Viking 0 #1 July 9, 2001 I went out to the DZ today to show off my lvl1 pics and some other photos i took in the hopes that someone would want to buy a few. Well i get there at around noon b/c i had to help move a couch into the house with my dad. Anyway i get there and show dave my slides and my lvl1 pics and he laughs about how steve looks like he is about to slap my ass in freefall and then he asks if i am going to do lvl 2 or not. now on any other day i would have been like hell yes thats why i drove down here!!! but today was more of a i wonder if i should push my family luck day (my grandpa had a stroke if you didn't see my post about that) but i talked to steve about what was involved in lvl2 and it seemed simple so i went ahead and manifested and was put on load 5 with Tom he is really cool he ride me toooo hard about forgetting alot stuff from lvl 1. Two weeks of dealing with a family crisis kinda does that to a person. So anyway i relearn all the stuff and we dirt (well carpet actually) dive it a couple times then its a 20 min call so we get all suited up. I make sure that the zippers on my jump suit are strong this time!!!! and put radio on and test it works fine. Then steve walked into the gear room and tells tom not to give me any radio help unless i start flying over the lake or somthing. I give steve the finger and smile at him GODDAMN I LOVE THIS SPORT rushs through my brain as i leap from the door and start my count. I actually remeber the exit!!!! that fucking badass watching the plain just drift away like that. ok so i do my practice touchs those go fine better than last time. Then i get the Forward movment signal Yes here we go, I bring my elbows back to my ribs and flatten my legs out and point my toes . I don't feel any different. I get to 6 secs of this and come back to my arch. check alti tell the main side jm and he gives me the forward movement signal again. Ok here we go again i do the same as last time but i cup my shoulders as well WOW what a difference!!!! my jm told me that i was cooking!! I look ahead and yep i can tell alot better now but i still flared alittle to early and had to perform my first PLF which i pulled off fine and hoped up like i had been in bed with a Bourban street hooker !!! hehe i daisy chain my shit and me and tom talk through my dive he said i had a good arch right out the door and that the only thing i did wrong was that on my first forward motion my feet to far together and ofcourse the landing. So i geuss if all goes well with my grandpa i will be able to get lvl3 knocked down this next sunday. Remember when Sex was safe and skydiving was Dangerous? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 July 10, 2001 TTT you go Remember when Sex was safe and skydiving was Dangerous? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donna 0 #3 July 10, 2001 Congratulations, Arthur!!! Glad you had fun! Sounds like you are doing really well. Haven't gotten much chance to be online lately so I missed hearing about your granddad. Hope he is doing better!Skies,D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #4 July 10, 2001 Congratulations Viking!!!That sounds like it was awesome! So, it only gets better, huh?? Laura and I are going to go to the DZ ALL day Friday and ALL day Saturday and jump our asses off. Hopefully we can get 3 jumps per day and get through AFF. That would be sweet! Either way, we're going to be moving up in the world this weekend. Hope that your grandpa is getting better and hope that you get to go Level III this weekend!Blue skyz to ya!!Our humble corner on the web... HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
