CanuckInUSA

I agree that more lift capacity is needed at this boogie and figuring out some way to keep all the jumpers from scattering at night couldn't hurt (the Saturday night party could have should have been held at the airport as the elaborate sound system at the other location didn't make up for the hassle of relocating your campground and/or risking a DUI). But it was still a super fun boogie and I did some really neat jumps (pulling high and walking on the tops skin of two much larger Sabre2s with my Velo, purposely landing off after swooping some cliffs on a cannon load, the tube dive you organized, the many cool freefly, hybrid and tracking dives I was on, the sunset cross-country load when myself on a Velo and another guy on a XAOS played with each other plus the three BASE jumps I made off of the cliffs of Moab). My lack of taking a shower, sleeping in my Jeep and all that other stuff is a small price to pay for getting to skydive and BASE jump in Moab. I hope to be back next year ... but I also hope that more airplanes are also there. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

The NHL is the premiere hockey league in the world and the talent level is outstanding to watch at a live venue. But as a former Colorado Avs season ticket holder who gave up his season ticket rights just before the lockout, I'm not going to miss actually going to the games. After 200+ or so live games I've attended over the years, the novelty of the pro game has worn off. If we could return to our ticket prices we paid back in the 80s, I'd love to attend more games, but the $240 dollars I was spending for 3 hours of entertainment each game for my two Avs seats (very good seats close to center ice 22 rows from the ice) just didn't justify the same entertainment value I'd get for spending the same amount of money on jumping. I am glad that the NHL players got back to their senses (they had a much better deal from the owners before their strike so they really fucked themselves), and I'm glad hockey will be back. But this strike/lockout has surfaced everything that is wrong with professional sports and our society. I'll watch the games on TV when I have nothing better to do because I love the game, but I don't plan on attending an NHL game anytime soon. Millionaires arguing with billionaires have changed my outlook on this sport as well as all professional sports. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Yes she's coming to Vancouver British Columbia with me ... at least that's what she told me seconds before she was seen driving away into the sunset with some Fabio model type guy. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Why do Canadians like to do it doggie style? They can both watch "Hockey Night in Canada" at the same time. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Don't be surprised if/when the Dems and Pubs both field a female presidential candidate next time around. I think this show (which I didn't watch) is just there to pave the path to get the public used to the idea of having a woman in charge. Of course a female president has got to be better than the monkey they have in charge right now. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I've got a way to give us a rough idea as to how fast we're going, but I don't know how to get more precise at the moment you recover and pedulium (sp?) out of the turn. Anyway I was taught to combine time and altitude last year when I went out to CA for my first round of high performance canopy control coaching. I was taught that from the time I start my turn until the time I plane out should be 6-8 seconds. So if I start my turn at 800 feet and take the entire 8 second window to plane out, I am losing 100 feet per second. Now most of my turns are more in the 700 foot/6 second turn rate range so that give me 116.67 feet/second. How many feet are in a mile? 5280? (the metric system is so much easier to remember). Let's do the math ... ((116.67 * 60) * 60) / 5280 = 79.54 mph My God while my equation isn't 100% precise, I'm already over that mythical 78 mph mark. Now my descent rate has got to be less than the quoted 116.67 feet/second as I accelerate while I'm losing altitude in my turn, but it makes me think that we're a lot close to the firing speeds than we think we are. All the more reason not to go big on a regular load where the AAD is most beneficial and leave the AAD behind (or turned off) when we do plan on going big. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I thought you were coming to Vancouver BC with me. We had all those big plans and you don't remember them? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Go to www.skydivingmovies.com, login and then click on the following video links: This is the day B Team Bellas II Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Nope, I ran out of footage. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Forgive me if this has already been brought up, but it's a no-brainer that skydivers are cooler. Think about it for a second. Freefall and canopy time, it's usually pretty cool up there. Now take someone climbing up a rock exerting energy. I bet they're a lot warmer than a skydiver. So yes skydivers are cooler than rock climbers. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Watch out for you're extremely close to commiting the worst sin outlined in The Burble and will be damned to hell for eternity having to listen to Richard Simmons talk all day long. Trust me, you don't want to go to The Burble's hell. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Hopefully all swoopers will learn the lessons from these incidents and yes they are likely currently safe jumping their AADs the way they have been. But for the people looking to go big, they should also ask themselves why they're pushing the limits on normal loads. When a swooper decides to go big, shouldn't they go big in a control environment as opposed to going big on a normal load? I will continue to jump with my Cypres2 turned off on hop n' pop type loads, but will use it on freefall loads and I surely won't try going big on a normal load. It's too scary. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

okay the art must go!!! maybe a few other things too ... Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Were you on your fronts when this buffeting occurred? Often people may be applying too much front riser pressure which causes the wing to buckle. But I have to admit that the last slow-mo portion of your video is puzzling if you're just in full flight or have light toggle inputs applied. But I am no expert in this area. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

