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Yea!! Nice site Clint!! I'm so excited for you & Shelly!! Very cool! Just one question... in the Gallery - I didn't know corn grew in Moab or that the spotted otter was there - but they are nice pics!! Can't wait to get out to visit you guys. What's the weather like in February? Also, for the colder times, are there any kind of indoor sleeping arrangements available? Good luck to you! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

uuoo.. I hate 6 in one and half a dozen of the other obviously you want one OR the other, nothing is exactly the same. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

OMG... I can't believe YOU, CrazyIvan... created a duplicate post!! I don't know where it is, but this has been on here before. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Duh!! THANK YOU!! I had totally swiched from recovering from a low turn to how to do a flat turn. You did read my confusion correctly & cleared it up correctly. That and the description of a flat turn. If enough people describe the same thing... eventually it'll make perfect sense to me. Thank you all so much!! Can't wait to either travel south or for spring so I can pull high & try this stuff out. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Than you so much for taking the time Billvon & Hooknswoops!!! Your input is priceless, I learn things better by reading, imagining, talking it through & then visually on the ground, then up high. Haven't really tried anything low just yet. So, i'm coming in straight & need to turn to my left; you're saying I should flare harder w/ the right toggle? (Typically that would make me turn right, but my body would (slightly) swing to the left.) Then, once i've turned far enough, even-out the toggles by bringing the higher one down to even level (to stop the turn) & then finish the flare evenly. Thank you!! I love this idea. But do have another question (sorry!!). In "If the canopy is going slowly when you drop the toggles, and dives to recover the speed - use less opposite toggle next time." Do you mean that if the canopy is going slowly & once the toggles are droped it picks up speed & dives. Also in, "If the canopy is going faster when you drop the toggles, as if you've just done a toggle turn - use more opposite toggle next time" do you mean if the canopy is going faster & then slowes down after dropping the toggles? If I do a hard turn (ie. one toggle is all the way down) & then burry the other toggle to match the other one; my body rapidly swings back to straight & my canopy starts to stop, eventually stalling if I've burried them far enough. But feel lift... no. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Ok... I can def visualize the difference. Thanks for describing it to me. I'll try a turn into a stall up high. But I still don't know how to do both at once, flat turn & flare. I thought there was a difference between a flat turn & a flare turn. Flat being w/ rear risers & flare being to bring both toggels partially down, then letting slightly up on one to turn & then bring it back down to match it, then flaring both evenly. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

We go to the bonfire w/ our coolers or back & forth to the fridge. However, if it's too cold we head for teh bar & come back to a huge bonfire after the bar closes. So, other than go home, it's all of the above. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

How do you do this? Isn't a flat turn w/ rear risers & flare is typically w/ toggels. Do you mean to flat turn (ie. w/ rear risers) & flare w/ rear risers by pulling down on both of them, but to cause a turn pull on one more than the other & finish by pulling the higher one down to match the lower? Also, people keep saying to practice things up high - great advice which I follow. But unless it's a radical movement, I can notice nothing. When I practice flat turns up high, I can't tell if I've sunk 2 or 15 feet. Also "You may find that your canopy stalls at some point i.e. you pull even harder but you don't get as much lift." I never FEEL lift. When I'm landing - I can see that my desent rate decreases & that must be lift, but I've never felt lift (and I've practiced flaring & stalling up high) - I have to figure out what's going on by looking @ my canopy & judging it against what I figure flat to be. And, I've gone though canopy school. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

JM, you & BK are just the greatest couple!! I love reading what you write about eachother. you 2 & Andyman & Criachead... jeesh It is nice to read good things. () There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Well, alcholoics are typically in denial, unless they are in treatment or recovery. So if you think your are an alcholic, you're not one, unless your in treatment or recovery. (note, this is a serious subject not to be made the brunt of jokes, but someone else started it.) There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Heck, 6, 8, 10... I'd take any of those & fall over @ a 3 week delivery time. All my suits have taken just over 3 months. And even then there've been mess-ups. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Thank you... don't really want to know though - I hate wind chill!!! It was more of a statement. I want to jump in snow this year too, but "I hate wind chill". And my reserve is out of date 12/22 - will prob wait till spring or travel to get a re-pack STUPID WINTER!! There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

I didn't jump on Sat, it was 37 on the ground & -10 @ altitude, who knows what the wind chill was. But we sent up 6 loads & 16 tandems

I agree on not being a PITA customer, however they were 2 months late on delivery & season is quickly running out here in chicagoland. Also, in the hopes of having it back for next weekend, they said to ship it for delivery monday so they can have it back to me asap and YES fast shipping is quite pricey. I'm not an overy aggressive person & that's why I'm typically concerned about being walked on. I would hope they would make things even. They didn't do it on purpose, of course, but why should I pay extra for their mess-up? In addition to waiting even longer. ps. BK - good to hear bout the wings. thinking about new container @ the end of next season & they seem to have a good thing going (esp for the price). There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

VERY NICE!! So, how do you like your new wings. Thanks for the feed back everyone! I like being correct; but think I did the wrong thing. They don't have an acct # & so I went ahead & shipped it. Have e-mailed them w/ the amt & will have to bother them for pay back (the whole COD thing scares me) Just hope to get it back in time to still jump this winter in cold chicago. mmupht - I hate it when people don't just suck it up & offer to do the right thing. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Well thanks, now I know how it ends. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Yah, I thought posted 65 actually ment 85, ya know - 20 over. The 65 is just for if it's raining so hard you can barely see the car that may or may not be infront of you There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

When returning something to the manufacturer? My jumpsuit was sent to me w/ a portion of the back of the thigh panel sewn into the outside seam - shipping it back to be fixed - who should pay for the shipping? And how should I get them to pay me back? There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

I woke up to my car door lock FROZEN SHUT!! GGGRRRR I HATE WINTER, at least there's only 160 more days of this to look forward to - 30 min late to work. hope the boss doesn't remember, when I try to leave 30 min early today. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Very good to know, looks like I have my work cut out for me this summer. Air locks sound interesting. Esp in the sometime/often bumpy wind over the IL cornfields. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

I think people that say stuff like this are just searching for compliments.... that said fireflyer - you're a hottie & if I knew the masculine form of an foreigh word for hottie, I'd call Zenster that too - but I don't. Just wish the pic was a bit more detailed. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Def makes perfect sense. I'd like to keep mine, but don't see the $$ being available - oh, well. What do you like about the Lotus? Is that a very hp canopy? There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Sounds interesting... please expound! I started my day w/ a nap from 4:30 AM to 6:00 AM & now I wanna go take another much longer nap, but it's hump day, so I gotta go..... There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

Wow - hey thanks so much!! That was a great narative, I could actually picture the events happening! Also, it explains why I knee'd down on the no wind landing. I asked if I should flare any differently on the Safire2 from my Spectre & he said not really, just keep it smooth. I ended up doing a straight down to the point 7-cell landing, but w/ too much speed. Very interesting bout the span:lenght ratio, no one's ever mentioned it to me! Makes complete sense. So, what do you keep the 7 cell 1:1 wl canopy for? Re-currency, going to a new dz... anything specific? btw - Love the red hair!! Now you match your rig more There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

hear, hear! or while lining up on jump run or just before getting into exit position or while loading the plane or while waiting for the plane or while walking to the waiting area. can you chew gum & walk? then you can practice you EPs & walk. if you can do it in your sleep - then it'll really come in handy when you're life's on the line. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show)