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Casch

I got a free jump, so HAHAHAHA

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So I broke out of the box and tried out another DZ this weekend! I usually jump at Kapowsin, but good ole Monarch135 convinced me to jump down at Wright Brothers Skydiving. It was a little eerie down there 'cause despite the comparativly beautiful weather, the dz was empty for the most part. My home DZ's rental student gear is all SOS, and Lou down at WBS wanted to keep me on familiar gear, so I ended up flying a 325 square foot monster instead of my 290 square foot barge. I was also dumbfounded by the placement of the ripcord (no I have not been transitioned to BOC), instead of the handle being where the normal BOC is, it was on the left MLW. That might not sound strange to you guys, but I had never actually seen one of those yet. Anyway I had to beat it into my head that when it came time to pull, I need not go for the "BOC". Anywho, here goes the jump. I exit and after about 10 seconds of backloops, and getting over the dizzyness from that, I did a practice pull...except the handle wasn't where it was when I left...it was floating around neck level... It took me a few interesting moments to find it. I was thinking calmly...WTF? So instead of playing around in the sky, I held on to my handle. I pulled at 4k and had a beautiful opening followed by a big ass red canopy with a hard built in right turn...I was like...ooooookaaay....interesting. So I did some practice flares...well the stall point was MUCH higher on this than what I usually fly and I stall the canopy, it deflates. I ease up the toggles and it reinflates with end cell closure. This was my first encounter with it. I was like...hmmm that's new. So I hold the brakes a few inches shy of my new stall point and hold...hold...hold....damnit...INFLATE!...hold....flutter flutter whoosh! Ok, cool. So now I just have to land this thing without deflating cells, stalling the canopy or forgetting about the hard built in turn and flaring evenly causing me to faceplant.

Well the landing was almost beautiful...but about 70 feet shy of the preffered landing area...new glide angle. Everything turned out alright and it was an interesting experience, care of Eddy Pratt of WBS. Only problem...HE DIDN'T JUMP!!!!! I get a free jump, followed by a coached jump that I didn't have to pay anything extra for. I even tried to slip the guy some money and he's like, NO keep your money...SKYDIVERS ROCK! Anyway Thank you Eddy for the free jump and you are welcome to visit K-pow ANYTIME for a free jump on me.

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