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"I know nothing. No-o-o-o-o-thing"

dude if you're going to post something that people have already requested some discretion about.. at least get it right! some of your details are incorrect.

Well, if your profile is correct and up to date… 326 jumps in one year is pretty damn current for your first year, so even though it’s not a whole lot of jumps, currency helps Loading a stiletto 150 at 1.7 with that many jumps – well above the USPA guidelines and what most people would recommend. Loading your PDR143 at 1.8 does not seem particularly smart either. I would say go with a Spectre or Pilot, consider upsizing also, as loaded at 1.7 while wearing a wingsuit, even a Spectre or Pilot could make for some pretty damn exciting openings – and not in a good way. I would be really interested to know what your canopy progression has been.

Red Balls!! The energy drink for crackheads and basejumpers alike…

I think it was about 4 seconds. If I didn’t have a bulletcam failure I would’ve had pretty damn awesome air-to-air cliffstrike, cliffslide and cliff hang-up footage. Into more. Maggot hauled ass toward the cliff, what with a 218 sq ft Raven and no deep brake settings… Even if he got above the twist straight away, I don’t think he had enough time to avoid the corner he flew into. The guy with the camera on the stick in the photos has video that shows quite a lot. I forget what his name was, I believe he was some sort of film/video professional and would be making a video of some sort. It would be cool to find out what the deal with that is. He also has top footage of Marty’s cliffstrike later in the day. Cya Sam

Heard in the twin lately: ‘sometimes basejumping is about eating ice-cream’ – some of Tom A’s philosophy on base ‘that was a well executed water-fucking-landing’ – part of Tom D’s soliloquy to his camcorder after landing in the Snake river ‘it only feels like it’s never going to open for about a second or so’ – to a FJC student about to do his 1st slider up jump from the Perrine ‘I would’ve kissed the ground if I hadn’t puked all over it.’ – same FJC student after the slider up jump (on which he had a pretty scary PC hesitation)

He’s the guy that looks like his day is off to a bad start HERE.

I was just minding my own business doing a rool ver off Mari’s when I noticed right next to me some fool was doing a tard over at the same time! I never did catch that funny looking guy’s name, but I heard he had some kind of complication on that jump and some really nice people put him in the back of a 4Runner with a road-kill rabbit and drove him to the hospital. I heard he was snacking on the dead rabbit on the way too. There was even a rumour that his evil twin pull a perfectly good packjob out of his rig at another cliff exit point and proceeded to do a rool ver. I’m sure that can’t all be true, though.

Then you would be excluding ‘unders’ a.k.a. ‘The Tom Aiello Drop’ and I believe they are basejumps too. How about when you get to the exit with a packed rig, deploy and THEN leave the object when your inflating/inlfated canopy drags you off? ( I heard rumours that this works, but try as I might, I couldn’t convince anyone to do it yet…)

WRONG!!! they are paraglider flights, as my 'friends' keep telling me... so pretty soon I'll be applying for my P3 on the basis of all my paraglider flights from the perrine

Sorry Nick, I hate to do this, but I have to disagree with your post. A lot of good people did come before maggot and some did pay with their life and limbs, but not so that maggot can base jump. They paid because they chose to take part (or lead the way) in this ‘sport’. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I am not aware of any base jumpers who jumped to enable others to jump. They all jump because they wanted to. If they developed techniques and/or gear it was as much (or totally) for their own use and purposes as for the greater good of the base community. The gear manufacturers sell gear because they want to; no-one is forcing them to. If they are ashamed to see the use ‘their’ equipment is being put to, maybe they should be more selective with their customers. But we all know that they have to make a living too and money talks. The same with FJCs – offered because the people doing so want to. I can see why you take exception to maggot’s post and the pictures, but I do not see how what he did disrespected people who were killed or injured doing something for themselves and the enjoyment they derived from it. FYI, he posted that to get a response, it seems maggot enjoys baiting the dropzone regulars very much. He is actually a very different jumper in person (as opposed to his online persona) and I am certain if you went to that site to go see the marker for yourself you will not find it as it has been removed.

Well Yuri, You describe your own subjective experience with Hanwags. As a counterpoint, here is mine: I sprained my ankle while swooping (my skydiving canopy) one afternoon last winter and due to the good lateral support offered by the Hanwags, I was able to do 2 basejumps that same night with no discomfort to my ankle. Then I could add that I weigh a lot less than you do and that persons your size are prone to ankle and lower leg injuries despite the best available footwear, due to weight. I have around 300 jumps (with walks and/or climbs included) on my Hanwags now and I really like them. Way better than the Raichle mid-height day-hikers I used to jump with and warm and cozy enough for me down to -5 degrees Celsius. Below that it’s time to break out the insulated Salomon winter-boots. Cya Sam

hi like the title says, please phone the Sheriff before jumping if you could be the first load of the day climbing out and finding two cruisers in the visitor center parking lot because you did not call is not cool so I went over to the officers to see if they were called out due to a motorist 911 call and they were which they have to investigate if they do not have notice of basejumping so I apologized for being so negligent and wasting their time please phone first thanks sam

yeah, Tom would be the guy too ask. if he's not too busy swimming in the snake river...

