AggieDave 6 #26 November 7, 2003 None. Do I have any desire to really do so? Not right now, I'd rather spend my time and money at the DZ. Rock climbing I have done. I enjoyed it, but note, I have done exactly NO rockclimbing since I started skydiving. Sort of like a lot of my former hobbies and intrests. I used to be a hard-core Mt. Biker. That was a seriously cool sport, great rush, good visuals, etc. Have I done much of that since I started jumping? Nope, I'd rather spend the money I was spending to upkeep my bike/gear and getting to good trails on jumping. Same with paintball. Same with repelling. Same with my additction to wrenching (car stuff). My list can go on, with everyone of my former hobbies that I was seriously envolved with, I would rather spend my money and my time jumping. You can write off my opinion, you can try to tell me I'm wrong, but my opinion stands, since it is *my* opinion.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,092 #27 November 7, 2003 >Bill, How do you turn the canopy with your body?? To put it simply, you lean; you load one riser more than the other. Ways to do this: -Actually lean to one side. Put most of your weight there. It's uncomfortable but it works. -Straighten one leg and tuck the other one up. That will load the harness more on the side of the straight leg, and the canopy will turn. Note that this gives you a very slow turn once the canopy is open; it may be imperceptible on a large canopy. Also note that on very small canopies, doing this during deployment may give you very rapid turns. I once gave myself some nasty line twists on an Extreme-99 trying to "body steer" through the opening. The cool thing about it is that once you get good at it you can steer your canopy before it's even open, which is extremely useful if you deploy 20 feet from someone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoysPlayThing 0 #28 November 7, 2003 Good for you!! Well... Is he gonna answer?? _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoysPlayThing 0 #29 November 7, 2003 Whoa! Turbo! _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoysPlayThing 0 #30 November 7, 2003 Good information,... Thank you Billvon _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #31 November 7, 2003 I'm the same way about snowboarding...It used to be as big a part of my life as jumping is now. But priorities changed. I sold my board for jump money, and don't regret it in the least. OTOH, if somebody doesn't want to get rid of everything else in their life and completely focus on jumping it doesn't mean the other stuff is a waste of time, as long as they're doing what they want. Just my $.02I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katzeye 0 #32 November 7, 2003 Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock climbing and scuba diving are freak'n worthless when compared to skydiving, IMHO. I have to agree. I'm a "wind in your face" kinda gal. SCUBA just doesn't do it for me. It's too slow and BOOORING. The only person you can talk to is yourself and you really don't share anything the same underwater. What you see is not what your dive buddy sees and vice versa. Whereas in skydiving you are IN the experience, together. Where even a blink translates into a novel. SCUBA is a nice thing to do every now and then, go "get in the aquarium" swim through some reefs, point and chase little fishies. Wave at the sharks. But *yawn* are we done yet? I actually fell asleep during my second beach dive. We swam out, and waiting for everyone to get their shit together and descend, I took a power nap in my BC. My instructor had to wake me up. I dont' think he was impressed. 40 feet or 140 feet, it still feels the same. You're underwater. There's just less to look at in 140 feet of water. For THRILLS skydiving is the only way to go. But, of course, to each his own. LA* Is a chicken omelette redundant? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
