Yoshi

1:7:1 : 1 fun jump, 5 video dives, 1 tandem:first time being stuck on camera step on a go around (see thread "hung out to dry" for explanation) _________________________________________ this space for rent.

cool. well Ill have a couple drums and I am thinking about bringin my guitar also to have a little fun when the sun goes down and the beer light goes on. leaving for mosspoint in T minus 15 hours! _________________________________________ this space for rent.

just had another thought.. I dont know if any of you are "hippie" types, but i am going to bring a couple drums (bongo type) so if anyone wants to get a drum circle goin around the camp fire please bring more along! _________________________________________ this space for rent.

why dont you come to moss point? _________________________________________ this space for rent.

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cardboard....sledding newspaper....jr. high industrial tech class leather.... well...umm.. Ill keep that one to myself _________________________________________ this space for rent.

I know it sounds like a cliché oxymoron, an asain saying hung?!? note I did say cliché _________________________________________ this space for rent.

definately...which is the reason he appologized to almost everyone on the load and especially to me and the 4 way team that was in the door... its all good though..no one was hurt, and even if it wasnt a picture perfect skydive it was still a skydive(which is better than not going at all)

no problem. if you change your mind and can get out of here tomarrow early afternoon jsut let me know.. _________________________________________ this space for rent.

the smell of wet zp canopies reminds me of high school gym locker rooms smell of: fresh bread reminds: 1st dog smell: jet-a reminds: the wonderful richmond game flamin' footies _________________________________________ this space for rent.

I am leaving here (downtown houston) on wed afternoon (tomarrow), you are more than welcome to go with me. I am coming back on sunday morning (I am also bringing someone else home and since I am in a jeep there prob wont be enough room with all of the gear and stuff for a ride back) but I can get you there! just let me know... pm me if you want more info... _________________________________________ this space for rent.

dont know if this worked, but here is another funny about MJ the similarities are amazing _________________________________________ this space for rent.

yeah... there was nothing the team could have done better to help me out.. conway and another jumper (sorry I cant remember her nam) were both trying to block the wind... I could have let go, but I didnt want to screw them over and not have video on thier dive (little did I know at that time I would take them out anyways:). it would have been a much bigger deal (possibly hurting myself or conway) if he tried any more to get me back in the plane. you can see the pressure that was put on him in the video (he says if he would have gone his shoulder would have disclocated) but it looked, from my point of view, and as seen on the video, that his shoulder was already out. I am surprized he even finished the dive after seeing his arm contorted in a very un-natural way. _________________________________________ this space for rent.

The atomic sit-up gives a whole new meaning to the title of this thread huh? yeah..I didnt now him all that well at the time, so I felt kinda bad since he was the "quiet" one... but I sure laughed my ass off when hoop jumped in there god us richmond folk can be soooo bad sometimes _________________________________________ this space for rent.

ahh the ole atomic sit-up... I swear Matt will never look at roses the same after that one! just another richmond antic that could get people in alot of trouble if the secrets fell into the wrong hands!HA! _________________________________________ this space for rent.

ahh I see.. I have been on a few 20 ways and stuff.. (one an two point dives) but I never actually made a point of getting my SCR. we will have to go do that sometime.. and what?! do I get pied or something?!? _________________________________________ this space for rent.

3 more hours of work.... cant stand the pressure! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! _________________________________________ this space for rent.

Please excuse me for being dumb... I hear people all the time say SCR...but I have no clue what it means... please enlighten me _________________________________________ this space for rent.

The plane was banking pretty hard. the people inside the plane said they were amazed to see me still outhere after the bank. I wasnt pushed against the plane really.. more like I was pushed down (respectively) durring the bank...made it hell to hang on. mu knuckles were white for about 30 min after that dive... good thing my forearms are somewhat still in tone from rock climbing or I would have never been able to hang on. I am not really a buff person... but it definately gives me reason to start working out more..then I wont struggle as much if I am ever caught in that position again. _________________________________________ this space for rent.

