lewmonst 0 #1 June 6, 2001 imagine the drive in the back of the pick-up truck to a luanch site. clearing all the catcus and twigs, you lay out the hot-air balloon, and wait patiently for it to swallow enough air as it rises up and off the earth, jumping in as the basket leaves the dust, and the sun approaches the mountains, you find yourself fidgeting in the small space with the pilot and 2 other jumpers... slowly the air brings your glorious ship hundreds to thousands of feet about the desert, you crouch in the basket and hang over the size to keep your hair out of the flames. And the static blast of noise firing the hot air struggles to balance with the peacefulness and silence of the ride. the further you see off the less you see below you and you reach your destination altitude in sweat union with floating above the landing zone. the time is now, you brace yourself as the first jumper frees himself of the balloon and races into a speck of visibility near the ground until you see the beautiful red canopy open like a fluff of a tissue, and you feel the air compression in your eardrums as the balloon counteracts and rises without the wiehgt... you wait until you start sinking once again as the second jumper falls. You watch the body blend into the bushes on the ground, and just when you think she passed out and there's no time, her chute pops open and she turns towards the runway... your turn. checking your handles, you climb backwards onto the ledge of the basket staring into the torch, and you launch without looking, backfliping off and kicking the basket away from you, you feel the nothingness, no wind, no resistance, just freedom as the air increases velocity over your naked body and you have no idea where you are relative to the ground. checking your altimeter every 300 ft, just a little longer, just a little closer, the cacti get big and you know, pull, all opens well, and you scream with excitement, you are flying naked in the sky on a beautiful sunset in the desert, this is freedom, so you have the nerve to land and present yourself next to the hanger, cuase you don't care about the spectators, your hands are shaking and your eyes are watering, and all you're wearing is shoes...Nice landing.So what do you think? Boring?(sorry for the copy, but no one reads "just another daydream" by anonymous...)____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenW 0 #2 June 6, 2001 Hey!!!You GO Lew!!! This is what we want, EMOTION!!!Thanks for sharing with us all!B. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #3 June 6, 2001 THANKS BEN!!!now 2 people have actually read it! WOooohooooooi feel the loveif only the other thread new the chick in the bridge day photo with the "yellow ribbon" posted a naked balloon jump...they're missin out____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #4 June 6, 2001 We know... believe me we know... we're all sitting quiet in the corner waiting for the pictures! Safe swoopsSangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #5 June 6, 2001 speaking of photos, sangiro, where's yours? and how do we really know you're not a whuffo? hmmmm!?!?;)lew____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #6 June 6, 2001 Quotespeaking of photos, sangiro, where's yours?I'll trade you.. you show me yours and I'll show you mine... Quoteand how do we really know you're not a whuffo? hmmmm!?!?Now the easiest way to resolve this is to come to San Francisco again and to buy me a hand full of jump tickets... Safe swoopsSangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grogs 0 #7 June 6, 2001 Quotespeaking of photos, sangiro, where's yours? and how do we really know you're not a whuffo? hmmmm!?!?;)OMG... That's definitely the ultimate DZ.com sin. Your account will be banned within the hour ...or at the very least you'll probably owe the bossman a case next time you see him at a boogie.Seriously though, I seem to remember seeing Sangiro's pic on some of the old threads. And I think he even had a live cam at his house once upon a time. I think he just chooses not to use a pic so he can remain an anonymous God-like figure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #8 June 6, 2001 sure, fair is fair, you've seen several of mine already... now where's yours? oh, trust me... i have more...and more jump stories tooand if i came to san fran you'd be buying _me_ jump tickets ;) :p ha ha ha____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #9 June 6, 2001 Like Grogs said.... may pic is somewhere on here.... c'mon girl, I know you've got skills... ...and if you come to san fran... we'll take new photos! ;-) Hehehehe!Safe swoopsSangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #10 June 6, 2001 Quoteso he can remain an anonymous God-like figureI also noticed that in his profile he doesn't post his jump numbers or his license number. Hmmm, maybe he doesn't have his A-license yet?JOKE, that was a joke, oh no, here he comes... