Lolie

What size canopy are you jumping? And what is your wingloading? It's probably because you're still a student and under a bus of a canopy. I had some trouble flaring when I was on a big student rig. Now I'm still on a big canopy (210!!!), but have no worries. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Personally, I agree, quade. When I dress in a revealing way, I'm not offended when a guy looks me up and down. (That's why I dress that way! ) And when I don't feel like being checked out by a guy, I usually just throw on some jeans and a sweatshirt. (And maybe it's just me, but I don't mind it when guys look at me; I find it flattering.

The guy I was thinking of was Dan Rossi. Here's a link to some of his stories. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Wow! I didn't get that far into the site. That is very impressive! But I still got a chuckle out of this quote... "At this point the parachute, (or the technical term, chute), would be opened and we would float slowly down to earth." Isn't there a blind skydiver that uses audibles and a radio to land? I'm sure some of you guys know about him... I can look up the link. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Yeah, I'll second that. Although I'll admit that if I knew more of the women here IRL, I might whine more in it. I just don't really read those threads. The gear and tracking info is great, though. You win some, you lose some. I'll take what I can get. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Hee hee... Human Trebuchet... Looks fun.

I saw a guy this weekend wearing a big refrigerator box with arm holes and a head hole cut out, but no decorations on the box. I asked him what he was. His response: "I am a box." -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

BSBD. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I especially like: "Why is extreme ironing, extreme? Domestic ironing is usually done indoors - fairly boring right? Well the first step is to take it outside and add a bit of risk. This might mean ironing on a particularly difficult mountain climb, or taking your iron and board 20 metres underwater with full scuba gear. The only limit is your imagination. Just remember to plan your extreme ironing carefully. Pay attention to weather conditions as they change quickly in the mountains and never extreme iron on your own. The nature of some extreme iron sessions is such that it would be foolhardy to attempt them without backup." -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I only have 23 skydives under my belt, and I'm already saving my money to buy a BASE rig and take a FJC. I'm definitely leaning toward taking it from Vertigo. Do you have any input on who's the best? (I've read a lot about pros & cons of a FJC by a manufacturer in the archives over at blinc, too.) PM me if you want. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Gee, think how good I'll be at procrastinating when I'm a 5th year senior! I have four more years to practice!!! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Hee hee... I have a reasearch precis due on an article at nine tomorrow morning (that's seven hours), and I haven't even read the article yet... I am the queen of procrasination. And it's gotten worse one-hundred-fold since I discovered dz.com! Hmm... I have the photo finally. Now I need a signature! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Well if I realized you guys were going to fight over me... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Hmmm... does it work? Yay! It does! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Here's the original (wish it wasn't so dark...) Feel free to crop as you see fit... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Looks good! I can't get my icon to work!!! Argh! I've been trying for two weeks, but no matter what I do to it, it says it's exceeding 9.77 K. I think I'm retarded... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

On my first solo, I had someone go up with me and take some still photos while I just geeked the camera and enjoyed myself. It was a blast, and I got some great photos! (Thanks for the pix, Douggs!) -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I remember on my first solo jump, I was really nervous about how hard it would be to pull on a toggle. I thought it was going to be like steering the tandem (on which I practically needed both hands to make 90 degree turn!). -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I always think it's funny when I tell a whuffo that I want to get into BASE, and they don't see how it's any different from skydiving. I don't even bother trying to explain... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I've always wanted to learn to skateboard, but I'm too scared... figure that one out. I have plenty of respect for skateboarders, street lugers, etc., but that's just me, I guess. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

0:0:0 -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

And here's some things that Jimmy at Vertigo Base suggests working on before taking a FJC from them. (And remember to be extra-careful of canopy traffic while you're working on this kind of stuff): When you jump from the airplane with your canopy, make sure that you use a sail slider with the brake lines through both the slider grommets and the guide rings on the risers. Practice turning your canopy around instantly with your rear riser both right and left on different jumps. Do this immediately, before you unstow your brakes. Then without unstowing your brakes, practice backing your canopy up with your rear risers. You are not backing your canopy up until your pilot chute is in front of your canopy. Stick with it. It is scary at first, but you need to become comfortable with this flight characteristic. You have plenty of altitude, as you really shouldn't practice this maneuver below 2000 feet while skydiving, although with BASE jumping you will be doing this sometimes below 200 feet. Next, unstow one brake and try to counteract the turn with the opposite riser. This is simply an exercise to familiarize yourself with the flight characteristics of your canopy. You should now unstow both toggles and stick them on their velcro. Practice flying your canopy around with your rear risers. Practice backing your canopy up with rear risers. Fly forward in full flight and pretend that it is time to land. See how little input is required(as opposed to a toggle flare) on both rear risers to flatten the canopy out to land. It should be noticed at this time that the canopy goes from a flat glide to a stall almost instantly. If you are near the ground, this could have very serious consequences. This is the biggest problem with landing on rear risers. You can only flatten the glide slope out, you really can't do a nice flared landing. Expect to run out your landing. If you're feeling really brave and have good boots on, you can actually practice a landing or two with just your rear risers. It is better to just practice this up high and find the stall point. Save the actual landing if and when you actually need it, as it usually isn't very pretty. Note from Lolie: Remember, I'm not a BASE jumper (yet!), so this is just information that I've been given--not my own ideas. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Try this: http://dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=11376;search_string=protec;#11376 Hope it helps! Cheers! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

People always say, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease," but my mom taught me, "The squeaky wheel gets replaced." -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I got a 135 and am a Visual Mathematician too, but FWIW, I've taken a couple quote-unquote "real" IQ tests over a period of days in a scientific setting, and got quite a few points higher. So everyone, add some points to your score to your liking!!! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.