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Having lived through the 60's, 70's and 80's (barely) I sometimes notice a decided lack of brain cells in my thought processes. So I decided to ask for help.... My question is, if there's a full moon tonite in New York (there isn't, by the way), would there also be a full moon, in say, Norway??? Or Yosemite??? Or even Thailand??? My calendar shows that the next full moon in my kitchen (Toronto) is planned for February 13th. When's your next full moon, Faber? (The real one -- keep your pants on.) Anyone else? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

1002 If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Bob still around... There are threads about him in the history and trivia forum.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Congratulations to Miles and Nikki. It was interesting reading Outside magazine and finally be able to put a face to the person I've heard so much about (in his ad he's always got his back to us)... Skypuppy BASE 92 If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Yeah but her boyfriend split and left the other guy there to take the heat, kudos to him for staying.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I had a black and white border collie I called 'Jumper' -- seemed to fit because often when he met someone new he would run over a jump up on them with his front paws. Good dog. Had to have him put down 2 Xmases ago.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

The last thing to go thru a freeflyer's head --- his ASSHOLE! "There's nothing as final as the green vinyl... Body bags, son, body bags." Kevin V. "I thought about stopping drinking, but then I'd be a pretty boring guy." Eric Bradley If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I can't even get dressed in the morning without coffee, let alone go skydiving without it. And I wouldn;t want to try.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

How'd you get a train on top of a building or antenna? I remember seeing the vid and talking to Kevin V about doing that train jump. 26-ft lopo, wasn't it? What was his train number? Skypuppy BASE 92 If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Give the pilot a thorough briefing if he hasn't dropped jumpers before -- usually best to break them in slowly. Wouldn't try to get four out on the step the first load. Stuff like jump run direction and airspeed, foot brake if needed, flat turns, etc. Have wind drifts or know how to do a rate 1 turn on the way up. If the door's open -- PROTECT YOUR HANDLES! If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Skydive Toronto is opening for the season at their new Cookstown location (about 30 minutes north of 400/401, off the 400 by the Cookstown Outlet Mall) the first weekend of February.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Could have used diapers like that on some of my BASE jumps. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Seems to me it came down to altitude. Because the speed of sound is higher at 80,000 ft., he did not attain that speed. However, he did attain speeds in excess of the speed of sound (at sea level), just that as he got lower, his speeds decreased. I was reading about it in a book called 'The Pre-Astronauts' by Craig Ryan, and 'Great Adventures with National Geographic' (1963 ed.), among others. How's it going, Jack? skypuppy If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Hmmm.... Looking back, it took me 8. But then, I didn't want to waste time and maybe get killed before finally getting that building.... Skypuppy If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

This Particular person Here we call them 'girlfriends' If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Personally, being old school, I AM of the unpopular position that BASE jumping is simply another aspect of parachuting, like accuracy or rw or crw or instructing, or rigging. When I started I figured it was another part of the same activity to learn. Of course, when I started I was using essentially the same gear for rw, crw, accuracy, and BASE as well, something that is also unpopular today.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Actually they did employ those planes, they just weren't very efficient. They had very limited amount of fuel used in the first 3 or 4 minutes to get to altitude, then sniped at planes as they glided down, so they weren't long in the air and their gliding sucked. Then they would skid in for a landing, since when they took off they used a sled which stayed on the ground. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

