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Thanks! I have some credit with paragear so I'll order them. Thank you for the link :) I do alot of checks before boarding the airplane and on the ride up to altitude, but I've never checked my pin by feeling it. I only check it on the ground a few times and always when I put the rig on. Didn't really thought about doing it on the plane. Doesn't your main flap become lose then? Eli "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

I'd like to try, but I probably won't succeed cause I'm not that handy.

You'll have a bit more control by having a larger surface area to play with. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Can I use webbed gloves for skydiving that are actually intended for scubadiving? If not, does anyone know where I can buy webbed gloves that can be safely used for skydiving? (like those in the pic attached?) Thanks in advance! Eli :) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Have/had to study + no money Looking forward to next week though

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmotlurx0EM Not my favorite, but I laugh every time I see this one

"I'd be carefull taking that advice because I think most of the jumpers there downsized fast themselves so going to the 150 might not be a problem at all from their point of view." "Yep. There's another thread dealing with just that sort of issue." Sorry to bother, but do you remember what the title of that thread is? or where I can find it? I'd like to read more about it. Thanks ;) Eli "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Exactly. That's also why I want a reliable and relatively big reserve, in case I have a malfunction and am presented with those kind of situations. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Glad to hear that! Welcome to the sport ;) Eli "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Hi Mark, Thank you for your reply :) I have the feeling that we got along great and I hope we get to jump together in the near future. Good luck on your next jumps buddy ;) See ya Eli "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Hi Dwayne, Go for it! :) I you feel you want to jump more/again after every jump then you will definately not regret doing AFF. If you do sign up I hope you have an awesome time and I wish you the best of luck. Blues skies Eli ;) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Nope, I didn't really stood still or thought about what size reserve was in there But I'm sure it was big enough (150 or bigger I think) It was student/beginner/novice gear after all. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

I loved it! I think I like smaller DZ's most. This one has this cozy warm feelling and a wonderfull vibe that I get from it! And people were very friendly and funny. Awesome :) I will definately come back again altough maby not very soon because transport and extra costs for not being a member are a little high for a student like me. I also jumped out of a Cessna 206 for the first time. I love small airplanes! And I jumped a sabre 190. (Were you there too saturday?) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciIjdvNo65s I think/believe he was unconcious for the entire jump and landing after the collission occurred. I believe there are also some other unconcious cypres saves/reserve landings in the official cypres saves list. If you open the link below you will already see two examples of cypress saves and landings on a reserve while unconcious under "spectacular reports of cypres lifesavings". http://www.cypres.cc/Sites/englisch/Frameset_engl_download.htm "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

It was my understanding that they landed at the summit, but I could be wrong. I only saw the PD team swoop the mountain in a video clip, so I also don't know if they effectively landed on the summit, but if they did, then that is one hell of an achievement! :) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Mont Blanc is 4808 meters, but the LZ at Mont Blanc would probably be lower than 3810 meters, no? So concering LZ's, the one in the Himalaya's would still be higher, right? Unless the PD team and others before them actually landed on the summit of Mont Blanc. (I doubt that the PD team landed on/near the summit with swoop-like high performance canopy's) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

I once saw something on the news that was as crazy as this. A 1000 dollar ice cream. The ice was coated with the apprarently best chocolate in the world and with ultra light and ultra thin gold papers. Talk about a waste of money. You can almost do an AFF course with that ammount. Edit: I just saw the video, the icecream in the clip is the one I'm talking about. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Thanks for the replies, PM's and advise everybody, I really appreciate it! I am gonna try to sell my rig and buy a larger canopy (nothing smaller than a 170). And when I get that larger canopy (with a big reserve) I will stay on that canopy for a long time. Now I just have to go through the proces of selling my rig and buying another, and altough that may take a long time, I think it is a good decision. My best regards Eli ;) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

well I guess its a little more than that. It's about 50 jumps a year, so say 4 jumps a month. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

where is the video? i only see "Unbelievable This is the closest you can come to being a superhero" and "reddit and digg" "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Well, I haven't really actively asked for input at the DZ actually. To be honest, for certain reasons I'm a very introverted and socially shy person, so I'm a little reluctant to go up to very expierenced jumpers and ask for their advice. It's also the fact that the mayority of experienced jumpers at the DZ's I go to, jump small canopy's, so I think they would probably think jumping a 150 at my level would be fine, but I might be wrong there. That's why I'd rather ask something in here (forums) than actually talking to people. So I guess what I'm saying is, that if I asked for it, people would definately give me advise at the DZ, but I'd be carefull taking that advice because I think most of the jumpers there downsized fast themselves so going to the 150 might not be a problem at all from their point of view. As for the new canopy, I already bought it a little more than a month or so ago, it's just now in the last 2 weeks or so that I started to realise that I probably should not be jumping it and should stay on bigger canopy's for a while. Thanks for the reply Eli :) "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Is it possible to replace a techno 128 reserve from an atom 00 container? I thought it wasn't, but if it is then chances are very high indeed that I will take your advive on that and buy a larger reserve in the range of 140-160. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Because (from my experience) smaller canopy's seem to pack better, but I can be wrong there, and I also want to be able to play a bit in the air, I just never want to swoop. At least that's what I want now, but that may change in the next 10 years altough I doubt that very much, but who knows. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

Every time stand up landing? No. From the 10 jumps on 170's, I've had about 7 stand up landings. The last 4 jumps were in zero winds and I had two stand up landings that day and two 'failed' landings. Landing within a few yards of where I want to be? Sometimes yes, mostly no. But I can land within a few 10's of meters and fly a pretty predictalble pattern. And I never try any swooping stuff up high. I just want to land safely. No input from instructors or experienced skydivers at my current DZ yet, except the seller of the rig of course. I'm just wondering now if I should sell my rig and buy something larger, or put my rig away, jump 170 a while, and take my rig out the closet when I'm ready. "In a mad world, only the mad are sane"