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When I had my check up and the Doctor was doing that, I asked him if he could write a certified note to my wife telling her that my head wasn't really up there! The time befor that I asked the doc if had found my dignity yet?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think it is incredibly rude to blame Garrett... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grant is just a rude kinda guy...not to mention that ego...geez I guess you guys know me all to well... As far as it being rude to blame Garrett, I didn't intend for all the blame to go to him, I was just going to answer another persons post, and let Steve fill in as much of the details as that he wanted to. So TDOG I hope you are still not on edge, and defensive. These things happen. Like I said I have hit someone before, and it sucks. It also takes two people to get into a colission like that.

You see this test goes to show that you will never use that stuff when you get older. That's why we have spell check!

Oh and by the way, thanks again for helping out.

True several issues need to be addressed. I too have hit someone, and it didn't turn out as well as Garrett and Steve, but It could have been a lot worse though. I talked to Garrett right after it happened, and I mentioned that if a competitor is coming right at you, then it might be a good idea to move. I know we have always been taught to not move, but sometimes the pilot has quite a few things on his mind at that point, so maybe stepping away from the action could help all involved. You bring up some great points, and I hope the organizers will address them at the next comp. So let the internet debate begin, To Move or Not to Move? That is the question!

Garrett was a judge who was not in the proper position.

The only Jose I know is Jose Cuervo!!! I was in the "Just Say NO" club when I was in elementary!

Colorado's second CPC was held this past Saturday and Sunday at Mile Hi Skydiving, in Longmont, Colorado. Jason Tolliver did an outstanding job of organizing and running the event. It had three rounds, two jumps each, consisting of Zone Accuracy, Distance, and Speed. 10 jumpers competed in Sundays CPC. They were divided up into two groups of 5, to make things easier for DZ manifest, and so we didn't have big amounts of down time between rounds. Satuday was designated as the practice day, and Sunday was the actuall event. This worked out well as the weather was rather turbulant on Saturday morning. Fortunatley for the competitors, the weather cleared up in the afternoon, allowing for some practice runs. The Speed, Zone Accuracy, and the Distance course was set up all day long, allowing the competitors to run it after a work jump if they were interested. Some of the landings were video taped and debriefed, which helped the competitors out greatly. About 5 of the competitors participated in the practice day. Sunday morning came bright and early with a 7:30 am judges brief, and an 8:00 am competitors brief. The weather was magnificent all day Sunday, as the winds were not very strong, and there was not a cloud in the sky. After the competitors brief, all the participants went out to walk the course and set up for the days events. The first CPC load took off out of an Eloy otter that we have for the summer, at 9:00am. The first event was Zone Accuracy. There was a 4-5 knot cross wind from left to right accross the course, but it died down after the first round. Even with the cross wind, it was still heating up out there on the course so the Density Altitude was starting to rise. This made the runs very very fast. Many of the competitors didn't take into account the changing conditions from their first to their second jump, and they had to work a little harder to get a nice set up and approach. I was the first out in the second group. The wind had died down quite a bit since the first group got out. I didn't take this into account, and carried a lot of speed into the course. I plopped down at the end of zone 2 and slid all the way into zone 5, so I ended up with a 0 for the first round of Zone Accuracy. Not the best way to start the day, but it was a good jump none the less. Many of the other competitors didn't have a stellar first jump either, but I think they were just getting the bad ones out early! Dave Billings ended up dominating the Zone Accuracy event, with two great runs. After the Zone Accuracy rounds, the course was set up for the distance runs. There was an excitment in the air as we entered our Distance event. It was getting hotter outside, and the wind had died down to next to nothing. It felt like the DA was getting close to 8,500', as these rounds were FAST!!! Again I was first into the course, and everything fell into place on this run. I had a bunch of power when entering the course, and it really carried over to the distance. I had my personal best distance run on that one. Many of the other competitors had their personal bests on these rounds too. Jason Tolliver came in right behind me with 380'+. Everyone learned a lot in the Distance event, even the judges. When Jason and I came through the courses, there were not many judges that far down the course, so they had to scramble to make their marks!!! The next event was Speed. The speed event is a 185' carving course. This course was set up with a tighter carve than the last CPC had. Before the first runs of the speed event, there was a lot of speculation about how many noodle strikes there would be. Having a noodle strike could be very detrimental to your score, as it added 5 seconds to your time. Many of the competitors had the strategy of flying through the course slightly higher than they did for Zone Accuracy, and Distance. This allowed them to get their canopy over a little more for the tighter turn of the course. The temperature was still rising out in the landing area, which meant the DA was still rising, and the wind was calm for the first jump of the Speed event. As many had speculated, there were an incredible amount of marker strikes on the first jump, but everyone got that out of their system for the second jump. The second jump had the competitors running the course backwards from what they had been running all day. I had to remind my self under canopy to approach the course from the East instead of the West. I didn't want to have a great run, but score badly because I went the wrong way! By this time we had a 5-7 knot head wind for the second jump, so many of us had to kite our canopy's a few feet to finish out the course. There were only a few noodle strikes on the second round as many of the competitors had figured out how to set up and run the course cleanly. With any competition, safety is paramount, and the Colorado CPC's are no exception. There was a little turn bufoonary in the beggining of the competition, but nobody got hurt the entire event, with exception to some sunburns. (I will have to admit, I am a little sore today though.) I saw some amazing flying by all the competitors out there yesterday, and they all did great. I would be very surprised to hear that somebody didn't have a fun time, at the event, and I would be even more shocked to hear that somebody didn't learn anything. There were a lot of personal bests in the event, and a few personal worsts (like my 0 in the first round), but over all I think everyone had a great time. I would like to thank Mile Hi for hosting the Colorado CPC. With out the DZ's support, this probably wouldn't have happened. It definatley would NOT have happened, with out Jason Toliver. He has worked very hard and put in countless hours into making the CPC in Colorado a reality. I would also like to thank all of the competitors for coming out, and competing, but I would love to see more people come and have fun. Remember, you don't need to be a skygod with thousands of jumps and a cross braced canopy to come out and give us a run for our money! Last but not least, I want to thank all of the judges, and video people who ran around after us in the sun all day long. Without you I couldn't have fun, so THANK YOU!!! Grant S. Adams

