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I never met Mike in person, however we spoke a few times on the phone. He offered me his Otter to fly the Belize Boogie for pretty much free. I had planned on heading to Gold Coast this summer to meet him. What a nice human being. Damn. Fuck Cancer. BSBD

Well my friend, it's been three years since you left us WAY too soon. I miss your smile in freefall, your passion for the BlueJackets and our plain old stupid jokes! You were a great team mate, friend and all around good guy. One of the best wingmen ever! I'll be hoisting a cold one in your honor tomorrow, and to our pals on Papa Victor. Fly Free Tall Louie!

I wish the Stratosphere would just give in and have a BASE weekend!

Screw that!

Somehow I knew you wouldn't like that idea! The way MAF is playing, it's a good thing Sid is playing great. Geez, our goalie can't stop a freaking beach ball. My dream matchup would be Kings/Pens, my two favorite teams.

Can we just skip the formalities and let Sid and Ovie battle it out for the Cup?

Like most accidents, there were a number of factors involved. Any fatal/non fatal jumpship crash can be directly linked to the DZ ownership. Call Dan.

I'll be making my yearly leap to honor our friends on Papa Victor that fatefull morning. Please come out and join me. It's seems like just yesterday, not 18 years ago. And we will also make a leap in honor of our pal Tom Slocum that passed on this very same day 3 years ago. I'll see you guys at Perris on Thursday.

Golf is really nice in the Bay area this time of year.

The "San Jose" Sharks??????????? The team that chokes over success?????? THAT Sharks????? BWAAAHHH!!!!! Let's go Pens!!!! Let's go Kings!!!

You are either a troll or a complete dumb ass, maybe both...

Grim!!!!! How ya doing, this is Gypsy! I'm up in Monterey for my sons race! Long time no see, can you email me the Beleze links? Gypsy42efs@aol.com Better yet, post them here!! Gawd damn Grim, he pops in here once a month or so, seagulls a post then leaves, Damn It Man, want to come to yoru DZ~ www.skydivebelize.com The full time DZ opens in November. The website still has old info from this year's boogie, but check out the image gallery and Blue Hole skydive video from the first year.

Croby owned the Sens tonight. Pick up your jock Spezza!

Belize

I think the OP intended for this thread to be an "atta boy, well done on your thinking before chopping" love fest. When it was pointed out to him the numerous things that could have gone wrong, the things he did wrong, and some advice for the future it was meant to help him, and others, realize the things that can happen. The OP wasn't even sure why a hooked up RSL is a bad thing with the camera set up. I don't think too many of the experienced jumpers that post advice here like to show off, or get a big ego boost out of it. Maybe some do. But I think most of them are like me, tired of seeing dumb shit knowitalls kill or injure themselves, regardless of how many jumps they have. I have seen people with 1,000's of skydives do really stupid shit and kill themsleves or get wrecked, and some took out other innocent jumpers that got wrecked. It's not just the low timers that need to pay attention to what is discussed here. When I started jumping I had some pretty good mentors at the DZ. When Jim Wallace or Dan BC would tell me something, I listened. I have been patching up injured jumpers for 20 years. It really sucks to get your friends blood all over you because they just wouldn't listen. I have lost a lot of friends because they thought the knew better and didn't heed sound advice. I see a lot of jumpers do some really dumb shit. When you call them out on it there are two reactions, denial-screw you, or thanks, I never thought about that. I don't think the OP is gonna die any time soon on a jump. I don't think the, you're gonna die approach on the internet works very well. What I think works well is for dumbshits(me included) of all jump numbers to pay the fuck attention. Someday some old fart may just say something that saves your life in the future. We'll we have beaten this dead horse...

Ovie didn't get a shot on goal tonight! Love it! The Kings just lost a heartbreaker. Did you guys see the two guys dressed in all green body suits doing those antics at the Kings penalty box??? I have never, ever seen that before. The one dude was standing on his head. Freaking hilarious! I can't believe the ushers let them pull that off!

Yup! On our way to Lost Prairie. We begged like little school kids!

That's because of the conversion rate: 50 Canuckian jumps equals 250 US jumps. You multiply by 5 and add in a few winters.

The smoke jumper base in Montana has a sweet turbine DC3. We begged...

It's not just the newer jumpers that act like idiots in the sky. Some of the biggest fuck ups I have ever witnessed came from 1,000+ jump wonders. And every time I see the how safe "Driving vs. Skydiving" analogy threads I want to scream. One of these days I am going to post the names of everyone I have been friends with over the years that has gone in, and describe how it happened and their jump experience. Be careful out there and have fun.

The Coyotes have some serious grit to their game. The Sharks are playoff choke artists, but you guys already knew that. Pens/Sens game looked like a January game, not game 1, and go Avs! I hope the Kings come out handle handle the Canucks tonight. I love this time of year! My FD team won our police/fire league here in SoCal yesterday. We pummeled the LA County sheriffs.

Think about it, snagging your main on a camera with your RSL attached.

MAF couldn't stop a beachball tonight!! Hossa!!! hahahaha!!!

I have a bunch of LP stuff on VHS from the 90's. One of the jumps is a 16 way out of 4 otters! I'll bring them if you can put them on DVD. See you soon!

I put both hands on my cutaway to pull, it is how we were taught in AFF. I have a Skyhook and I could feel my reserve opening as I put my hand on the 'D' ring. piisfish just finished my next post for me. Took the words right outta my keyboard.