PM voodew and ask him about the smoke brackets he had made. He sold every one he took to Z-Flock because they are such a good design. I did one jump with mine and admittedly I have only jumped one other type of smoke bracket, but I have seen many and this one rocks. It has one cutaway for the canister only in case it catches fire and another for the whole bracket in case you snag a line or something during deployment and want to get rid of it all. The ‘2 minute’ cold smoke he was selling was awesome too. Everyone on the ground could see our 2 minute flock, it lasted the whole canopy ride and about a minute on the ground too. Check the Z-Flock pics in my photo gallery on here to see the smoke after landing. Cya Sam

Are you kidding me? All you ever eat is pig and they serve that everywhere. Except for that middle eastern place where they put a jihad on your ass when you asked for the ham steak…

So, who’s into having a big group breakfast there one or two days this coming week? (21-29 Apr) Also, could someone remind me of what time they open?

I guess you didn’t like my questions either, judging by your silence now?

well yes, it should have, but apparently the poster directly below your post still wants to argue about it....

You realize that what you did is largely useless because the camera is mounted to a person under a descending parachute also? So unless you want to get the data regarding that parachute’s flight and do some really fancy math you cannot just use that picture as evidence for altitude loss on a Skyhook reserve deployment.

Are you talking about the RWS Skyhook video that is available online too? If you are (and I think you are), I call bullshit. None of the Skyhook videos I have seen CLEARLY show a sub 100ft opening. and that includes the slider down deployments too I am also curious what precautions were taken with the slider down reserve jumps to avoid a high airspeed deployment of the slider down reserve? Were the jumpers wearing tertiary reserves to use in the event of a main baglock or a similar malfunction that would have allowed the jumper to build up a dangerous amount of airspeed for a slider down deployment? Or were the mains deployed in a way that made this impossible? I will once again say I think the Skyhook is a great and useful device, but I stand by my statements that it cannot deploy a standard sport skydiving reserve (packed as per manufacturer's instructions, which included a slider last time I checked, so you can survive a high speed main malfunction) from a standard Vector 3 after a cutaway from a standard skydiving main, in 100ft or less. If you have any REAL EVIDENCE to support your claims that it can, please bring it forward and I do not mean SUBJECTIVE ESTIMATES based on videos, or altitude loss calculated with over simplified formulas. Thank you and please try to not take this personally. Cya Sam PS – 8 seconds between opening and landing on a highly loaded skydiving reserve is likely just enough time to see what it is you’re going to hit on landing. I am not surprised that the RWS video only shows the one landing from the 2 slider down deployments, the other one looks like it was going to be ugly before it goes out of view.

it's not quite that simple I think you are confusing laminar vs. turbulent flow with boundary layer seperation. The flow will be laminar or turbulent based on the reynolds number. This mostly relates to the 'speed' of the flow. Boundary layer seperation is dependant on surface roughness (which is why golf balls have dimples, it makes them fly further), so by increasing surface roughness you will delay the onset of boundary layer seperation. you will however be increasing the drag due to skin friction, but you can decrease the form drag by keeping the boundary layer attached for longer along your surface. All of this happens with turbulent flow, though. Laminar flow only occurs at really low Reynolds numbers and is not all that common in nature. This is also why sharks have skin as rough as sandpaper.

I agree that no skydiver should be that dumb, but many are and as big a fan as I am of Darwinian population reduction, I don't need to see it in any of 'my' sports. I have seen that whole video many times. The first time was when Piers and Egon showed it to me. I have looked closely at the slider down deployments in that clip many times too. The opening shown there takes more than 20ft from cutaway to FLYING reserve. I would go so far as to say that it took more than 100ft from cutaway to flying reserve. I base this on having seen many low altitude parachute deployments. It is altitude lost from cutaway to FLYING reserve that matters, not reserve out of the bag and over your head. I base this on having seen more than a few people ‘land’ canopies before they have had time to start flying. I will now go so far as to say that: -even in the smallest standard container size that RWS make -with the smallest main and reserve available on the sport skydiving market -loaded to the maximum weight limit stated by the reserve manufacturer Even with all these factors making for a faster opening, the skyhook will not get you a flying reserve 50ft below the altitude that you cutaway. Just go look at the altitude a proficient wingsuit basejumper needs to get a flying canopy when they deploy in full flight.

Wow! I was just waiting for the Fundamentalist Boothians to find this thread... I see no slander in Chris's statement. I do think that you may want to ask Willem to add a grammar checker to these forums though. I find it very interesting that some people are willing to be very specific with numbers in regards to these estimates and they will defend them fervently.

and I quote: no 'felt' in there, my friend with all due respect, we may know that his 50ft statement is incorrect, but please remember: there are many people with less experience and/or less undestanding of physics and parachutes and/or less or no common sense, who read these forums and would not realise that 50ft is unrealistic therefore it is dangerous to state that, even as opinion