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Seems to be a lot of us going. I'll be there. Can you guys give me some information about this boogie? Everyone here calls it Florabama, but I'm assuming it's in Emerald City? I mostly need an address to the actual DZ to put in a GPS so I'll know where the heck I'm going. I'm trying to get in contact with a guy about getting in somewhere to stay, but does anyone have any second options? I'm assuming I can camp on the DZ, but I'm pretty heat intolerant and would rather have the option of being able to sleep. Oh also another question I have is the requirements to jump on the beach. I've got 110 jumps, but no B license. I've passed the B license test, accuracies, had water training several years ago and all I need are the maneuvers (I've just been lazy about getting my B). I don't have a flotation device, but maybe someone will let me borrow there's for a jump. I'm literally making this trip with about $400 to my name. Either I'm hard core or stupid. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

You know the baclava thing is a great idea. I completely forgot that I gotten one a while back to use during the winter time. I never even used it. I guess I'll start. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

I've got 110 jumps and have never had this problem. The last maybe 3 jumps I've had serious issues being able to breath. I used a full face for about the past 80-90 jumps and sold my full face because I can't use it with glasses. So I'm using an open face now. I talked to an instructor and he said I'm probably just holding my breath and not relaxing. The weirdest little problems I have on jumps. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

No, you shouldn't quit for the reason of "throwing up". Get back out there.

Personally when it happened to me a few times, it did hurt like hell at least one of those times. I remember getting to the ground one day and my right ear had not released the pressure yet. I tried to release the pressure and it just suddenly release a lot of the pressure and felt horrible. The first jump I made I had an issue with it. I went to see my family doctor and another doctor saw me. He looked in my ear and saw a large piece of wax lodged in there and stuck this tool down in there and pulled it out. I only had a problem a few times, but it seemed like my ears just got used to it more than anything. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Oh my gosh! A man alone in the wild! Insane! I can't believe someone who has jumped out of an airplane 100 times can't understand why a person would want to be alone in the wilderness. Seriously, I cannot comprehend where you are coming from. We jump out of fucking planes. Most people think we're crazy and they're right. What we do isn't natural at all. However, surviving in the wilderness isn't only natural, it's part of man's history and legacy. What is so "retarded" about that? Dude, don't attack me if you don't even understand what I said. I never said anything about learning to survive being retarded. If I had the money to do it I'd take every possible course in it just because it would be neat to know these things. Do I trust anything some guy on TV tells me? Of course not, I'm not an idiot. What I said about his camera was that it would be completely stupid and retarded for him to do this show, placing cameras on tripods while he walks 50 feet, returning to get it, placing the camera down again and doing the same thing, putting the camera at higher places and having to climb shit repeatedly. I've got a small bit of film school stuff which isn't much, but I've paid attention to how things work as much as I can since I was a little kid when it comes to television, and when you've got a TV show like this you don't go out there alone. By doing it you already have the resources to have a team there with you and saying no to that and instead wanting to run around and zig zag like a crazy man with a few cameras would make you insane and I'd have to laugh pretty hard at anyone that does that. Plus they wouldn't exactly easily agree to you being alone to do this, the networks butts would be on the line if the guy died. Actually I think I'm even confused about what you are talking about, what does skydiving have to do with being alone in the wilderness? Not a thing... unless I'm missing something. I don't understand what you mean by that? Would I like to do the wilderness thing? Heck yea. I had made plans to go to Yellowstone for a week. I had been researching and finding the gear I wanted to do it with, but then I made a skydive and my priority changed. Yea and I agree part of our history is surviving in the wilderness. Only in the past 150-200 or so years have we done otherwise. Now we have heating and air conditioning which in my opinion is one of the biggest things to condition us in such a way that not a lot of us could survive without it. But dude we are spoiled. If you made a random person try to survive for two weeks in the wild, they would be dead in 3 days or however long it takes to starve. People just are that dumb these days. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Uh sorry to say but to realize it's a TV show. Who in their right mind except an idiot would carry their camera around themselves. I know that one other guy does it sometimes (but don't kid yourself he isn't really alone, almost ever - that is a fact). Would you do it alone without a camera guy? Hell no. Neither would I. All I expect of the guy is him to depict it as surviving alone and hopefully giving us the right information if we are in that situation. Not do it alone himself. That would be simply retarded. And I always love the credits when he is falling from the helicopter (is it a heli?) and you see that tiny island below him. I don't care if the guy has sushi every day on set where he is "surviving" it's just a show and that is a really footage in the credits. I wish I had video of my heli jump. Oh and two the guy that said a TA SAS guy can't call himself SAS... would you say an Army reserve guy can't call himself a soldier or a Marine Corp reserves guy can't say he is a Marine. Any of them will tell you. You complete training and you are a Marine/Soldier for life whether active or not up until the day you die. I've been through Marine Corp training. Bunch of fucking assholes, but you earn that shit when it's over. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Just want to make the point that I've heard many times. Do NOT reach out to brace for impact. And my two cents... Whether you remember to PLF or not, just let your body collapse. The momentum that you have will flip your around when your feet hit the ground causing your body to imitate a PLF naturally. Not saying it will always happen, but usually if you just let your momentum do the work you'll "accidentally" PLF. Most likely you will naturally do a PLF, perfect or not if you don't stick an arm around and just let your body collapse. The momentum you have sometimes will naturally turn your body and you probably won't get all the force in one place (your side or back for example). Sticking a limb out negates this. I've done it several times and it usually ends up in a hurt knee or wrist, or worse. The times that I stuck an arm out, I was going pretty slow and was just trying to stop myself from falling over after I hit the ground. A few times I've bumped my knee doing it though. No matter how slow you are going, if you think you need to PLF you do need to PLF. That is my "newbie" opinion. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

