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im not sure if i made it clear that the guy asked me to join the jump on the ground probably an hour before we went. spoke to him and forgot him. thinking about it, i dont think i even recongised him on the plane so i wasnt looking out for him as a possible danger. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

Tom went low a large propprtion of the jump, different body size , good old AFF arch and i was wearing my FF suit. i had no need to look up at all, why would i on a 2-way? on exit, i was focusing on looking at tom and smiling and just having a good time ( we did a standard linked exit), i didnt see the plane on exit and was totally focused on tom, being the "experienced "guy on the jump. when he told me, i was more dumbfounded than pissed off. as i walked away i started to get angry. it was the end of the day and i left the DZ very soon after. im heading out to go party now, but i will be back later to carry on the discussion. i find it scary how many idiots i have already met in the sport - now, im no angel, im pretty sure ive done some retarded stuff, but i just dont see how anyone can even think of doing what this guy did. thanks for all the replies. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

im not scared of the guy, i probably spent about 5 minutes in total talking to him (he's army, that makes me wary-imagining over-reaction). i doubt i'll be back at the DZ for a while (im turning into a holiday jumper, sadly). i dont like snitching on people, i dont really want to get the CCI involved and im not going to see this guy for a while (dont even know his name) but im sure i'll sort something out. i just thought id make a point of posting on here as i didnt think anyone could be that dumb as to get in on someone elses jump without even telling them! (especially with a total newb doing one of his first 2ways) so for everyone reading this who's new to the sport, dont be a total pillock, please. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

hi everyone, thought id post what happened to me earlier today and maybe someone will learn from this. i still feel im not as angry as i should be about this. the plan was to do a 2-way with a friend (i have 150 jumps, he has 30ish and had only done 1 or 2 2-ways before). we meticuosly planned the jump, practiced it all and thought of as many eventuallities as possible. while hanging outside manifest a guy (who had 60ish jumps since 2003) asked if we could make it a 3-way. i kndly said no as i wanted to keep the jump simple safe and fun for myself and my mate. anyway, i jump out with my mate, we have an amazing jump, it all goes to plan (including paper rock scissors in freefall ..i lost ) on the ground, we bump into this other guy and he tells us that he jumped out after us and was having a blast watching us in freefall from above, and how he was in two minds as to whether he should come in and join us but thought it best not as we didnt know him ( he said he was "dive to pin" close, in my mind thats fucking close to us.). while describing watching us he made referances to watching us track away, etc. now, i had no idea this guy was there. he is an army lad (sorry army people but a lot of you guys put me on edge), i smiled made a joke and walked away. im still deciding whether or not to tell the CCI, i dont want some crazy army dude beating on me and the DZ is small, i dont want to piss people off,but of course if someone else gets hurt from something similar by him, i guess its my fault. etc anyone else think what happened is just a little fucked up? (apart from me not telling the CCI) "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

im the same, ive never been star-struck at all and dont really understand it myself. there's always got to be a leader, its how our brains our wired. we all need something to aspire to, and the things we aspire towards are things that enrich our lives (which means there will always be a select few have what many will never achieve). whether its money or humor, the qualities most sought after are always scarce otherwise they wouldnt be valued as highly, and because of that there will always a hierachy is some form or another. im quite surprised at how many people voted 10, i didnt think anyone would put 10 and seriously mean it. edit: why am i posting about this at 1.30am when im going jumping tomorrow and havent been for nearly 2 and a half months?!? "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

i guess, im just killing time at work as its totally quiet here. yeah i guess it is a bit absurd, but i definitelty think it can be ranked. there are alpha [fe]males, and there are boring dull people that contribute nothing to a group. the point of the poll was more to see what everyone thought of themselves. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

totally, i was just interested to see how people thought of themselves or something like that. i cant imagine many people can honestly and ACCURATELY say they are a number 1 person. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

just wondering where everyone puts themselves on the scale. 2,3? if you had to, could you rank everyone in your social group, do you think youre right? even a number 10 person would probably still say 3 or 4... i presume that social hierachies become less apparent with age, think back to being 12 or 15 or 18 and so on. probably another pointless post. oh well "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

i just got my lip pierced and although it rocks (the initial bar i have in is a little too long and is scratching the fuck out of my teeth), i know when its all healed i'll get a shorter bar and im told this should be fine. any people out there who have a lip piercing have problems with it scratching your teeth even with a properly sized bar? (dont know the technical name for the bar with ball on the end). "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

got 2, Edmund Ellis. i normally keep the ellis part very quiet. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

no just for jumping! i havent jumped many planes but 3 x king air 2 skyvan would be pretty cool! "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

so if you owned a big DZ and had unlimited cash, and could buy 5 jump planes(or helicopters?) (they can all be the same) and running costs didnt matter. what would you get? post pics! "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

economics student at uni. work in a call center every spare minute of the day, someones gotta pay for all my skydiving trips and i still havent found an untraceable way getting rid of the parents "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

i like your style... im gonna go get me a pyscho "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

whiney girl = easy target. cool. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

um, isnt the average no. of jumps a 100 a person in a year. so wouldnt each women have to give birth to a 100 kids a year to make the stats comparable. edit: there are 65,000 jumpers in the US? for some reason i thought there were less. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

Italy. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

one thing i definitely learnt is you don't do something just once. if you try something, you are going to do it again, once you open a door its hard to shut it straight away. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

all depends on your point of view. i have heavy nights now and then, thats it. im mainly talking about x. salvia id keep at home, dont smoke weed and the all the others arent worth wasting my brain cells for (apart from shrooms of course) "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

thats fucking comical. awesome. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

never have a supply at home for later occassions. get what you need one night at a time. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

kudos to them, they are pretty resourcefull if they are sending PM's to people on a skydiving forum of all things. how can people still be falling for this shit? they must be if scammers are still operating. "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

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