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    Thanks Man. I asked a question and appreciate the answer. Pardon my delivery since it wasn't intended to get you. I don't believe cat pee will do anything worth mentioning to a harness. A manufacturer would have to put something like that in writing for me to ground a harness that was peed on by a domestic cat. Wash it appropriately and pack it back up. A forum user has requested we provide parachuting related stuff for a pull test. I have some spare harness webbing. Type 8 for certain and maybe some Type 7. I'd be willing to put in a cat box for a few days and let the cats go to town if he's willing to do a pull test on it. We may need to include rubber gloves and a charcoal respirator. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Details please or this is hearsay. I'm not arguing, I've simply never heard of a container being grounded due to cat pee. I've washed containers before with no apparent ill affects. (I added the word apparent since none have been noticed in the past 10 years the container has been used). A cat f***ing unloaded on my Intercepter 225 (old school CRW canopy). I washed it and put 50 base jumps on it the following month. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Start with back to wind. Once you have all the fabric cleared and it's time to pull the tail up, grab the tail, pull it up and turn face to wind and wrap the tail and put it on the ground. You don't always have to stand with your back to the rig. Once it's over your shoulder you can turn around as long as you hold your lines or turn so the lines tension around your neck. Or go hide behind something. Does that make enough sense? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    You're doing it wrong. Jumpers that do demos with much larger landing zones free of obstacles still hit things, such as people, light poles, bleachers etc... Keep trying. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Ingredients: Water, bio-enzymatic odor-lock, oxygen boosters, surfactant, isopropyl alcohol, fragrance. I would use that on my canopy without concern. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    By the way... Wash it with mild soap and water, then try some apple cider vinegar. There are other options as well. But don't get too carried away with scrubbing. Google Remove Cat Urine smell and you'll find several options that work with nylon products. Remember, your canopy is tough. It can handle being spot washed. Be sure not to wring it out or scrub in a rough manner and it should be fine. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    People may very well have ditched cats in freefall but that story is bs. The cat will fall so slow relative to the jumper he'd never see it after a couple seconds. Cats will That same story gets propagated regularly just like cow tipping. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    OH geez, don't do the body builder diet suggestions That's so not healthy. Just keep eating healthy and stay active. The whole weight gain idea is understandable but not necessary. My room mate is strong as an ox. He's 6 foot something, skinny, eats a LOT of calories because he just has too. He's 48 and you'd just never know it. It's just easier to do things when you don't have unnecessary weight to deal with. Besides, skinny people freefly better. I honestly have to suggest just do what you're doing. Eat well, and keep active. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    hookitt replied to hcsvader's topic in The Bonfire

    Skilled instrument players. I'm not much into the Vocals. It would be safe to guess that attending that concert has a high potential of causing pain My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Tim is not the DZO, that's old information. The DZO is Mako (spelling?) To be honest, I'm a bit surprised at what I'm reading. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    That would be fun. Aren't those basically roll packed? I tend to teach on the canopy the new jumper is going to jump. If I made a video, I'd try to use a 150. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    That won't happen after the canopy is in the bag. Can it? Sure but it's a lot of unusual clumsy manipulation that I would simply rule it out. That was caused prior to packing and a line check wasn't performed. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Someone mentioned this video to me 2 days ago and lo and behold, here it is! That was a fun rainy day. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    It's not that hard in freefall usually. Regardless, it's not that tough to fly with nothing on. It's finding enough jumpers with enough skydives to fly naked more than one time. I mean who organizes these? No one does. I agree we could easily do this on our heads if enough good flyers would agree to jump naked ... at the same time, at the same dz... etc. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    They look good. Don't sweat it. Good professional quality patches are worth the money the current owner spent on them. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Why do you have Greg Gasson's picture in one of the photo albums? If you are wondering who that is, it's the guy who is not wearing his rig. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Easy way to tell. Shiny equals stainless. Those are not shiny. There is no reason to not want the stainless except cost. Either type will do. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    You're not kidding but my first thought was... You've got to be kidding... Get over it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Well, probably not but that might be a good song for the newlyweds My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    You seriously are annoying. I would enjoy standing by to watch you speak with the person in question, especially if it's in the tone you're suggesting in your post.
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    Have you broken your neck yet since it's not a speed bag? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Interesting answer there Andy Correctly answered . . . Not for you Andy. A rough guide is body weight plus 100 to get the size. Say I weigh 150, plus 100 would be somewhere around a 250. I Chose 240. I think Troy was jumping about a 260. Large is good. The ability to sink a canopy in in full brakes is seldom easy on something small. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Not really, it is a forum and people are asses ... :) me included. I felt the same thing but didn't pay much mind to it. My question to you would be, why do you think it's big for BASE?
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    That error was from packing, not stowing your lines. You didn't catch it when you ran the your hands up the lines to hang it over your shoulder. Learn to pack properly and do a proper line check. Even though it does happen.... that error should never occur. What you described is very very improbable. Think of the excess line from the last line stow to your risers. Passing 1 of the lines around the entire d-bag and pilot chute would have to be entirely intentional. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    I barrel rolled a few times last weekend. Good times. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto