BASE813

dude - a few days ago i watched a guy have blown control lines froom a 220ft freefall - 1 second delay - i can see how easy it is to make a misjudgment with only 5 seconds to deal with it! - as i have said before on this board - PLEASE GET MORE CANOPY EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU BASE!!! its priceless!!................. and not easy!!! I say this time and time again as i see so many people wanting to BASE but have no real understanding of the skills they will need!!!!!......... please get the skills first!!

Do you have problems with your email at the moment - i tried to reply to you but keep getting Remote host not found. Odd!

just one other thought - i would be interested in what the people you have named as your "mentors" have to say on you posting........... is there some "skydiver excitement" in the fact you are exposed to BASE - please ask them to post and answer why they are "apparently" going to mentor you, a 60 jump skydiver, in the near future to to BASE. So near in fact that you actually have a base container - but you need to ask on a public forum what canopy to get without having indepth and deatailed conversations with the "3 experienced BASE'rs" you have publically claimed are your mentors!!! just my thoughts here in the UK!!!

I have seen people take on students whilst they have only 50+ jumps (they being the mentor) - I believe that the 50 - 100 jump area is dangerous, and certainly more dangerous if those people have had not had any range of "incident" during those jumps. If you are being taken out by your mentor and he has only 50+ jumps please question it! - (i have heard of an example here in the UK where the mentor and student did their first B together - to me that seems VERY wrong?!?!?!? - am i incorrect in this??? or just too anal about what should be???) please all be safe!!!

http://www.airbag-culture.com/index1.html and this is from a recent expedition by 4 UK guys I know - ah without helicopter!! Nice work boys - Love the footage!

and says it all............... Dont rush........... chill and take your time........... just coz you may have 3 people experienced and taking care of you - doesnt mean that you can cut corners........... they cant be with you and hold your hand as you get a 180 with twists facing the object............

its funny.......... only Saturday we were sprung by the land owner of a nice 220ft A - after some chat with her and some cool PR work by my girlfriend the woman said that it would be fine for us to jump this when ever we wanted to - in fact after her, her daughter and her neighbours witnessed us going off - they thanked us for letting them watch!! No loud music, no fast driving, a little bit of time taken out to talk and be polite and civil to the local people ensured that this "daytime" jump is in a village still with BASE friendly residents......... who as one old lady said "wont grass you up to the coppers!" Lets not fuck this one up!

Nice work! ............. just curious but what sort of object count is this with..........???

ROFLMAO!!! OMG...you did not just go there! Wait a minute....yes you did! LOL! easy now!! i have never "been there" - it was faber that videod me naked!!! I hope he did not put the video on and bend over the mirror growling whislt watching it!!!! whoa!!!

hehehehe! the look on the tillers face when we walked outta the toilet!!! that was priceless!!!

Nice work centurion!! cant wait to view!!!

LMAO!! Thanks for sharing.....I think! If you have ever seen Faber you wont wont to vision him bent over the mirror wrist flicking at 120bpm - growling at himself as he reaches vinigars!!! whoa - not a nice thought at all!!!

that can be interperated in certain ways!!! Faber aint like that!!! hehehehehehe but im sure you were innocent in your statement!!!

yeah and have perhaps a sofa and chairs whilst you wait for your slot........... mmmmm........ sounds like another sport to me!.........

something to do with the fact that this is the day we got your E???

Is there any reason why these jumpers seem to have spring loaded PC's?? Just curious................

The incident I spoke about involved an Ace (no vents no valves). As 3rings incidents - the 180 was caused by bad exit and body position. Not panicking, not giving up, and good fucking skill is what saved my friend from not coming out bad for this incident. I heard once that there are 2 types of BASE jumpers - ones that have had 180's and ones that will have 180's - just make sure you are confident of your skills before you get into this sport - as facing a large rock is not the time to wish you had! Be safe all........