I'm sure that if people start to land in the pond, then they are going to get a stern talking to. I'm also sure the pond is going to be HIGHLY monitored for quite awhile. Landing in water is really not all it's cracked up to be, trust me I know! As far as the students go, I'm sure they are going to swap the student landing area with the high performance landing area. I'm pretty sure the regular landing area will stay the same. You guy's dont want us zipping through your airspace any more than we want you clogging our airspace up. It's going to be really cool when it all get's figured out, but expect a lot of people to be on edge when this thing first starts off. I didn't hear about the Wednesday load. What happened?

Ryan T was planning on coming out there today to get some jumps too. Should I call him and tell him not to bother? What's this about fuel now? Are they going to beable to operate tomorrow? Grant

In the winter it's going to be called "Freezestyle". OH MY GOD, sometimes I just crack myself up! I should be a stand up comedian, what do you guys think? How about this one: "What do you call a fly with out wings?" Give up? "A Walk!" haahahaaahaaaaa

Once you go goat, you never go back!

I like the LOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG flare stroke (I just said stroke uhh huuh huh huuh huuuuh). As far as the canopy goes, I hope you are liking it Steve. It has treated me good in the past. It deffinatly was the canopy that one the last event, because I just suck... You should do well on it. Grant

No they don't bend they just break if any other canopy comes near them giving the competitor a strike penalty. Now I can bounce off them and they will appear to not even move. You have to have a very loving relationship with your noodles to get them to treat you well. Noodles, How I love thee, I think of you every time, I pee, Noodles. That's my noodle haiku. Grant

Come on Ian, I know you sea level Sky gods aren't affraid of us mountain jumpers are you? I mean we are equidistance from Cali, and from Florida, so all the new skydiving tricks and techniques get around to us about 5 years after they went out of style. haaa haaa We are just starting free style (pronounced StIlie) here, and I think there are about three of us in the state who are stupid enough to try it.

Your right, Chris. I can't help it if I'm hung like a tuna can. 1" deep, but 3" around. It's the girth that gives the pleasure. Maybe we can get Steve, to verify that size doesn't matter. I bet he get's told that all the time... hahaaaaaaa just kidding Steve. What was up with the plane yesterday Steve?

Maybe you should enlist. Then you could quit your job!

I got a pair of those, but smaller! I like to call them the bananna hammock!

BE CAREFULL MAN, you don't want that thing catching on a windblade or something, and taking you right out of a swoop, and putting you into the ground!!! It might leave it a little sore for a couple of days.

The more I think about me doing that, the more to grosses me out....

hahaaaa I heard every body was "Coming". It's supposed to be the social event of the season!!! When I'm not swoopin it, I'm going to sit on the side of it in a speedo 3 sizes to small, and sun myself!

I remember us talking about it, but I lost the pm's with thte details. How fast can he get a setup out, and what's his contact info? We got our second CPC this weekend! I'm getting really excited! Grant

I personaly have been thinking about getting a removable slider. Not necessariliy for the performance of the spreading of the risers, but more for the issue of having it out of the way. Better visability, and not having it attached to the rig with the ball and rubberband thingy currently used to stow it. I don't want to have all that stuff there if I have to cut away from a wrap. Ok maybe I'm a little interested in the spreading of the risers, but mainly I'm interested in the cut away issue of it. So back to the original question, What will one cost?

I heard it's not going to be that deep. Maybee three foot at the deepest. Jason will correct me if I'm wrong though. Grant

If you can drop your nuts with your ass, then where's your dick during this procedure? It sounds like some thing you would see in a donkey show...