I must admit it was really funny seeing a fellow freeflier/hop and popper all dressed up in gripper gear. As long as you had fun I wont make too much fun of ya! _________________________________________ this space for rent.

I almost made it. when exiting I let go jsut a hair late and then my arms went limp..I started to fall towards the formation when I got the strength to open my wings..the video show that I came within about 1-2 feet of hitting the formation dead center and then I started to pop up.. then I must have caught some burble cuz I immediately fell right back down (the formation had now shifted a little and I travelled backwards a bit) so when I came down I pretty much got conway square on his back. he didnt really seem phased by it as he popped back up and got to his slot and started the dive within about 2-3 seconds after me hitting him. the funny part was in the plane I kept telling conway I was going to take him out (joking at that point) and then I DID! I was saying on the ride up "I can just take you all out so when it comes time to add up the points you can blame it on me" ohh well life goes on..at least none of us were hurt (physically anyways) _________________________________________ this space for rent.

conway did try to help me back in, but after I started to slip (and his visor flipped open on his full face helmet) he prob thought it would be better jsut to block the wind since I was hanging in the ok. If I would have tried to make it back in I prob would have fell...and with my luck I prob would have taken 1 or 2 of the 4 way with me:) _________________________________________ this space for rent.

I do have to say I was kindof suprized by myself that I did hang on that long. For those of you that were on that load, I am not over estimating about the time I was out there am I? I am glad to hear I am not the only camera guy to hit the formations... I felt so bad about it. I have done about 100 video jumps for tandems and never had a problem, and about 25 or so 4way and aff videos. I got pretty down on myself about hitting them. that is one of the worst things to do (in my opinion) when flying video. I would rather not get any shot at all than hit a formation... I guess it is in the past now. I jsut want to say again to those on that jump that I am really sorry. I know it wasnt all my fault, but I feel like I should have done something else to not hit you. I appreciate your light heartedness and not blaming it solely on me. talk about being soar the next day. I did a tandem (only 3 more to go to get my rating on sigma) and I had to go home for a hot bath after 1 jump.... _________________________________________ this space for rent.

So this past weekend I was doing some video for 4 way teams (scrambles)... I was on my 6th jump of the day and the door opens. my group is the first out. The winds were a little high and we were having issues with the spots all day, so one of the jumpers stuck her head out the door to take a look (as she should have) and waited a few seconds after green to start the climb out. I swung out to the camera step..grab onto the little bar and waited for the key.. it was a long formation, so my plan was to leave a split second early so i would be able to see the entire piece with all of the grips.. so I am waiting there for the key (about 10-15 seconds has gone by) and I see some shuffleing in the door. Then, one of the 4 way members goes back in the plane, then another, and another... then all of a sudden (after hanging out there for about 30 seconds now) the pilot decides to do a go around. Now i am hanging there with the prop blast about to rip me off the side f the plane, (luckily one of the team members -jumperconway- stood half way out the door to block some of the wind for me.) now i have been out there for about 1.5 minutes and my hands are white and my arms are so tired i almost feel like just dropping off and saying screw it, they can get another dive out of this.. but I hang on. I tried to climb back in a little earlier, but when i got my left hand back to the door I started to slip and i had to reach back with both hands on the top handle for the camera slot jsut to hang on. They eventually got back around and everyone was in place..I was pretty worn out at this time since i spent roughtly about 2 minutes on the outside of the plane. I saw the key, and started to go...the wierd thing was as soon as i let go, it felt as if my arms just shriveled up into little raisins and I fell out of control for a split second-taking out jumperconway on exit. I regain control and flew the rest of the dive as I was intending to. I felt horrible that I took out the dive (especially since it was in a competition)... luckily the team was very understanding and made me feel like it was no big deal after what happened. The next day the pilot even came up to me and gave me a sincere appology as he "made the wrong call" and shouldnt have gone around, and it wouldnt happen again. I just thought I would share my story. What would you do? go ahead and exit since you were already out there? try to hang on to stay with the group? anyways... _________________________________________ this space for rent.

ME TOO ME TOOO ME TOOOOOOO! _________________________________________ this space for rent.