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deep fried mars bars................ that is so so wrong!!! dirty northern monkeys!!!

16 (with parental consent) is the age limit............. the UK is pretty strict on rules and regs so you wont find a place to take you I would think

rest in peace............

jesus dude! chill the fuck out............ If you dont have a sense of humour you wont last 5 mins at a DZ.............

.........wish i could buy my own Island.................

Seems like this more of an issue that I had first thought........... Generally these slight hang ups wont cause a problem if you are opening with height to spare......... I have had one happen where I was jumping a highish opening object (2sec delay from 315ft) and on having the issue clearing it did not cause a major problem as I had plenty of height to deal with it - in fact I did not even really give it a major thought. BUT having one of these happen on low opening / low freefalls and then the way you deal with it can really can ruin a beautiful night......... I have never had a excess hang up and I have elastic keepers to stow the excess. I am sure that the "newness" of the gear was something that can cause a break setting hang up - and maybe some caution and breaking in of the gear should be done before you start taking your new gear to the lower limits of your excepted risk area. Obviously this is just my thoughts after the horse has bolted and perhaps in retrospect is a fucking obvious thing to say........ but come on guys, there are always areas where a do as I say not as I do happens hey!!!

...........mmmmmmmmmm you have a point!!!

subtle mh..................... nice fuck dude u must be as bored as me!!!

I had both Velcro and Pins (until I sold my velcro) - I have always been very happy with my velcro - but will always now stick with pins. Due to the heights of some of the objects I freefall - I prefer the lower pull force that you can get from a pin rig......

i also did this on my dagger......... but did not have much chance to play with my new troll............ I also got to watch some vid of the memorial weekend at that span - and you really can tell the people who have their settings dialled in to the people that dont (daytime vid rocks for this!!)- some people have loads of forward movement before popping their breaks! ............also I found it most strange that also some peoples canopy control was a little bit suspect........................ madness I say! madness!!

thanks again andrea for yet another thoughtful post!!! i like ya style!!! i had the vertigo "pop" toggles and had no problem with them at all............. although someone that jumped my gear had one pop toggle not release (i just thought it limp wristed!! hehehehe) I know some people have had problems with these toggles due to bent pins etc - but having never experienced this i cant say anything but good reports for them! I am asking this (as you may have guessed) that one of the things that built up toward my injury is that I had a break setting hang up - now normally this is not a major problem itself but there were other factors that also joined up with this and caused me to take some hospital time! thanks Michael

interesting you say old........... I was hoping that other experiences were from brand new gear!! I would like to hear from people also with this happening with brand spanking new gear.............. thanks

did it have any effect on your canopy after you popped your toggles? did you find it turned after you popped? did it react funny? was this on new gear? on well jumped gear? when did you find this happening? just interested...........

just interested in hearing if anyone has experienced a hang up that once they pop their toggles if you had any such hang up where say the excess caught, or perhaps the break setting did not release - BUT the toggle had released............. i realise that a simple hang up like this is noticed right away due to noticing the canopy flight, and you probably popped it straight out without thinking about it and probably not gave it another thought - has anyone made any mental notes and investigated it though?? I have recently heard of some incidents some people have had, that would normally have gone unnoticed had it not been for other facotrs - I just wondered if any other people have had these and what you put these down too and whether you made any adjustments due to your findings.................. thanks Michael

im bored too....... so why not........ 1. Whats your name? Michael 2. How old are you? 30 3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? always wanted to 4. Are you single or taken? Married? taken 5. Do you have kids? No 6. What do you drive? VW Golf 7. Have you ever done a kisspass? what the hell is that?? 8. Where do you live? Oxfordshire UK 9. Do you have any pets? 2 dogs 10. How many jumps do you have? 500+ 11. What color eyes do you have? Blue 12. What is your nationality? British 13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? No 14. Favorite Movie? too many to list 15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? BASE jumping 16. Have you ever BASE jumped? see above 17. If not... do you want to? N/A 18. Do you have siblings? 1 sister 19. Where do you want to travel to the most? anywhere i have not been before 20. What's your favorite color? Blue 21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? France

yeah thats true hey!!! no point in thinking too far ahead just to get knocked down!! Just had my finance director over and he asked "when do you expect to be ready to come back" - in which i had to say I have no idea until it happens as it seems that in recovery there are set backs all uber de platz..........

dont some UK skydivers get pissed off with the mag???? thought there was some issue about front pages and pics always being of non-uk jumpers etc?? I thought that some people thought the money spent on the mag was a waste!?!?!? come on UK jumpers speak ya mind!!! just trying to put some heated discussion up here!!!

thats what i wanted to hear!! no jumping for me with metal work in!!!

and from that sort of retort I really need to know why you should not bust ya self with metal work............ my point is because of the nature of BASE I may bust myself again - and need to know what may happen if it happens with metal in my leg! some people say "no way" some people say "its ok" - tell me WHY its a bad thing to suffer a high impact dislocated fracture with metal work still in my leg................ dont just say NO - tell me WHY!! just curious!

no lets not......... much better to say RR is dragging his left foot on exit of the gainer that if carried over could start to turn him over and load the left riser first and cause a left off-heading.......... politics................... nah! they mean shit! off-headings mean more!

http://johnnyutah.com/expresidents.html for your info..................

this is my point, anyone got an experience or story about what happens when you bust yourself whilst you have hardware?

dude that looks rough!! glad ya come through it! rehab a bitch yeah?? when you say about insurance - are you from a country that requires insurance? how long were you out for with that metal work? and do you jump with any hardware in your leg now?

you obviously missed the main reason and focus of my post then!

one of the reasons i dont like DZ's anymore!!!