My crash and burn at the Mountain Boogie

[gaskydiver 0]

I would first like to say a huge THANK YOU to all those at the airport that rushed to my rescue and anyone who literally had a hand in tending to me before the EMT's got there. It would be impossible to call you all by name, as I didn't know but 2 people huddled around me.
Secondly, all the x-rays and cat scan were negative for breaks and dain bramage (a little humor).
Again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Lets welcome our newest friend.Downwind Doug to the RoamingDZ crowd.Now Doug you must give a complete account of the events as you "Remember"them.

All kidding aside I'm glad you were not hurt bad and hope to see you at the next one.

[fatflying 0]

It's official!!! Welcome Downwind Doug. Glad to here your o.k.FATONES

[blueskyserenity 0]

Been thinking about you Doug. Glad your ok. Quite the trooper to hang out around the bonfire w/ no shirt on and a hospital blanket when you got back. Now THAT, my friends, is a true, ROAMINGDZ skydiver. Hope to see you soon. Take care and soak in a hot bath. Always makes me feel better Marianne

I like coconuts. You can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun!

[mouth 0]

Doug, if you didn't want to eat breakfast with me again you could have just said so.

Actually, I'm going to be your mother here and say it is good you went downwind rather than turn so low but next time PLEASE plan ahead and don't get into that spot again. You scared the crap out of me.

Hope you heal up fast.

Lisa

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

[mgerra28 0]

I know when you hit doug you said you lost memory and that. But do you have the 100 dollars i spotted you for the jumps.. I was going to say is that your first downwind but i know you better.lol Glad you made it back dude. I'll give you a call later
lee

http://www.skydivethefarm.com
don't sweat the small stuff, in fact don't sweat at all,, you get smelly!!

ORFUN #2

[chaoskitty 0]

You know you were the most excitement that town's EMS team had seen in a long time right?? THREE ambulances, 2 police cars, 1 sherrif, and 2 minivans with who knows who in them... for one little skydiver!

You got at least three "ohmygod's" out of me on that approach. I agree with mouth though, better than a low hook. Glad you are OK!!

[RastaRicanAir 0]

I have to confess, I somehow, naturally managed to miss all of the actual excitement. I thought all the sirens were from some moonshiners being chased around the mountains by Sheriff Coltrane.
But this was one of those moments where you really see the true comraderie in this sport, and the length, breadth and depth of skydiver's concern and dedication to each other.
Like when we got the call that you were ready to come back from the hospital and everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief.


......Then immediately started wondering what kind of medication they gave you .

I guess it's like Grandma used to say: "If you can't laugh about it. Up the dosage."

Glad you're O.K. Dude.

OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411
-"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is

[RastaRicanAir 0]

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You got at least three "ohmygod's" out of me on that approach!!

And Congratulations on that! I'm sure it's not an easy thing for many men to do!
Boy! 7 whole replies before it turned sexual. That's got to be a DZ.com record.

OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411
-"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is

[chaoskitty 0]

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You got at least three "ohmygod's" out of me on that approach!!

And Congratulations on that! I'm sure it's not an easy thing for many men to do!
Boy! 7 whole replies before it turned sexual. That's got to be a DZ.com record.

Congratulations.. I'm sure you can break that record.

[gaskydiver 0]

Were you one of those working on me to my left? I remember seeing a female and thinking what a cute EMT, but in the ride to the hospital I realized that was not the case. Thank you again for all you did.

[RastaRicanAir 0]

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You got at least three "ohmygod's" out of me on that approach!!

And Congratulations on that! I'm sure it's not an easy thing for many men to do!
Boy! 7 whole replies before it turned sexual. That's got to be a DZ.com record.

Congratulations.. I'm sure you can break that record.

...Is that challenge directed at myself or Doug?

OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411
-"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is

[gaskydiver 0]

Let me also say to all who saw the landing that I made a number of bad decisions that day.
First was to even manifest. Before the day started I only had 95 jumps and just the Saturday before met all the requirements for "B" license. It was a strange DZ, the winds were way above what I should have been jumping. When I opened, instead of using my head and let the winds take me down where I would have had plenty of room to make an approach, I tried making a "B" line, literally, back to an acceptable landing area. That shows my lack of experience and wanting to be one of those jumpers that is there to skydive come hell or high water. STUPID!!!!!!!!!

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Funny story.I told Doug this and he found it funny so I am going to tell it here.
After all the excitement the city manager had to go to a meeting Sat. evening.The sheriff of Andrews came up to him and said,"I hate to hear about that guys parachute not opening and him getting killed like that."Isn't it funny how the stories change as they travel.

[chaoskitty 0]

Yes, well you know that the parachute not opening is the *only* thing that ever goes wrong on a skydive. There are no other ways to hurt or kill yourself.
Doug looked awfully well for a dead guy, thank goodness.

Hey Doug, dont beat yourself up over being stupid. We all have stories like that. I bet now you'll practice flat turns .

