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Sunset cross country (though not that far out). I had a bag hesitation and then opened into about 5 linetwists. It was stable for a second and I tried to keep it that way...started making progress but then it went with me stuck on my back. Two or three revolutions while trying to riser steer it were enough for me to decide to chop it...at somewhere near 12,000' and 3 miles out. I'd told everyone before the load that common courtesy was to follow the shit if someone before you chopped, but I exited first and found myself all alone...so I gave up on my freebag and followed my main. Landed in some hilly free-range stuff over by that rock quarry or whatever it is. Started para-hiking with both canopies in my arms. Yelled at some cows, was just past the point of no return going over a barbed wire fence when I noticed the "cow" closest to me that was staring at me had 4 ears . . . then I realized two of them weren't ears...and me with a big bright yellow "cape" in my arms I yelled at him and he ran away. Hiked to the freeway and got a ride from Solid...went up in the 182 yesterday and spotted my freebag then hiked in (for about an hour and a half! ) and recovered it. I think I officially reached the point of "cynic" when having a reserve ride produced very little adrenaline, but within 15 seconds of opening I was laughing and yelling "Thanks everyone, enjoy the beer back home, don't worry, I got it...I'll just follow this down over here" . . . followed by "Great, I bet they won't even send the truck" and various other punch lines. Riding brakes and circling a main from that altitude can be rather boring (and dizzying) . . . I had to do something to pass the time and I wanted to make sure I didn't get so bored that I acted on my inkling to catch the main and follow the freebag. Blues, Dave Let's see, follow Dave's freebag -- beer - follow Dave's --- beeerrrrr DZ - here we come!!!!!!!!!!! "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

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What happened? Looks like I missed all the excitement this weekend. "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Geez, for a minute, I misread as "see Ed's skinny" and was going to take another pic, but---------- It was at Bandana's in Anacortes. Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Mine is the red/whte/blue canopy, and it is on my butt cheek - I'll be glad to show ya "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

I only like slightly burnt popcorn at Lost Prairie while looking at LD's breasts "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

>> Yeah - I hear ya talking. But in the recent incident you are taking quotes from, there were many many replies before anyone posted ANY details about what happened. Unless there are more details in the last few hours, the details are still very sketchy at best. It is hard to learn from the incident when there are no details. I know it is early, yet. Ed "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Feeling bummed about Prairie?? And I bought an additional boobie judge badge for you - guess I'll just have to give it to Rosie. "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

You live a five hour drive from the Prairie. WTF is going to take you so damn long? You're not crutching it all the way, are you? She (we) need a day to whip Bolassss into shape before releasing him to Prairie Actualy, we may leave Sun afternoon and start guarding the gates to Canadia that evening Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Why should anyone else buy raffle tickets, when I have the winner?? "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

"We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

LOL! what have I gotten myself into? I hope the boobie patrol likes pierced nipples. Yep doc (head LP boobie judge) "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Verryyyy very cool. I love talking to these guys when I see them in the ER. Their accomplishments were beyond amazing. Thanks for making it happen for him. Doc PS - Krisanne, thanks for the allergy warning - I took a zyrtec before viewing, but it didn't work "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

I would be interested to hear what percentage end up paying you? Let us know. Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Heck, topless bikini would work even better Doc "head boobie judge" "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Just tell them ---- "Yes, your honor, I have nothing but contempt for this court" - I guarantee you will not have to worry about jury duty PS - you know what you call an attorney with an IQ of 60???????? "Your Honor" "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Please let us know what the xrays show. We will hope for the best. Dogs are so wonderful. Hang in there. Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Pilot. Soft openings, takes 500 to 800 ft, great for an old guy like me "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Why not consider a container that will accommodate up to a 210, but also be ok with a 190. You could jump the 210 at 1:1 loading for a hundred jumps or so before getting down to a 190 at 1.16:1 loading. Just my opinion - I see so many students then new jumpers at 1.2 wing loading right after their A. Look up Billvon's downsizing list on the forum, and think about it before getting in too much of a hurry to downsize. Stay away from the incidenst forum. Just my 2Cents. Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Yeah, I saw the forecast and seriously considered coming out your way but decided to do the fiscally responsible thing and stay in town... been spending way too much money I don't really have traveling and skydiving lately. (And fortunately, Ms. Peace Officer did not slap me with multiple tickets for my trouble). What fun is that??????? Ya shoulda been here

Have a great one Pat, Blue skies, Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

OH come on, Woody's aint all bad!! "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

I guess I can't jump with you anymore - don't jump with skygods quite yet Animal beer from Dr. Hill? Where is his taste?? Sounds like you saved the a-hole from himself - let himself bust himself up someplace else, Pete, Cindy, and I don't really want to work at the DZ. Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "

Josh would need his Dad to buy the beer Way to go Josh and Larry. Looking forward to jumping with ya - don't let the dark siders corrupt you too soon. Doc "We saved your gear. Now you can sell it when you get out of the hospital and upsize!!" "K-Dub" "