ladyskydiver

Hey...whadda mean? She didn't give you the hug I wanted her to? I'm going to have to give her some serious grief tonight while we're drinking together. Well...here's some long distance hugs, my friend. {{{ HUGS }}}{{{ HUGS }}}{{{ HUGS }}}{{{ HUGS }}} Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Jake, Only you can decide what's best for you, my friend. Looks like you need to do some serious thinking about what will make you happy and what you want out of your life. Good luck making the decision. Many hugs, my friend.

Yep. My, what big eyes you have my dear....... Bite me! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Yin Yang Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Looked good didn't she Remi? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Hugs and prayers Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Smart a$$!!! You're just cruising for a bruising, aren't you? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

I've had Lasik surgery done so I completely understand the whole coming at your eyes thing. It's an interesting experience watching the top of your eye being sliced and then peeled back, then the laser in your eye, the smell of burnt eyeball, and then them putting the flap back on top of your eye. And then after all that, coming back a few months later to have the RK part of it done and knowing they are slicing your eye. And, now I'll have AK done in a couple of weeks to "touch up" my eyes. Found out that the back of one of my lenses is a bit "foggy" so they're going to keep an eye on it and depending on how it goes, they might replace the lense. YUK!!! Hopefully, it doesn't get bad. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

I got an eye exam. Even though it was dark driving home, the stop lights had nice starburst effects. It made me nauseated to drive home like that. Luckily my pupils are back to normal. *Whew* I would not be able to tolerate that for long. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

'nuff said. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Cool! Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate all the info.

Understand fully. I demo'd a Lotus 150, and he spent the time hooking it up for me and answering the bazillion questions that I had and was even answering questions and giving me suggestions in the plane on the ride to altitude.

Here's something along the exact same lines that Brian is talking about: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/safety/detail_page.cgi?ID=77 http://www.dropzone.com/safety/articles/Visualizing.shtml Airspeed, Dan B-C, and Brian are all talking the same thing...maybe there's something to it?

Congrats, hon! I wish you two the very best.

Thanks, Lew! It's appreciated. The link and visual helps a ton.

Coricidan D - works great. Many hugs, my friend! Hope you feel better soon.

Thank you!!!! This is the stuff that I'm looking for - the explanations and "visual pictures".

I will.

Canopy play time is fun. Nothing like doing a hop 'n' pop from full alti and using the next 13,000 ft. to try out front risers; rear risers; stalling your canopy; figuring out how much altitude is lost in a 360, 270, 180, 90; how much altitude is lost doing flat turns, etc.

Thanks for the info. That's why I asked the question to see what TI's allowed/required/good/bad/etc.

Nice redirect, Kallend. Jumpers want to jump. Individual A gets grounded and is unable to jump. They know that if they want to jump they must maintain altitude awareness. Their punishment served (30 day grounding), they go back up. How much do you want to bet they pay a lot closer attention to their altitude this time around? They know if they don't pay attention, they get grounded (or worse). If you want to reteach them on the ground (although how additional training is going to teach someone that the ground is coming up quickly, pull or else is beyond me), add that into the 30 day grounding. Now...explain to me how someone can forget that the ground is coming up at them? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

And right back full circle to the grounding for a Cypress fire rule at Perris. No guarantees it will work. No guarantees it won't work, but at least, they are trying to do something about the lack of altitude awareness. Explain how 30 days on the ground improves altitude awareness. By this reasoning a whuffo should have better altitude awareness than any skydiver. hmm...I remember my whuffo days and my first jump. I checked my altitude so many times, it was funny - every other second almost. The ground coming up at me very rapidly was a very obvious thing, and I knew that pulling was priority. I still check my alti frequently and have now gained a bit of eye/ground matches approx. alti recognition. However.... Explain how some one who is jumping out of a plane 2 1/2 miles off the ground plummeting to earth at an average speed of 120 mph can lose altitude awareness. Holy cow, Kallend. The earth is not a forgiving thing and if someone can not pay enough attention to the fact that if they do not do something (i.e. PULL) they WILL DIE, a grounding is the least thing that should happen. I don't care one iota about how many points I'm turning or if I wait just a split second to get that additional point - pulling is something that is a priority for me and should be for everyone out there jumping who isn't on a suicide mission. It's not that hard - PULL, PULL ON TIME, PULL STABLE. What's the difficulty in that? Unless injured and unable to pull or unconscious, there is no excuse for lack of altitude awareness - and this from a baby in the sport. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Thanks for the story, Bill. I appreciate your input. Trust me...getting my mom killed - *shiver* - not something I want to do. And, like I've stated earlier, even if the TI says it's ok and I'm not comfortable with it - I won't do it. I'm very aware of what my skillset is and what my comfort level is. I'm in no hurry to rush anything but am willing to learn as much as possible. So...even if it ends up with me being out a few seconds after mom and her TI and me just hanging out a few thousand feet up to watch - that'd be cool by me as well. Or if it ends up with me giving mom a hug and out the door before her and then just watching from way below - again...that'd be ok with me. No guarantees that even with me asking that I'd do it.

Get your story book charactors straight...I was Sleeping Beauty I still dont think a full length shot has been posted though.....hrrm Too bad the full pic hasn't been posted. I know the guys would appreciate it. Hey...did anyone ever get the double entendre with the costume? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Many hugs, my friend.