harro 0 #1 July 31, 2002 Who else here loves the hop and pop at height ????Jumpy Jumpy?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShortBus 0 #2 July 31, 2002 sometimes its nice just to kinda surf the clouds under canopy. most of the time id rather be freecorking but every now and then its a great way to end the day on sunset load He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #3 July 31, 2002 I do love the freefall but sometimes there's nothing better than hanging under canopy with friends at 10K on the sunset load. Kris (well, except maybe stowing a beer on our chest straps for the long flight down...)Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #4 July 31, 2002 Their fun you really get to know you canopy. just you and the fabric!!!!!if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #5 July 31, 2002 Long canopy rides are my favorite skydives. First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #6 July 31, 2002 >On Sat my team did a hop and pop at 10,000. On Sat I did a H+P at 14K AGL, or 17,500 MSL. We got out about 4 miles from the DZ. I was third to last out - we gave Dan the last-out slot, which he managed in fine form despite not being able to move his legs. Had line twist naturally from looking around at everyone else before I dumped. But then it's hard not to look around, flying in formation with another otter, a skyvan and a DC-3. It's not often you get to see a DC-3 in flight from 14K AGL, dumping canopies as fast as it can. As my canopy was a big old 170 Silhouette, it wasn't a big deal. After I got the canopy open and pointed away from the DZ it was time for a beverage, so I took out a can and tried to open it. This is tricky of course since I was wearing gloves (cold up there at 17,000 feet!) and since at those altitudes foam is quite an issue. I drank it while facing the sunset, watching everone else pass me in their trip back to the DZ. Finally only Andy was left in front of me under his massive yellow . . . something, and I riser-turned to see how far I was from the DZ. It was off there in the distance, where people on the ground were obligingly taking flash pictures of things to show me the way. Off to the right was McGregor Lake, and to the left and slightly behind was the brewery surrounded by 4000 foot mountains. In all other directions was nothing but mountains, trees and lakes - not a city visible anywhere, not much life other than at the DZ four miles away. I pulled off my helmet (why did I bring it anyway?) and listened to the wind, watching colored specks in the distance spin, stall and do CRW. I knew nearly a hundred of the people under those specks - I had jumped with them, organized them, been organized by them, drank with them, sang with them. The smaller canopies were already landing, but I was content at 10,000 feet under my old monster canopy, slowly drifting back. I had yet to touch the toggles, and steered by leaning hard in one direction or the other. At around 2000 feet there was only one canopy left above me (Andy and his anonymous bright yellow canopy) so I released the brakes and got ready to land. I passed through the temperature inversion and felt it get ten degrees warmer. It warmed everything but my legs, which were going numb from sitting in that harness for so long. It made an interesting puzzle - how to land after being hypoxic for fifteen minutes, in no wind, without being able to feel your legs? Fortunately the Silhouette saved me, and I managed to land without tripping over my own feet. A few moments after I landed, the four planes came roaring out of the valley and flew over the runway at 20 feet, the DC-3's exhaust stacks spewing long trails of fire. It was a good way to end a week of jumping at this odd boogie where smaller is better, where there are no strangers, and where even a hop and pop seems like magic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloud9 0 #7 July 31, 2002 You knwo everyone talks about a sunset load and they are great but one of my best hop n pops was a sunrise load. Yes folks I did say sunrise, granted its not easy to get started that early but what a great way to start the day. Open at about 14,000 and just watch the day start! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #8 July 31, 2002 i was out with a bunch from the dz last night, and someone was telling me about a sunrise load... said they took off in the dark and circled at altitude until the sun popped up on the horizon (we're on the east coast, so the horizon is actually the atlantic ocean). they played around under canopy watching the sun rise and after they landed, they watched it rise again!"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #9 July 31, 2002 Billvon, thank you very much for that story. Beautiful! First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #10 May 31, 2006 word !!!7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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