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #11 June 6, 2001 oh i've got skills allright...sangiro you made that way too easy. fyi, the photo album link doesn't work and i couldn't get the webcam... i didn't want to wait forever for it to load...but i'm diggin your personal site, it's about as far along as my personal site. i just don't have anything like dz.com to show off my html skills like you...i love the banner btw, and hell yeah, if i come to san fran we'll take new photos, maybe like that in your banner, only more colorful...(you could come to ohio you know)____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #12 June 6, 2001 Oh hell... I thought I've deleted that 'ol directory.... Well done! It's gone now however. You've got some skills, but the pic is still out there somewhere. Quoteand hell yeah, if i come to san fran we'll take new photos, maybe like that in your banner I betcha everyone is curious as hell as to what the photo in my banner was! Safe swoopsSangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #13 June 7, 2001 ok, give me a hint... if you have some other photo out there, i can't find it....why'd you remove the other directory?and i'm sure they're wondering, let them use their imagination____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #14 June 7, 2001 Quote(you could come to ohio you know)i'll be back home in ohio later this month.....and my pis is up here..........ya could even find one of me with nothing but my rig...but that would take some digging........."if dreams are like movies, then memories are like films about ghosts"-counting crows Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #15 June 7, 2001 ok, where's the pic of you in just your rig? i give up.so you'll be in ohio? coming back to the US and ohio of all places?!?!? well, i usually just at richmond, Indiana, and sometimes SGC/xenia (shh...) ____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emma 0 #16 June 7, 2001 I saw Sangiro's photo on the old forum.Believe me laydeeeez, he is a babe.AND a web guru.AND....a skydiver...wow.....all he needs now is to be.......single? and hetero? Could it be?......Ahhhhhh.......sweet fantasy dreams.....E Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #17 June 7, 2001 ok sangiro you win i didn't look at all your posts, but a few, and i found las vegas trip photos, and lions under the wing of an airplane, but NO other photos of your head honchoness. but the search has taught me a lot about your site. Hey, i like markup, but can do so much more with html, how can i use html tags instead of markup? look at all the pretty colors!!! ok, i need to get back to work, but here's another question for you sangiro, what's your "real world" job? and do you still travel a bunch? which boogies do you hit? ok 3 questions... that's enough for now skieslewlewmonst@dropzone.com____________________http://lewmonst.com/____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #18 June 7, 2001 Quoteok, where's the pic of you in just your rig?I think the nudie pix of the boys are burried somewhere back in the archives (thank goodness)... there weren't many! And I seem to remember it was cold that day... but the boys won that round! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #19 June 7, 2001 Great, now HH has Emma and lewmonst stalking him!I want some groupies too dammit!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #20 June 7, 2001 that's all emma!! and why should anyone stalk you? you started it anyway____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeekStreak 0 #21 June 7, 2001 Nice pic, Lew!1111,GeekStreak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #22 June 7, 2001 thanks karl ____________lewmonst.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grogs 0 #23 June 7, 2001 Quotebut the search has taught me a lot about your site. Hey, i like markup, but can do so much more with html, how can i use html tags instead of markup?Ack! Please no more yellow. Yellow sucks. I had to get about an inch away from the screen to read it (which I did... you never know when it'll have good juicy stuff in there). As for the nakie pics of Wingie and Frank (and a few others?, I forget), I think most of here (including Wingie and Frank) are glad they've dropped off the face of the Earth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #24 June 7, 2001 just highlight the yellow text then it's easy to read.so where are those pics... c'mon, there's a naked woman in a tandem rig on the Pub...lewhttp://lewmonst.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #25 June 7, 2001 Lew, lew - sorry I missed you I the Pub last night.... Well, I know you can find the photo, you're an engineering and science guru! Here's a hint. You need to find my OLD web site... and when I say old, I mean before Dropzone.com.I do travel quite a bit yes, as you may have seen from my past posts. I work for Sapient.Boogies.... let me see. There's really just one boogie you have to go to: The Byron Boogie! This is where you experience the now famous "Byron Luv". I have been thinking about dropping in on the WFFC this year, but I may be in London over that time. I'll have to wait and see how that plays out.Emma - you ae toooo sweet! When are we seeing your pic?Skreamer - don't be jealous now lad, you have the germans over there... Safe swoopsSangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
