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Thanks Lisa for this reminder. You may have just helped put me back on track with hydration. My camel bak is coming back out of the closet. Tim My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Considering that you were preoccupied with the person above you, I'm totally impressed that you noticed the ground when you did. You can insert several go low stories here for the very same reason. Including a few of my own. If you are interested I'll PM you later with a few Freefly drills. After a while you'll be able to read that wrist or hand mount any time you feel like. Keep in mind I have perhaps a few more freefly dives than average so It will still take time. PM me if your interested Tim My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

A good one is to open your mouth big so as much air as possible can blast in. As the air rushes in it will flow rapidly out your nose. This is some what like jet propulsion you'll ROCKET accross the sky with this method. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

My brother bought one and it lasted one jump. It's a good product but you got yerself a Lemon. Let us know how long it takes for the Replacement. FYI. I still use my original time out. It must have 2000 jumps on it. Tim PS... Ground rush gets your attention real fast doesn't it? ..Mad47 That's exactly what we were talking about earlier My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Nicely put. Larger is not always better. Too small is obviously not the best either. I was happy to read your thoughts about that. I'm against downsizing to fast but you sound as if you are not even close to that category. A reasonable wingload will allow you to fly the parachute as it was designed to. The wingloading you are trying to achieve is in definatley Reasonable. You've stated that it was fun, easier to fly and land. Not once did you mention that it turned to fast and was scary. It sounds like you'll have a much nicer time on the smaller Sabre2. Cheers Tim My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Welcome to the Grueling arts.... Tip your packers! It get's MUCH easier. Will you be able to practice packing between Jumps soon? Tim My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

> well.. if you shave it... Don't bother with Raymond however I'm sure he could accomodate. =8^) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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Yup Yup... I'm due and he's no where in the area He can skydive pretty good too Yo Mad... altitude and visual queues

Absolutely completely acceptable wingload for mujie96's experience. I would not consider that unreasonable in any way. The good part about having a little bit of wingload is the parachute will respond and will probablly be eaier to fly and land. (I just re-read the original post it seems you already feel that way) mujie96 I don't know how you fly but I would consider that a saber2 of either size you would make you happy. Why leave the fun to some one who weighs more than you. It's TIME!... I'm not a big fan of the tri but for a demo? I'd use one. You can backspin the Heck out of those. :) Tim My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'm on my way to go use that theory right now. Should be sweet! I opened this one and now it's time for number 2. My only 180 so far was during a heavy tail wind coming from the left. I probably pitched hard but I do know the pilot chute went sideways and the risers hit me in on the left side of my head. Every body was having left openings Mine was a Rediculously hard one left 180. I probably took about a 1 and 1/2 second on an object you can take close to 4 if you can handle the opening shock. I'm sure that didn't help matters. I use vented PC's but since I started with them, I have nothing to compare them too. After watching several videos, I wouldn't use anything else. (42 on down, even though my 46 is also vented) Some times they just happen in explicably. Mac266, How long of a delay and was it a direct tail wind? Tim My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I was serious about the hair cut .... However, I used to really pay attention to body position. What will it take to track faster, and farther? After many jumps I was good at tracking. However, After doing a ton of tracking dives, the skill level increased tremdously so I no longer have to worry about whether or not I'm moving quickly. Something you can do on each dive is to begin practicing a quick precise 180 from the formation into an imeadiate track. That in itself will prove to be a very affective beginning, to the end of the dive. As you track away, notice the others tracking away. look at the ground and see where you are and pay attention to what it looks like. look under you past your feet to see how much distance you are from the group. If you haven't noticed where you are during the skydive, first see where you are. We have hills around us. That will very affectively put you hundreds of feet closer to the ground if you are over them. This also helps you know if you should have payed better attention to your spot also :) See what the ground looks like. Learn what it looks like at pull time. This skill will come in handy if the altimeter stops working and you don't hear your audible. My altimeter stuck at around 11,000 feet once so it was completely useless. Becoming very familiar with what the ground looks like can put you at ease if you find yourself with a useless altimeter. Also knowing what the ground looks like at pull time will instantly allert you if you look down and you find your self low. Good luck My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I once thought to my self while tracking and looking for a certain car in the parking lot below, "I hope Raymond shows up today. I need a haircut" Tim My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

OH no... it has been proven. All of us guinea pigs have scientifically tested all of this many times. Time and time again, laughter is heard much more frequently after several intoxicating beverages. The trouble with the experiement is the sheer lack of documentation. Perhaps some clerical genius can begin the documentation whilst drinking being funny and posting. That's some serious multi-tasking for most willing scientific quinea pigs. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Damn.. I was just talking about Zero Reinforcement tape.... Sounds like they were just all around P.O.S canopies. C-ya My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Are you a bundle of joy today Light rain!.. Not torential down poor! LOL That was good reading.. thanks:) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

....me, i drink somtimes just for the tatse, sometimes just for the alcohol and sometimes both.... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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It's not bad for Utah Beer. Beer is not very strong in Utah. The canadians complain like crazy about it. I was just there and picked up some of that cuz the label is pretty cool. It's porter so it's got a darker ale taste sort of bitter but not in a bad way. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Interesting to Know. I haven't seen a cricket in a few years so I don't recall. At least they didn't ask about a rascal huh? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

If that's the case... a Serious WOO HOOOooooo is in order. (A congrats will come later if that's what it is) If not, then WOO HOOOooooo any way. Cant' wait to hear. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Nicely put. ...(Tim bows down to simple wisdom)........ My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Freeflying in the rain tip #1 Fly lower than your partner. This allows you to look up and not get pelted in the face. Be selfish. Don't let your partner fly lower than you. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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