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215 or so. Logbook not here with me. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I take the Atkins Dieters' Advantage supplement, which contains hydroxycitric acid. I haven't died yet. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>Pansy Bridger from Needlehole

According to the Red Book of Westmarch, In Middle-earth, Brent McDade was a Revered Breelander Elven Name Possibilities for Brent McDade The root name suitable for feminine and masculine is: Sindaaear Another masculine version is: Sindaaearion More feminine versions are: Sindaaeariel Sindaaearien Sindaaearwen Hobbit lad name for Brent McDade Merimas Fields from Oatbarton Hobbit lass name for Brent McDade Gem Fields from Oatbarton Dwarven Name for Brent McDade Frerin Oakennose This name is for both genders. Orkish Name for Brent McDade Skargork the Horrible This name is for both genders. Skargork, huh? Well, at least there are worse ones above. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>It was the subject of a Tom Clancy book (flying a jet into the Capital Building) YEARS before it happened.

http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

That's why there is a "Poll" feature on dz.com. When you are not sure about something, you can ask the consensus opinion of a group of people whom you do not know, who do not know you, the relevance of whose advice is highly suspect. Ain't life grand? Let us decide! ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>Is this thé (or one of the) reason(s) why everybody uses almost the same size reserve as their main is

>>Seriously? Not possible?

>>let me learn that money won't make me happy

I might be defending billvon on a political thread, but there's no way I'm buying beer. Anyway, he's not trolling, he's gloating. Those are different. And when the day comes, and with an election coming up, you can bet your a$$ it will, that we "find" a shiny WMD with the US markings scratched off it over there, you can bet that Rhino will be doing similar gloating, and Bill will be stuck making a contribution to the NRA-ILA. But anyway, I don't think it's fair to accuse him of trolling. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I thought the question was about the effect of winds. Aggie, you're right about that in constant winds, because what you're really talking about is airspeed. I think the original question was about groundspeed, which is why you back up under a lightly loaded canopy. If the forward component of your airspeed is 15 mph, and the wind has a horizontal component of 20 mph, then your groundspeed will be 5 mph backward, and that's why students don't jump in high winds. Relative to the AIR, they are still following that same triangle you draw on the dry erase board. Problem is that triangle is hauling ass backward over the ground. Does this clear things up, or am I making it worse? Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

This is an odd problem, because a 10D should theoretically capture much MORE shadow detail than even the best film, because you have more latitude, particularly at higher ISO. What happens when you lighten your 10D shots? Are you setting your exposure using the histogram so that the highlights are just getting blown out? With white sky as the background, you might experiment with letting more and more of the higlights get blown out to preserve detail in the darker areas. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>I'm amazed no one has said "keep the main and deploy the reserve".

Pathfinder Crownroyal. Has a certain ring to it, but it's a little long. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I'm no piercing expert, but my gf has a scar from a piercing gone awry, so I'd go to a place where someone knows how to do it rather than cutting her loose with an awl and a Dremel tool. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

Grab the grass to save your ass 'cause it's the bounce that kills you. Don't know where that's from - I probably read it elsewhere on dz.com. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>With your expertice you should get the PD 113

>>Smart, funny, ambitious, accepting, loving, and a great attitude. That is sexy - looks come last.

Well, Ron, I don't think I am going to take you up on your challenge, because I am afraid I would only be able to give you an impression of whichever one I jumped first. You might well be correct that the PD113 is a whole lot slower and easier to land than the Velocity 103, but I am not confident of a good result under either. My decision tree is a little different from yours - I would be choosing between a fully functional but probably unlandable (for me) canopy on the one hand and a reserve that might malfunction and would probably still be unlandable (for me) on the other hand. Either canopy would be so much smaller and different from anything else I had flown before that I think both would be well outside the envelope of my ability. It's a little like choosing between having a stick of dynamite go off up your ass and quarter pound of C-4 go off up your ass. The C-4 is a much bigger boom, but it doesn't make much difference to the post-explosion condition of your ass. Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

>>but want your opinions

>>If it was there and flying OK, I'd keep it. I'd rather have 2000ft to explore the behavior of a strange main than 1000ft to explore the behavior of a strange reserve.

I've been jumping over two years, and I do not have an A. Of course, I don't jump at a group member dz, so it does not matter. I'll probably send my A-D in the same envelope after this weekend (I guess I better hurry before the 500 jumps thing happens). Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

Wow, dude. I can hear those buzzes from here! ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com

I think most people here give a sh!t. We just have no idea whether you are kidding or what is going on. Why don't you let us in a little, and we'll send you bizarro advice about how to deal with your problem that you would be crazy to take but that will make you feel better to read. And while you're hurt, can I borrow your 10D? Brent ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com