mdrejhon 8 #1 January 23, 2006 Hi, For the first time in a while, a sunny winter day with low winds and not too cold, a group of local skydivers went for winter jumps at Paramax Skydiving in Alexandria, Ontario. Two plane loads flew. Plane broke down on the ground (starter? -- wouldn't start up again, I heard -- could be wrong). Didn't get a jump in! It would have been my first snow landing. Oh well! We enjoyed watching some videos, including the 2005 "best of" from our normal home dropzone (Skydive Gananoque) Maybe next time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vectracide 0 #2 January 23, 2006 At least you got to see the sun. Its been 35+ days for me. ------------------------------ Controlled and Deliberate..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #3 January 23, 2006 u in a mine or alaskaLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
groundrush134 0 #4 January 23, 2006 im sooooooo sick of winter~~~> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vectracide 0 #5 January 23, 2006 Pacific NW. A mine without a roof. Even Alaska doesn't suck this much right now. ------------------------------ Controlled and Deliberate..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arai 0 #6 January 23, 2006 haha you must be close. we had a 27 day stretch with rain everyday, almost broke the record, it stopped one day short of it, then promptly started again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #7 January 23, 2006 Yuk! I can nearly relate to your pain! Horrible weather for like 2 weeks! We had the same problem Saturday. Neither of the planes would start Thankfully the Islander got fixed and we went up but could only get 10k Got another consol done though Sunday weather closed in completely and the more experienced people were doing jumps from cloudbase and doing some little friendly accuracy competitions amongst themselves. Haha. Too low for me tho Wasnt completely wasted. As a student I got another packing lesson and went to the landing area to anlyse how I should be doing it! Only 1 jump but good weekend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #8 January 23, 2006 be positive you didnt freeze on a skydive and your canopy didnt get wet Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #9 January 24, 2006 True true, But it was only a few degrees below freezing, nothing was wet, and there was a good snowstorm the day prior so it was all nice soft snow. I was triple layered inside jumpsuit, two neckwarmers and my full face helmet. I could probably survive the 120mph windchill briefly, but everyone else was mainly doing hop and pops at 12500 feet instead. Either way, the first thing to freeze probably would be my hands with the Newman tackified gloves, since I wasn't about to use dangerously thick ski gloves to fumble with my PC at pull time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #10 January 24, 2006 you could of always push started it... no i don't me push the plane along at 80 knts, i mean push the prop around like in the old movies, got to make sure you are clear if it starts going though or you'l loos whatever is there once it fires up..... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #11 January 24, 2006 guess im gonna jump my arse off this weekend in 10minus degrees C,hopefuly the rest of the guys also only want to climb 180 as max I HATE the cold Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexadecimal 0 #12 January 24, 2006 We got some winter jumping in at SDC this past weekend http://photobucket.com/albums/y189/MikeAR303/SDC%20Winterfest%202006/ Password: speed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #13 January 25, 2006 hey is that lolie in the blue and orange rig? ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vectracide 0 #14 January 25, 2006 At least this didn't happen to you..... http://dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2043455;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread ------------------------------ Controlled and Deliberate..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #15 January 25, 2006 Quoteyou could of always push started it... no i don't me push the plane along at 80 knts, i mean push the prop around like in the old movies, got to make sure you are clear if it starts going though or you'l loos whatever is there once it fires up..... Hand prop?? Ever see somone hand prop while on crutches? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lolie 0 #16 January 25, 2006 Quote hey is that lolie in the blue and orange rig? Yup. Jumping in the snow. We're so hardcore crazy. I like this one best. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #17 January 25, 2006 wow, thought it was you, but wasn't sure.... you just keep getting hotter and hotter.... looks like you guys were having fun!!! i wish i could jump... a hop n pop or two would be nice... a little swoopy swoop in the snow is fun..... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #18 January 29, 2006 I did it. - This Saturday was good this time around! My first two snow jumps. This time at Mile High Parachuting, not Paramax as the plane is still being looked at. Temperature skyrocketed to +6 degrees C (43 degrees F). Clear blue skies, sunny and only medium-low winds at ground. It was still above freezing at hop-and-pop altitude. Good forgiving snow for lovely foot-slide landings. Even my 40 second freefall from 11K wasn't that chilly, but I had my fullface helmet and 3 layers. It was even warmer than some of the April and Octdober jumps I've done. It was just 2 jumps (1 full altitude, one hop-n-pop). I was ready to do a 3rd, but there wasn't enough time in the day. I stayed after sunset and had unexpected filet mignon barbecue dinner and beer. Mainly dropzone airport staff. It was a nice hangar lounge at the airport in Arnprior. Now I owe them. I guess I have to bring beer pre-emptively for my water landing pratice there next summer (At least that time, I have an excuse of a "first"!) Now this will have to satisfy me until the next snow jump, or maybe the Easter boogie at some big dropzone just south of the border. (Which I recently learned is within driving distance). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrBrant 0 #19 January 29, 2006 congrats! I got in 2 January jumps this year too. They were both 4k h&p's, but it was below -20 that day, so I didn't mind (got to fly my new canopy again Winter jumps are a blast! You should come out here to manitoba where we do them RIGHT! Oh, but, word of advice (one of 2 lessons learnt during last year's winter jumps) DON'T do a full altitude (9000 ft) hop&pop b/c you want to fly a new canopy . At -18, It's just not worth it or if you do, bring mitts to put on for under canopy, not just your normal thin skydiving gloves.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #20 January 29, 2006 Hi, I asked about gloves and two of the DZ staff said to go ahead and use my ski gloves, but at my experience levels I chose to go with my Newmann RW gloves, since they were much less slippery on my hackey and cutaway handle. Having no cutaway experience and feeling uncurrent (no jumps for 2 months), I went for frozen fingers, but even that didn't happen either. But it wasn't that cold -- the freefall was pretty surprisingly comfortable. Someone even did a freefly too that day (more windchill -- BRR!). It was still above freezing almost all the way to altitude, apparently! When I landed, nothing was frozen, I was actually already starting to sweat, so I unzipped my jumpsuit almost right after landing. 6 degrees above zero and a mostly black jumpsuit, does kind of prevent freezing my ass off... My fingers were the coldest part of the body, but never went numb. I didn't even wear a coat or jacket, just about three layers. longjohns + gym pants + tanktop + shirt + pull on sweatshirt + two socks + jumpsuit on top over everything + neckwarmer band + full face. Layering did the trick that day... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrBrant 0 #21 January 29, 2006 Yup, my experience has been the same. Bundle up, and all is good. I use my thin gloves jumping in the winter too. With the mitts, I meant that if you had the stuipd idea (like me) to do a h&p from 9k, bring 'em in your jacket, and put them on under canopy. I don't own a full-face helmet, myself, but (after talking with others on the load) I think that's just as well. The other guys had full faces, but under canopy they had to open them b/c of frosting. (remember, it was -20) so their faces where what really got them cold. I just wore a belaclava under my ski-helmet, and was just fine with that :) Lesson number 2 I learnt last year, was with those neck warmers. Don't wear them to cover the open part of your belaclava (keep 'em on your neck, not your face). Neck warmer on face + 120 mph = scarf flip over the eyes I love winter jumps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
