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Download skydiving videos, watch said videos over and over and over... Jerk off to online gear catalogs. Stare longingly at the sky. Sew ff pants. Study. Read dz.com 'till there's no new posts anywhere, then read the really old ones.
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Cute response dude. That ought to shut him up. Seeing all those facts together is a bit scary...
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Thanks, I thought it was more complicated than that. But talk about carelessness...
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101 word essay on how to arch and keep it
jerry81 replied to WayneRATS's topic in Safety and Training
Hey! That's my essay on how to freefly. You cheat! -
101 word essay on how to arch and keep it
jerry81 replied to WayneRATS's topic in Safety and Training
Congratulations on your first sit-fly! It only gets better now. A good way to regain stability is the delta postion, but you won't be doing that on 5s delays. To get a nice, stable exit, practice arching on the ground (muscle memory) and remember to look up at the plane as you leave it. Besides causing your body to arch, this also gives that amazing "wow, did I just jump out of an airplane?" feeling. -
A few weeks ago I caught a guy with ~100 jumps (for some reason still officially on student status) walking to the plane with his large metal reserve handle twisted under the harness. I saw him get a gear check before that. People miss stuff, so it's good to watch out for others as well as yourself. But I do want to ask about something; how in hell can you misroute a chest strap? I've wondered about it a couple of times while I was gearing up, but I just can't think of a way to do it. Does anyone have pictures?
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Well, I'd tell you where I don't have piercings, but it's not a thing you talk about in public. And I do find girls without piercings sexy. But then again, I also find girls with piercings sexy. And deciding which I find sexier would probably just make my head explode. (
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Hi-res boobie pics, yay!!
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It's a comfort issue. An articulated harness moves better with your body and is, based on my experience (two regular- and two articulated-harness containers tried so far) really more comfortable than a regular one. It doesn't have much to do with experience- except, of course, for the fact that you'll learn which harness suits you better as you progress. A lot of people are quite comfortable using correctly-sized cheaper non-ringed harnesses. If the price of the gear is OK, definitely go for it. Another plus of an articulated harness is that it improves the resale value, even more so if it's stainless.
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Don't know about the god/s, but there is definitely a conspiracy and my doctor is in on it.
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I found a spitball in my five roses flour today,how can I do!
jerry81 replied to bluelove's topic in The Bonfire
Mmmmm, a nice surrealistic thread to end my day (2am here). How about those flour pics? Anyone understood them? And we never even learned what he/she was trying to bake. Anyway, we usually use home-ground flour for everyday baking. Even if you do find something in it, it's probably 100% natural. And off-topic to Sunshine- don't get me started on skydiving dreams, I've been having them for the last two weeks, ever since the doctor grounded me. -
Google doesn't find it, and you can usually get any lyrics by putting in a few words of the song and "lyrics". Either you misheard that line or the song/band is so unknown noone has a webpage about it.
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He was saying Americans living off welfare will benefit from your hard work. But I guess you really screwed those bums by working over here in Europe. Anyway, you win. However, if you'd like to compare times spent studying in the last week, I'd be glad to take you, or anyone else, on.
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think of the savings! no fuel needed! Also- no more funneled exits, no more uncomfortable rides to altitude and no more farting-in-the-plane problems. Step onto the plate, assume the postion and up you go. Separation could be achieved by changing the launch angle slightly. And the whole runway could be converted into one huge party area.
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Hmmmm....how high do you think a human body would go off that thing if you modified it to launch as vertically as possible?
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And of course let's not forget night lifeguards for pulling out intoxicated jumpers who want to do a lap around the ship on a dare or simply tumble overboard. I'm thinking baywatch-type hotties or something similar.
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lol, and you wouldn't even need the ship.
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And if an Otter can't make it, here's the perfect solution. I've seen this plane land on a runway less than 300' long...and a while later saw it take off from this runway before it reached the half-way point. Of course our pilot is a bit on the insane side, but he sure knows his business.
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Parted with two grand Still grounded for three weeks, but... My rig will kick ass! Reason I'm grounded? Called manual therapy. My whole body hurts. Still, it's a good thing. I need weekends to study. But now, I post-whore.
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From a country where people that matter still think parachute accuracy is where it's at (sigh); parafoils. And I believe our national champions also rank among the top accuracy jumpers in the world. On the other hand, some of their coaches probably still consider the rw flyers to be freaks and wouldn't recognize a freeflyer even if he docked onto their head.
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Just to be on the safe side, consider putting it in the inside pocket. I've seen people lose stuff (mostly just pull-up cords) they had in their zippered leg pockets many times. It could have been just bad zippers combined with the faster freeflying speeds, but I personally wouldn't take chances with a 280$ toy, even though L&B would probably replace it free of charge if you lost it.
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Rene Descartes walks into a bar. "You want a beer?" the bartender asks. "I think not!" says Descartes and promptly disappears.
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Well, my ape-feet aren't very large, but they're really wide, and completely flat. Archless. The sound of me walking barefooted over smooth surfaces has to be experienced to be believed. Hey, is it time we started posting pics?
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Ah, yes, but do you have a 1" gap between your big toe and the rest of them? While my toes are not that long, I got an almost-opposable thumb thrown in the deal, which makes picking stuff up, throwing things, writing...a piece of cake. (Hey, think I can get a name on account of that?)
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You win! Mine are a measly 28.5cm.