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Brent

Define 'trolling'

Yes, Tom is still on it, his equipment was broken.. I sent him a Penny's clip on tie from the same era and material, Dacron Polyester to test for particles from manufacturing.. some of the particles found on the tie are used in the production, dye process and for retardants..

Crap, anything living there is paying a horrific price.

Are you getting embarrassed enough about your sources that you won’t share a link so we can all see it came from some nut job site like whatsupwiththat?

Because if the glaciers didn’t melt they wouldn’t have any water

You didn't answer his question Wendy P.

Chaucer removed his insane youtube attack on Ratatczak after I posted it here.. Rataczak is probably the most solid and honest guy whose account never wavered. Chaucer needs to discredit Rataczak for his "theory" to work.. then he attacks me, the messenger from Shutter's site.. I don't think that is an appropriate use of that forum for a moderator.. I knew that forum would suffer with Chaucer as a moderator.. he is unhinged and actually threatened me here on this forum.

Sounds like nothing more than performance anxiety mixed with a little good old fashioned fear. Skydiving is known to trigger a fear reaction, high levels of adrenaline and stress. That is actually what attracts most people to it. Physically it is an easy sport at the beginner level and almost anyone can learn it. If they want to bad enough to overcome the jitters. If you find it is worthwhile enough you will overcome the barriers that you are struggling with in short order. If not you will quit and move on. Either way you win.

None of your other accomplishments are truly analogous to skydiving. That's largely owing to societal pressures put on skydiving: no one gets told they're crazy for snowboarding, running, scuba or even flying. Nonetheless, I suspect the fact that you are accomplished in other "extreme"sports causes you to put additional and undue pressure on yourself to succeed. Know this: there are one hell of a lot of people who have amassed world records, stood on podiums wearing gold, and did other amazing things in this sport who sucked as students. That's a fact. In the old day's I might have suggested a "relax" dive, you know, just getting out in the breeze, looking around, and pulling at the right altitude. For you, after two rides down, I'd suggest getting enough tunnel time to not only get basic body position right but also turns etc. When I say enough I mean enough that you get in the tunnel with a smile and get out with a smile. Then, if you're still of a mind, consider another jump

Two years and at least 50 chiropractic visits ago, I had the world's hardest opening on a Sabre 2. I was demo-ing a container and they insisted on having their packers pack the main. I suspect packer error. But God damn, it turned me off of a Sabre 2. I was dangling 1/2 concious under canopy trying to "re-group", convincing myself life wouldn't be that bad as a cripple. I really thought I was paralyzed. A trip to the ER diagnosed me with severe whiplash - all of my neck and spine completely compressed. Consistent visits to the chiropractor is all that would relieve the pain. Just my experience. Most likely the pack job.

Sorry, but you're not correct in saying that every canopy "will" give you a hard opening; I've known many people with many hundreds of jumps on their canopies with soft openings 100% of the time. And as to your claim that packing or trim are the only reasons a sabre2 can open poorly, I know a few jumpers who have had problem openings ever since they've had their canopies, with many people trying all the packing tricks with no success. With your 4 short years in the sport, your opinion is biased because you're obviously one of PD's lemmings.