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**Definately suffering from a lack of "game"** Clay: that's 2 funny! suppose you could offer him a few pointers!
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i'm still planning on going, thought about renting an rv for the trip, but i have a chevrolet avalanche as well, so it could go either way at this point. but my luck, some clown will throw a drilling project my way, argh! naw, i'm pretty set on going! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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i am indeed sadned to hear of this news, i was hoping chris would pull through, my condolences to his family, and friends. blue skies forever chris.............. Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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touche~ amigo! but we've added a few! so we both prospered! cheers...........muey friea cervesa! caliente~ manyane~ (my spanish is failing me!) oh...the pain! :) Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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**these kinds of questions** this was kind of the "key phrase" in my post, it get's taken out of context a bit in your reply, i'll live through it! just for the record, i always ask a learned colleague before i do anything different while sky diving, and encourage everyone else to do the same. even our best will admit, they don't know it all, and we've got some damn good sky divers, and canopy pilots in these very forums, the best the world has to offer. i didn't mean to come accros the way you percieved, sorry. Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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i am shocked! ok, heres the deal, i'll do a 70/30 with ya, after you pay your own expenses....deal? after all, you are not cheap, right? so you'll have money to spare! in return, "i promise" to set you up with insurance, and a 401K plan! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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the osbournes are funny as hell, but the 70's show is on right now, and it's incestueously funnier than hell! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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any way we could work out a profit sharing program? i share in your profits? that's fair, for me...........hah! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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**Hey now, don't even think about taking over my corner at the dz...** you work your side, and i'll work mine, k? Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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i can "safely" say i've seen it all. have fun kids! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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my mistake, i'm assuming a 3500-3000 deployment, i was trying to be conservative, EXCUSE me! i'm trying to bear in mind we dealing with a low time sky diver...sorry...in any event, you make enough sky dives, you won't be asking these kinds of questions, will ya? that's why we're in safety and training! :) Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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ok, ok, ya shamed me into taking "just one more" hell, i'm a liar, i'll come back and get a couple more later Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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sunshine: sweet! i bet the line twists didn't even phase you! cleared them and enjoyed the ride, kewel! many more happy flights! *side bar* how does that sabre 2 open, it doesn't "crack" you like the old ones does it? just wondering out loud. have fun! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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a "lazy throw" WILL get your arse! with a BOC throw out system, always throw at full arms length to get the pc into "clean air" if you don't feel the all too familiar "tug" about 2 nanoseconds later, it's time to take a quick second look, but, remember, you've got roughly 8 seconds to make the right decision, because if it's not cleared by then, it's roughly 18-20 seconds to impact without an AAD. i looked over my shoulder on level 4 AFP "once" because my dive master told me i was not throwing out to "full arm extension" well, when the risers almost tore my kneck off, after we got to "line stretch" i haven't pulled that shit since. i'll toss, and look up immediately, to check the square, steerable, and stable, grab the rear risers, and do some "russian radar" and i'm outta there! always remember..."The Real Fun Starts At Deployment Time" if you think about it, there really is no fear in freefall, until........................................ Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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**What is your favorite Ozzy Song?** "Crazy Train" and the "Ultimate Sin" not to mention "Perry Mason" and "Momma, I'm Coming Home" hell, i don't think the guy's ever done a bad song! remember "fairies wear boots?" and "sweetleaf" "into the void" i could go on, ya know what i'm saying maan? that was a kick! Favorite Ozzy Album, For Me..."Blizzard Of Oz"................. Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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now i know for sure where the smell was coming from when scotty was on the load! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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i'll take an "easy" post number off of this one! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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Catburger: your just 14? what in the world are you doing on this site? if i had known your age, i wouldn't have used my previous language. perhaps this isn't one of the better forums for you, language wise? maybe it'd be good though, i need to clean up my mouth anyway! all right guys, no more of that "sheep talk!" be good catburger! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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seems we're gonna have a new "post hog" on our hands! clay......................... Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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most certainly agreed upon! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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**Also, if you use a "throwout", and hold on to the PC too long, you will only have a horseshoe mal until you let go of the PC.** assuming the bridle isn't wrapped around your arm by this point, if it is, try to unwrap it quickly. remember, try once, try twice, cha-chink! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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**Gratuitous posting in short blurbs like this helps build numbers quickly.** yes, it most certainly does! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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in this photograph, it would appear that the sky diver is trying to rid him self of the pc. this was done as a training aid, thus the other sky divers in the air with him. the horseshoe mal is one of my most "respected" mals, i've never had one, and hope i never do, but in the event i do, i'll handle it, loss of altitude awareness is the most common during such a "confusing" mal. all the more reason to wear an "audible" device, so at your "hard deck" you can initiate emergency procedures regardless of whatever else is happening. i've seen a jumper in a training video have a horseshoe mal, cut away first, then he fought to release the left riser, was fighting to release the right riser, and the "audible" went off, he deployed his reserve, despite not having "cleared" his mal entirely. Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"
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can somebody teach me how to swoop?
rgoper replied to drenaline's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
i understood the question you asked. go to square one's website, and buy the "fly like a pro" video, it will be very helpful to you. the reason i didn't provide any more information than i did, is because i didn't really want you to be thinking about too many things at once. bill's information is right on, as always, he's a good instructor.your canopy progression should be with the advice of a learned colleague, as i mentioned before, enjoy your sky dives, stand up all your landings, do an intentional off dz landing in a safe area, (with pre-planning, and the s&ta knowledge) and go from there. be safe! Richard "Gravity Is My Friend" -
can somebody teach me how to swoop?
rgoper replied to drenaline's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
i went and looked at your profile, please, do yourself a favor, and get up into the 150-200 jump catagory, and maybe a couple of canopy progressions, before you even attempt this particular type of landing. in any event, be safe...............i forgot to add, one of my first dive masters, who is 4-5 thousand jump sky diver told me when i asked him this very question "when you can explain all of the dynamics to me, then we'll talk about it" it looks easy, but it's not, always seek out the advice of a learned colleague before attempting such high perfromance landings............ Richard "Gravity Is My Friend"