Remembering Jumps

[Magistr8 0]

I was just looking at my log book this am and looked back at a jump I did in 2K2, it brought back a lot of memories.

I have low jumps numbers but reading my log book brings me back to every one of those jumps.

What does going over your log book do for you?

[Ron 10]

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What does going over your log book do for you?

Drive me crazy looking for them all....And then drive me crazy thinking of all the REALLY nice stuff I could own.

Then I get a big shit eating grin, and go down memory lane.

Ron

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

[prepheckt 0]

I'm new enough where I critique each jump, the cool part is I can see how much I've progressed, and see problem areas to focus on.

"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet."
-9 toes

[Push 0]

It puts a huge grin on my face, a small tear in my eye, and a big hole in my wallet

-- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo
Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

I usually write a sentence about what sort of jump it was and who I jumped with (first names only), then a brief description as to what may have happened on the jump. Then if it's a freefly jump (which most are), I'll write down the avg and max speeds from my ProTrack. Finally I specify whether I stood up the landing (which lately I do) and if it was a landing in high winds or no winds at all I'll also mention that.

As far as reading my jumps afterwards, often I don't. But once my trip at the Eloy Holiday boogie was over this year (42 jumps in 8 days, not bad) I went back and read the comments about each jump and it brought back some awesome memories.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[QTPi 0]

Everyone makes fun of me for writing so much in my logbook but I love to re-read about jumps!! It makes me smile. Sometimes laugh out loud!

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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. -Oliver Wendel Holmes

[TheBile 0]

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What does going over your log book do for you?

It makes it wet and smelly.

Gerb

I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW !

[QuickDraw 0]

I usually put the exit order (i.e. 2 before AFF etc.) then the separation, weather visual or count (usually both)
then the type of exit and my position in it and the exit itself, then weather i was stable form exit or when i got stable by.
Then the dive itself with alti readings per maneuver, my break-off height, direction of track,
any observations before wave off ( checking for other bodies/canopys)
and finally pull height and the landing, and where i land in relation to the peas or any other marker.
I usually add a few comments about anything else that occurs during or after the dive too.



Then i wait about 3 months to get them all signed off.

-- Hope you don't die. --

I'm fucking winning

[bch7773 0]

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Everyone makes fun of me for writing so much in my logbook but I love to re-read about jumps!! It makes me smile. Sometimes laugh out loud!

I feel the same way... sometimes I almost run outta room on the page . Most people tell me that once you get above 100 jumps you shorten it to jump number and date

MB 3528, RB 1182