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Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart.
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Deuce is far from amazing. He has a great, large melon!
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Let's not turn this already off-topic conversation into a "how to" on illicit drug use. I am about two seconds away from moving it over to SC anyway. This is a social issue, not a skydiving discussion.
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Your DZ should have told you how much each jump was going to cost at the beginning of your training. As to cost of "coach" jumps, gear rental, etc, after Cat E, that varies wildly from DZ to DZ. Here at Raeford, coach jumps cost $75, gear rental (and packing) included. You pay for as many coach jumps as it takes to fill out the rest of your A-license proficiency card (that's the rest of of the blocks on Cats F,G, and H). Some people will be able to accomplish multiple tasks on one skydive and, thus, save themselves some money. Others will fail to accomplish some tasks and have to redo skydives.
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I would like to second what John said about watching out for your arms and hands on both slides and PLF's. The ONLY injury I have ever sustained in nearly 24 years of skydiving was breaking two knuckles on my index and middle finger of my right hand as I slid out a landing on uneven grass at Quincy in 2001. I had my hands out to steady me left and right as I was cruising along the ground and hit a divot (gopher hole actually).
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Are you sure you are properly un-cocking your slider after every jump? I mean REALLY tugging it front to rear?
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I hope they gave you the rating for free, too. _Am There are still a lot of small DZ's and clubs which "grow there own" instructors. Having an IE/course director on staff who does not charge anything makes that possible.
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This is the third thread in which you have asked that question.
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Wrist play holder for CC checklist?
SkymonkeyONE replied to BlindBrick's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
Uh, why not just write the stuff on the inside of your right wrist with a sharpie if you are not able to remember what it is you plan on doing? -
Maybe all the chimps who were scared to compete at Nationals will make it!
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One thing I simply cannot stand is getting taken for a fool. Another thing I cannot stand is watching breakup drama unfold in public forums.
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Do U Need 2 Adjust Flare 4 different canopies?
SkymonkeyONE replied to somethinelse's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
Every canopy you jump will fly and land differently, so yes, you need to really practice up high. Flying around like "Gumby" under canopy with no real flight plan is a complete waste; have a plan for every skydive from the time you exit the door until your feet touch the ground. Chuck -
Whether you slide or PLF, the most important thing to remember when landing downwind is that you still need to flare at the same, correct height. Flaring high and thinking it's going to slow you down is incredibly common, but it's the absolute worst thing you can do. The bottom line here is this: in order for you to safely land a parachute you must either cancel your vertical descent at the time of touchdown; the horizontal speed at the time of touchdown; or both. Flaring at the correct altitude on a downwind landing cancels your vertical descent, but can, obviously, never cancel your forward speed; you can never cancel out that tailwind. Personally, I am more in favor of sliding landings when the ground is smooth and PLF's when the landing area is uneven. Chuck AFF/SL/TM-I, BMCI, PRO
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PM me for more details. Also, PM me if you already knew this was happening and were already planning on attending. Chuck
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Seriously? Certainly not either of the two major candidates. I voted Libertarian in two elections and for Perot twice. I also don't give a shit who thinks those were wasted votes.
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Report: Al-Qaida prisoners have ‘disappeared’
SkymonkeyONE replied to rhino's topic in Speakers Corner
Maybe they put their worthless asses on a Coast Guard cutter and dropped them off in Port Au Prince. One could only hope. -
Beat it, sucka!
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While I too have been absolutely clocked in the face by students at pull time, I will never wear a full-face helmet on any student dive. At pull time on regularly-flowing skydives I rotate myself back beside the student and make sure my head is turned and out of the way. The ability to holler at a student to get him in the right position in the door, prompt him to start his hotel check verbally, then (in freefall) holler in his ear to "arch" (or pull or whatever else) when he fails to respond to hand and arm signals are more than enough reason to stay open face. On release dives when you are flying out front, the ability for the student to see you mouthing commands as you are simultaneously giving hand signals really helps too. At Raeford we are required to wear hard helmets when we are working (tandem and AFF) and we are also required to have CYPRES equipped rigs for AFF. Chuck
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On Katie's two 124's we let the brakes OUT a couple of inches to best suit her.
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What Ed said. It sucks when there are a boat-load of tandems to do, but there are only a couple of AFF guys to do that work. Unless you are really slacking on your pre-jumps and your debriefs, you are going to make far fewer jumps doing AFF on a weekend.
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We get $35 per student up to a maximum of five. After five, we use more than one instructor and split the fees.
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I will do it on occasion for various and sundry reasons. -a group wanting to "jump together", so I leave last and fly down almost on level with the other group(s) before throwing my drogue. If someone isn't paying for a video I still want them to see other skydivers on level during the jump so that they don't fixate on the ground. -people who want to do some aerobatics. I am not afraid to do flips out the door. -exits with front-floating video that go head-down. I will let it happen, get fast, then pop flat after a time and throw my drogue.
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I hope you didn't think I meant that I would check a rig as baggage that was not packed away in a suitcase. That would be the dumbest thing I could imagine. No screener these days is going to fuck with a rig inside a suitcase. All they do lately is wipe the outside of your bags with those little pads and run them in the "sniffer." Chuck
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Yes, the last two days actually. I am OK now.
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Undoubtedly worth every penny they had to pay in fines.
SkymonkeyONE replied to quade's topic in The Bonfire
No way that incident wasn't on the blotter! Names, unit, everything! Oh so lucky that they don't have any rank to take at that early stage. How incredibly funny.