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Yes, he is going to live and make a total recovery. If that makes it a "minor injury" in your book, fine. We disagree. For the last time, as you still seem to be ignoring this enormous fact, Incidents is not the place for lighthearted joking, teasing, or laughing at someone. If that comment had been made here in Bonfire, I would not have said a word. Did you notice that your friend's comment was one of the posts removed, and did you read what the moderator put in its place? Just keep it out of the Incidents forum and everyone will be happy. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Listen, yeah, he did something stupid, and he's paying for it, and yes, he will be teased mercilessly by all of us. The Incidents forum is not and has never been the appropriate place for that type of thing. You want to laugh about it, bring it here. That's why there are separate forums. Respect the rules. I also don't know if I'd call 2 surgeries on a leg and six months out of the sport a "minor injury" or that he is "totally fine." But, whatever. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Happy Birthday Travis!
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Wow, yeah, I'll give you that. It's twice as expensive to start, though! The Hilton does has the swim with the dolphins program, but now I know where I'll be staying when I win the lottery! Those bungalows look incredible! I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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If they choose the big island, of course Volcano National Park, and the black and green sand beaches would be high priorities. I barely had any time to sightsee and just did an island bus tour, stopping at a coffee plantation and orchid farm, a waterfall, etc. The one thing I wish I would have done on the big island and didn't is the Mauna Kea tour. There are several companies that run these tours. The Keck Observatory is on top and has the largest telescope in the world. The only thing to beware of with doing this is that it is very high (almost 14K feet), so if they aren't in good health it probably wouldn't be a good idea. I stayed near Kona at the Hilton Waikaloa Resort, which is fabulous! Expensive, but worth it. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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I am!!
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After my tandem, I called and asked my DZ what I should do, because they offered to do a 2nd tandem, then go to B level AFF, and that is how I was leaning. She told me that she would recommend going straight into AFF, because the tandem is a ripcord deployment, while the student AFF rigs we have are BOC deployment, so her rationale was, get to the deployment method you will be using right away, don't do another jump using a ripcord when you'll have to "re-learn" on BOC. It made sense to me, especially since I didn't deploy my tandem. I think the bottom line, though, is to do whatever you feel most comfortable with!
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Wow, that's cool! I grew up in Texas, which, obviously is the land of "Coke," although my drink was Dr. Pepper. Never really gave it much thought. Then when I was 17 I moved to Virginia, which isn't quite as clear-cut, but is a "soda" state. I re-trained myself on that when I moved here, as well as on eliminating the use of "y'all." I wanted to fit in, you know. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Being a low-time jumper, I like this idea. Or maybe a scrambles comp with an Airspeed member on each team? I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Do whatever you are comfortable with. My experience was I did one tandem because I never thought I'd like it. My DZ doesn't require any tandems first. Decided to go into AFF. They do have a plan where if you do 2 tandems, you start AFF at level B, so I called about that, and the advice I was given was to go on straight to AFF, because the deployment systems are different, it's better to get right on to the BOC (all our student gear is BOC) rather than build muscle memory pulling a rip-cord on the tandem. Made sense to me, so I just did the one tandem. Worked for me. Again, do whatever you are comfortable with! I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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I use Mozilla and love it...but I'm a real hate-Microsoft kind of person. I do find that some pages won't load right and I have to go run IE for those, which I hate, but the majority of pages I have no problems with. I love the no pop-ups feature the best. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Really? Why is that? Michelle, if you can honestly say that you don't know why I'd say that, PM me and we'll discuss it. My post wasn't about you I don't believe that I implied that I thought that it was. Of course I know that it wasn't. I simply say what I feel that I need to. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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I agree...owning up to making errors and apologizing and taking responsibility is important. But what do you do when you have made a bad error in judgment, find out you've hurt someone badly emotionally, apologize twice to their face, send an email to them apologizing yet again (entirely sincerely) the very next day, and they don't accept the apology? What then? Ciels- Michele Interesting question coming from you. My answer, as I've learned and lived, is that an apology is for you, not for them. It cleanses your soul and makes things right for you. If they don't accept it, you just move on, because you should not be apologizing for them, but for you. You can't make someone feel something. It is always their choice. I have moved on. