CanuckInUSA

43 years old (I look and act a lot younger) 2+ years ... we're all different and one's person's view of BASE may or may not mesh with someone else's. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Any wing can stall at any airspeed and at any attitude. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I've done it many times and it was taught to myself by a CReW dawg many many moons ago. It creates a lot of drag and is a way for a fast wing to fly with a slower one. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I just bought myself a small paper shredder so that I can shred personal documents such as bills and what not. So the first thing that I shred to test that I set it up right was the product's users guide (without even reading it). Carry on ... Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I don't ... really ... know ... what you're referring to ... Karen ... care to explain? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I don't think Calgarians need to worry too much about this bylaw. Afterall there is a labor shortage and there probably isn't that many bylaw enforcement officers around to begin with. This is just another issue that North America's fastest growing city needs to learn to deal with. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Josh was a great person who will be missed by many people. He was taken too early from us, but for those of us who were lucky enough to have him as a friend, we are blessed. BSBD bro ... hopefully we will meet again when I get there. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

College ball rankings seem to be like golf. It takes a lot of hard work and time to climb the rankings, but it is so easy to lose a bit and drop real fast. Yes Rutgers is probably not a truly elite teams. They still have three games remaining, but even if they win out, we've also seen that WV and Louisville aren't elite teams either. What yesterday told me was that upsets do happen in college ball. Don't let your guard down. I saw some cool stuff yesterday. I saw blocked punts, blocked field goal attempts, blocked extra point attempts. I saw punt returns run back for TDs and trick plays gallore. College ball seems much more dynamic than the pro game. Question? In college ball does an onside kick only have to go 5 yards now? Have the rules changed and I've just been caught napping? Anyway ... Is South Carolina that good or is Florida not as good as their reputation dictates. Florida did make a number of mistakes in that game. They got lucky. But you've got to be good to be lucky (blocked FG to win the game). Plus who would have thought that Kansas State would have played so well? What about Georgia's thumping on Auburn? Cal loses in the desert. While there does appear to be a few elite teams (next week is the game), there also appears to be a lot of parity in college ball (at least in the top 30 or so). If next weeks game is close, who should get the one loss slot in the NC game? The loser of next weeks game? Or one of the other one loss teams? Roll the dice I guess. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I watched two very entertaining games yesterday (Florida squeaks by South Carolina and Kansas State upsets Texas - with parts of the Cal/Arizona game also viewed). But next weeks Buckeyes/Wolverines matchup should be the game of the year. Let's hope the play on the field lives up to the hype. Also with all the one team loses yesterday, should Rutgers be given consideration for the NC game. Well we know they BCS won't give them much respect, but the question remains. Is Rutgers in the same league as some of the other top teams? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Meltdown in Manhattan, KS Kansas State 45 #4 Texas 42 Final Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Te report is wrong. This is why this thread exists and why some people are angry. I was there, she deployed her main and then cut it away. It was her reserve that malfunctioned. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Yes I noticed this right away. But he had a valid question: "my question is strictly concerned with wing-loading: At a wing-loading of 1:1 what are the affects swooping has on a canopy and is it dangerous to swoop a lightly loaded parachute?" Given that, I don't see anything wrong with trying to answer the question. Isn't information better than nothing? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

If you've got the altitude then sure flare to your heart's contempt. It's just that many/most jumps just don't seem to have the time. You open, pop your toggles, setup and flare. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I'm wondering if your thread might be related to something I said about a past brake fire incident of mine. Remember two things, I had plenty of altitude and a familar object (Twin) when this brake fire happened to me. And two, I've got tons of time flying and landing canopies with my rears. At least in Twin on that jump it was like I was setting up for a landing like I was flying a Cessna on the beach and you only needed to milk the risers towards a stall every time you lose that seat of the pants feel. It was like a mini swoop except I lost my lift much sooner and at a higher air speed. Now what would I do if a brake fired in the urban jungle or over a nasty boulder field off of an E? Well I'll tell you what I'll do when I get there (knock on wood I hope I never have to tell you). But remember on a brake fire scenario, the canopy is turning and your immediate response is to stop the turn. Then you need to fly towards some landing area. I agree with the fellow (d_goldsmith?) who said maybe "keep your toggles for the setup but use your rears to flare". For those people with little rear riser landing experience I think that is an excellent thing to keep in mind. I don't want to sound like a hypocrite as I am anything but current on a BASE canopy. But people need to spend more time flying canopies in the skydiving environment experimenting with all forms of canopy flight control. That way when you need to whip a tool out of your toolbox because you need to do something with your canopy. You will know how to use that tool and you will know how you can control your canopy. To the person who said "I would at least do a practice flare" is dead wrong. Learning what your canopy may or may not do for the first time on a BASE jump and you might be in for an unpleasant surprise. Besides since when do most BASE jumps offer you time to do canopy drills? Usually you're pretty low and only have time to set up before your flare. Do whatever works for you. If holding on to that toggle is what works. Then do it. But figure this out before it takes you by surprise. I've already figured out that I'm comfortable flying my rears. But I haven't been in every scenario. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Anybody? Bueller? Is there a Ferris Beuller in the house? I hate it when I kill a thread. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

