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I'm glad you made it back okay. Go easy on the girl.. at least at first.

Anytime. I mean that. ...

We deported them yesterday!

I meant the canyon wall in general, not specifically the wall she landed next to. When I was talking to her in the boat, trying to determine how she hit (so I could think about possible injuries) she told me that she "steered away from a big boulder" that she was flying towards, and then flared before landing.

After some intensive video review, here's my take on what happened. * Jumper is doing a Tard-over jump with the canopy in one hand, and the lines in the other hand. * Jumper exits and the canopy completes a complete 180 degree turn (clockwise from exit point perspective)before linestretch and bottom skin inflation. * Simultaneously, the jumper turns counter clockwise in freefall and is facing 90 degrees to the left at linestretch. * At linestretch, the total 270 degree twist is further compounded by the right toggle firing while the canopy is pressurizing. * When the canopy is inflating, the jumper has a full 360 degree twist with the right toggle fired. (The canopy is flying 180 degrees off heading) As the canopy completes inflation, the twist is continuing.(The canopy is now flying under the bridge) * During the final phase of pressurization, since the right side of the canopy tail is inverted and not held down by the control lines, the left side of the canopy drives past creating a heading slightly to the right. This puts the jumper on a course for the north wall. * It looks on the video that if the toggle had not fired, the jumper may have flown over the river and not hit the wall. At this point, the jumper flies out of view and I can't see what occured after this point.

Okay, the last jump of the West Coast Summer Rampage just went off. Three Danes and two Americans. We'll be dropping of Faber and Peter at the airport this afternoon, but we're keeping one of the Danes here to see if we can corrupt him a bit further before he moves on. Holy crap... I need sleep.

We're back in town now. Next BASE load... about an hour.

ooohhhh.... we'll see... we'll see....

I'll do video.

Tim, you are the man. I always learn new stuff when I hang around you. Thanks for showing us that absolutely amazing power tower. That's going to be a hard jump to reproduce, even at the same site. Everything was just... right. I was stunned at the beauty of the moment. Kinda wish my Katie was there. We're "recharging our batteries" today, and packing up so we can turn it back on tonight. We'll be off in a few minutes to go scope out some scary cliffs that I don't believe anyone has jumped. We'll see what happens with that. Faber loved the ground launching. I couldn't believe it, but Tim actually found a way to make him WANT to hike. He actually climbed that hill twice!!! Believe that!? Well, the Danes have been having a good time. We have a few more days here before we head to TF for more good times and cold beer. I hope to see everyone there. Until later, Chad Edit: Oh yeah, if Faber ever shoves his way past you at the exit point, there's a reason. He just dropped a horrible fart next to you. Make sure you're ready to exit when you're sharing an exit point with the dude!

Hey Dude, He's definitely going to be needing those boots, we're not nearly ready to call it a trip just yet. There's more objects waiting, I've just been letting these Danes warm up and get confident, then I'll unveil the sinister ones. Thanks for getting us the hell out of dodge! "It's a really low bust object. You guys will be fine...." Who the hell said that!? What a good time. Seriously, I owe you one Buddy. I'll PM you the address to ship the boots to. Cool? Back off to the Rampage.

Nope, those aren't jumpable.

Scores???.... BASE jumps so far: 11 American tree landings so far: 0 Dane tree landings so far: 1

I'm trying to talk him into it. He's been a good sport so far. We've had some incredible jumps so far. More to follow.

I'm off to the airport... oh man...

That picture is awesome. Nice one guys! What a way to remember a fallen brother.

Awesome. Be safe in your travels. I will c-ya at the airport! Hope your rigs are packed

Hey dude, I'm not the only one who wants to put you off some cool shit. Too late. You're already fucked! You are in for it now! (((crazy lunatic cackle)))

See you around, Doc.

I will definitely be bringing the boys to Lodi.

I fully support the use of this forum to share information that I feel could be useful to BASE jumpers. This incident was very recent, and possibly under investigation. All local jumpers are aware of the situation and will be staying clear of this building. The proper notifications have been made and hopefully any jumpers visiting the area will contact any of the locals for information regarding the status of a local object they're eyeing. In almost all cases, a local jumper is willing to meet up with and show visiting jumpers any of our objects. I would like for this thread to quiet down a bit and possibly let some time go by before we re-open discussion about this incident. That courtesy has been extended to other crews in the past, and I don't see any reason why this incident is any different. This thread is at the flash point and I don't see any further productive conversation coming from it. If you have ever been involved with a bust or near bust, I'm sure you can sympathize with what I'm saying. If you're not a BASE jumper, I see why it wouldn't seem like such a big deal. Can we let this one sit for awhile? Edit: As a personal favor from all of you, can we let this one sit for a while?

You should post an ad inthe BASE classified section requesting to rent a rig for Bday. LIst what type of rig you prefer, what size canopy will give you an appropriate wing loading, and your height and weight. Maybe you'll get lucky.

Nice we'll be there. PM me a phone number for you and we'll talk about dates and stuff like that.

Right on. I'll do that today then.

I will do up a step by step document (packing directions) with pics if anyone is interested. My rig needs to be packed tomorrow anyhow. (Mysteriously became unpacked today)