MarkM
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Sunshine mentioned a lack of self confidence. But I'm not suprised it isn't a common issue. Jumping out of planes is a bit of an ego boost and if you can't make decisions this sport isn't really for you.
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Yeah, they're definately not as tough as an analog. I had my neptune fail on me on the way to altitude yesterday. It's going to be hard to go back to my old analog though until it gets fixed. Neptunes really spoil you, they do practically everything.
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Depends a lot on the dropzone. I started up doing SL and it was $45 a SL jump past the initial FJC. That included the rig, instructor, altitude and pack job. I know some DZs that charge $50 for just for gear rental(gear, ticket and pack job).
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If you don't run a bike for a while the gas in the carbs will harden up and set, causing you to have to rebuild the carbs. That may be one reason why he's firing up once a week and giving it a little run.
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Ahh yeah, the pep talks. I've gotten and given a few of those. Problem is, it's easier to believe the bad things you say to yourself than the good things other people tell you. Life would be a lot easier if it was the opposite.
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0:9:couple I hate the summer in Florida.
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I wouldn't have guessed this from your online personality. But I think a lot of people are different online than they are in person. Myself I procrastinate way too much, though I do work my ass off when I get around to it, and I can be somewhat anti-social.
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Well don't I feel like the cheap bastard. I would've just brought em back to my place and cracked open a 60 dollar bottle of tequila. Served California style, of course.
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Yes, watch your gear. Gear theft tends to happen more at boogies because it's easier for unfamiliar faces to blend in, but I know of at least one bad apple that's caused a lot of grief who moved around from DZ to DZ in SE Florida. Anything you own that's small and expensive can be easily swiped. You don't need to be paranoid about it, but try not to leave that kind of stuff out in the open unattended.
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Sebastian / Airport Leasing Woes-- Press Clips
MarkM replied to quade's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Yeah, kind of hard to do HAHO's or crew when there's a bus full of people waiting for you to get down to the ground. -
Dude, you could flash those for extra altitude.
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I've often wondered if women can understand what's it like to need to adjust your package now and then. Like if you're just sitting the wrong way and you get pinched, or get a sudden itch, but you can't really reach down and scratch or adjust it in public so you sorta just squirm around, moving your legs around like that might take care of the situation for you(but it never does). But I guess it's one of those things where you gotta have the balls to really understand how it's like to live with them.
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I only have man breasts like that when I synch my rig chest strap really really tight.
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Many commercial foods you buy are twice frozen. Alaska fish is often caught, frozen, shipped to China, thawed, cut, refrozen and shipped back to the states. Why would freezing something you already froze once magically cause it to go bad?
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Shit girl, that'd even make me uncomfortable. Phone calls are too personal to have random booze hounds calling you at odd hours. Now IMs and emails would be a different story.
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Sorry dude, you're only allowed to be a part of one crowd at a time. You're either a DD, stoner, DGIT, clueless noob, whuffo, tandem-junkie, wide eyed student, weekend warrior, or a snobbish "I'm too cool to skydive anymore" base jumper. We can't have people crossing the lines as mixing everything up confuses the fans and hurts the ratings.
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If I remember right, that was because he stalled his canopy out below 1500 feet. You shouldn't be screwing around like that below your hard deck. If you pull the toggles all the way down, hold it and the canopy doesn't stall you're gonna have to wrap the brake lines or use the rear risers. There's no other "magical" way to make it stall that I've ever heard of.
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Naw, probably just walk up to manifest, grab the microphone and blast out over the DZ intercom, "I wanna blow Joe."
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I'm one of the most boring people you'd ever meet.
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We now return you to your regularly scheduled soap opera, As the Prop Turns.
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What chance would a complete whuffo have of surviving a jump?
MarkM replied to jont's topic in The Bonfire
Pretty good. That's exactly what people did with parachutes before us skydivers got into the picture: OMG, the plane is going down, jump out and pull the handle. Assuming they had a big square, a no flair landing wouldn't kill them. -
Any exit where I'm almost totally limp and just sort of flow with how the air wants to shift me around.
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What's up bitch. Or would those two be for the ex-SO naming thread?
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Kind of hard to hear it over the sound of that jet flying overhead