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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I linked that book in my earlier post but unlike you I couldn't wrap my head around it.. I ended up throwing it at the wall. For those who had trouble understanding the book, and if you have high speed internet, here is a link to view the 3 hour NOVA program, which I found very easy to follow (the video is broken into much smaller chunks). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Well, I went through on the ISP, and not only did I use a "real" rig, it was my instructor's rig, and he was not doing a re-pack or anything, he just pulled the handle for us and had a few of us take turns re-assembling it. I don't think that there is any problem with the training program, I guess it's just how it's implemented. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Well, to get you A now, you have to give another jumper a gear check. You should also be learning how to check over your own gear before each jump. Additionally, there are things like assembling the 3-rings and replacing the closing loop, as well as packing of course. I don't know, I think the gear training (at least in the ISP program, can't speak for the previous program that some DZ's still use) is pretty thorough when the program is followed. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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If you're a freak, I'm one too! Strawberry unfrosted are my fave. Next is chocolate fudge, which I like the frosting on. Something about the strawberry ones that is just better without the frosting. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Just curious, without giving anything away for those who haven't finished it yet, what makes you say this? Was it that storyline in general, or some of the comments made specifically? I could see how some of them could be taken that way, but in context, they make sense. And to me, that whole part of the story is a pretty great way to tie everything together. At least for me, it was a "Wow" moment, a very philosophical tack that brings in all sorts of interesting implications. In short, I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and am happy to know the last one is so near at hand, yet sad at the same time at the thought of having to say goodbye to the ka-tet. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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How do I train my body to fly flat?
Luna replied to blueskyserenity's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Also, keep in mind that you don't want to fly totally flat. I fall really fast naturally, so through my AFF training I was trying to fly as flat as I could to slow down a bit. Then I went to the tunnel and I was all over the place, couldn't stay stable for over 6 minutes in there. I was flying too flat. The arch gives you more stability, less chipping, etc. You need that right now especially. So, try not to think of it so much as "flat," but just as less arch. Good luck! I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information! -
I took Scott's class a few weeks ago here at my home DZ and also found it extremely helpful. As to what to wear, wear whatever you feel comfortable in. I haven't been standing up my landings, so I wore jeans and a t-shirt. If you generally have good landings, shorts and t-shirt would work just fine. No need for a suit. Have fun!! I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Seen it. I went to an Airspeed tunnel camp, and bought the DVD with my sessions on it, and this video was one of the extra features. Cool video. If you call them and ask, you could probably buy the DVD that just has the extra features, which is actually pretty cool in itself. I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Hey John...this is great news! And don't worry, we always need more packers, so you can still start with that whenever you can! See you soon!
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Todd was also one of my awesome tunnel camp instructors back in September...he's just an amazing guy! Huge healing vibes for you, Todd! Get better soon! I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!
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Casa Boogie at Skydive The Point with HiPerUSA demos
Luna replied to Luna's topic in Events & Places to Jump
May 28-31 Memorial Day Casa Boogie-The Casa arrives for the start of the boogie season! Tailgate fun for everyone! Load organizing by Roger Ponce. There will be organizers for freeflying as well as fun load stuff like raft dives and hybrid jumps, and newbie RW organizing as well. Bring out your rafts and hoola hoops for all the fun type of stuff you can think of out of a Casa tailgate aircraft! Beezy Shaw will be on hand to demo Blade and Nitro canopies! Food vendors will be on site to make it easy to keep jumping hard! $15 registration covers all the beer you can drink for the weekend! -
www.stephenking.com has posted the first bit of The Song of Susannah. Just enough to whet your apetite for it. The last book is scheduled for September. What will I do when there are no more to look forward to? I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information!