GravityGirl

A couple of suggestions. #1 - Tighten your chest strap. #2 - Tighten your leg straps. When the leg straps feel nice and snug rotate them forward a bit, then tighten them again. This pulls the rig a bit tighter onto your lower back. When the leg straps are secure, check your chest strap again. Once you find your sweet spot, you'll feel it. If you snug up your rig as I suggested and there is still a "sag" on the side lateral (not horizontal), then it seems your side lateral or MLW is too big/long. Can you try this and post a pic? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

And if I see you wandering around with nothing to do, I'll put you to work in my booth, shlepping T-shirts! I too think you can have a great time without jumping. You can learn a lot and meet a ton of great people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

How much you got? Heli is $40.00. But the LZs are not your typical LZ. You can call Gravity Gear tomorrow at 888-298-8886. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Man Kev, That's why I love you so! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Can I reply to my own post? Just one more thing.... ...anyone from the Bay Area looking to car pool can call me at 888-298-8886. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Cool excursion jumps at Skydive Lake Tahoe Friday July 9th and Saturday July 10th! The stuff legends are made of. If you want to be a part of it call Skydive Lake Tahoe at 530-832-1474. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

I think there are air traffic issues there. Have you been to Byron which is about an hour from San Francisco? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Sometimes and injury can infect a person with self-doubt. Self-doubt can kill in skydiving or BASE. Maybe he just needs to get his confiedence back. Any maybe he never will. His decision. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Sucess is in the eye of the beholder. What kind of digits are you looking for? The kind behind a dollar sign. The kind in your log book. Or the kind on the fun-o-meter? I truely think that anything is possible if you want it bad enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Sounds like it's time to buy your own gear... ....and learn how to pack! Good job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

http://www.tonyhathaway.com/fotoserv/preview.php4?event=1102004/170July ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

I have added a bag of flour to add to the visual for the folks on the ground. Also added rose petals on one occasion too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Your right about steel and steal. Are you saying that she posted these instructions to show herself how to make herself a copy of the CD she just bought? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Where do you get that idea? The Wicca Way encourages self understanding and growth, as well as communal living, healing ourselves and the environment. I consider myself non-denominational, but lean toward the Wiccan Religion to express my spirituality. After my father died, my mother remarried. She married a Catholic Priest. Well. He had to leave the Preisthood to marry her and her 5 children. The man is a Genius and a Saint, in my opinion. He studied his own religion devoutly since entering the seminary at the age of 13. He also has his Masters Degree in Theology. As well as many other Masters Degrees for that matter. He wrote a University Text Book entitled "Religions of the Orient". I had the luxury of growing up with a man who had the answers to ANY religious question I could pose. I used to love it when various religious organizations would come calling at our door. The one thing that makes my Father different than most of humankind is his LACK of self-righteousness. For all his lifetime efforts to know and understand humans and their pursuit of faith, religion and understanding he still concludes that mere mortals do not have the devine answer. So one man cannot judge another for what neither truely understands. Not the religious. Not the Atheist. Not the Agnostic. To persue your questions and desire for understanding without casting judgement upon others in their own quest is one step toward enlightenment. So. Can you guess which two buttons, I clicked? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Steeling something that is intangible, is still steeling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

See, when I flew the double wide leg straps, I liked the sensation. I often was seen doing small harness turns all the way back from long spots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

I liked Slots analagy. I was just checking to see if I had broken any rules. And yes, I read them. But sometimes reading rules is like reading the Bible. Lots of different interpertations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Hey! I was discouraging him! But the painting part sounded like fun. I know, just bring out some body paints to the DZ this weekend instead. That will saticfy my painting craving. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

You successfully identified 13 out of 14 items. You may be trusted with my dog. I know my sex toys. I was just guessing about the dog stuff. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Okay. I'm laughing my ASS off right now. Where the hell would you put that thing? How would you tow it? What the fuck are you thinking? Actually, I thought it was cool until the whole doesn't run thing. I would have helped you paint it too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

WHO ARE YOU TRAINING WITH???!?!?!!!?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Bad idea, IMHO. A new student does not absorb the entire coarse. There are "nice to knows" and "need to knows". Your job as an instructor is to make sure that the students you teach remember the "Need to knows". If you throw in the VERY Dangerous move that MIGHT save your life in an otherwise hopeless situation, who is to say that it won't be what the student remembers in a high stress situation (malfunction). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

In the plane for take-off and landing in case of a hard/crash landing. On exit. Lot of people leave a little flesh behind on the door or fuselage as they exit without a helmet. In Freefall remember you are going 120 - 150 MPH. Small bumps into your friends don't feel like much when wearing a helmet, but that foot to the head, altimeter upside the head, etc.... well is a little less comfortable without a helmet. And trust me, as you start to jump with more and more people, you'll find quite a bit of banging around. Under canopy, in case of a canopy collission. Landing. Well. Haven't you seen the way some landings go yet? I used to jump without a helmet for about 500 jumps. After getting knocked out TWICE and loosing a little skin atop my dome and bearing witness to some very unfortuanate accidents, I now choose to wear a helmet on every jump. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Some people don't like the double wide, as they tend to, um, come very close together between the legs. I like them. But it's personal preference, or genetics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!

Leg straps that fit. A harness that fits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear!