MarkM
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What I meant was, that if you don't think that you want to be a skydiver, you just want to experience skydiving once in your life, then tandeming is the way to go. If you're already pretty sure you want to learn to skydive and your DZ is only offering SL and tandeming, then there's not much point in doing a tandem. Heck, my 18th jump was a tandem and I think I may be a skydiver too. Ask 20 different people and you'll get 20 different opinions.
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Tandem is the best way to experience skydiving if you don't want really want to learn to be a skydiver. A lot of dropzones are starting to use tandeming as a part of regular training though, AFP or IAF programs. The prices you listed were about right. The only thing I'd recommend is to bring a couple sandwiches to the dropzone because you'll be there most of the day.
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What kind of information were you looking for? Safety of them? Whether or not your (insert rig here) would benefit from them?
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Got my G3 in March as well. From looking at the new specs of the G4, the G3 I have doesn't seem much different.
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Looking around...ahhh, sorry to tell you this man, but...hmmm...it is.
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It's the same in Florida. I swear if it keeps raining it's going to turn into a swamp down here.
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Interesting because a .8-1.0 canopy wasn't on my radar for a first rig because of advice from local staff. Ended up with a 1.1 loaded Triathalon 160. Went Triathalon over Saber/hornet/etc mostly due to advice here. Figuring a sea level altitude, what loading would you recommend at different jump numbers? How much should that change based on elevation? Does that starting wing loading change based on the canopy brand? I don't believe I've ever seen a chart like that, only general rules of something like .8 - 1.0 and .9 - 1.1, etc under generic terms like beginner(are you a beginner at 20 jumps? 50?).
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Heh, that's the best one I've seen yet. I usually ask advice of people who have a lot of time in the sport. Even if they haven't experienced everything first hand, they've probably at least heard about it, seen it, or know someone else who can give me a clue.
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There's nothing more important in life than the small things. Because we can settle small things like this fairly in court Americans don't have to resort to civil unrest where crowds of citizens storm police hiding behind body shields firing tear gas. Personally, if the founding fathers of our country didn't need "under God" or "in God we trust" then we don't.
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Heh, just don't tell students why you wait to land before using the radio. Student: "What do you mean you're worried about the radio firing off your Cypres? Don't I have a Cypres?"
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Yeah, but how often do you go down to 2k? It's really hard to tell from the story whether or not 2200 is his normal deployment altitude. What's sad is that an extra 500 feet could've turned this from a hosipital trip into a typical cutaway story. As it was, he made the best of a bad situation.
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Yeah, I use glasses for reading and watching TV, things are just a tad out of focus without them and I won't do laser surgery even though I'd really like to lose the glasses. The slight risk isn't worth the small gain. Now if my vision without glasses was worthless, I'd do it. Maybe in several years I'll do it anyway. I figure they have gotten the complications worked out by then or developed a better method for correcting vision.
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Hey, anyone know how to dye a canopy? j/k I hate gear thieves.
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Desktop 2
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Last time this thread came up I was running Linux. Since then I've gone to the dark side.. Desktop 1
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One of the greatest things about this sport is the people. One of the worst things about this sport is also the people. Like Bill said, learn to not take it personally.
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My gear purchase order was: goggles, alti, used rig, jumpsuit, helmet, another helmet, new container, new reserve. Haven't bought an audible yet and probably won't for awhile. Still need to get a Cypres, though that'll wait until I start jumping again. Goggles, alti and a simple jumpsuit are probably a good start.
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If someone gets struck by lightning while playing golf, is it a golf fatality? What about if you weren't actually playing, but walking back to the club house? It isn't such a silly question.
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Pretty sure dre did this at skydive america. I'd be suprised if no one got some snaps of it.
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I don't really see where the idiot factor is in this story. He was doing something new, didn't panic when it wasn't going perfect, and when he lost the ability to determine altitude he deployed rather than wait for things to get better.
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It's no big loss. Haven't watched the news for a long long time. Suprisingly enough I manage to survive.
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The problem I had with the wind tunnel wasn't slamming into a wall or anything. Over the course of a day in it my left arm slowly went numb. Turns out I was pinching a nerve in my neck from arching hard. In freefall I would pretty much always do a sloppy relaxed arch. I could fall at my own speed. But in the tunnel your fallrate is forced by the airflow. This is a good thing, because you learn to control your fallrate. But there were times in the tunnel where I was giving 120% and STILL having to fight my way down against the air. Combine that with how much longer/frequently you're in a tunnel vs freefall and I think it just put too much stress on my neck.Took me out for a few months.
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Woah. How did you injure your nerve? I had a similar problem, pinched a nerve real bad in the wind tunnel and my arm was numb for a full month. Funny thing thought was I never had that problem as a student on a skydive, I guess it was the prolonged arching in the tunnel.
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Just do what you like, don't worry what it's called.
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It's been a really bad couple months: "Tuesday, 4/23/02, 5:54 PM: Andy hooked it into the ground at Clewiston on Saturday and is severly hurt. He smashed into the gound so hard that it blew one of his eyes out. He broke tib-fib, BOTH browns, smacks and C1 in his neck. His recovery is going to be long and painful. Hook turns are cool, fast and fun, but also dangerous. Learn slow, be careful, have fun. Jim" Please be careful.