My feeling is that neither mag is likely to cover much in the way of in-depth how-to or safety articles, however, chances of a BASE event getting sponsorship from mainstream companies might improve dramatically if a mag like Parachutist had published 3 or 4-page articles on similar events with pics, etc. similar to some of the coverage of Nationals or para-ski meets, swooping, etc. Incidently, a few years ago I wrote a fairly lengthy article on Bill Cole's chuteless jumps and his barnstorming demos, which I submitted to PARACHUTIST. They refused it because he had been kicked out of CSPA (Cdn sport para assoc) for his chuteless jumps, (and presumably because of hislow-openings, etc. at airshows in the 60's and 70's,). But that same month they published a LONG article about a woman barnstormer from the 40's who jumped without a reserve and did many low-openings at air shows and events across the country. She hadn't been kicked out because their was no regulation at the time. But she did essentially the same things as Cole (less the chuteless jumps). And she had less accreditation, no licences, etc. SKYDIVING ended up publishing the article. I cancelled my subscription to PARACHUTIST after that. And told them it was because of the censoring of topics, including BASE. Then I gave my money to SKYDIVING. (Incidently, I am Canadian so I can do this. I have also had issues with getting articles or notices published the CSPA mag, Canpara, but I still maintain my membership in order to keep my ratings current. I have even, recently, formed a new club with some other instructors, in order to actually have a vote at the agm into how some of the organization's policies are made.) If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

For some reason I seemed to think you had served as 'safety officer' or 'safety inspector' for the ABA in a past life, but perhaps it was only pres? Anyone acting as 'safety inspector' for a bunch of BASE jumpers (especially, from what I'm told, Aussies) could easily start feeling like Homer Simpson. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I imagine the tree didn't actually catch up to him until he hit the ground, sort of like Wiley Coyote running off the cliff holding an anvil in the old Road Runner cartoons. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I sometimes feel -- disassociated -- from modern base jumpers. I didn't do a whole lot of BASE jumps, only around 50 now -- and when I was doing most of them there were no wingsuits, no aerials, hell, not even BASE-specific equipment, other then a big pilot chute and long bridle if you were really keen. And of course after a while we had the line-release mod, but canopies really fly like shit with no steering lines. Sometimes I think we were miles away from the guys with hundreds of BASE jumps, but I guess we had to get there somehow.... So I'll keep plodding along. I don't really have a deadline, but it took me probably over a year thinking about it before I actually started writing, so it might be done early in the new year (the first draft, anyways). Rob If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Just saw this quote today and for some reason I thought of you. New nuclear plant management: "You have been safety inspector for two years. What initiatives have you spearheaded in that time?" Homer J. Simpson: "Uh... All of them?" If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

When I read 'Groundrush' by Simon Jakeman and 'BASE 66' by Jevto Dedijer, and another early skydiving book called Endless Fall by Mike Swain (which covers among other things a chuteless skydive by Bill Cole in 1972) I thought that some of the early jumps my friends and I did back in the 1980's might make for interesting reading for some. This feeling was cemented with the death of Jo Stanley, BASE 82 in a gliding accident in September. In the 1980's, Jo WAS Canadian BASE jumping. I thought in a way that chronicalling my adventures, with and without him and some of his other escapades, along with early Canadian BASE jumping might be interesting to people and also stand as a tribute to him and other jumpers who may or may not still be around. The book would also cover some early skydiving stuff, mostly stacking stuff and some early sort of extreme skydives that we sometimes did (we were young and perhaps a bit foolish, we're much smarter now.) In the '80's, I at least, considered BASE jumping as simply a natural extension of other types of parachuting, like accuracy, crw, instructing... Another facet to be mastered (never really did master it). I talked with both Jevto and Mike Swain about their books, to get their feedback. I started the book with all the best of intentions. I am now running into some rough patches where it is sometimes difficult to keep myself going. So far I am somewhere around 27,000 words, I see the finished book as being around 50,000-60,000, but that may be a struggle. I guess what I'm asking is should I push myself to get this done? Is there room in the lexicon on of BASE jumping for another 'There I was.... book? The book is tenatively called "Give Me a B..." Your insights would be helpful.... Rob 'Skypuppy' Price BASE 92 If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

And one where the pilot chute was not attached to the canopy...... and one where the tree the static line was attached to came out of the ground and went over the cliff with the jumper...... and one where the static line broke cause it was attached to a pc which was left in the pc pouch for the jump..... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

And fear, and the shakes, and... And beer, wine, whisky, and funky tobacco..... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone