CanuckInUSA

Mile-Hi Skydiving (Longmont, CO) Skydive the Rockies (Canon City, CO) Front Range Skydivers (Calhan, CO) Skydive New Mexico (Belan, NM) Skydive Arizona (Eloy, AZ) Pacific Skydivers (Pitt Meadows, BC) * visited but didn't jump due to WX. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

My last dive of 2002 was a free fly at Eloy on Dec 31st for one of my friend's 400th. My first dive of 2003 was a tracking dive at Mile-Hi Skydiving in CO on Jan 4th. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Now I know many/most skydivers are not pilots and have not gone through any sort of formal aviation training. But pilots are taught to vear right in a potential collision (regardless of where they are from) and if skydivers were to adopt the same policies, then it would be less of an issue. I was actually flying along one day in VFR conditions looking at a chart and when I looked up I saw an airplane about 1/2 to 1 mile away from me at the same altitude on a collision course. Well my instincts told me to turn right (which I did) and seconds later you could see the other pilot turn right once they saw my profile. It was probably the closest call I've had in my aviation career. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Since I am new to this sport (and willing to learn) I will try and answer these questions (knowing that I will some wrong). 1. You lose altitude awareness, look down and see massive ground-rush (sub 1000 feet AGL)? Go for my reserve handle. 2. The load organizer says before boarding the airplane, "that due to zero winds, we will all land facing North", then under canopy you are going to be the first person to land the winds are now out of the south at about 7 mph? If I know I'm the first one down (with nobody close to me), I'll land towards the south. But if someone is close to me, I'll stick to the plan and land towards the north. 3. You are on a 6-way RW dive and notice one of the other skydiver's main pin has come out of the closing loop, but the deployment bag is still in the container? There is a video person on the dive. Try and signal the video guy? 4. You are on a 4-way RW dive and realize that the 4-way is 500 feet below the planned break-off altitude. Do you track for the same amount of altitude and pull 500 feet low?, or track less and pull on time? Track and barrell roll before I was supposed to pull. If things are still congested, track more and be prepared to use my reserve? 5. You are climbing out after another group and you notice that a jumper in the group ahead of you, which is half-way through their climb-out, has their cutaway pillow folded under their main lift web. The aircraft is a twin otter and there are people between you and this jumper. Try to get my group to delay their departure? 6. Same scenario as the one above, except instead of the reserve pillow folded under, the jumper's BOC handle is tucked completely into the pouch. Hope the person with their hackey handle remembers their emergency procedures. 7. On the normal main you jump, a steering line breaks on opening? At 1,500 ft? At 1,000 ft? At 500 ft? Hope to hell I can steer with my rear risers? 8. The first group is climbing out and you notice that a tandem Instructor, all set to exit, has forgotten to attach one of the passenger's upper harness attachment hooks? Try not to let the Tandem master jump? 9. In a Cessna 182 on jump run, you will be the person spotting and just before you open the door you see the jumper in the back of the airplane push their reserve pin out of the loop, firing their reserve pilot chute into the back of the airplane? Close the door and don't let anyone jump? 10. On short final, you see another canopy coming directly at you. You neither of you do anything you will collide at about 30 ft. Perform an immediate flared shallow turn and prepare to PLF. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

This thread is out of control, but so was ELOY!!! Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

If I hadn't of had the opportunity to be there, I'm sure I'd be sick of all these Eloy posts as well. But seeing as it was such a positive experience for those who were there, we're just still reflecting upon the whole thing. Eloy rocked!!! and it won't be easy to top it. Until next year of course. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Was Eloy cool or was it just Cool. Of course Shady Monkey and Sunshine were pretty cool as well. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