On Sunday, the winds were light, but Guy and Chris had said to land with the hangar on the RIGHT.. well I was on the other side of the runway, made it back to the airport but way out there, did a flat turn at about 300 feet and landed over there. No way was I going to come in going the wrong way and catch hell from those guys! That hell was all for you!

[marcusr 0]

hey all. i havent seen many of you guys since the shrek and fiona wedding. just wanted to pop-up, say hello. i miss my old skydive tallahassee crew.
doug. sorry to read about your "incident"
later all,
marcus

[mouth 0]

Doug,

I went out and gathered rigs but trust me you don't want me working on you if you are hurt. You bleed, I puke. You were talking telling us all sorts of stuff and said something to me...of course you know I'll blackmail you with it later.

I'm so glad you are going to be ok. Now you must promise me a few things. This is the mother in the group talking....deal with it.

1. If you ever see you are going to be pushing it getting to the main landing area choose another out. There were literally tons of places by the runway that you could have made a safe toggle turn with ample altitude to land safely and someone would have picked you up. NOT in an ambulance.

2. If that is not possible PLEASE start doing flat turns up HIGH. Practice them often. See how much alti you loose with each turn then use those turns if you must. Again, realize that the best situation would have been not to get into that situation. A flat turn right at the tents would have saved you lots of pain.

3. If all else and you have no other choice do the downwinder, but gosh choose a day when the winds aren't 20+ . I'm still very glad you did the downwinder rather than toggle turning it right in front of me. I like my friends and want you to be here for a long time to come.
4. If you see jumpers with high jump numbers back down because of winds think about if it is in your best interest to make that load. Some people may say that I'm being overly cautious but all I'm saying is THINK about the consequences.

Heal fast my friend.

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

[blueskyserenity 0]

That's what mom's are for Lisa. Pick you up when you're down then spank your ass for being a dumbass. All your points were taken to heart and as another new jumper, I'm listening and always learning.

I like coconuts. You can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun!

[Deuce 1]

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You bleed, I puke.

Oh, stop.

For everyone who doesn't know, Lisa The Brave took me to Kaiser SoCal (where I got my brand new Kaiser SoCal number) when I broke my ankle last year at Perris.

She is tough and funny, and the best chaperone to the ER anyone could ask for.

She is the best friend anyone could ask for at a time like that or any other time.

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You bleed, I puke.

Oh, stop.

For everyone who doesn't know, Lisa The Brave took me to Kaiser SoCal (where I got my brand new Kaiser SoCal number) when I broke my ankle last year at Perris.

She is tough and funny, and the best chaperone to the ER anyone could ask for.

She is the best friend anyone could ask for at a time like that or any other time.

Thank you for the compliment JP. You know I'd help whenever I possibly could but thankfully YOU were NOT bleeding at all...just hurting. The hurting I could talk through with you, the bleeding I couldn't. That said Doug wasn't bleeding that I saw but I did what needed to be done. Grabbed a rig.

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

[freeflir29 0]

Heheheheheheee............sounds like I missed some fun. Thank God I'll be back in Atl come about the 5th of Nov! Oh.....and people.......stop hurting yourselves. It hurts!

[goofyjumper 0]

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The sheriff of Andrews came up to him and said,"I hate to hear about that guys parachute not opening and him getting killed like that."Isn't it funny how the stories change as they travel.

You know that is exactly why I was going to post on this thread tonight. I was going to say about the whole damn town responding to the only excitement they have had in god knows how long............I remember telling someone "you know that the wufo's are going to say that Doug's parachute didn't open and the typical wufo story will apply and spread throughout the wufo community" "oh my god don't jump out of a plane because you are just asking to die............what if you're chute does not open?.........as if we actually never thought of that! God.....................it just irritates me when they ask that.......................I mean they really think we jump out of a plane praying that we would not have to think about a malfunction.............that is like saying that when you go into a car.......I say "what if your brakes don't work?" Uh gee I never thought of that...........duh!
I guess they don't know any better...........

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I love and Miss you so much Honey!
Orfun #3 ~ Darla

[FlyingJ 0]

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You know that is exactly why I was going to post on this thread tonight. I was going to say about the whole damn town responding to the only excitement they have had in god knows how long.......

But remember how many people and cars we saw pulling up on our way out? Word spreading about "the accident" probably brought a lot of those people out for an afternoon of watching injury free jumping.

Killing threads since 2004.

[mgerra28 0]

like i keep saying wuffos serve no purpose..hehe The good thing is doug learned a valuable lesson saturday. Not to give me his wallet to look after don't thank me all thank doug for the 10 cases of corona. It was his first 25mph downwind landing.

http://www.skydivethefarm.com
don't sweat the small stuff, in fact don't sweat at all,, you get smelly!!

ORFUN #2

[blueskyserenity 0]

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It was his first 25mph downwind landing.

I'm thinking more like 40-50mph!!!

I like coconuts. You can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun!