freeflir29 0 #1 July 1, 2005 and bought a Cypres. My rigger has it on order and it should be waiting for me when I get home. I haven't had a Cypres since I stopped jumping rental gear at jump 48. I was WAY over due for one I guess. It was never that I didn't have the money for one. I'm just a cheap bastard. I figured that I make really good money now so I have NO more good excuses. So...........if you don't have a good AAD BUY ONE STUPID! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 July 1, 2005 Quoteand bought a Cypres. My rigger has it on order and it should be waiting for me when I get home. I haven't had a Cypres since I stopped jumping rental gear at jump 48. I was WAY over due for one I guess. It was never that I didn't have the money for one. I'm just a cheap bastard. I figured that I make really good money now so I have NO more good excuses. So...........if you don't have a good AAD BUY ONE STUPID! I don't make heaps of money, but me a CypresYou 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 #3 July 1, 2005 'Bout time!! Goofball...~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
freeflir29 0 #4 July 1, 2005 Quote'Bout time!! Goofball... I kept rationalizing..............~500 jumps and I haven't forgotten to pull yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #5 July 1, 2005 QuoteQuote'Bout time!! Goofball... I kept rationalizing..............~500 jumps and I haven't forgotten to pull yet! Yes, but you've also never jumped combat RW with me...my boot found a helmet on one such jump, and another shoe found my face mask on a second... I guess you don't regularly jump with shitty skydivers. ~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
freeflir29 0 #6 July 1, 2005 QuoteI guess you don't regularly jump with shitty skydivers. Sure I do..........I jump with myself on EVERY skydive. You should see the video of me destroying my camera at Z Hills in 2003. A Spock gone wrong!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #7 July 1, 2005 QuoteI don't make heaps of money, buy me a Cypres Got a sister? Is she hot? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #8 July 1, 2005 QuoteQuoteI don't make heaps of money, buy me a Cypres Got a sister? Is she hot? Nop, but he lives in Australia and you know what they're famous for don't ya? But seriously, nice one on the AAD dude, mine's been sitting in a drawer at home cos i've been skint lately and it needs a service. It's going to Airtec this weekend though. Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #9 July 1, 2005 Now you ain't stupid anymore. Heck, when I first started, my rig had an FXC-12000 aad on it. It misfired on jump #55 I think, leaving me with a 2 out in a side by side. I had never been so scared shitless. I landed with a great PLF though, but had the aad taken out, and I didn't jump with one until about 550 jumps or so when my friend and 300 way captain of the 1998 world record attempts at Chicago was knocked unconscious on breakoff and went in with nothing pulled. She didn't have a cypres. So... less than a month after, my rig got one installed. However, I have two rigs now, and the other one, which I use primarily for CRW with a PD Lightning, doesn't have a cypres. I'm still debating whether I need one for it..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #10 July 1, 2005 As one enters, another leaves.. I did 2000 + dives in the Pre Cypres era. My Cypres is now 12 years old - and I've never used it. It's cost me countless extra reserve repacks for a host of issues. I won't be replacing it. So. 4600+ dives, with a bunch of extra pulls for tandem and AFF, and 18 cutaways... I'm on my own again. And I think I'm in good hands. You can laugh about this post if you read about me being knocked out or losing alti awareness and going in. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #11 July 1, 2005 Sorry, Tonto....not to be a smart-ass but I wouldn't be laughing....My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #12 July 1, 2005 Quote........ It's cost me countless extra reserve repacks for a host of issues. ....... Sounds like you need to become a rigger.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #13 July 1, 2005 QuoteHowever, I have two rigs now, and the other one, which I use primarily for CRW with a PD Lightning, doesn't have a cypres. I'm still debating whether I need one for it... Well..........if you look back a couple years you may find the story of a guy with 4000+ jumps that was primarily a crew dog. Exited a King Air I believe and whacked his head on the tail. Never regained conciousnous. Another person I know and has occasionally posted here was saved by her Cypres when she exited a West Wind and struck the tail. She woke up hanging in a tree across the street from a Wal Mart with a redneck poking her with a stick. My opinion on Cypres.......it's millions of times more likely to save you than it is to hurt you. So............I'll feel better with one in. Oh........and don't turn this thread into a DEBATE!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #14 July 1, 2005 Good! I am glad to hear you finally broke down.... Now...could you talk my fiance into getting one? ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #15 July 1, 2005 QuoteNow...could you talk my fiance into getting one? That could be tough. He ain't so smart. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #16 July 1, 2005 Quoteand don't turn this thread into a DEBATE!!!!!!!! Laugh the real question is DO YOU HAVE A RSL?!?! it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #17 July 1, 2005 QuoteShe woke up hanging in a tree across the street from a Wal Mart with a redneck poking her with a stick. At least he wasn't poking her with his DICK! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #18 July 1, 2005 Caren is pretty hot..............I was suprised by that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outlawphx 1 #19 July 1, 2005 After 500 jumps without one myself, I broke down and bought one today too. I've been kicked and knee'd in the face a few times during RW (hard enough to drip a little blood even), but now that I'm starting freeflying, I figure that I might actually be hit hard enough to be knocked out. Those free flailers are crazy! Now that I'm not a starving college student, I can't use that "being poor" excuse anymore either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #20 July 1, 2005 Quote Yes, but you've also never jumped combat RW with me...my boot found a helmet on one such jump, and another shoe found my face mask on a second... I guess you don't regularly jump with shitty skydivers. Jaye, are you talking about jumping with me again???? Sheeeeesh!!!! I'm a broke skydiver as well.... no AAD, just a touch of ADD But I still remember to pull after 236 jumps.Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #21 July 1, 2005 QuoteQuote Yes, but you've also never jumped combat RW with me...my boot found a helmet on one such jump, and another shoe found my face mask on a second... I guess you don't regularly jump with shitty skydivers. Jaye, are you talking about jumping with me again???? Sheeeeesh!!!! I'm a broke skydiver as well.... no AAD, just a touch of ADD But I still remember to pull after 236 jumps. You know what I always say about skydivers, Corey..."Better to be broke than broken." ~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
BillyVance 35 #22 July 1, 2005 At the Dublin boogie, I got a hell of a kick to my Factory Diver-protected chin from a 240 lb dude that I was following out of the Casa on a big way. Rung my bell pretty good too, but luckily I shook it off and got in the dive. Back on the ground I took off the helmet and found a spiderweb of cracks across the chin-guard! Yeah I had my cypres-equipped rig on. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #23 July 2, 2005 Quote Good! I am glad to hear you finally broke down.... Now...could you talk my fiance into getting one? Well lets do it then turkey.....I wanna vigil!!! Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #24 July 2, 2005 As long as your feeling rich and I'm being stupid, I'll take 3 of 'em for the rig I have without. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #25 July 2, 2005 QuoteAs long as your feeling rich and I'm being stupid Far from rich............have you seen my mortgage lately? And if you're stupid..........well...........not much I can do about that either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