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Many hugs sent for the girl who kissed me on the airplane just before my 100th when neither one of us knew each other was a DZ.COMer. We love you Free Fly Holly ... Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I already pre-ordered my copy from Cajones under the pretence that they include the footage of myself during the one jump I got to do with LewMonst (who is an awesome free flier I might add). But I'm not holding my breathe on that regard. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Oh I'm sure you had your fill of firsts as well there Miss Katiebear. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I did lots of firsts as well, so Skyrose wasn't the only one. First time in Arizona First time in Eloy First time jumping my new Sabre2 canopy First time jumping a Skyvan First time jumping a Porter First time jumping a DC-3 First time doing a cross-country jump First time I did a high altitude jump First time I biffed on pavement First time I did large formation loads First time getting a kiss pass (thanks sunshine) oh god the list goes on and on ... Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Geez was I one of those guilty parties? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

It was just a bunch of over the counter head/chest cold medications (which makes you drowsy) and I took a bunch of them Thursday after work, before bed and I also got up in the middle of the night and took more. Then I repeated the process on Friday night and felt good enough to jump on Saturday. I should also mention that I slept a lot on Thursday and Friday evenings (I'd say I was just playing catchup from my lack of sleep while I was at Eloy and of course being sick). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I started coming down with something last Monday and Tuesday was pretty bad (but I still jumped). Then on Wednesday I drove the 16+ hours back to Colorado (stopping a lot more than I usually would to rest) and come Thursday and Friday I felt like shit. But thanks to some strong medicine, I started feeling better on Saturday (I even managed to jump five times) and while I'm not 100%, I do feel much better now than I did 4-5 days ago. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Just as long as Moody sends me the viagra. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Dang 1073 jumps in one year? Want to trade careers? How many of those jumps were done filming the cute women's four way team I saw you hanging with during the boogie? I recognized one of those women as someone who sometimes jumps in Colorado and it dawn on me after the fact that I likely had met the younger smaller girl (is her name Monica?) a few months ago but I guess neither one of us recognized each other in the airplane. Anyway it was good meeting you Gordo and I'll be looking for you the next time I visit Arizona. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Well if Moody gets email about viagra, why can't I get email about breast enhancements? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I don't see a current weekend numbers thread. Someone out there besides myself (who only jumped on Saturday) had to have been jumping this weekend. So here's my numbers: 0:5:0 Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Some how that doesn't surprise me. By the way, Kenny feels neglected as you wore him more than I ever did. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Ah hell if it was a 170 I might be interested in it. But AggieDave is right that there are some big guys out there needing big canopies. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Shady Monkey!!! Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I didn't jump as much as you did Lew, but I'm pretty happy with the numbers I tallied (and I would have done better had I actually not drunk as much as I did and slept more). So in the 8 days that I was in Eloy, I jumped 42 times. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Sometime in the not too distant future, I will be looking to start using a video on my free flying adventures. But before you all look at my profile and tell me I need more jumps, I'm not planning on flying one anytime soon. I still plan on pounding out many more jumps in the next few months before I start flying a camera. But I would like to start educating myself in terms of what is the minimum equipment I will need and what is a preferred setup. Now getting into the video aspects of the sport is not cheap (one of the reasons I'm in no rush to run out and buy a camera), but sometime in the next few weeks/months I will be in a position to purchase a camera (even if I don't immediately start flying with it). It would be nice to have at the DZ so that I can copy the video from some of the other camera fliers I may jump with. I recently purchased a Hawkeye helmet (the LT version I believe) and I am leaning towards picking up a Sony PC-101 (it has the firewire feature if I'm not mistaken). So I would need to contact the Arrow Dynamics people to get the appropriate camera mount. But I really don't know very much about what options are good to have and what options are a must to have. Would anyone like to offer their two cents on this topic? I have browsed numerous posts and have a better idea as to what's available, but I was also wondering if there are any good websites out there that specifically deal with gear setups for the skydiving commmunity? Thanks in advance ... Steve Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Hey that wasn't really me wearing an RW suit. It was actually my goody-two-shoes twin brother who likes flying on his belly. I'm a free flier who likes hanging out on the dark side. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over