God spoke to me in my sleep last night and he told me that he was very troubled with all this Bible talk here on DZ.COM and was frustrated in how humans have changed his message through man made religions. He instructed me to write a new book to be followed by all humans. This book will be called The Burble and it should be ready for mass consumption very soon. Sounds crazy huh? So if you don't believe me (that God has instructed me to write The Burble), then why do you believe something which was written so so long ago under the same pretense? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I'm not ready to make the leap and cutaway, but as I prepare to move back to my native Canada (I'm off to Vancouver BC in less than 3 weeks from now) you better believe that I'm re-evaluating the physical possessions I've needed in the past in order to come closer to that minimalist lifestyle. I've got my two skydiving rigs, two base jumping rigs, ground launching setup, hockey equipment, skiing gear, bicycle, rock climbing gear, basic tools, movies, music, some art, computers, books and basic furniture. Everything else is either in the process of being sold, given away or thrown away. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Is there video somewhere? I bet you Dwayne H and Jim S out in CA would help with their experience flying harnesses attached at the hips. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Hockey has been tough on my body. But it's a tough game. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I think skydiving is riskier than all of the above... I agree. Skydiving is not safe. I like to tell people that it's a parachute, it wants to open!!! It just may not open on heading or it may open into line twists. BASE is it's own beast. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

They don't scare me when they're flown the way they're supposed to be flown (I'm jumping a Velo 103 and loading it up with weight and it's tons of fun). Of course I also jump a FLiK 293 and a Rock Draggon 303. Use the right tools for the right job and the job will get done. But hey your Sabre 170 could be used as a ground launching canopy depending on your size and where you plan to launch from. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I can't help but remember jumping with someone last year (I won't name his name) who was doing gainers with a velcro rig and I can't help but remember seeing the velcro peel off of his back and watched the canopy start to come out of the container while he was in the middle of his rotation before he even pitched his PC. Hmmm ... definitely not fool proof. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Sure it does. More skydivers are messing themselves up under a perfectly good canopy than their jump pilot counterparts yet the skydivers think that the jump pilot is the dangerous one when the skydiver is forced to land in the airplane. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I'm taking that you haven't landed in many jumps planes then. The last time I landed with one (high winds) more than one skydiver was complaining and nervous as the ground grew closer. Of course the ground is going to get closer, we're landing, what did they expect? I'd be willing to bet that the pilot has better control of their wing than you do with yours and before you think this is some kind of PA ... it's not ... jump pilots have decent experience (often in the 1000+ hour range) which is way more experienced than your average skydiver. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I would hope that incidents like what happened with this JetBlue plane would help skydivers realize that airplanes are not the death traps they always claim them to be. I have had to bail out of disabled jump plane once because it ran out of fuel. But I have landed with another airplane when it ran out of fuel, landed in another one with only one engine running, landed in many many airplanes when the winds on the grounds picked up beyond the dangerous levels, etc, etc, etc. Maybe it's because I too am a pilot and I know airplanes are designed to land, but too many skydivers out there think landing in an airplane is a death trap. How the #### do they think they can get on the next load? Do they think that the DZ has a bunch of airplanes queued up waiting to be used only once. Airplanes are NOT the death traps too many wussy skydivers think they are. If you ever find yourself in an airplane emergency, listen to the pilot in command. If they say it's okay to jump, then jump. But if they say buckle up, the shut the #### up, buckle up and know that the pilot knows way more about this aircraft than you do and stands a decent chance of putting it safely down somewhere. And if you're not willing to accept the risk of flight, then stay on the ground with all of the other whuffos. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Mile Hi Skydiving in Longmont Colorado has a wireless connection in their hangar(s). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over