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Damn, I got more posts than jumps! Have to get up there again to set the numbers straight. Lucky me there is at least one boogie left before the season is over here. One week of pure jumping 16th-22nd of september. Full fræs på Oppdalsboogien

The landing area can also be a dangerous place to be. I've seen a coupple of collisions and near misses. Watch out for people comming in, keep your helmet on and get out of there. If it's a tight area you can also risk having somebody landing on your canopy. Not funny to get it ripped after your safely down. Just my $0.02 about landing area do's and don'ts... There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

We all have to keep these things fresh in mind anyway, so it's quite ok to get a reminder

Hi This has been discussed here on the forum many times before. If it's an emergency exit under 1500' it's probably wise to go right for the reserve since you might have ridiculus short time for an emergency procedure. In such a stressed situation you also are at higer risk of having to do a pull in an unstable position, and then it's better to go for the reserve because it has a freebag and not a regular d-bag which can complicate things. In case of a higher altitude bailout listen to and follow the jumpmasters instructions. There is an article about this in the safety section which discuss some different sceneries. -fudd There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Why do I feel that PD wouldn't give this kind of service?[/#003366] There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

So sad to hear this terrible news. I feel with you Debbie. I wish you blue skies ahead! There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I'm considering buying me a Hornet too. I've asked aroun a bit and everybody tells me to stay away from PISA stuff. I don't know anyone at my dz who jumps a Hornet. However, even though I get all these warnings about the Hornet, when I read reviews and postings here everybody loves it. It seems like PISA offers: -High quality canopy -Low price -Excelent service I wrote a mail to PISA, and got a reply the same day. I wrote a mail to PD, and still haven't heard anything. I want to go for a Hornet. So, everyone who is badmouthing the Hornet and other PISA equipment. Has anyone actually had some bad experice with this gear. Why is it I should stay clear of PISA gear? Give me a good reason why I should not buy a brand new Hornet over a used Saber with 500 jumps in need for a reline.

I think these kind of jumps sounds a little too dangerous. With this type of contact it's possible to kick out the bulls reserve handle, and you are sitting on top of the container. I don't know if it's just me being paranoid, but I'm not at all comfortable with someone over or under me in freefall. Planned or not. Pins sometimes come loose in the airplane, and even during tight exits. I see that tight loops, good flaps, new velcro etc. can make these jumps safer, but how safe is it really? This weekend I said no to doing a wheel exit (With me on my back on my rigg rolling out. holding the legs of the person diving over me holding my feet. This was from a tailgate exit). Even though my loop is tight, I just won't risk it. Am I paranoid, too safty oriented (is that possible?), or just a safe jumper??? There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I believe it's a good chance of surviving landing the wingsuit in a downhill ski slope. A speed of 27km/h and maybe 130 km/h horisontal is about the speeds of professional downhill skiers. When a downhill skier falls, he usually survive. Often just bruised, often just some broken bones but somtimes it goes terrible wrong. Downhill ski slopes have a 70° descent angle (aprox, at the steepest parts). If you do a perfect approach/landing you could swoop the hill with your feet. I think landing the wingsuit is abaout as crazy as doing an intentional fall during downhill skiing. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

