Lonnie

Policeman make excellent ground crew. *** They also make excellent base jumpers as well!! Have jumped with more than one. NEVER GIVE UP!

Cool story PUP. Somewhere between 92 and 100, 97 also got his # off the same objects I believe. NEVER GIVE UP!

It appears you are the only one else, who actually IS a parent.My kids are ALWAYS on my mind, whether I'm jumping or not,I don't drink or do drugs! My drug is life and I choose to live it to the fullest, and I have always taught my kids to do the same! If they have a passion to pursue it, whatever that passion may be! It doesn't matter if it's golf, or racing cars, shit happens. The point I tried to make, that some took to the literal end is there are lots of risks we take daily, jumping being only one of them. NEVER GIVE UP!

Yes they are,but the stats are per capita I just don't understand why you think anyone should quit just because they have kids, when there is so many other things that can leave them without a parent? NEVER GIVE UP!

Stats don't lie, we all know that driving a car is far more dangerous than flying. Your chances of dying in a car crash far out weigh the chances of dying in any sport My point is we live in a world where nothing is certain. We all take risks every day, calculated risks but risks just the same.Riding your bike down the street is taking a risk, very big risk, as more die doing this than many so called high risk sports. The list which still stands under 90, for all the base jumps made since the beginning shows that you have a higher risk of dying on a bike than in base. If your speaking of Todd, I too may have quit jumping in that same scenario, however before that he did still jump. As far as what people would say or think, there will always be some who will diagree with the way you conduct your life.I AGREE that once you become a parent you MUST give up some freedom, but why jumping, why not mountainbiking, or drinking,hockey,football...... We can't live in a plastic bubble, every day is a risk. Do you feel the same towards skydiving? If not then why? NEVER GIVE UP!

We all put our lives at more risk driving to and from the sites. What would you be teaching your child by not doing the things in life you have a true passion for? Don't do something little Johnny if you might be hurt! You take just as much of a risk driving to work intentionally, maybe more, there are so many idiots out there to take you out! Lets face it SHIT happens, no matter what your doing. BASE is a risky sport, but so is any sport. A few years ago a risk management company calculated per capita skydiving blew all other sports out of the water! Including hockey, football, and even cycling!BASE is obviously more risky still. Would you then say that once you have kids you should quit everything that puts you at risk? That would be a very sheltered life you would have to live. NEVER GIVE UP!

to go naked in the winter! NEVER GIVE UP!

He had an idea to exit the helicopter at the same time as a two-way, to get the MONEY SHOT! The forward throw was more than he calculated, he dumped just before he went into the falls. His canopy somehow opened inside and flew out! NEVER GIVE UP!

Jumped Angel Falls with Gus, WILD video of himself going into the falls on camera, spit him out a few hundred ft later,wet, but,unscathed! Sad to lose another NEVER GIVE UP!

I think that the way you were packing the PC is not the best way to do it. With the bridle wrapped up in the mesh, it can lock inside the PC until it can at least partially inflate. I agree it must have been a combination of things going wrong.This, plus a weak throw, or bridle holding back the throw, but it shows how it CAN happen. Changing so the bridle is s-folded on top of the mesh, and NOT wrapping the mesh around it will reduce the chances of it happening again. Glad your still here to help figure out what went wrong! NEVER GIVE UP!

Where did you learn to pack your PC that way, or did you make it up yourself? NEVER GIVE UP!

There's a guy in Quebec a friend of Bert's who made 24 jumps in 24 hours all from 400ft. At that time he was in his 40's NEVER GIVE UP!

QuoteBertrand Cloutier, BASE 318, Quebec . . . Bert and I are very good friends and as far as I know are the only two to hold sud-zero naked base #s #1, #2 My coldest naked jump was -20 and Berts was even colder than that! With clothes on we have jumped together in -35 without windchill!! NEVER GIVE UP!

I agree with Avery he never made a base jump. On the other point the guy who attempted to jump Niagara Falls died on a base jump. He wore a single parachute rig and deployed, he didn't know what he was doing, had never made a base jump before, although had made a few skydives. His choice of equipment, and failure to execute the jump properly is what ended up killing him. Had he survived it would have been a base jump. I had that same jump planned out long before he did it, just couldn't get sponsors to give me the jetski. The fine is also set at $10,000. NEVER GIVE UP!

WELL PUT KEVIN!! I AGREE TOTALLY! It goes back to KISS. NEVER GIVE UP!

I've probably had more PC's from Paratech than anyone, at least 30, and everyone has measured to the correct size. NEVER GIVE UP!

All depends, if it's a crane on it's own or a crane at the top of 20 storey building. just a crane other NEVER GIVE UP!