How many jumps did it take you to do all four objects? Something like 5? If you weren't a pilot and a rope jumper, I would have told you you were nuts. But you did it. So how many did it take? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Am I a skydiver? Hmmm ... for sure I am a swooper. Two years ago I set a goal for myself to qualify as a PRO on the PST and this last season that goal became a reality. But I haven't really done that much free fall in the last 800 or so jumps. Every once in a while I will do a freefly jump to prove to myself that I don't totally suck at the discipline and that I can still do it. And I do own a wingsuit and every once in a while I will take it up and play in the skies for 2 minutes or so. But the canopy I use for wingsuits (a Spectre 150) is kind of boring to fly (even though it's a great all around canopy) compared to my ferrari like (JVX 87) swooping canopy. I'll probably do more BASE jumping once my competitive swooping days are over (I am in my 40s so my PST career will likely only last a few years). But for the time being I'm trying to stay some what current and competitive and not embarass myself on the PST. SabreDave ... when you get into Para Gliding talk to me as I might want to do the same. I figure it can only complement what I've done to date which first started off as a private pilot, then a skydiver, then a beer line swooper, then a BASE jumper, then a competitive CPC and PST swooper. The bottom line is that I'm most happy when I'm suspended under any sort of canopy up there in the skies. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

The very first time I ever jump Vertigo pin toggles, I had a premature brake fire on a slider off jump. But I was an idiot. I was unfamilar with their gear and I set my brakes wrong. Instead of "line-ring-toggle", I set it as "ring-line-toggle". Fortunately my brake fired on a jump in Twin and I immediately threw the other control line down and proceeded to land on the beach on rears (I'm also fortunate that I have plenty of experience landing canopies using rear risers). It might not have had such a pleasant ending had I been jumping in the urban jungle and/or a nasty boulder field in Moab. So are you setting yours correct? Once again I was the idiot who set his brakes wrong on that jump, but I am going to be very concerned about jumping my Vertigo rig if these brakes can fire even when set properly. So far all indiciations that I've had with my Vertigo rig was that as long as the brakes are set properly, it works the way it should. But most of my BASE jumps are on my Basic Research rig and I only have about 10 jumps on the Vertigo rig. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

For some reason, that really tickled my funny bone. Oops ... I need a proof reader. I meant "Thrust" not "Trust". My fingers and my brain don't always agree with each other. I have a real bad habit of typing "you" when I really meant "your" as well. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Maybe when it comes to some topics, but definitely not when it comes to others. Sometimes I think I'm losing it as I age. I can still recognize it now while there's still some semblance of normalcy. But I'm probably going to be some Alzheimer’s nut cases chasing birds in the park if I live that long. Use what ever tools you think you need to make your job easier. The eyes are just one of must have tools that need to be developed early in one's swooping career. I liked Dan Raymond's analogy when he spoke of depth perception at a familar DZ versus a new DZ (a big reason why it's a good idea to use some sort of digital alti). I don't recall seeing you there at all the summer of '05 (the summer I took off and jumped 7 days a week ... dang I spent a lot of $$$ that summer) and I think the previous summer where you might have been there, I was fighting a stress-fracture injury in a shin and was jumping the bridge in ID more than skydiving since my big BASE canopy offered a softer landing on the leg than the swooping canopy would. I plan on visiting CO more in the future and who knows maybe even try another gig living there. Time will tell. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

A bloody nose will turn those white poppies into red ones in no time. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I would like to ask you a question in relation to your website reference and apparent stance you have on the issue. How many of these deaths occurred in your typical civilian environment (you know peaceful food markets and that sort of thing) and how many of them occurred during some sort of civil disobedience where hundreds if not thousands of people were rioting in the streets. When you get a mass of thousands of people rioting in the streets and I don't know very many governments around the world who wouldn't use some sort of force to control it. Well all for one country. Canada wouldn't be able to do very much. But fortunately we (knock on wood) don't riot in the streets (except of course when a Canadian NHL hockey team wins the Stanley Cup ... then dumb drunk Canucks take to the streets and riot). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I don't mean to sound too cold hearted (remember I do see all parties in this conflict as guilty parties), but that website of yours tells me two things. Yes Israel's military has killed Palestinian youth (tell me something I didn't already know) and the second thing. Dang those Israelis are good shots. Did you see the high number of head and heart shots. It's like 4 out of 5 victims are some kind of head/heart shot victim. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I don't know why some people insist on jumping after drinking a bunch of alcohol. In a previous life I worked as a ski patroller for 4 years and there were two times in the day when we had to deal with abnormally high accident calls. One is at the end of the day when people become tired. The other time was right after lunch when the people came out of the bar after consuming a bunch of alcohol. I'm not anti-alcohol as I occasionally consume it myself (sometime I consume too much in one sitting). But I do know that alcohol inhibits our ability to react and the BASE environment is not the place to have slow reactions. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

This conflict started long before rockets were fired into Israel and artillery shells were lobbed into the Gaza Strip and neither side seems to be all that interested in any sort of lasting peace. It's a war of retaliation and it's gotten to the point where neither side (nor the neutral 3rd parties) know who started it. All they know is who was the last one to strike and how many people (innocent or guilty) died. Israel should show better restraint when they decide upon a target they wish to attack. This is not the first time that they have targeted a military target only to later find out that they made a mistake and hit civilians instead. Hamas on the other hand is not even remotely close to being the innocent victim as they always claim to be. They purposely target civilians with their attacks. I think what frustrates many in the west is that Palestinians use dirty tactics. They resort to suicide bombings in civilian areas such as food markets, they fire their rockets from civilian neighborhoods into Israel, they use religious mosques as fortresses and use women and children as human sheilds. But they are quick to cry foil when things don't go their way. They sure as hell aren't going to get a lot of sympathy from those of us in the west when we see them wearing their suicide vest standing next to women and children as they walk down the street to their next target. Israel (while far from innocent in this conflict) tends to stick to traditional military tactics. Sure they make mistakes and who knows how calculated these mistakes actually are. But we don't see Israelis blowing themselves up, we don't see Israelis using their Synagogues as military fortresses and we don't see the Israelis using women and children as human shields. I don't see this conflict ending anytime soon. In fact I think World War III started sometime ago and we just haven't realized it yet. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over