FrogNog 1 #1 May 11, 2004 Today is my skydiving anniversary. I did my first jump, a static line from 3,500 feet, one year ago today. Now I have 145 jumps, a B license, my own rig, and I have funneled 2, 3, and 4-way RW dives and 2-way freefly dives of various configurations. (I was slow out the door on the 5-way, but I can't take the primary blame for the rest of that jump - I docked.) Also, I can backslide faster than some people can track. (I have video.) I have crashed on landing fairly well a few times but I keep it rare and I PLF or slide when appropriate. I have to say my Raven II makes a pretty comfy pillow. I have not yet opened to a step-through or busted a cloud. (I exited over one and tracked around it, though. ) To the best of my knowledge, I have not bounced off any part of a plane I didn't mean to. (In the air, anyway.) I have been gaining practical experience in brake malfunctions due to maintenance issues, packing error, and bad luck but I haven't gone spinning or had to chop or go near my hard deck yet. I have flailed in a stand, sit, head-down, spiraling head-down flip/barrel-roll thingie, and on my back, belly, and side. I have accidentally rodeoed someone on an RW dive. She almost got her revenge last jump but decided to keep it at lurking for now. I have escaped pieing for 45 jumps. With any luck, I will be dropping at the airport instead of the student field before they finally get me. (Of course, once that happens, the entire DZ can be waiting in the hangar with the whipped cream.) I still haven't jumped a tailgate. Just C-182s, a C-208, and a super-twin-otter. (I like the 208 the best.) I believe some of my exits are crowd-pleasers. Keep looking for them in skydiving videos. (I'll be wearing the lame sky blue suit and the gorgeous purple/yellow/black rig.) I always pack my own, and I pack for other people when I have some time and they want me to. I have packed two slammers but I only jumped one of them. I have not yet gassed the plane. (No need - I jump with Tom. ) Oh. And I am a jump- and camera- whore. Rain, snow, -20 C at altitude, I will go if I don't think it's too dangerous. And jumps just feel better if there's a camera in sight - even if it isn't turned on or I'm the only other jumper but I'm not in frame. -=-=-=-=- Pull. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 May 11, 2004 QuoteI have accidentally rodeoed someone on an RW dive. She almost got her revenge last jump but decided to keep it at lurking for now. Your time will come I was SOOOO tempted to grab you last night and freak the crap outta you. Congratulations for keeping your butt alive to jump another and another and another day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJatLarge 0 #3 May 11, 2004 Happy Sky-birthday Dude! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #4 May 11, 2004 Habby Skyday. QuoteRain, snow, -20 C at altitude, I will go if I don't think it's too dangerous. go visit oopv.free.fr the site of flying polar bears... most of us jumped at -20C on the ground...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SeaKev 0 #5 May 11, 2004 Aw hell, Eugene. I forgot all about yesterday. You should have reminded me before our jumps on Sunday. For those interested, Eugene and I were in the same FJC. After an "enlightening" classroom session, if he didn't get out of the plane under his own power, one of us classmates was going to throw his ass out. Apparently, he had already read everything he needed to know before coming to class. Happy Skybirthday, Dude! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
