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  1. chuckbrown
    How many people can you gather for a few hours in from of a jumbotron? As many as the stadium will hold. Besides, of the people who actually watched the competition, how many actually witnessed it live? More fans see sports electronically than live.
  2. chuckbrown
    Hate to disagree, but CRW just absolutely blows whuffos away. Most people have no concept of what can be done with a parachute. Will agree that swooping is crowd friendly as well.
  3. chuckbrown
    The other danger, especially out of a 182, is the PC bridle getting snagged by the step, which is a distinct possiblity if you hold the PC until extraction. I've always used the method described by BillVon. Let them leave the step and throw the PC down and away from the aircraft as they're falling away but before the pin is extracted. The relative wind will immediately inflate the PC and deploy the canopy normally.
  4. chuckbrown
    Dave Dewolf joke: How does a blind skydiver know when he's close to the ground? The leash goes slack.
  5. chuckbrown
    I have the great fortune of jumping with Dave on a regular basis here in Maytown, PA. 72 years old and still jumping 300 times a year. He's my idol (even if he won't do CRW). The most incredible story I've heard from him was the one where he had a double malfunction (I believe he's had more than one) and was getting ready to go in ... only to land in the only tree standing in the middle of acres of fields. The trees limbs stopped him from becoming a lawn dart. The best part of the story was he was in team training and when his team members found him alive, they told him to get another rig and get on the next load. Nothing stops team training. Truly one of the greats.
  6. chuckbrown
    The BPA ops manual defines the minimum opening height for "Intermediate and Experienced Parachutists" as 2000 ft. Not sure whether that means initiating the deployment at 2k or having an open canopy at 2k. Gus I read Zennie's post to refer to taking a BASE rig out of an aircraft as the potential problem here. I would be surprised if the UK would differ from the US and permit intentional parachute jumps from aircraft using BASE rigs.
  7. chuckbrown
    I seem to remember the Israelis opening this door in 1981 when they bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor Hussein was trying to build. While Israel was roundly condemned, including by the U.S., it's pretty well a given that this was a very smart move. Edited to add: I'm not advocating a pre-emptive strike, just giving a history lesson.
  8. chuckbrown
    Tell that to the guy who did lose an eye, and then let me know if he beats the crap out of you or not. Actually, a friend of mine did lose his eye at the WFFC a couple of years ago when a bottle rocket hit him. He got a glass eye, and lost that one on a high speed CASA run the next year. People were looking around for it on the ground, when one guy asked my buddy "what color is it?" He never did find the eye, and while he was waiting for his replacement, everybody got ping pong balls and painted eyes on them and gave them to him as his replacement. Obviously, this guy has a pretty good sense of humor. BTW, he flys a 90 s.f. canopy loaded 2.2 with one eye!
  9. chuckbrown
    If you want to do CRW at a non-CRW specific boogie, your best bet is the Richmond Boogie. It's a great time & CRW dogs like it because they don't have to worry as much about free fallers coming through their canopies. At the WFFC, CRW jumps always had to land off DZ and had to hitch rides back to the airport. At Richmond, all landings were on DZ. The weekend before Labor Day at Richmond should have lots of CRW.
  10. chuckbrown
    Simpson managed to crawl back to base camp just hours before Yates was planning to leave (having believed Simpson was dead). He then had to travel for sometime on horseback to reach medical facilities. I highly recommend the book. You won't put it down.
  11. chuckbrown
    Read the book. Absolutely incredible story of guts and LUCK. Can't wait to see the movie. I don't know about not cutting the rope ... something about walking a mile in another's shoes before passing judgment. I think its also telling that Joe Simpson didn't fault Simon Yates for cutting the rope.
  12. chuckbrown
    Not to mention the much higher altitudes those guys & gals typically jump at.
  13. chuckbrown
    A couple of buddies of mine won $10,000 from a local rock station a few years ago for a similar contest; "Show us your X". They made a banner and had two people hold it in freefall with video. Good luck.
  14. chuckbrown
    I don't think it's a lack of competitors, although there aren't lots of them. Watching competitive CRW is really amazing.
  15. chuckbrown
    Wrong. Look up the statutes on 2nd degree rape and indecent deviant sexual intercourse. As far as "rape" being diltued, it already is by different gradings. Breaking into someone elses house and raping them at gunpoint is one kind of rape and judged that way...getting someone drunk to the point they don't know what they're doing and having sex with them is another kind of rape. It's still rape. Sorry PK, there is no statute on 2nd degree rape. It's only rape. Period. You go look it up. By the way, your answer seems to indicate my point anyway. If you meet a woman at the bar & she's trashed and says yes to sex, that's not rape. If YOU get her trashed and have sex with her it's rape.
  16. chuckbrown
    In PA its rape only if YOU administered the intoxicating substance. If she gets plastered on her own, it's not rape. Sort of a stupid law, because of course you're going to get her plastered trying to score.
  17. chuckbrown
    No, actually I think the root of the judicial revolt that's going on, is that judges don't like Congress telling them what they can and can't do when it comes to sentencing. Separation of powers thing.
  18. chuckbrown
    I hope they paid some royalties to Leadbelly. Still, they had one hell of a guitar player.
  19. chuckbrown
    No, I really don't care about the Florida election; obviously I misinterpreted your comment. I still fail to see how being "conservative" means that the Rs "control" the judiciary. Actually, considering how many federal judges are ruling the sentencing guidelines unconstitutional, I would even disagree that the judiciary is "conservative." Throwing out mandatory sentencing guidelines is not exactly a "conservative" thing to do.
  20. chuckbrown
    Ummm...you and Chuck are the only ones mentioning it. No, I think you brought up the subject when you said the Rs controlled all three branches. How else should that statement have been interpreted?
  21. chuckbrown
    OK, so one song makes a band political? BTW, Led Zeppelin were the most apolitical band in rock. Hammer of the Gods.
  22. chuckbrown
    I would generally agree with the anti-establishment tag, although most of the 60s - 70s rock are blues tunes, which really didn't have a lot of political overtones. I also agree that many 60s bands were overtly political, almost exclusively about Vietnam. But most of the songs were not political. I have no problem with politics in the music (or else I wouldn't have paid to buy the record or seen the show.) I prefer musicians to show up and put on a great show. Personally, I don't want to hear politics from either side. Rock & roll, baby!
  23. chuckbrown
    Bubble baths are cool, but it gets a little smelly after a while.
  24. chuckbrown
    Newsflash... modern music, starting from the 60s on, IS political. I wasn't talking about the music, I was talking about political speeches during the show. Although to tell you the truth I don't seem to remember the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, CCR, ELP, Black Sabbath, etc., etc., etc. putting any politics in their music. So I would disagree with your statement as a general proposition. Sure there have been "political" songs, but modern music isn't political. Where do you get your news? Edited cuz I cannt spel.
  25. chuckbrown
    It seems to me that the liability issue is no different than that in skydiving. Have all jumpers waivered. Besides that an injured BASE jumper would have a real hard time getting over the assumption of the risk/comparative negligence problem if they were to sue. You'd also probably want to locate the tower in a rural area, as rural juries are very tough to get personal injury awards out of (life's hard, deal with it). Edited to add: Shareholders can definitely sue the corporation and directors/officers of the corporation can be held individually liable for the acts of the corporation.