monkycndo

Write down as little or as much as you like. Anything and everything is ok. It is fun to go back and read old log entries from years past. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

What, so you have replaced your preference of sub size 6 women with Mad Men? Didn't think you had it in you. Butt it looks like you have now. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I enjoy doing night wingsuit jumps. I use a combination of glow sticks in the wings and on my chest strap & helmet for being lit up during flight. My suit glows. I also have a strobe/flashlight taped to the back of my helmet and a head lamp worn under my open face helmet. Once I deploy, I turn on the headlamp and flashlight on my helmet to do a quick check of my canopy. Then I switch the flash light over to the strobe function. With it being on the back of the helmet, it doesn't affect my night vision. And having the headlamp saved my butt doing the midnight New Years Eve jump in Eloy. The winds were blowing in all different directions at different altitudes. I misjudged the wind speed while under canopy and put myself downwind of the landing area and realized once I turned final wasn't going to make it to the grass. Ended up right over the top of where the planes fuel and coming almost straight down. And I can tell you there are no lights in this area and it was dark being that the lights in the landing area ahead of me killed some of my night vision. Being over the top of black pavement, it was difficult to tell my height above ground. Having the headlamp saved my ass because when the surface below me changed from black to the slightest hint of gray, I flared hard and still landed like a sack of rocks. If it hadn't been for the headlamp, I would have been in a serious world of hurt. Now the headlamp is always a part of my night gear. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Looks like there will be a helicopter and they are still working on a balloon.

Chris, you had me believing you until that very last part. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Jeff, you missed a few. If the WSer is wearing purple, he needs to be geeking back at the perspective of the camera. If the WSer is wearing all black, he has to be wearing 9 GoPros. If the WSer is wearing all red, he is wearing a rented suit. If the WSer is wearing blue/yellow, that is a mistake. I don't proxy fly. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

The canopy I have the most jumps on is a Sabre. From 190 student gear down to my 135. Some might say it skews my opinion of what I consider a fast or slow opening, but I have gotten used to pitching and knowing the canopy is there. I like the term "brisk" to describe it. I define a slammer as one that makes you grunt and you wonder if you still have your shoes on. Only been slammed twice. Once on a Sabre2 and once on the 135 when it was out of trim and not slowing down from my track after doing a belly jump. To me, a slow, snivelly opening is a malfunction that eventually clears. The canopy I use the most is my 150, both for belly or WS. In either case, I do not roll the nose. I take all 9 cells together and and stuff them gently into the canopy so as not to disturb the lines. The deployment is smooth and soft in the WS, and a little on the brisk side for standard belly jump. I am a believer in adding a pocket to the slider instead of using packing tricks to slow an opening. I added one to the 135 because it was a bit too brisk for me for belly jumps. I also a have Nitro/n in 135 and 150 and love how they fly, but they open too damn slow in my WS. If I could dial them in to open like my Sabres, that would be my dream canopy. *disclaimer* Every individual canopy has its own personality. Pack the way you think is best. Mine are well behaved. Yours might secretly hate you. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I would agree that some systems might roll the outer cells into the middle, don't know of any sport canopies that have that as suggested packing method. Unless it is done evenly on each side, rolling can cause off heading openings. When I first got my Sabre 170, I did every trick I could to prevent a possible slammer opening that Sabres were supposed to have. I ended up with lots of off heading openings depending on which side unrolled first. Never had a slammer. With some trial and effort, found out I had much more consistant openings by just stuffing the nose, all 9 cells. This works for my Sabre 150 as well. When I went to a 135, it had some brisk, wonky openings. After giving it a new needed lineset and adding a pocket slider, it opens like a dream. So if you have a hard opening canopy, a pocket is the way I would go. Works the same every time without the worry of how the nose was packed/rolled. YMMV. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Yes that you know or yes it is a SkyVan? 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

As told to me, a strap is connected to the dive loops on the front risers. The vidiographer can keep match the speed of the formation by standing on the strap so they don't have to hang on the fronts and tire themselves out. Looks weird the first time you see it. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Equating pack volumes of canopies of the same size from different manufacturers isn't always accurate. A ZPX Pilot will pack about one size smaller than a regular Pilot. But I have found that in general, the Pilot will pack larger than say a Sabre2. So no guarantee which will be smaller between a Sil or ZPX. If I needed an easy packing canopy that packed small, I'd go with a Pulse. Packs easily brand new and is a true one size smaller than other PD canopies. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I think you meant this for the Vengeance. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

When I think of George Carlin, I don't thnk of 7 words. I think about football and baseball. And maybe some other "stuff". 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

A Pilot at that WL will make a fine WS canopy. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Love it when the stoopid webmaster forgets to edit out the actual location in the testimonial when it is uploaded as a different dz location. "I jumped at Skydive Georgia and that is why you should jump at Skydive Philadelphia." Makes sense to me. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Tommy is fab-u-lous. Tell him Monkey says he needs a haircut....... and a shave. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

Diddy up. Whoa!! Back up. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

This morning I had a phone message from old jumping pal, Jay Gile who looks to be in the outer ring, and he said that they had to be in jumpsuits & ready at 7:00 AM this morning, Sat. JerryBaumchen Two point 60 way? Why not, they are all there with nothing else to do since they banged out objective #1. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

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This is a tough one. Choosing between a redhead and a chick that welds. Decisions decisions. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I upsized my reserve and seldom put my 135 in the container. Slow canopies just mean yu get more airtime. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I only met him at the last PIA convention in Reno. Had a short conversation and he was that crotchety curmudgeon. But you could see in his eyes that he was genuinely having fun playing the character. His knowledge and stories will be missed. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

I cry bullshit. We know you never got better. 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity

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I'll be there as well with wingsuits, organizing flocks and offering First Flight Courses. So let's get our flock on. drdive flyingmontana iluvtofly kasch ladydyver monkycndo NWFlyer OlympiaStoica pattersd travelguru 50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity