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My parents are great. They didn't like the idea of me BASE jumping for a while but they've known me long enough to figure I would be doing it anyway. (I've been rock climbing, rope jumping, and skydiving for a while.) Now they just support me and my dad and I will sit on the couch watching BASE video. Not to make light of an accident but when the climbers froze to death on El Capitan in yosemite, my mom had something pretty funny to say. She said, "See, if they would just make BASE jumping legal in the national parks then they could have just parachuted down." I couldn't believe my ears. I had the biggest smile and I was so proud of my mom! She did make a skydive with Kmonster and me when I got back from Iraq this summer. She said, after giving birth to me, it was the most amazing thing she's ever experienced. What a cool mom! Edit: Oh yeah, my mom was a good sport about driving to Yosemite to get us out of jail too!

Absolutely not. That's not really what kind of people we are. If I knew damaging someone elses property would be necessary, that would be a major factor in deciding to do the jump or not.

I also thought it was unfortunate that cutting the rope was necessary. I think it would have been better to leave no trace and the only people who would have known about the little adventure would have been us. Unfortunately, it was quite necessary to cut the rope. The rope was weighted and stretched out as it was anchored to the rail below earlier. They used the weight of a couple guys to tighten the rope and anchor it. On top of that, the rope was soaked through from rain so getting the knot undone prior to the climb was quite impossible. Because of this, attaching any currently available descending device to the rope was impossible, meaning it was either all the way up or not at all. The prospect, not to mention the added danger, of down-jugging 500 feet after an already taxing ascent was totally unfeasable. I've done a lot of ascending, rappelling, and climbing. In the same situation I would have evaluated all my options but ultimately would have cut the rope as well. Sometimes you're committed and you have to play to the level required.

I was offered a digital camera for christmas. I'm not planning on jumping this camera, it's just for general use. I know nothing about digital cameras. What is the best value in a low end model? I don't want to ask for an expensive one but I need a decent one I can use.

I was offered a digital camera for christmas. I know nothing about digital cameras. What is the best value in a low end model? I don't want to ask for an expensive one but I need a decent one I can use.

Peter, you gotta post the application dude.

Oh.... whew! I thought you left them on the bridge. I left a sweatshirt there on the pillar one time. I thought you might want to go back there with me to...umm... get them.

You left the ascenders where? Edit: I always have 3.5kn accessory cord with me. I can rig up pretty much anything with some carabiners and some decent cord. I can even ascend with it. 500 feet on prussik is a bit sporty for my taste.

Watching you ascend the fixed ropes, I never wished so badly that I was going up to the exit point with someone. (I'm getting my ascenders mailed this week in case this happens again.) Watching you under canopy, I was never so glad I had not gone to the exit point with someone! Nice work Bro. I'm looking forward to many more adventures with you. Boy are we gonna have fun.

That was an incredible one, so glad to be a part of it. Well executed Brother. Badass dude.

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I'm talking about two completely different configurations. After considering the object height, object profile, horizontal seperation on opening, unpredictable heading associated with jumping slider up at that delay range... I'd opt to just do a standard slider down jump. Edit: Four seconds slider down is definitely not recommended, but is far more common than you might suspect. I know one jumper who took five seconds slider down and didn't sustain any injuries or canopy damage. Surely that was lucky, but canopies are pretty burly. Personaly I've taken over 3.5 seconds slider down intentionally, and 4 seconds unintentionally.

Not really. I said "indirect control only" which refers to using indirect control of the slider. I never said anything in that configuration about leaving the slider down.

Oh, no worries. On that jump I plan to do a flat and stable two second delay. You can't take longer because you need to make a distant landing area. The pads are sewn down around their edges and don't provide much for a bridle to snag on. There's just not a serious snag issue IMHO. If there was a good chance I could exit unstable I would wear a long sleeve shirt over the armor. I do this on occasion. For short delay, flat and stable jumps, I just wear the armor with my rig over it.

Give him time. He'll answer. Edit: My choice would have been shallow brakes, indirect control only, 42" AV pilot chute, 4 second delay. After considering the object delay requirements, I would have likely opted to jump slider down.

He did. Ace 240 loaded at .78 Slider up Shallow brakes. Edit: Oops... .78 not .75

5'10" and 165. Thank you. One more question. Was most of that blood from your nose?

I'm not implying that you made a stupid decision. Hell, I've made more than my share of... less than wise decisions. We all think about what we're going to do if we open with linetwists. If the twist is high, your options are prett much shit with that proximity to the object. Would you care to post your height and weight? You can PM me if you like.

I have some questions for you, part of a slowly developing hypothesis. What is your weight? Height? Body fat composition? What armor were you wearing at the time? More questions but not related to the above: Were you jumping slider up in deep brakes? That looked like around a 3 second delay. What corrective actions did you take on opening? Do you think it would have been better to take three seconds slider down rather than risk the more unpredictable heading results of a short slider up delay there? Glad you're healing. Thanks for the video, that's good for prospective young BASE jumpers to see.

Yes

Kmonster and me. Here

One more.

It's an Oxygn A3

Hehe... why, thank you!