Deleted 0 #1 March 29, 2001 hey folks, here's a story that will no doubt be getting around quickly. it happened to my brother yesterday in playa del carmen, mexico. while skydiving on vacation, a four-way drifted out to sea. those who pulled high made it back. two who pulled at standard altitude did not. their stories are very different. one braved a water landing and was rapidly retreived by the quick thinking jm's who had absconded with water skis. my brother, however, decided to save as much of his gear as was possible. he chose the helopad of a cruise ship, a quarter mile offshore. he nailed the "H" and landed safely, albeit tearing his canopy on surrounding apparatus. he had some difficulties explaining his presence on the ship and had to deal with various authorities, but walked away uninjured. this playa del carmen first did cost him a canopy and a case of beer, but his rig, reserve and other gear are fine. mexican news stations should be printing stories of this feat today. please share your out landing stories, peatmoss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtsucks 0 #2 March 29, 2001 Well, I only got 7 jumps, and the most exciting thing that ever happened to me was landing on the edge of a cornfield a mile out. Hmmm…no…the Helipad is definitely cooler than that! That would be so awesome to have a story like that to tell. “So, have you ever been on a cruise?” “Um, kind of.” :)Josh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max 0 #3 March 29, 2001 My most recent incident of landing out was at ZHills. At the end of the dive I noticed how far away from the DZ I was so I cleared the air and pulled. After riding rear risers as long as I could I found myself over the Tony Suit Factory, and barely gaining forward drive due to the winds. I thought I was going to land on the roof of Tony Suits, until at about 300 feet I started moving forward again towards the open field. At about 50 feet I noticed a small barbed wire fence right in my direction of flight, just a small input on the toggles to plane out the canopy and lifting my feet, I cleard the fence and landed safely. I instantly looked around for other jumpers and noticed about half of the load was landing in the same area. I think only one person off of that load made it back to the landing area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
froggie 0 #4 March 30, 2001 i remember it like it was my first landing.... cause it was. first solo skydive (instructor of course!) but um.. lets just say that there were parked planes, a building, and a road. But thanks to a great instructor and his kick ass radio skills he landed me safely on the grass. Well, he got me to the grass. that landing was my own doing (standup landing into a belly flop anyone?) In any case, it was an awesome memory, and now i realize how lucky i was that i didnt break anything on that landing. but i still loved every second of it!froggie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
