karenmeal

Skydiving is such a permanent part of my life, the SO would go in a heartbeat! When I began skydiving I was dating a guy who came out and did one tandem, he didn't want to continue jumping.. so I broke up with him! Its really a simply choice in my book... "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

I love that one Conundrum! Right up my alley.. here is another one. So this guy hears a teeny tiny knock on his door one day and goes to answer it. He looks around and sees nobody, he looks down and sees a tiny little snail. He picks the snail up and hucks it off into his yard. Three years later, he hears the same little knock! He goes to answer and sees nobody there, he looks down and spots this little snail. The snail looks up at him and says, "HEY! What the fuck was that all about?!!!" "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

Here is a joke that I like: Why is Helen Keller such a bad driver? Because she is a woman! "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

What bottle????? "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

So no dead baby jokes then? "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

Has a hot boyfriend. (So I hear..) "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

I love my boyfriend's scars! Even though most of them are from his dog jumping all over him, they are still sexy. I'm pretty sure he thinks my line burn scars on my ankles are kinda sexy too. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

On my stiletto I roll the shit out of the nose (4 and 4) and tuck the center cell way in and bring the slider out about 4 inches in front of the rolled up nose. Next, I roll the tail alot from top to bottom. Then of course I treat it real nice on the ground so my work doesn't come undone. This seems to help. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

You guys with your beautiful weather suck! Altitude: 3.5 Plane: C-182 Sunset hop and pop. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

I hope I can go see it in the theatre! My boyfriend was the rigger that built the davinci parachute in that movie!

Grow some boobs and a vagina.. works for me everytime.

TribalTalon: Maybe at 67 jumps you shouldn't be arguing with someone who has 4000+. i've also cleared p.c in tows that way, by grabbing the bridle. however, if i couldnt find the bridle or whatever for some reason i would cut away, make sure my risers have seperated from teh harness with a sweeping motion, and then silver. sounds like alot but it'd only take a second. *** I don't quite understand what good it would do to make sure that the three rings have completely released before you pull your reserve. The problem with cutting away and then deploying the reserve is that as you deploy the reserve it may decrease the tension that is holding the main in the container, thus allowing the main to open. You risk that the main will open at the same time as the reserve and that the main risers and lines may get tangled on the reserve. When you go straight to the reserve handle you are saving time and decreasing the chances of canopies getting tangled. There are pros and cons to either side. I think that a lot of times the act of cutting away first clears the burble over your back and allows the main to open and fly away, leaving room for a clean reserve deployment. I guess your choice of malfunction procedures for this one kinda depends on which canopy you are betting will open up first (if the main is capable of being removed from the container.) If I ever have a pilot chute in tow again I will vigorously clear the air over my back while looking back to see what the problem is.. and then I will deploy my reserve. *Disclaimer: Obviously, this is just my opinion. Each procedure has its pros and each has its cons. Its a decision that every jumper needs to make on the ground and commit to muscle memory before we are faced with it in the air.

No really you're my hero, ever since I saw you talk to that obnoxious kid at LP last year. Its a good thing that you'll be there again this year, you can keep the local kids in check.

It's TALL GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Hero!!!!!!!!!!!

but you would have to twist the stows every single time.. that would get old! If you just do a double larkshead then you do that once and have small rubber bands for the rest of the time.

Well then its not really too possible to have flourescent yellow ZP on top of black and not have it look kinda green.. they won't ever be able to fix that

What fabric is the wing made from? It looks kinda see-through ZP? or something.. it looks like the pale flo-yellow is on top of black fabric.. I think that is what is making it look green. Yellow and black make green.

I've definitely heard cons of double stowing through the grommets but have never witnessed it personally. If you don't have access to small rubber bands and are worried about it, you can use the large rubber band and when you put it on, do a double larks head. It tightens it up to about the size of a small rubber band and is a bit easier to work with since the doubling up gives you something to grab and shove through a grommet. Its also easier to remove them when they break. (Atleast I think so.) Personally, I never double stow the first two, maybe I'm being silly, but better safe than sorry. So if I were you, I would probably stick with those and just double larkshead the first four (or three) stows, then double stow the rest. Make sense?

from Ron: Maybe you've not heard of the treaty of tripoli? It contains this jewel: "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion" Considering that this treaty was written and signed by the same guys behind the constitution, I think their thoughts and intentions were pretty clear. Just had to add... I think that moral codes are natural among humans. I think that tit for tat (which is basically the golden rule) is natural as it is the best way to succeed in life. (By passing on your DNA) Humans are simply more sucessful when they build up social insurance by real or fictive kin-ties. I think that moral codes just happen, perhaps for selfish reasons, but for reasons that benefit humanity nonetheless.

You inspired me, I'm having a second bowl of cereal this morning. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

My family loves to come watch me swoop and meet all my jumping friends. They make instant friends when they show up at the DZ, and love having picnics out near the landing area. My mom has even done three tandems to see what it is like. She is the best mom on the entire planet, there is no doubt about this. My dad, who won't get in airplanes, is super proud of me, brags about my skydiving endeavors to his friends and students, and even wrote up a case study on my home DZ that has been published in several business strategy text books. (He was very sure to include *my* picture.) My brother hasn't had a chance to come watch me jump yet, but he is a glider pilot and really wants me to jump from his glider and climb all over the wings and stuff. In short, my family is so cool about skydiving, I got a cypres for highschool graduation, when I had my first cutaway and it scared me shitless my dad called up Jim Crouch (director of safety and training at USPA) and ordered me the video breakaway, when I dropped out of school to be a packer they supported my decision and thought I was smart for doing it.. I could go on and on and on.. Ahh.. I love my family.

Well... I picked them in this order: FDR because he was elected four times and many of his reform policies are still in action today. JFK (my teacher likes him) because either he got lucky with the cuban missile crisis or he has mad-crazy diplomatic skills. Then Truman, he was a strong leader during the end of WWII and the korean war and other things. Then Eisenhower because of a bunch of things mainly the interstate system I guess.. Then TR because he embodied the American spirit of his time and set the stage for us to become a major world power... Obviously there was no right or wrong for the ranking.. just had to back up our opinion. I better go skydive now.... -Karen

Aced my final... thanks! "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

Practice getting into the sit as quick as possible on various types of exits... then practice doing maneuvers to cause instability so you can learn to regain the sit quickly if you cork.. then you can practice real transitions, cartwheels, front flips, back flips.. etc. Then you can learn to go forward, backwards, sideways, increase and decrease speed. Then you can go practice taking pretend docks in the air so that you get comfortable sticking your hand out in front of you while maintaining stability. However, The most important thing for you to learn now are skills that will pertain to jumping with others. Learn to recover very quickly from a cork (balling up to maintain speed), learn to fall straight down and then learn to not cork. When you practice this stuff, make sure you're facing off the line of flight as you might be backsliding or driving a lot more than you may realize. Don't want to get in other peoples way on opening. If you have any other questions about good solo drill dives feel free to PM me!

How come you place JFK at the top?