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I was registered by a friend. He misspelled my name though and I have not gotten any other confirmation information. thanks, Chris Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Yes, it's nuclear powered and requires sunglasses to be in the vicinity. Viewing it for more than a few seconds at a time will burn the retinas. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Any nick on that plastic is likely to capture the mesh and prevent the pilot chute from inflating. I suggest more rigid external tapes. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

No, I have not seen others like it. It was custom designed by my friend Walt Appel. I had no problems with it, but I was always going hand held. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Isn't brits17 going? Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

That's the way my specially designed 49 inch pilot chute works. Very stiff tapes to cause it spring open. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I would be more impressed with an auxiliary custom system to release my spandex pouch and launch the pilot chute away from me in case I was having difficulty with the extraction. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

The concept of a brain injury holds far more weight than any other injury that I can think of. The next being, paralysis. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

This is the helmet I use when I jump, jive turkeys. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

The jumper looks like a super hero. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

850 Euros = 1080 U.S. Dollars 950 Euros = 1206 U.S. Dollars I had forgotten how inexpensive it is to live in the U.S. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

How much is it? Is the Zak 850 Euros and the Hybrid 950 Euros? That price is too high to be correct. I must be goofing something. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Why bother? It's too much trouble making them that way. The old para-innovators from many years ago used to have independent gores, but expense was no issue since it was military related. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I have had a tape blow out near the bridle-PC attachment point. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

South African locals, please PM me. Thanks. Chris Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

The legal hurdles are not as large as the hurdles of physical construction and funding based on the American Tower personel that I've spoken too extensively, which is good news IMHO. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Oh my God. It's the original man in black himself : John Hoover, BASE #95. "allow 6 to 8 weeks for parachute arrival" Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I think we are all a bunch of freaks. Funny, in our little group, we have me with a physics Ph.D. (man), an upcoming biotech Ph.D for ovarian cancer treatment therapy (woman), one J.D. ex-lawyer (man), one J.D. federal attorney lawyer (man), one computer person (woman) , one personal trainer (woman), etc. In other words, a little over half of our group has doctorates. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Same concept applies to bridges but the Perrine is extremely popular. Towers generally require night jumping due to legal issues. Legalities get old after a short period IMHO. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I have contacts and a location with anchor points already built to allow the "erections" of a 1100 foot tower for less than $150k, with an external deisel powered elevator. Just rent space at 300 feet to 500 feet for cell phones and the tower will pay for itself. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

The whole idea of doing protest jumps will lead to failure in negotiating with NPS and traversing the tenuous legal system. The courts have upheld the use of the NPS statutes but abuse of these statutes through civil disobediance such as a (legal) parachute packing ceremony may make those laws vulnerable. If there was a mass jump, the NPS would be justified in bringing out more police and rightfully arresting the whole lot of jumpers. And they would claim they were so beseiged by criminal jumpers that more enforcement would be necessary. Look what happens during riots. The cops usually try to come out in such full force to squash it in its tracks. The NPS would do that if people did large group protest jumps. It would escalate into a conspiracy charge which can be much more severe than the original charge. For example, and I don't recall if this law is still in force or has passed its sunset period, but in Texas, it is illegal for anyone to sell realistic looking phallic sex toys. Possession of 6 or more of these toys puts the owner at risk of breaking the law for "intent to distribute." It's a felony, for God's sake. Until recently, fleeing the police in a car, was a misdemeanor by comparison. So one person had the idea to do a publicized show of a juggling act using a large number of phallic sex toys in anticipation of being arrested. The idea was to be arrested and challenge the constitutionality of the law by claiming the arrest is in violation of free speech, since the police stopped a ridiculous but legal show, legal in the sense that every other U.S. region is not that draconian. There are advantages and disadvantages to a legal system that moves so slowly. The advantage being that if a law is overturned, it may take a long time to have another law enacted to deal with the issue, if Congress decides it's worth their time during this rocky and busy Congressional season. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

That's a great idea Hydroguy. I actually did community service with the ACLU after getting into some trouble on a jump. As controversial as they are, they really do fight hard for rights given to U.S. citizens under the Constitution. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

NPS stands for National Police State Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

arrest is different than conviction and the packing strategy seems like the only effective method to challenge the use of the NPS statutes. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

A better idea is to have a parachute packing ceremony with hundreds of parachutes in the landing area. What are they going to do, arrest 300 people for packing parachutes? Not knowing if anyone jumped? Not knowing who jumped if there was one? Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174