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It sounds like dkpbxman might be a swing dancer.... T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Two drives to Perris in one month!!! Ahhh how you tempt me so! I'll be there for Cinco De mayo, and I'll do my best to make it to Memorial Day! If I leave right after I present my thesis to the faculty, staff, students, families etc. I should be able to get there Thursday night and then play till Monday. T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you for this post! It gave me a chance to go through my logbooks and recap. 1st Tandem June 22 2002. June = 4 jumps July = 3 Aug = 7 , Done with Aff Sep = 22, My first rig, and A-licence Oct. = 11 Nov. = 17 Dec = 15, Got snowed in and missed Eloy! Jan = 23, My 100th!!! Feb. = 9 Mar. = 26 Apr = 26 166 jumps. I am still in awe!!! I'm rolling up on a year in the sport!!! How time flies when you are. Hope to see you in Perris next week for my 1st boogie! Beer! T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So you managed to get the Hollister Hienies at your house. I hear they're going to be a kick ass skydiving team. Such a waste Peter, 5 hot chicks, a video camera, and alchohol. And you have nothing to show us. Does this at least mean that you are going to come play a little this weekend? T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DO IT! I don't know what it is but, stick with the motto often yelled before landing; "Do something stupid!" BTW what did I just encourage? T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The music changes at about 200 i think. Does it change again above 225? T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

What you expect me to do something half-ass? If i'm going to a drag ball, I'm going to do my darndest to look HOT! I was in a black sleveless, short shirt; with a long skirt that was slit all the way up the sides. What was I supposed to do, show hair like on a certain someone's hobbit feet? T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Why??? Well, hot chicks, nice racks. How can you refuse that; even if thay're taking you to a drag ball. Yes there are pictures, but I don't have them. I'm sure they will be posted on one of my friends blackmail pages soon. That seems to happen to all the evidence of me being a jackass. T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I had to shave my legs, pits, arms, and even my happy trail last week. I have to admit freshly shaven legs feel even better when you are the owner. But then there are drawbacks... Leg and Pit stubble sucks, all the little irritated ingrown hairs is worse. Moral of the story: Guys never let yourself get talked into shaving anything other than your face unless you intend to keep it that way forever! T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

What? You like things that go BOOM?!?! Well, if that is the case you can be my Mad Scientist in training. T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You know what they say about curiosity and the cat.... http://spodbox.spodnet.uk.com/~sihell/download.php?section=madcat&filename=cat.wmv T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Until about a month ago I would have said hands down the freefall was the best part. Whether it was a sitfly jump, a tracking dive, or an RW formation, after it was over seemed to be a let down for me. Now I have to say that it's all great! Great freefall, then bumping some endcells while flying towards the horizon, and then tuggin on the front risers for landing.... Bliss T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When do you think is the earliest experience level, jump number and skills aquired, that you would advise someone to start flying a wingsuit? Are there some specific things I could work on now to prepare myself? What are some of the specific gear requirements? (I want my next rig to be Birdman friendly.) T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is my attentive but low experianced oppinion. First play around with different aspects of the sport and body positions as you feel safe in doing so. If your not sure if it's "safe yet" I'm sure some of the people who have seen you fly will be able to advise you. Personally, I had about 50 RW jumps before I started freeflying. When I did decide to start I did about ten solo sit jumps. During those 7 - 10: Start by having someone explain the position and how to move in it to you. Practice making the whole dive in a sit. NO belly flying till pull time. You are likely to be backsliding really bad so try to face perpendicular to the jump run and turn around every once in a while. When you cork ball up then get back into the sit. Try moving your hips forward and back and to the side, try knees together, knees apart, stand, extera till you. Many of these things will make you cork, that's fine practice quick recoverys. After those solo's do a two way with video with an experianced jumper... this way you can see your body position and make some adjustments. After that your off and running. Get a really solid sit with other people then do stand, then headown and transitions. Then I would try and decide what you would like to do from there. If you want to do hybrids spend some more time on rw skills and swooping down to formations. If you just want to freefly stick to it. Or just decide to be ok at both RW and VRW T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I guess you could do RW with a spaceball T.S.S # 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To dream great dreams is itself an act of daring. -Eric Shipton & Bill Tilman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~