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Thanks for the answer! Is there any other way to create a tension knot (I thought twisted steering lines were the only way)? When you're packing, during/after flaking but before wrapping the canopy into a cocoon, you're supposed to pull the stabilizer material outside and leave the lines inside (in the video below, from 6:15 to ~6:23 for example). If you leave the lines over the material, they can burn the fabric during opening and damage your canopy. Not sure if there are any other possible side-effects.

You say that 'both sides have problems'. Yet the 'problems' on Trump's side far, far, faaaaaar outweigh the problems on the other side. For example, Pelosi is being dragged across the coals for getting her hair cut in violation of the quarantine rules in CA. Yet Trump and his cohorts repeatedly violated the rules back in spring. And his campaign rally in Tulsa was in violation of the mask rule, and probably cost Herman Cain his life. You say Trump accomplished a lot. What? Please be specific. You say there 'are things that the Democrats were pushing a few years ago, and he agreed with them. When he put them on the table the Democrats shot them down.' What? I'm not trying to be argumentative just to argue. I'm genuinely curious what you think he's accomplished. One of the reasons he's been attacked like no other president in history is because of HIS history. He's been credibly accused of sexual assault. And admitted it on tape. He has been barred from running his own Foundation because of fraud and misuse of funds. Where are all the people who were criticizing the Clintons for how they ran theirs? He paid out millions in damages over the Trump U fraud. He's been credibly accused of bribing a couple of state's attorneys general to make criminal charges over that 'go away'. There are credible accusations of mob ties. Both on the US East Coast (New York City and Atlantic City) and Russian mobsters. He openly admitted that there was a lot of Russian money invested in his properties. The Russian ties are very scary. He openly invited Putin to hack into emails and interfere in the 16 election. He's refused to sanction or even criticize Putin, despite the accusations of Russia paying bounties for US troop deaths and the current poisoning of Putin's biggest opposition figure. EVERY other NATO country has accused Putin of this crime, and called for an independent investigation. Trump has said there's not enough evidence. The poison Germany found is the same nerve agent that was used to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter in the UK a few years ago (Novichok). He's openly praised white supremacists. Wendy very perceptively pointed out that he encourages & validates the 'marginalized' people who were formerly dominant. It's the good old 'they're taking away all my rights' you hear from the old white guys. Unfortunately, the 'rights' they want back are those that put them back in power over minorities and women. They see Trump treat minorities, women and poor people like garbage and want to do it themselves. They haven't been able to do that for a very long time, at least not in a way that was socially acceptable. Trump has empowered them, encouraging them to go back to the 'good old days' (well, good for those folks, not so good for the people they were attacking). He has some of those people in positions of power (or 'had'). Bannon is one. Minuchin is another. The idea that people like that can hold positions of power at that level is appalling. He has little to no idea what the Constitution requires, or doesn't care. He's violated it innumerable times, from the day he took office (Emoluments Clause, anyone?) This list could go on and on. You mentioned 'a little cooperation between the parties'. You are aware that in 2012, when he took control of the Senate, McConnell said that his primary goal was to oppose anything and everything Obama wanted, even if it was to the detriment of the country, right? And that since 2018, when the Ds took control of the House, they have sent hundreds of bills to the Senate. Some are bi-partisan (not as many as Pelosi claims, but still some). And McConnell has just sat on them. I don't like Biden. I don't like Pelosi either. But to compare them against Trump and his family... There's no comparison. I've never voted for a D for president. Not once, and I first voted for Reagan's 2nd term. But there's no way I'd not vote for him this time. The idea of 4 more years of Trump is a nightmare.

One thing Trump has done more than anything is to validate people who have been feeling more and more marginalized. The fact that they are feeling marginalized from a formerly dominant position doesn’t change the feeling of being told they’re lesser, or that their ways and values don’t solely define what’s normal any more. That the dominance was over everyone else (including people like me), and that their “normal” addressed the needs of that formerly white-male-dominated environment was irrelevant to them. And knowing what’s what (including “your place”) is comforting to some people. There are people who want to know what the restrictions are so they know what limits them, but others who want to know so they understand where they’re safe. The definition of what’s right and what’s normal is changing. Trump is telling people it doesn’t have to. Wendy P.

Concur. I've been an RI jumper for 35 years. Both of these rigs are top-shelf and have similar features and options, but the Curv is the only rig I've ever put on my back that I can honestly say is comfortable. It's amazingly comfortable. The bio-curv and especially the bio-yoke make the rig fit and feel like no other. Be advised that a lot of folks who buy a Curv say it's too small when they first put in on, but it's not. It's just that it actually fits the body correctly. These same people "get it" after putting a few jumps on their new rig.

Thanks for remembering. I don't care how many skydives you've got, until you stepped into complete darkness at 800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs of parachute, son you are still a leg!