You need to make sure you are paying attention to whether or not you are drifting before 2500 feet. The rule usually is, never fly over anything you don't want to land on. If you were drifting that was a problem, but you should pick out an alternate landing area if there is any doubt you wont get back to the DZ and be prepared to use it. And the biggest rule of all is, if you're alive (and you didn't kill anyone else) then you did the right thing. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Hey, as long as you don't make this an ad infested site and don't allow skydivers to do their thing, then you can rock it out. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Leg turns.. Just lean to one side and lift the opposite leg while pulling its knee somewhat towards the side you're leaning/turning towards. That's sort of what I do. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

I freakin love jumping in the winter. Though the bad part is when your canopy opens and you're hanging there thinking "GODDDDDDDDD THAT HURTS". Actually it's not that bad under canopy but when you land the pain really hits you. Everytime I've jumped in the dead of winter my hands hurt like a SOB when I landed from the cold. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

I think I'm honestly more afraid of losing my canopy and bag, than I am of popping the reserve and riding it down in good shape or bad. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Definitely. I'm overly shy and some instructors just have a way of making you feel like their best friend the moment they meet you, others don't. They aren't doing anything wrong, that's just nature. Pete Langehans for the win. That guy was my favorite instructor. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Cool man. Seems to have worked fine. You probably did a lot better on AFF than I did. :) Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

I think we all probably have that first thought to ride the malfunction down if it isn't terrible. Though, a line over, that is a terrible terrible malfunction, I don't care whether you are flying pretty well with one or not. Lucky guy there. I know when I chopped, before I did so I thought well, it's possible that I could land this built in turn that I have here by pulling holding one toggle down further than the other, but do I really want to land without flaring or trying to flare like that? I didn't have to think about that too long. And now that I know more, I could have possibly fixed that malfunction, but I felt that I had burnt up enough time thinking so I didn't hesitate to chop for that reason. I know I was well above the hard deck, but I honestly didn't even check my altimeter. I knew I was above the hard deck and well above it, but I also knew I didn't want to take another second at that point to look at my altimeter and think about it. I said "It has to happen sooner or later" and cutaway right then. Why didn't I check my altimeter? I was too busy fixing the built in turn several times hoping it would correct itself then went to ER and I always pull at 4500 or 4000 so I knew I was at least around 3500 ft at the point. It was one of the least serious malfunctions you can ever have, but I chopped for it and I'm as afraid of it as anyone else. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Kinda like sex huh!? lmao Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

The "if you have done it a 1000 times and not killed anyone or yourself, then you are fine" thing doesn't work too well. As with anything we do, it's a matter of time before we die in this sport, but hook turns speed that process up quite a bit and include other jumpers in it which in a drop zones mind is a no no. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

You sure wouldn't want them getting initiated as a Rodriguez Brother. Or seeing it done for that matter. lol Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

I used my reserve around jump 50 or 60 something. It's nothing like I imagined. I didn't get scared or freak out. I just knew I felt it was time to go and went for it. Then it popped really nicely and I was thinking "wow not so bad at all". Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

You guys notice the chick that said "You should have kept it on" when the jumper said she took her oxygen mask off? Hehe. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

There are shirts that say SkyGod? Does that simply mean "Sky God" or is there a story behind that? Skydivers will make t-shirts for damn near anything though. They were selling "Have you met Howie?" shirts at the Skyfest boogie this year. I had seen the guy a hundred times but didn't really know his name and was trying to figure out what the deal with that was.

Almost every up-poster has taken the side of the dz or has come with the 'whys' that this guy did not get to jump. Some may actually be valid. Bottom line: the guy had a jump scheduled. Anyone wonder why we are losing students? JerryBaumchen The same thing happened to me when I was a student and I complained about it on here. Then I apologized about it later. I understand it better. And besides, I kinda feel like if they need to push a student aside to keep the cash coming to keep the DZ open then so be it. I guess at the same time they could've squeezed one student on a plane, but who knows. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

This is me in the tunnel this past January. Next time in the tunnel I plan to work on my arms too. I never realized what my arms were really doing until seeing the video from the tunnel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E03DYYANKRQ Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan

Yea, I agree. Unfortunately the last few didn't agree. Women love to tell me what I can and can't do, while saying I should do what makes me happy. Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan