Logbook Frenzy!

[Jclende795 0]

I have made 3 IAD jumps, no matter how nervous I am once I hit the dropzone I turn into a crazed maniac to get in the hanger and get my log book! I jumped from 3800 ft and I am usually back on the dropzone watching my instructor land. I eagerly have my log book in his face for him to sign off! I gurard that log book with my life! I thought some of you old pros would get a chuckle out of this!
Ryan

[JohnRich 4]

It has been my observation that many new jumpers write volumes in their log books, filling pages with text. That fades with time, to where many of the old pros just log the bare minimum of stuff, if at all.

You'll get over it.

[masher 1]

I normally write novels in my logbook.

I can see it fading with time, but atm, I need all the help I can get :)

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Arching is overrated - Marlies

[cloud9 0]

it's a good idea to treat your log book like that at least until you get your license. There are many jumps that have to be verivied for license requirements. Like night jumps, RW, Freefall time water training and lots of other stuff. So keep with it get it signed by the right folks and it will make license time much easier.

[kai2k1 0]

I havent wrote anything in my log book, but over 9 jumps my instructors have filled up a student log book and 2 pages of my new one

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[Squeak 17]

Speaking of log books, Mathew how did it go in Ramblers, have you filled your book yet

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
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How's yours doing?

[ihateskydivers 0]

keep it up, until 500 then slack off.

yes...chuckles...memories

[usedtajump 1]

The entries in my last two logbooks mainly consist of jump number, date, type aircraft and "AFF or Tandem or RW". However, do guard your logbook at all costs if you care about your progression at all.

In 1983, on the day I was riding to the dropzone on my motorcycle to get the conference director to sign off on my gold wing award, my gear bag with all my logbooks (over 1000 jumps), rig, jumpsuits and helmets fell off the motorcycle somewhere between home and the DZ, about 75 miles, never to be found again. The conference director attested to my number of jumps and I at least, eventually got my gold wings. Got complete new gear with the renter's insurance settlement but man, still 20 years later, I sure would like to have those logbooks back.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[masher 1]

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Speaking of log books, Mathew how did it go in Ramblers, have you filled your book yet

Not too bad at all.

Got about 33 jumps in. Would have been more, but we lost two days to weather.

I cranked out the rel work. I learnt that I can sink out on 4 ways and 8 ways. I need to work on my negging to get back up without skating around. And when everything works, I can get 11 points from 14.

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Arching is overrated - Marlies

[Fast 0]

ha, my logbook stays in my truck when I am at the DZ... Wouldn't want someone to pick it up and ...

~D
Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me.
Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

[mr2mk1g 10]

There's a big old para at one of the DZ's I jump at. If you flick through his log book, "Fell Out, Landed, Lived" jumps about the page.

[tombuch 0]

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I gurard that log book with my life! I thought some of you old pros would get a chuckle out of this!
Ryan

That's the spirit! Most of the folks here have been addressing the need to have a log book for licenses and awards, but I gotta tell you I really value my first books for the stories and names. It's so cool to look back through thousands of jumps and see what I was doing "back in the day," and with how much enthusiasm I was doing it. Keep writing, and one day you will get a chuckle for your efforts.

Tom Buchanan
Author JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy

Tom Buchanan
Instructor Emeritus
Comm Pilot MSEL,G
Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy

[mouth 0]

That is actually funny to me. Unfortunately I've gotten to where I rely on my ProTrack to get the basic info and leave it at that. I do so many jumps every weekend that I'm at the DZ it is difficult for me to remember what I did on each jump. The only jumps I remember exactly what I did with whom from last weekend is Sat afternoons second to last jump was a raft jump, and then a back to back with a flying cow. Yes, there is video of both.

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

[skymedic 0]

Lisa,

I'm like you lately...and dont know why, I dont really jump any where close to the amount of jump numbers you get....yet I just don't log all that much. I do log that I jumped...and what type of jump..but that's it.


oh well,

Marc
otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

[sunnydee123 0]

Everyone chuckles at me with my log book because it is not just a log of the jump, it is a whole marvel of things....who, what, weather, etc. and I also try to get someone who did the jump with me to sign it. Everyone thinks I have a ploy to gather names and sell them on EBAY ...hee hee.

It is SO COOL to look back on it down the road so keep filling it out while things are fresh. I have noticed I am NOT as descriptive as I was in the beginning but I still fill my page with info. But instead of stuff like...."stable exit, 360 left, 360 right, backflip, wave off at 5,500, good canopy and landing, etc...."

Now I put stuff like...."Headdown exit at sunset, released to sit and campfired with the gang, 2 awesome foot docks, break at 5, tracked and deployed at 3,500. Packed myself a fast little opening but had a sweet surf so all is good...Awesome weekend!

And oh yeah, I draw pictures and everything. Keep going with your log book, you'll be happy you did one day - I bet ya!!!!

Dreams become reality, one choice at a time...

[wingnut 0]

lol..... that reminds me i need to log like 11 jumps fromthe last 4 weekends.... the log bok sorta just sits there in the gear bag for me.... i realy do need to keep up with it cuz i know i have more jumps than logged i sometimes forget to log and then well forget about it totaly....and i'd like to get 500 logged jumps by this summer....

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[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

I got lots of shit about my log book because I almost lost it everywhere. I don't usually even bring it with me anymore, just log jumps later on, I try to log them before I forget how many I did, lol! I generally just fill out the top part with exit alti, aircraft, ff time, date, etc.. .then short desc, i.e. 2-way sit fly, hop n pop, etc. Maybe one day i'll wish i'd written more, but I don't want to spend a whole buncha time writing, I write enough crap at school and work.

Good for you keeping it up, tho. Denise isn't lying, man, she can spend like a half hour logging jumps. haha.

Angela.

[sunnydee123 0]

HEY MISSY - was that a slam .....FYI, you especially should be taking notes after each jump (even if you exagerate a little ) since you need some accuracy jumps for your licenses. I think it is important for the first couple hundred at least and it may LOOK like I spend hours but I just quickly write some notes once I get down and pack and before next load..............and it's cool to get signatures of everyone so when you apply for a next license they don't see just one name and wonder if your info is BS...or at least that is my silly way of thinking. It's so not a big deal to me........I think it's fun............

Drop me a PM and let me know how things are going...or I'll PM you ...............

FILL OUT THOSE LOG BOOKS

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