I thought I would post this here as this forum is for "newbies / wannabes" looking to get into BASE. I witnessed my first cliff stike a few days ago (i say first as I know I will witness more in my jumping life). As this was a first for me I thought I would share the experience with people wanting to get into BASE to hopefully show it aint all roses. The sun was dying down and 5 of us were stood on top of a 340ft E - its a gnarly jump with shite landing areas and not much room for error. Only 2 of us had done this object before and due to the lack of light and the horrible landing options 3 people dropped out of jumping. Myself and one other (who had not jumped it before) decided all was good (he had spent alot of time checking out the landing options) - I went first - I waited for the traffic below to become clear - you can see cars approach from both sides and there was a clear spot aws two cars passed below me - I went off looking at the cars driving below me (little did they know whilst driving home from a day out there was someone above them in freefall) - I watched the cliff between my legs (its over hung then under hung) and pitched at around 2 / 3 seconds - on heading - quick 180 and landed at the base of the cliff on the road. All good! - I heard a crack of a canopy and looked up - all i could see is my friend under canopy facing the cliff - he hit in! he backed up but the underhung section then came up and met him - he hit in again - he hung off his rear risers but hit in once again. He then kept on the rear risers and sank in facing the cliff - be banged in right in front of me. Whislt watching this I thought I was watching a friend of mine either getting horribly hurt of perhaps dying. I raced over the small ditch the where he was lying and all i thought was call the ambulance - as i came over the brow I saw him get up and he just said "Im sorry". He was fine apart from a few cuts and bruises. On top a shake of hands and a "have a good one" - and then I thought that I was watching the last moments of a friends life. I felt an extreme helplessness as i watched him bang down the face of the cliff - its certainly a reality check and although you may think you accept the risks - its not until you witness something fucking horrible does it all hit home - just how close to injury or death we truely are.......... Luckily due to his canopy skills he kept his canopy inflated and managed to minimise the damage to his body - I dread to think what would have happened without that canopy skill or presence of mind - GET MORE CANOPY EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU BASE! 2 days later I made another jump and the incident did not come into my mind at all. As far as I am concerned "shit happens". Sorry for the longish post - but I just I know I was very thoughful after this incident - and I hope the "newbie / wannabe" out there truely know what they are getting into - its all well and good to say "yeah I know I could witness a death or serious injury" but the reality I am afraid is more of a headfuck than you could ever imagine. Im sure more experienced jumpers here can recall incidents that ended a lot worse than my "first" horrible experience. Perhaps they may (or may not) like to share just to bring the reality to people. I know when I was a 150 skydive wonder I thought I knew I was ready - after 500 skydives and 20 months in BASE with a good few jumps / objects under my belt I still got some inner thought after witnessing this. Anyway I gotta pack after a fucking great jump last night for a nice sunset jump tonight! - sorry to blurt out!!! Hope you all have a good and safe year!!! As 689 says "soft walls" people!!!

Aint that the truth!!! - The first night / day we stayed in Stavanger we went out on the beers and I spent £300 (approx $500) Bugger!

I dont think you reallly have thought what you are getting into then........... At 150 skydives I wanted "to get into it ASAP" and it did not scare me. At 250 skydives I wanted to get into it "at some point" - and the thought was starting to scare me. At 350 skydives I did not really fancy doing it all as it scared the shit outta me. At 500 skydives I deceided that I would take a FJC and determine whether it was for me - and i was scared shitless why do you need this "ASAP"???? whats the hurry??? Take your time learn to skydive (which can be fun in itself!) - you may even forget BASE for a while - one day you will wake and "know" You are ready.

There you go again with the "my basejumps" - dude goto the local swimming and diving forum - its much more sorted to what you are talking about!!! You crack me up!!!

Even without jumping the place will just blow you away.......... its beautiful ..........but even more so whilst jumping!

Nice work! - I love solos! it really is a time for ones self..........

I live in the UK but I still manged to contact jumpers in your area............. If you havent then you aint making much effort..........

oh dont encourage him beth!!!!