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Depends what you are into I guess. Me? I’d get the camera… - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I'd get the camcorder - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I've got 40 years of masturbation, how bout you?

Do you really want to waste precious moments of your life suing anybody? Just go get another job and this time, leave your sexual preferences at the door on your way in. - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I am a beaner - my jizz smells like raw tortilla dough!

What do ya’ll think of this – I have heard it said that if you have 2 persons, 1 an Atheist and 1 a Christian and both of them come across someone in need of help and both of them render aid: If the Christian rendered aide just to earn more brownie points to get into heaven and the Atheist rendered aide just because it is the right thing to do, then the Atheist is the better person.

Downsizing too quickly?

Ohhhh yeah! A hot monkey with a huge red swollen ass!

Pretty soon you may find yourself living on a DZ down south where the winters dont stop the skydiving activities - having the time of your life. but all good things end - enjoy it while you can... - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I feel where you are comming from - it is hard to be a skydive instructor for a living. If it were not for the passion for instructing I wouldent still be strugling to do it any longer either. - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

5.5 years and around 2600 jumps without a reserve ride. Train like it will be on my next skydive though! - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

What a great quote! Guess I need to upsize to a Manta - - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I try to never communicate the maybe you'll make it idea. No one was as guaranteed to not make it to 200 jumps as much as me when I started. Everyone thought I would eat it. If every skydiver that is suspected of progressing too fast died this sport would not be as populated as it is cuz most of us testosterone drenched males would be dead. Evaluate the progression you have taken and honestly answer this question for you and no one else. If you have in fact progressed per Bill’s checklist then you are much quicker to become proficient than the above average canopy pilot that is learning how to fly and land a canopy at a proficient level. That is why it is imperative that you make an honest assessment and be forthcoming with yourself about it. I have seen skydiver’s upsize early on in their progression because they realized they were trying to progress too quickly and there ain’t no shame in upsizing based on an honest evaluation of oneself. The idea is to never get injured skydiving and with the fatalities and serious injuries taking the trend they have over recent years in this sport it is likely that overall, skydivers are progressing too quickly in downsizing. There is no need to fly the hot canopies, we have the rest of our lives to skydive but what 16 year old doesn’t want a Ferrari as soon as they get their drivers license? Personally, I equate that analogy to a skydiver with only 100 landings flying a Saber2 at a 1.35/1.4 WL. Lets say you get 5 minutes of canopy piloting practice with every canopy descent so 100 jumps is only 500 minutes of learning how to pilot a parachute. 100 final approaches is only around a minute each at the most and 100 flares is only a few seconds each, this is really not a lot of practice to reach a level of proficiency. Before I started skydiving I raced high performance motorcycles for years and am familiar all too well with the desire to go fast and be cool. I am not saying this is your motivation but it sure a hell was mine. Had I started skydiving when I still had an overload of testosterone I probably wouldn’t have lasted long. Fortunately I was able to be somewhat sensible and progress in my canopy selections slowly because when I looked at the fatalities I recognized the trend of people downsizing too rapidly. I selected mentors that were not on the downsize quickly bandwagon and listened to them. - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

Don’t know if that is possible, good job! Keep it up... You are correct about knowing your own limitations and no one else can make the final decision other then the person strapping it on and jumping. The point I am trying to make is there will be a lot of people saying a particular WL is fine for such and such a person and they are not exactly conservative. Hell, I have seen a highly respected S&TA with 30 years/10,000+ jumps ok someone with 100 jumps to fly a Stiletto at a 1.35WL. To me this was ludicrous, and a Saber 2 is not much further off that track – definitely not conservative, but that is just my opinion, I may be wrong. A lot of other skydivers rib me about flying a "student canopy” (Stiletto@1.78WL) at my skill/experience level. I am current, proficient and can progress toward any canopy available but I have fun where I am at, am able to make the long surfs and can put my canopy down in tight spots when the chips are down, so why downsize? When I had around 100 jumps I settled into a 1.1 WL on a Saber and stayed there until I had around 400 landings on it (at the time some told me that was too aggressive). Does flying a wing with .25 additional WL make a difference? Maybe. Just maybe it could make the difference between snapping a femur and walking away when the chips are down, landing off and having to put my canopy down in some backyard surrounded by power lines and barking dogs. Chances are the new jumper with 100 jumps flying a 1.4 WL on a Saber 2 will never encounter any problems, but all it takes is one series of small mistakes that add up to a situation. The .25 difference might possibly make the difference. No need to defend yourself – go for it! - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

http://www.religioustolerance.org/

Thats quite a word for skydivers.

When I was young I once heard a preacher say something that has always stuck with me, he said: “Religion gives God a bad name” Perhaps you have religion and spirituality mixed up? - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

300 miles (5 Hour round trip drive).

I have a pick-up, just pay my gas...

Alls you need is a puppy and a jar of peanut butter!

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Aint that the truth. I would reccomend starting with a cheaper 35mm camera body for just this reason. Where a good digital can cost upwards of a grand, you can find an old 35mm body cheap to get experienced on first. My first still took one hell of a beating, by me... - Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

I don't know much about military combat jumping beyond Band of Brothers - but isnt it easier to hit an airplane that is making a drop from 500' as opposed to say, 3,000'?

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