics. They're spectacular. How much more time do you have at Walter Reed? If all goes according to plan, I hope to be out of there by the holidays. There is no set timeline though, it's based on thresholds of achievement, and the end of December seems to be feasible.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #49 September 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteMax, Thanks for posting the pics. They're spectacular. How much more time do you have at Walter Reed? If all goes according to plan, I hope to be out of there by the holidays. There is no set timeline though, it's based on thresholds of achievement, and the end of December seems to be feasible. Two words: Holiday Boogie. (The one at Eloy, that way I can make a jump with ya!)."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #50 September 11, 2006 Hi Gawain Thanks for posting the pic's. We needed something to make us happy today.We can see your smiley face in one of the pics you posted even when wearing a full face helmet in freefall Happy is goodRobert Pollak AKA R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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