Orlando

Hey Yonatan, thanks for a copy of the video of my exit. Although a skydiver raised his arm and blocked the view, you can clearly hear the BANG! on the door. My neck still hurts a bit, but the Aleve helps mitigate the pain. Once again, thanks and see you next year. Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

Yeap, I do agree. It was great. The weather was good, the parties were excellent. The music repertoire was fixed. The beach party on Saturday night was excellent. The food, beer, location was great. The band needed a new lead singer, but don’t think that many cared. I managed to do 24 RW jumps, including to new record attempts. Thanks to Guy, LT, and Sky for organizing. I even tried to join one of the hybrid jumps on my last jump on Sunday, but slammed my head in the skyvan door on exit and was in pain for the rest of the skydive (The day, The week???). The birdman people did some great skydives and brought back some impressive videos. From listening to Scary Perry it sounded like the tried to hurt him on every exit, but he continue to go back up and ask for more. In all, an excellent week. Had a great time and skydives. It is a pity we only do this once year, but considering how I feel, it could also be a blessing. Thanks for all the jumpers that came down and made it happen. Looking forward to jumping with you again. See you on jumprun! Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

Well, the weather gods did take a peak on Wednesday to say Hi. We had some rain in the afternoon. The worst part was that the tent was not placed properly on the airport, so we had a small river coming through the tent. Big disappointment for the first day. Getting flooded only slow things down a bit, when the rain stopped, people went back to jumping. DZ owners and organizers were determine to not let this become a show stopper. So they got on the PA, recruited every available body and moved the 80x40 tent, about 100 feet from the bad location to some higher ground. I still hope to get a copy of the video. It looked great. It was like ants picking up the tent and sliding it up. The better news is that we did not have to test the new test location, for the rest of the boogie, and even today Monday, we did not get a drop of rain. Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

I was thinking along those lines also. But this Saturday just proves my point, I will not listen to the weatherman, I'll just show at the DZ and deal with it. Yesterday (Saturday) we had a perfect day, the skies were so clear you could see both sides of the Island. In the afternoon some clouds rolled by, but we never had to stop due to weather. Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

Beer! Viviana probably could offer more info. But from an earlier post, here is the info for the welcome party. By the way, for those that were here last year, this is not the same Hotel (Punta Maracayo) we had the party last year this one is like 5 minutes west on the same road. There is beer every evening after the last load, specially after you land on the beach. . Anything, else, I just follow the beer and the food. This is just based on my previous experience and what was posted here. Like I said, hopefully Viviana can post a more official calendar. Anyway, take care, blue skies and see you in about 5 days! Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

You are Green Lantern Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination Green Lantern 95% Spider-Man 80% Hulk 70% Iron Man 65% Go Figure! Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

I just saw the commercial for the show "Stunt Junkies" on the Discovery channel. They announced that the jumper would exit from one plane and enter another. I wonder if this is a new stunt or is the one were they used a Porter hanging from a drogue. Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

The new season of the show "World's Most Amazing Videos" will start on 14-Feb-2006 on Spike TV at 11PM. On 21-Feb-2006 they will air the second show of the season (Episode 28). On this show they suppose to show an incident I had back in 2004. I just hope not to look as much as a dork as I felt in front of the camera. You can find more information of the web site World's Most Amazing Videos! Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

Ok. I'm in. Got a car, accommodations, my reserve is freshly repacked. I'm ready. ;-) PS. Only 42 days left... I hope you have made your arrangements by now. Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

Take a look at the hotel list in their web site www.xtremedivers.com or call them and ask for recommendations. There is agreements for discounts in some of the hotels so remember to mention that you are a skydiver attending the freefall festival. Blue skies and see you there!

First there was 7 years without one and now 8 times in the last 4. 1. Line over (Tandem) 2002 2. Line over (Tandem) 2003 3. Line over (Sport Rig) 2003 4. Line over (Tandem) 2004 5. Premature Deployment (Sport Rig) 2004 6. Line over (Sport Rig) 2004 7. Line over (Tandem) 2005 8. Broken Steering line due to tension knot (Tandem) 2005 PS. Not counting line overs that was able to fix or that fixed themselves. Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

Make sure to install a kill switch and keep it handy. Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers

Great pics, the really tell a story. I'll look for you on the landing area. Wepa! Saludos, Orlando Hispa #48 || www.amador.org || Xtreme Divers