dixieskydiver 0 #1 June 23, 2003 First off dropzone landing! Winds were doing something unexpected and got drift in the direction opposite we thought they were. I was last open (noone else tracked very far because we were so far out) at 2.5 . The guy highest up road his risers in and a recent a-licensee made it back on his manta 290 over to near the DZ but didn't make it across the road because they didn't want to brave the newly installed barbed-wire fence. (Damned stupid homeland defence crap, like any determined person couldn't cut a hole big enough for a small car with a pair of wire snips.) It's already been the source of two almost mishaps. At around 1.5k I made the decision that I wasn't going to make it back to anywhere nearer to the DZ so I picked a nice safe cow field. Incidentally it was one of my planned "outs" because I had been there before when I was searching for my ex-girlfriend after her AAD fire on one of her student jumps. Also that same ex was second lowest and decided to follow me in. Everything went fine, and the cows all trotted over to check us out. They were cool they all lined up in a long line and mooed at us from about 30 yards. Case of beer for me and a relearning of the lesson of pay attention to where you are relative to the ground in case you need to pull high. Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #2 June 23, 2003 First off, good job of having a plan and sticking to it. Second, we do need to put together a map of how to get to the most likely outs by land. I've chased wayward skydivers at two different DZ's and nearly gotten lost at both. (You realize that we were looking for her, not you )I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 June 23, 2003 QuoteAt around 1.5k I made the decision that I wasn't going to make it back to anywhere nearer to the DZ so I picked a nice safe cow field. Incidentally it was one of my planned "outs" because I had been there before when I was searching for my ex-girlfriend after her AAD fire on one of her student jumps Good job of planning an "out" But.. is a cow pasture really safe... I mean landing on slippery stuff could cause a serious injury..... Not to mention the smell on your canopy Just some rememberances of landing out in several places.. Amazon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
