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Wendy.....why are we trying to reason with this guy about why we dont always land on our feet? He doesnt care, he just wants to argue. He wont be around long anyway. You can teach the inquisitive....you cant those that know it all. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Damn. He beat me to it. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Anybody but you . :o) bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

But I have an idea...the next time someone toggles in, or lands opposite of the pattern, or doesn't flare yet walks away, I'll intercept Dan BC before he makes it that the said jumper, and show him your statement first...you know, the Quote Hmmm Hydroguy keeps dropping Dan BCs name. I wonder who he knows better.......Hydroguy.....or Mike...er Michael Owens. I wonder who Dan BC would jump with first...???? Food for thought. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Punk kid, I've got underwear older than that.

I went through such horrible pain every time the wind was gonna blow its hard to describe it. The Drs did test after test and the only thing they could tell me was that it affects some people and not others. I just happen to be one of the lucky ones.:o) bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

QuoteI don't want to upset any one here with this quesiton so I apologize in advance if I do. Please don't take offense..........I'm not passing judgement, just curious. Did all these breaks happen from jumping? The spinal injury was from a low canopy collapse at 100 feet, due to turbulence. The hip was a high school football injury that was pinned then... that finally wore out after all the years of skydiving, dirt bikes....etc. The four knee surgeries were from round canopies, tandems and the hard Nevada desert landings. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

[replySo, you are satisfied with your choices?? I had no choices. Removal or complete debillitation. The artificial hip also is a no choice...its gotta stay. All I know for sure.....the ground is really hard. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

As a skydiver with much "experience" in this realm I will give you what I know. Implanted metal is subject to barometric change....whereas bones dont change. Those of us with longtime implanted prosthetics will attest, that prior to a big weather change or a slow moving front, there is a lot of aches and pain. If you can afford it and can weather the procedure get the metal out. I had two 14 inch rods in my spine that my Ortho had to remove due to the pain. Believe me I wouldnt have undergone another back surgery if it wasnt necessary. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Go easy Steve. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Nice ones Mike, keep them coming. So far every post you've made to this thread has been to try and belittle me.... Thats all perceptual. Mike hasnt tried to belittle you at all.....hes not that kind of guy. If you had any sense you would look him up at Perris this coming weekend and introduce yourself. Mike is "experienced" and knows his shit. You might actually learn something about humility. Yer almost as good as I am.....huh Mike? :o) bozimbo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Mike who ? :o) bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

None at my house, Doc bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

HYdroguy said................... I am not experienced. _________________________________________________ We knew that when you first posted. ----------------------------------------------------------- And for all of those who personally jumped my ass for my extremely general statement, I don't consider any of you experienced either. None of you are Dan BC's, or Jim Wallace's, or Mike Swanson's. __________________________________________________ Well of course i'm not........i'm bozo. _________________________________________________ You want to put me in my place, . _______________________________________________ You took care of that quite well, Hydroguy. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Yeah, but the vast majority are not around after a few years because they got a life, not becaused they bounced. Yes.....this is true. Thruout my tenure in the sport, because I never got a real life, I have seen that skydiving is a step in some peoples acenscion to where they want to be.....good job, family, big house. I consider myself very lucky....for some reason unknown to me I got it all. I am the Forrest Gump of skydiving.

No hes not. Hes speaking the truth. Read , listen. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Yeah.. what the old fart said An ole lady calling me an ole fart? Go figger. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

They both are awesome. Perris a little more fast paced. Elsinore more laid back. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Agreed.....but I will be willing to talk to Hydroguy again a few years from now, when he has a few thousand jumps......his attitude will have changed. We all know though.....as the percentages show, that he wont be around, so its a mute point. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Hey Hydroguy.....I land like crap. I didnt always. A crushed spine and an artificial hip will do that to you. My friend Jan Davis landed like crap too. She had two artificial hips.....and.....ten times more jumps that you do. Now.....show us some more of your "inexperience" or lack thereof. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

Thats a good way to put it. I seems like alot of the newer guys are always looking for a short cut, or some concrete number or time to attach to it. I think that when a guy stops thinking about it, he's made it. Once you can accept your posittion in the line-up, you're there. Sitting here reading thru this thread I began to think back to when I felt competent as a skydiver. At 200 jumps I was an egotistical shithot skydiver. It didnt matter that I didnt know shit. At 500 jumps or so I began to realize just how much I had to learn. At that point I really buckled down and began to apply myself. I got all my ratings and did 1000 tandems......hundreds of demos. I began to feel like I had a handle on this jumping shit. Then I bounced, on a demo.....broke oodles and bunches of stuff. I began, after my recovery to learn it all over again. Now here I am a pretty good RW flyer......knowing very little about freeflying. So you might see....its all subjective and conditional. Stick around....be safe.....skydiving will give you what you need. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

This is what I would call experienced. Qualified to do 400 ways ? Maybe not. But that isnt what I perceived the question to be. Spence is dead on with his answer. There is no answer. 25 years jumping for me.....I am experienced in a lot of the sport......and have no experience in other parts. If your looking for credibility in your ability.....one day it will appear.......you wont notice it.....but it will be there. You'll be asked for advice from your peers or asked on hard dives. There wont be a great revelation......but it will be there. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

An "experienced" skydiver is usually one that has had the plethora of "experiences" that allow him/her not to be suprised when another arises. I know jumpers that are experienced at 150 jumps and others that have 1500 jumps that still are not. If youre talking about just jump numbers youre missing the point of what "experienced" means. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

[thinking ... what's the dumbest or most mindless thing you've done to relieve boredom? My friend and I once drove all the way around the Beltway (in DC) one Friday evening... I took up skydiving. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

The weather gets alittle better and I will ride my scooter up and visit both you and Don. Sparky Ok Mike thats an open invite . If you talk to Don tell him theres another jumper in the area. We are few and far between up here. bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.