It seems I'm giving my condolences a lot recently

[Michele 1]

It seems I'm giving my condolences a lot lately, and I want to stop. At least for a while. So, this weekend, I am asking a personal favor from all of you:

Be careful.

If you are a low number jumper, don't hook. If you decide to try hooking this weekend, get some instruction from someone who knows what they are doing. And if they say "you're not ready", listen to them. If you know how to hook, get instruction on how to do it better - from someone who knows how.

Sit out a jump if you're feeling rushed. Slllllllllloooooooowwwwwwww down... the load may not wait, but the sky will.

Learn something new about safety this weekend. Even if you think you know it all, find something new to learn. You can't know it all - so learn something, and then put it into practice. And practice your emergency procedures over and over and over.

Teach new jumpers something this weekend - something about gear, or safety, or how to determine winds. Take one of us aside, and educate us.

If you see someone doing something which puts them or others in danger, for God's sake, open your trap and say something. Silence is NOT golden if it could kill you or someone else.

I'm getting off my soapbox now. But please, please...I don't want to send any more condolences this weekend. Stay safe, as safe as you can be.

Ciels and Pinks-
Michele

~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~

[freeflir29 0]

I'm working all weekend. The office is usually a pretty safe place. Well, except for that one time I had to kill a Copper Head snake just outside my cubicle. Be safe folks.....practice your emergency procedures!! That high speed trip I took dragging my P/C last weekend certainly gave me something to think about. Things happen fast...you have to be faster!!!!

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I'm working all weekend. The office is usually a pretty safe place. Well, except for that one time I had to kill a Cooper Head snake just outside my cubicle.

Is that made by the tire company, or did they just lease the rights to the name?

[freeflir29 0]

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Is that made by the tire company

[voices in head] How many times do I have to tell you??? One O two P's!!!! Shut up or I'll stab you in the head!!![/voices in my head]

[rgoper 0]

Michele:

thanks for posting that. sound advice from a caring individual..........

--Richard--
"We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

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Clay, are you post whoring tonight?

[freeflir29 0]

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Clay, are you post whoring tonight?

Moi????

[PhreeZone 20]

Look whos talking there Rev....

Yeah be safe... And tip those people that work behind the scenes to put you back together if you do screw up...

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

Parachutemanuals.com

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Moi????

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There's a first time for everything...

[Viking 0]

i promise to be safe, no more openings below 3000

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[Dumpster 0]

Thanks Michele!

Easy Does It

[dzbum 0]

Hooking low sucks- been there--- thats why I fly more than I jump. if you want to hook it, do it right, have a clear atea to pull out of, dont hook with no out half way though it- it can kill ya.
Play hard~!
Chris

It's good to be the pilot.

[Iflyme 0]

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i promise to be safe, no more openings below 3000

well if you just happen to find yourself below 3 grand, you should still pull!

[GroundZero 0]

Wait a minute... I'm getting packed to head to Rantoul.... NO MORE OPENINGS ABOVE 3000'....

Just trying to be safe...

Chris

[Shark 0]

Yes, strange day at Elsinore during the SSL. We had several teams going to their alternate because of sprained ankles on landing and one hard opening; on a Spectre. I even got clobbered during a block move. Got kneed in the back of the head, but mostly from the side. Now I know why they call that block the Stardian.
Keep in mind that on hot summer days, especially at Elsinore and Perris, that you will experience high density altitude performance, or lack of it, on your canopy. ie. your canopy will handle like it was at 5000+ rather than your dz elevation on hotter days. Worse with light winds.