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That-jump-was-SICK!!! Thanx Ray, that was too cool!

Yeah, let's do it!

Ray, stop typing and come make a jump with us mondaynight/tuesday morning. We're jumping the object you and Slim did a 2-way on not too long ago. We'll be exiting aroung 4:30 so I know you can get back to work on time. Come jump it with me dude, it's been too long.

I would vote to keep the thread as it is. I would like to see the number of "one-liner" replies come down a bit. I think if there's a lot of that in a thread, maybe it belongs in the bonfire. I think the forum is pretty well balanced now.

Pillar = canopy magnet. as per a jump I did there one night.

I'm an EMT instructor, PHTLS instructor, ACLS provider, and I've done a little bit of real-life combat trauma stuff. However, all my ratings are military so I can't certify civilians. The knowledge is the important part anyhow.

No, it would probably be better to ask your rigger for a length of type 8 you can test it on. Fold the webbing so it's double thickness like a riser pair, then have at it. Note: It's probably best to replace the blades on your hook knife after you've tested enough to be satisfied. I know if I need to whip out my hook knife, I want some nice shiny, webbing/line-hungry new blades on there.

I think if you need to get away from the cops, it doesn't really matter what you cut. If you manage to get away, the canopy is history. It's not like you're going to walk ino the PD and say, "Hey, I'm the guy who ran faster than you last night... you happen to see my parachute kicking around here?" I figure the fastest thing to do would be to grab the risers and slice 'em. Trying to find a little spectra loop around your riser, in the dark, is going to cost you time you don't have.

I really don't see any reason why a slink through the small 3-ring wouldn't work. As long as the white loop never fails and the cutaway is never pulled, the slink would be totally transparent as far as the system goes. Only when the cable is pulled or the wite loop breaks would the slink ever get loaded. I'm going to make some and put them on my rig. Just a thought, has anyone here ever taken their hook knife to a set of risers? I wonder how difficult it would be to just lop off the risers if you needed to get away from the law. I imagine my "Jack the Ripper" would make short work of a set of risers.

I wonder about that too.

Would there be an interest in a First Aid course at one of the BASE boogies? Maybe at the Turkey Boogie or even over Labor Day in TF? I've done a little first aid and I'd be happy to teach a basic class on assessment and stuff like that. As always, you can read this.

What do you guys think about just passing a zip tie through the white loop and wrapping it around the riser? That should keep the riser from releasing. If you're doing a jump where you want the release feature, then clip the zip tie off before the jump. In all other jumps, the zip tie should prevent the risers from releasing even if the cutaway is pulled. When KMonster was thinking about removing her slider completely she was asking about the pros and cons of each method. I jump with my slider on, one big reason is that I like the cross-connector ability. I'd rather spin in and get banged up than just streamer in and have no chance. She decided to leave the slider on and attach it to the front risers.

Man... soon hopefully. We've been so busy lately. Want to come down and do some rope jumps with us? There's a nice bridge close-by that we can rope jump all night and then do a BASE load at dawn!

I know them. Why are you interested in talking to them? Please feel free to take this conversation to PM's if the information you're after is about specific jump sites. This is a pretty old thread.

huh?

Consistant trends that reveal a string of off-heading openings to the same quadrant can often be tracked back to container closing. Over time, your packing may change very slowly with each packjob until you're finally doing something different than you had been doing earlier. Take it back to the basics. Pay super close attention when you're closing the container to make sure you're doing it with symmetry in mind. If you're jumping a pin rig, draw the flaps to the center of the packjob. Try to get the flaps positioned as well as possible before you even insert a pull-up cord in the closing loop. When I close my container, I can almost thread the closing loop without even using a pull-up cord. I know that I'm not wrenching an off-heading into the packjob by tugging on it with a pull-up cord. Take it back to the basics for a couple jumps and see what happens. If you're at an easy site (I hate to use that term) then consider having another jumper close it up for you a couple times. Measure lines lengths and see if there is a discrepancy in there. Inspect for a torn crossport too. Measure your thighs. Could be a lot of stuff, but I suspect it's probably the way you're closing the container.

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Right on guys! Digital Fortress totally inspired me to write that. I love reading Dan Brown. Thanks for playing! Next round's on me!

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oh man... I was just playing... hehe... okay?

Can't Tim do it?

Spend some skydives in a max track. Go all-out. Just track your ass off the whole way and feel out what is working better. You can actually learn a lot in a couple days doing that. edit: in a couple days of tracking practice, I found I could easily smoke hookitt.

I have a BJ 240 and I was content jumping the old configuration. I stopped by the Asylum shop to say hello and Marty did the mod on the spot. I figure if Marty thinks it's a good idea, then it probably is. We'll see if I notice any trend differences.

I don't know about that. Who else has noticed Tom looking all fit and trim lately?