tustinr

Good on you

Probably not a good idea to do a practice touch so close to pull time after a formation jump. May cause confusion. Rather do a Solo jump from higher and do 2 or 3 practice practice pulls before dumping if you need more confidence. I remember doing camera for a 3 way with relatively inexperienced jumpers and, despite, a good ground briefing explaining to them to track the hell out of there as I was going to deploy directly above them on wave off (cameraman has centre of formation), one jumper did a lazy track and started going for his hackey directly below and just slightly to the side of me as I was going for mine. Nearly gave me a heart attack - fortunately he looked up and realised there was someone above him and tracked further. By that time I had deployed ! With my heart in my mouth ! Nope not a good idea to do practice pulls on a formation jump ! Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Couldn't agree more with the previous threads ! To reiterate: An experienced jumper would not shout at you - would quietly take you aside and talk to you and admit it if he were in the wrong. Besides he/she doesn't sound too experienced to me despite the jump numbers. From what you describe it sounds like you are a pretty safe jumper to me. Just be defensive and keep yor eyes open. Learn to barrel roll and have eyes on the back of your head under canopy. I wouldn't be jumping with these people again, not until they get their act together. Some people are just accidents waiting to happen and if they won't modify their behaviour there is not much you can do about it apart from not going up on a load with them until you feel you have more experience and want to. Its your choice. Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. I jumped a Sabre 190 for 350 jumps at a WL of less than 1:1 until I mastered the art of landing it properly under all circumstances mentioned above and then downsized to a Triathlon 175 and am still jumping it. Very happy with it. I recently jumped the Pilot 168 and was impressed at its zippiness and faster landings compared to the Triathlon. I certainly would not recommend it to an A licence skydiver with a WL of 1:1.35 - asking for trouble. Skydiving is about the freefall experience, learning to fly. The parachute is there to land safely, pack and jump again (in my opinion). You made the right decision to sell the canopy. Speedy recovery. Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

It still does after 600 jumps .............. And I am sure our more experienced skydivers with thousands of jumps will vouch that it it is still great fun otherwise they wouldn't be doing it ! --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Don't wait a minute longer. Get your butt out to the DZ and jump ! Age means zippo. You will meet plenty of new friends and have great FUN ! Go for it. Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

Not sure if this is the right forum to post this message but am trying to locate a skydiving mate of mine who relocated to the USA from SA 3/4 yrs ago. We lost contact a year ago - he is a keen Birdman flyer. I think he was in Houston at some stage in the past year. Would like to renew contact. I am sure he checks this website out too. Doc Rich --------------------------------------- Everything that happens to you in life is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your life and be taught.

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