Pat's lament on communication loss

[patworks 5]

Alas SKYDIVING NEWS MAGIZINE, we loved you well. Part of what was skydiving dies with SKYDIVING.

I mourn the coming communication drought. We are handicapped at our loss. This demise of good art and clear communication is a grave thing for thoughtful parachutists. Certainly our awareness of and discourse on what was, what is, and what should be is wounded.

Reflection: Methinks that one should admire news magazines’ balls; Provide life-support; Celebrate their existence. Realize that our parachute jumper Society and communication are diminished with each death.

Other now silent trees fell in our sky forest:
- Spotter.
- RWunderground Newsletter
- DZ USA
- TPC news letter
- SKYDIVER
- Freak Bros. Flyer

So what? Well, now no one can hear the wind as well; nor see the sky as sharply. Neither can we rally, ponder, nor fight for what will become with the trade winds and market politics of our sky sports.

Rx: Live longer/better. Learn. Share! ... Communication IS IMPERATIVE.

After all, what they don't know can kill you, friends, … or inhibit your jumping.

Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189,

[airtwardo 7]

It definitely leaves a void and will be dearly missed by anyone that ever opened one.

So Pat...got any free time?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JerryBaumchen 1,468]

Hi pat,

Bravo & well put.

We also had one here in the PacNW called Chuting The Breeze, but that was a long time ago.

One can only hope that someone steps up to fill the void as there surely is a void now.

JerryBaumchen

[pirana 0]

Nice poetic post.

But what is the skinny behind the fold?

Financial? Couldn't be produced for what people were willing to pay?

Time and effort? Those that were doing it moving on?

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

[councilman24 37]

And there was one here in the Mideast. Don't remember what is was called but came across some issues a couple of months ago in my dusty boxes.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[Andrewwhyte 1]

Print media is becoming less prevalent, but that doesn't mean less communication. What it does mean is we will look more to the web and sites like this for our information.
I think this is a huge opportunity for the owners of this site to step up. What DZ.com does it does well, but it needs to do more. For those who wrote for skydiving it is time not to rest your pen, but to publish elsewhere. When I visit this site constantly wish for more magazine style content. Hopefully we will see the void filled by this site or another.