jlkskycam 0 #1 April 11, 2005 Okay - here's the deal - I was shooting a 4way tyesterday and one of the people in the formation discovered she had exited without securing her helmet. So, she held it down on her head and promptly flailed herself low (she had less than a hundred jumps) as soon as they keyed to the next point. I dropped down to her to see what the problem was and found her not doing much but checking her altitude and trying to reclasp her helmet but not making any progress. She spots me (I was right there) and takes a grip. Now she's only holding on to the helmet with one hand. I figure this is all a major distaction to turning points so I grab the helmet off of her head, shake off the grip she has on me, and pop back up as the rest of the 4way docks on her builds the next point. Flew the rest of the dive over the formation holding onto her helmet (hardshell "free-fly type"). They turn some points, break off, I dump, and get under canopy without losing grip of the helmet which I clasped to my chest strap. Landed safely and returned the helmet to her. Never quite done that before...so - beerable offesense??? -Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 April 11, 2005 Yeah... You owe Beer for that one! Nice Job!! Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #3 April 11, 2005 This I gotta see!Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlkskycam 0 #4 April 11, 2005 Okay - fair enough. I got a several hugs and kisses for the effort (and a fair amount of free beer) so, what the hey - guess a case will have to be forthcoming. -Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #5 April 11, 2005 Definitely . Double if you don't post video . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlkskycam 0 #6 April 11, 2005 Kind of a pity there wasn't 2nd video - I mean, there's my angle which shows what is happening but I really wasn't thinking video when I was grabbing the helmet and it's a .5 perspective - not what I would call super wide - you do see my arm reach over and grab it off of her and pull it out of frame (and a little bit of the helmet flopping around in front of the camera before I got it back over my wing) and -of course - the rest of the dive which to me is the best part - I was being paid to shoot 4way and for a moment I thought about dumping as soon as I got the helmet but -screw that- I wanted to see if I could fly camera worth a fig with a helmet flopping in the wind (ultimately managed to rotate my wrist/grip on it to where the interior was angle up and the drag wasn't enough that I couldn't fly with it there. Maybe tomorrow I'll grab some frames if there are any worthwhile. The funny thing was that when I walked into the packing area winking and pointing to the extra helmet I had with me, people at first thought I had *caught* it. Yeah, right. -Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlkskycam 0 #7 April 11, 2005 I'm kinda new to the posting vids and stuff on dz.com and right now I don't have mpeg conversion capability. (any free software out there???) I mean - I could post an avi (I can render to that) but it would be huge. Is there a preferred compressed format to post with? Like .rm or or a .mov or something? I'll post it if I can keep the bandwidth down to a dull roar, and I'm open to suggestions. Yes...I'm dialup... -Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #8 April 11, 2005 Nah, you don't owe beer, she does (not just to you but to the DZ). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #9 April 11, 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx Will rip from AVI to wmv. Upload it to www.skydivingmovies.comYesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilZilla 2 #10 April 11, 2005 Right on! Too bad you weren't on my last load. We were all planning a nice fun little four way, everyone had the jump down and everything was good, well almost. Well, we finally opened the door and began to climb out, me being rear float. All of a sudden I felt this thing slapping me on the neck and I was thinking to myself what is goin on here. I reached up and found that my chin strap wasn't buckled. So I'm trying to buckle this thing with one hand while waiting for the count. Just then they all left, and I'm still there chillin. I finally go and continued to buckle this thing while in freefall. When I got it, I turned and saw the formation way down there and a ways off. Once I got there, it was time to break. That was such a fun jump! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
