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I have no problem in jumping pack jobs that have been sitting for a month or two..... unless its a particularly hard jump, in which I will repack just so my actions are fresh in my mind when I go to jump - I dont want thoughts about the pack when there are more pressing things to think about. In the end - just do what ever it takes to make you confident................. if that means repacking, do it, if it means doing a dance around your house whilst smeared in the blood of a chicken, then do it...............
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It would be cool for a Brit to have 999 as this is our emergency services number............. Congrats to 924.................. Most of us will never be ground breaking or inventive - so the number is a nice way to be attached to the history of the sport........... no one can take that from you. Raise a cold one for the ones before and the ones to follow............... Michael BASE 813
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also does the harness fit you well? I ended up with a horrible bruse on my side when I jumped a friends rig that was too big for me...........
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I used to jump a sabre 135 and did about 300 jumps on it. I found that to get nice openings I would: 1) Not roll the nose and only push deep inside 2) ensure the slider was properly quatered and focus on the slider all through the pack job making sure it was nicely positioned. I also found that other sabre owners all had their own ways of packing to get the openings they wanted - some worked for some and not for others............ you just gotta experiment. just my 2 worthless sheckles
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Very good point. I certainly agree with that.
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the pattern seems to be that people advise you to take the course they did because "it rocked" - but they dont have anything to compare it with. As far as they are concerned it got them some jumps, they were safe, and they learnt a bunch of stuff............. but there are no comparisons to be made. I did one manufacturers FJC just over 2 years ago, and I have sat down and spoken to friends that have done other courses. The one I would advise doing is not the one I did. PM me if you want my thoughts................. Michael
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yep! worrying isnt it.................
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i have a prob with a ring tone pop up - and the adware / spybot etc cant clean it - so i switched to mozilla and have not looked back! its a better than IE anyway and you get the added bonus of never having pop ups!!
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Weston is only civilian at the weekend.
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I have a very good friend that did alot of his early jumps on a cruislite, some gnarly jumps too! (B's, A's, S's,E's!!) and he looks back and thinks - "mmmm maybe not the best canopy to do those on!!!) why use anything than the tools for the job hey???
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- Friedrich Nietzsche. Everything looks dark at the wrong end of the tunnel dude, Things could have been a lot worse.. just bear that in mind mate, and i'm sure you'll feel a much better. so right mate, but sometimes it just gets to you and you make a shitty post on the net, i will look back on these and be embarressed.............. in the big scheme of things my injury is not bad, i speak to my friend in NZ who is into month 7 from a serious smash and thank the lord I am not in his position, but sometimes my situation gets to me!! shit happens hey!!
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hey dude! well at least you gave me a laugh this morning!! nice one! so whats ya damage?
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Well now into week 10 of recoverying from my injury and its not getting easier or faster! I am still not weight baring, and have been told today to lay off the physio as its causing some major swelling and pain. Will also have to wait a further 4 weeks for more Xrays to see if the bone graft is required. On top of this have been told by work that after 13 weeks off, they can sack me at any time. Arguements with the Girlfriend due to frustrations that both of us have, it must also be very hard for the SO to deal with your injury too! On the positive side, i am now out of plaster, have had my diastatis (sp?) screw removed so its more comfortable now................. why am I writing this? cause I spend each day in my house with only my dogs for company, and its getting pretty fucking boring after 10 weeks and no real noticable improvement!!!! AARRRGGGHHHHH!!!! Hey all you guys recovering, whats going on in your lives??? Im off to pop more pain killers!!
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I use the following table for calculating proposed delays and distances fallen in BASE jumping (ie dead air exits): Sec Ft/sec Cumm Ft 1 16 16 2 46 62 3 76 138 4 104 242 5 124 366 6 138 504 7 148 652 8 156 808 9 163 970 10 167 1140 11 171 1310 12 176 1485 13 176 1660 14 176 1840 15 176 2010
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BASE813 replied to markamodeo's topic in Archive
rock on! how cool is that! -
......................... it does for me............ but i got through a few until i found this one! ......... now getting injured! theres something to put a strain on things!!!
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WHOA! in a way that was lucky!!
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was just looking through some pics and wondered what the story is behind this one........... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Photo_Submissions/Malfunctions&image=mike%20premie%20just%20testing%20long%20filename.JPG&img=24&tt=&search=HITS&cat=&bool= cheers
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http://www.rense.com/wtcsplshpage.htm
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http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19962
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how can you compare both? if you have to make these choices then you really should get out more..............
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once the newbie jumper who has made one or two jumps from the bridge day event, then what happens then? I know BD is a beast in itself - but I actually think that this is not a good way to get into BASE - i think there will always be the first time jumpers from this event that then think "i have started the BASE jumping" when in fact i feel that its more an amusement ride than anything else for the first time jumpers................... I am fully aware that my view will be flamed - but I will stand by the fact that BD is a shit way to get into BASE................... it may have been the only way once - but now a days and with a 50 jump limit to join i feel that BD as an entrance to BASE is misguided.......... i feel its like doing a tandem skydive and thinking that you skydive and know what its about.............. Feel free to flame my dirty injured arse!!
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BASE813 replied to mickknutson's topic in Archive
bump.......................... so what do people think of the new forum? I think it such an improvement............ take some time to play with it.............. -
or that i got food poisoning there with several other jumpers!!
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BASE813 replied to mickknutson's topic in Archive
the new forum kicks arse!