1. The word "boat" can be spelled using four of the letters from the word "automobile". True | False ### True. 2. If you write the numbers 1 through 25 in a row, any two numbers that are next to each other add up to a number that is odd. True | False ### True ...22 23 24 25 and in 22 2+2=4 3. 13 minutes past 5 O' clock, is 47 minutes before 6 O'clock. True | False ### True. Can't argue that... 4. The word "perfume" is spelled by using the first letters in the following sentence: "Pigs eat really filthy uncooked meat eagerly." True | False ### False. The word "perfume" is spelled with a lowercase "p" and the sentence with an uppercase "P" 5. If you turn a left handed glove inside out it will fit on a right hand. True | False ### False. A glove turned outside in doesn't really fitt on any hand. It looks wierd 6. John has 15 dollars, but John can buy a $30 bicycle if he borrows six dollars from Fred and eight dollars from Joe. True | False ### True. He can probably get a $1 discount... 7. An upside down clock's minute hand points to the right when it is twelve forty five. True | False ### False. The minute hand will still point to the left of the clock (relative to itself), even if it's upside down. 8. The following sentence makes sense if the word "Rootch" is understood to mean the same as the word "jump": While waiting to rootch, I watched the faces of the other rootchers in the airplane. True | False ### False. "While waiting to jump, I watched the faces of the other rootchers in the airplane" doesn't make sense. Anyhow, jumping out of an airplane doesn't make any sense anyhow, but we still love doing it 9. If John looks into a mirror and touches his left ear, the image of John touches its right ear. True | False ### False. The image will still show John touching his left ear, only mirrored. 10. If you leave the letters in the same order, but rearrange the spaces in the phrase "The red olive", it can be read as "There do live.". True | False ### False. How much I rearrange the spaces, I can't seem to get that last period right. 11. Using exactly three colors of paint it is possible to color the sides of a cube in such a way that two sides having the same color never touch. True | False ### True. Three oposite sides of each other, ok... 12. Jim weighs 150 pounds. Jack is 130 pounds. Joe is 200 pounds. Two of them standing together on the same scale could weigh 350 pounds. True | False ### False. Clothing normally weighs 4 pound, and Jim and Joe probably wont stand on a scale naked together. 13. The second vowel that appears in this sentence is the letter "e". True | False ### True, "The sE" 14. Seven chickens and two cats have a total of twenty two legs. True | False ### False. The cats will eat the chickens. 15. If you have three quarters and a dime and a nickel and spend thirty three cents then this leaves you with fifty two cents. True | False ### False. I'm Norwegian, and don't know s**t about nickles and dimes. 16. In the alphabet there are four letters between the letter "F" and the letter "K". True | False ### True. 17. If the word FOX is written under the word CAT and the word MAP is written under FOX, then the word COP is formed diagonally. True | False ### False, depends on alignment. CAT FOX MAP 18. One half of one and a half pounds is eighteen ounces. True | False ### False. I'm still Norwegian and I only know the metric system... 19. Five gloves and three shoes normally hold thirty five fingers and toes. True | False ### False. Five gloves and three shoes normally lays in a drawer or is standing in the hallway holding no fingers and toes... You are half way through the test. ### 6 minutes 20. The words "foot, stop, and white" can be respectively combined with the words "ball, light, and house". True | False ### False. "foot-ball", "stop-light", "and white-and house". I can''t figure out how to combine them... 21. If Tuesday is the second day of the month, then the very next Sunday is the sixth day of the month. True | False ### False, it will be the 7th. 22. Two of the following numbers add up to the number 17: 11, 3, 2, 14, 5. True | False ### True 14+3=17 23. Joe will be three blocks from his starting place, if he travels two blocks north, then three blocks east, and then two blocks south. True | False ### False. Depends on how the blocks and streets go. 24. The following words are the opposites of words that begin with the letter C: open, hot, convex, expand, courage. True | False ### True. Cold, concave, collapse, covardness 25. The word "revolver" is spelled the same forwards or backwards. True | False ### True. "revlover" is "revolver" spelled backward... (Really, if you spell it backwards starting from right to left).- 26. All the letters of the words "spoon feed" appear in reverse alphabetical order. True | False ### True 27. The numbers: 6-4-9-3-0-2 are read backwards as 2-0-3-6-4-9. True | False ### False 28. John's grandfather's daughter could be John's son's sister. True | False ### True. John is named after his grandfather. 29. Without breaking or bending a toothpick, you can spell the word "HUT" with exactly seven toothpicks. True | False ### True, Just a little chewing. 30. This sentence has thirty two letters. True | False ### False. 4+8+3+6+3+7=31 31. A square that is ten inches on each side can always completely fit inside of a circle with a radius of ten inches. True | False ### True, simple geometry 32. A hexagon can be cut into six identical triangles by drawing two straight lines. True | False ### True. Think in three dimensions and a piece of paper... 33. The number 62 is the next logical number in the following sequence of numbers: 2, 6, 14, 30. True | False ### True. 2 (x2+2=) 6 (x2+2=) 14 (x2+2=) 30 (x2+2=) 62. ( or like 4-8-16-32 increment style) 34. Bill is taller than John. Ralph is shorter than Bill. Therefore, John is the tallest. True | False ### False. Bill is taller than John. 35. The sum of all the odd numbers from zero to 12 is also an odd number. True | False ### False. 6 odds make one even. 36. If six people in a group all say hello to each other, then the word hello is spoken a total of 36 times. True | False ### Six mute people won't speak a word, but use sign language. Also, if they could speak they would probably say hello something like this: "Hello, Hi, How are you doing" and the word hello won't be spoken 36 times. 37. Three equally sized circles can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap each other and create exactly seven distinct areas or compartments. True | False ### False. Eight distinct areas. Remember the area outside the circles. 38. A doughnut shaped house has three doors to the outside and three doors to the inner courtyard. It's possible to walk through all six doors of the house without ever walking through the same door twice and ending up back at your same starting place. True | False ### True. Climb over the roof. ### 12 minutes ### I'm an average guy

Scary, if that wire had snapped it could give the jumper a serious slap in the face, they probably know what they are doing, but it still looks pretty damn dangerous... There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Hi Here is an ide on howto build one yourself. Don't know how well it would work. The idea is to use a balloon (probably best with a big one) and se how fast the air flows out of it through the fabric by measuring the diameter of it. I think it would be a good idea to test the center cells topp and bottom fabric about 20" from the front. Try it on a brand new canopy and an old worn out one to get a reference. Any suggestion to improvements, how big the balloon should be, how much surface to test or howto build this? Does this seem like a good idea??? I did a little principle sketch. Sorry for the quality, but it's not easy on a laptop with a touchpad . -fudd There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

The project is for real. I mailed Digital Dog ltd. and ask about status for the project, and here is the reply. Looks like the wingsuit wont be landed this year. They will update the website soon. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Maybe wearing a student cypress safer when it comes to wingsuit flying. -Wingsuitwhuffo There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

How do you know that...

...and if you have red canopy Do the DZ offer bullfighting classes??? There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Cool , more Norwegians. I'd love to come to visit you at Grenland FSK. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I'd love to come and jump with you on Hawaii! If I win the lottery, I'll come... If I win the lottery grand price, I think I will go on a "round the world visiting DZ's" tour. That would be a cool year (52 dropzone in 52 weeks...!)

ahhh...i'd keep that picture to look at when the winter sets in here up north...

This is what my DZ advertise on the http://www.fallskjerm.no web. I like the part about landing off the DZ. What's special about your home DZ? There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Here is some of the advices I've recieved when diving down to a formation. - Dive down but try to stop 5 meters above, and 5 meters before (horizontal) the formation. This will prevent you from going low. Besides it's common to not being able to brake fast enough. This gives you a safty buffer. When you have stopped the dive, slide slowly into your slot. -If you go low don't head directly at the formation. If you do that and look directly at it, it's difficult to de-arch properly. Turn 90 degrees at the formation and dearch until you're over again and slid into your slot. As for body position I found that arching and steering by putting my arms back like tracking is a great way to manuever into my slot. I've had some fs instruction from some really good instructors. On one jump with instruction, I've learned more than I would have by doing 50 without. Paying for instruction could be well spent money. (However, I'm lucky enough to get some free instruction jumps, sometimes with video from my dropzone. They hire in instructors that jumps for free with whoever wants to. My home DZ rocks that way

Thanks for the info, I had not heard that it could cause damage. I were recomended to do this from a packer to slow down openings. I'll take a close look at my centercell and see if there is any damage. As for my current canopy, some damage isn't really a big issue for me. I'm not gonna jump it more than at most 30 jumps before I'll burn it. It's worn out so I can't sell it anyway. (unless I want to rip someone off). If I were to jump a lot more with it, I would have replaced the slider. However, the techniq works really well, but it's not worth damaging a perfectly good canopy. Of course, if it can cause enough damage so I have to go for my reserve it's a whole new deal. Do anyone else has any experience with this techniq There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I totally agree. Practise one system and stick with it. Most important of all. In case of emergency, do SOMETHING. It's to sad to read about people who goes in with the reserve handle still in place. I heard of people changing their emergency routine after 500 jumps from two hands on each handle cut and pull, to right hand cutaway left hand pull silver. When they have to cut away, they automaticly do the original routine that they've practised so many more times. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

The rules came this summer, and I don't know them too well. People who allready got and have jumped smaller canopy have got dispensation so they can continue jumping their canopies. (would suck if someone tells you after 50 jumps on your gear that you have to upsize). There are some restrictions also concerning eliptic and high performance canopies. I think it's like no elipticals before 200 and no crossbraced hp's before 350 jumps. Don't remember exactly how it was. How the rules are concerning forigners comming to Norway, I don't know. But as allways before visiting a dz for the first time, call ahead and ask. There may be some strict rules, but the people enforcing them are not rigid. They will listen, and we do all speak and understand english as well. I would very much recomend visiting Norway. There are some spectacular places to jump, and some of the best dz's in the world (I'm totaly objective about this...cough...cough...). Norway also has the worlds most beutiful women, and I'm not kidding about that one (ask anyone who's been to Norway). There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.