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BASE is about the human desire to fly and following through with it. The rest is up to you. Don't make your equipment fail by a pointless error and chances are, there are a lot more memories to be had. That's not judging. That's common sense. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I wasn't serious. If you look at entry number 2 in the other thread, it says you can smoke in the bar. Of all the lame reasons... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yes. That happens quite often. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's good I suppose, but can you smoke there? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

You've had a child, meaning you've been off for nearly a year or so. To put it bluntly, don't jump the 135. It's already an aggressive canopy for you this early in your skydiving career. Your first currency jump will, or should, undoubtedly be after a refresher, a good dirt dive and with an instructor. The reason for that is if you’re backsliding like crazy or something similar, you may not realize it since you are new and not current. The instructor will be there to give you signals or dock on you for that matter. Some folks fly like they never stopped, but at 55 jumps, and a year off, it sure wouldn’t hurt to have the instructor there as a coach. The parachute does not need to be a 260 but something closer to 200 would be reasonable. After a jump or 2, you’ll get your "wings” back. Then drop down to a 170. I'd be hard pressed to suggest something smaller until you have another 50 or so jumps in a reasonable amount of time. There’s a good chance your instructors will tell you something very similar. Try not to be in a rush to get back on that 135 and believe it or not, you’ll progress faster. Good luck! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Oh I've met the right people, I live pretty close to the famous "Cadillac" Antenna. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Drama is for the internet. I don't encounter it all that often when BASE jumping in real life. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I have the E815 as well. If you want a phone that's easy to use, that's the one. I had the previous version but soaked it in Gatorade. It actually works still, but lost many of the functions. I tried a few others and the software seemed pretty weak. The number keys were flat and difficult to read. Navigating the menu was not very intuitive and since the text was small, it was difficult to read. I gave up and went back for the 815. The number keys are raised and easy to read. other. The text in the phonebook is larger and easy to read. Navigating the menu is easy too. One thing I like is the voice command option. Any phone book entry can be brought up simply by saying, “Call ”. It’s not necessary to program each number with your voice because it will recognize it anyway. Good luck. Edit: Revised My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yep. That's the point of my post. I agree with you. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I try not to be critical but I will be. The Awesome footage presented in that vieo is labled improperly. The site is for the general populous. So this video will not make much sense unless the viewer is a skydiver. The scenery is good but the video itself is rather difficult to watch considering it's supposed to be Awesome. The flying appears to be a couple of fairly new freeflyers (nothing wrong with that), with nice cameras and some editing equipment. The subject is too far away most of the time and the scenes cut too often. Keep it up though. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That is a great story. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Not really. Rather, it's a skydiving website. There is a lot of good footage out and there's nothing wrong with using it in a well put together video. Do people really have problems with legal jump footage being used in a good video, or is it the part about payment? Check out this video Iiro put together BASE Concepts: Introduction (2006) There are a few things people will certainly cut up on, but the video is pretty good. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That would have been useful information about 6000 posts ago. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Awww, a cute little puppy. Yeah, that's not homoish. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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Got it... level 3 and counting.. I'll post back later. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

"Time Spent Not Shooting the Puppy: 0 min 3 sec" My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Thanks... I sent him a PM and gave your name. Kritter, look up where is says Messages and there should be a red number under it. Click on Messages. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Where's the pictures of you pushing him over? Love the pictures Chris. You're a lucky man. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That whole getting kicked of the airport thing has been stirring since day 1. I don't really believe there is an issue on that airport otherwise they'd have been kicked off long ago. It’s a fact that people will land off, get hurt and even killed. All those things have occurred and nothing came of it. There are way too many stories and I’m not going to tell them here. Good luck. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Well, I suspected that would happen. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and sure enough, he's the reason some people are bitter against skydiving. Go to Hollister. It's less busy during the week but you will never get that treatment. Also, take a trip to Bryon, or Skydance, or Lodi. You won't get that type of treatment there either. If you're traveling up from Paso, then it's certainly a hike to get denied. I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. Change your profile so Monterey isn't your home DZ because it isn't. If you are not staff, it's not your home. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Is it Greg's place now? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Abbie is a he It has nothing to do with his ass, or sex. It's simply Abbie. Those who don't know... don't know. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

We're just having a little fun at your expense Everyone tends to get that treatment, but seriously, you chose EDITOR as your screen name. No one can resist!!! If you want some good footage to use in an extreme vid, you may need to take a trip to Utah, Idaho or over the pond to someplace like Norway. There's possibly some who will contact you from here but going out of our way to provide footage for nothing is a bit odd. Much of BASE is done under cover of the night so you may have to film it yourself by going to the places I suggested. People tend to take footage like skydiving and BASE and make the person look like death defying dumbass. Since your video is based on some fairly crazy individuals... read, calculated... (hopefully).. or heck, death defying dumbasses for that matter, then it may turn out to be pretty cool. Where can we see samples of your work? Personally I wouldn't want to provide you with free footage with no return except a line in the credits. Then again, I wouldn't mind seeing Abbie on the big screen either. He is in fact the one and only Abbie which requires no explanation. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Ironic isn't it? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto