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Same ones I am in ;p ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Its true that you can't see the lines. But you can see the clues such as in the post above. I personally find that the most clear way to see them is to look for the poles. (in combination with avoiding borders) ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I can't disagree with the fact that you will learn SOOO much more by jumping with people that have more jumps skill than you. (yah, jumps are normally a good measure, anyways...) I have been lucky enough to be at a DZ that is very inclusionary when it comes to RW dives. I have only been turned down on a dive when it was either a special dive (00's, etc) or the person setting it up wanted to keep it small based on who was on it. Thats a great thing and it has helped me to learn a lot faster than I probally could have just jumping with people who are at or below my personal skill level. I hope that people will jump more with others that are experienced rather than people with their own skills, hell, I think it should be most highly encouraged as a general practice. That said, it seems counter productive to give a person a 'license' to skydive if they aren't capable of at least a basic two way with someone else of similar skill level. Maybe we need to make it harder to get an A if the people just getting it are not capable of making very basic skydives. Either that or maybe we should reconsider what an A license means and what a person with one is allowed to do. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

hah ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I suppose you could say its the pilot that makes the swoop not the canopy... I don't think everyone gets that point ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I was high and comming down when a formation funnel'd all to hell. People kinda ended up flying every which way and for whatever reason one person grabed anothers leg and the result was me getting hit with a shoe. Didn't really hurt. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

nice looking area around your DZ... and nice plane ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

ha, im in some of them pictures... very cool. I don't think that I have seen color that nice out of freefall pictures (that have me in them at least)

Just before my 21st birthday. Had money in the bank to help me along, never would have made it through being a student if it wasn't for that. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I have! Cool to meet ya

Ok whats sucking is that I am not there anymore Sitting here at work sucks cause your all having fun@!!!! Oh well... I'll be back there on friday ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

wuffo you jump outa dem perfectly good airplanes ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

You suck! I'm betting on ZERO. Now everyone do you best to prove me point! ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

/me skips work friday Be there tommooooooorow!!!!!!

You have a virus. There are ways to get rid of it. Most likely they also blocked your ability to goto the webpages of virus scanners on the net. But for starters I would try: Online Virus and Security Check (Click) That gets around the way they block the sites. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

My $0.02 Careful now. Allowing youself to sit in your harness could make it more difficult to run out landings. I think there have been other suggestions that might be a better choice. The amount that you move the legstraps forward on your legs doesn't affect your ability to have your legs where they belong when its time to land. It only changes the comfort level. If you push your legs back straight down the legstraps just slip back to where they would normally sit. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

I listen to my sirius subscription or Digitally Imported if im in the mood for trance/dance ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

While I agree that its better to not have any regrets... What if where you stand in regrets is the end of options. Like, if you didn't have the chance to go back and do something that you regreted not doing. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

If there was an easy way to fix it i would, but there isn't so I can't. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Btw, these are pretty interesting. I have done through number 7. Have 8,9,10 to go... not the easiest ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Every year for the last few years the DZ that I now call home hosts an anual boogie to raise money for the Camp Heartland Charity. The boogie technically runs from August 16th through August 29th. Most of the events take place on the weekend. For the week of the 16th through the 22nd we will have a CASA Flying exclusively. (We are sending our caravan away) The whole registration fee ($20) goes to camp heartland. It gets you a raffle ticket, lunch, dinner and beer at the evening party. There are lots of raffle prizes (I would give a list but I don't have it) Here is an exerpt from the site that tells a little more: This year we will be attempting to break both the wisconsin state POPS Record and Womens Records. We will have both Dave Brown and Roger Ponce as LOs. There will be lots a 4-way scramble as well as many other fun dives. Overall, like most places, its a awesome DZ to hang out at, jump, and have a great time. We also have a big landing area for jumpers with less experience who want to come jump a CASA at a more laid back boogie and plenty of outs surrounding the DZ in every direction. Check out the website for more info: http://www.heartlandboogie.com ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Not true. Some of the DZs fly all winter. Just not nearly as much as normal. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Longer Answer I have seen a canopy kited with a golfcart (Standing on back of it) on a no wind day. Person never left the ground and it was STILL dangerous. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Where would I like to be? hmm... well, if the question precluded the fact that if I wasn't at work right now pw'ing I wouldn't have money to jump then sure jumping. I have to work to jump. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

Mt. Dew... have to love having free soda in the office. ~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka