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and being a 'fucking tool' is far worse than being a regular tool because it puts you in the same class as vibrators and anal beads. Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

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whats the big deal? dont all women have big hips? its so they can bear children... oh my god i really hope tj doesnt ever bear children... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Actually yea, i've seen news clips on how authorities are cracking down on the new 'extreme sport' of kids running head-first through people's picket fences (yea believe it or not its happening alot... its the new craze apparently) because they are all splashing the videos on youtube. Additionally there are all kinds of high school hazings and other dumb shit that gets videotaped and put on myspace or youtube, and cops are also checking those out and hunting down the people involved. In fact, even colleges now are going on facebook and looking for photos of kids drinking and then kicking them permanently out of school. BASE jumpers arent the only douchebags who think it will never come back to them.. maybe for a while it didnt but online videos are now increasingly being used by bored authorities who are sick of eating donuts in their car and waiting for a crime to happen in plain site... I mean why not? if you are a cop and you have nothing else to do, are falling behind on your monthly quota of speeding tickets and are sick of helping old ladies cross the street, why not go on youtube... within 15 minutes you can find a crime in your neighborhood to pursue! way to go gomer pyle, earn that paycheck! Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

now why would you go and say that? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

^------ the biggest reason that you are still alive, and many others are not. Good job.

That sounds like the same argument the wright brothers heard over and over before proving everybody wrong

not if you borrowed some french guy's catapult. But i guess that would defeat the purpose of the nice exit platform in the first place... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

They aren't as worried about BASE prevention as they are burglary/vandalism prevention... But making one thing hard can make life hard for us as well Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

...or did your half of the cutaway system slingshot back into your face when you released it? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

thats not a freefall, thats an air-assisted PCA. Your foot is still on the object. Pussy... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

980 you suck. I don't know why, but i just cant seem to stop clicking on those damn cartoons and watching them... like this one for example... How dumb and pointless... yet far too addicting... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Just to clarify, I didn't mean to tear apart what jeb was saying. Like I said, I really don't think he meant that. I was just trying to point out that people could take it the wrong way. I just thought your comment regarding 'atree or anybody agreeing with him' not being even close to understanding BASE was a bit rash. I wasnt trying to bicker, just playing the devils advocate

by throwing the pilot chute. Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Doubt it. Yea, its quite scary, but I am sure that there are many more scary endeavors. Not all of them necessarily include risk of physical injury or death, either. Careful who you say that to.. Not all of the 'pioneers' of the sport, who no doubt knew many of the same friends and have had similar experiences and injuries, have the same outlook. I personally agree with the spirit of what Jeb said: You can quickly tell the difference between people who are willing to take risks to achieve their goals and the people who aren't. What I don't necessarily agree with, and what I think atree is pointing out, is the notion that these people are all "BASE Jumpers". To me, that statement implies something along the lines of "We BASE Jumpers are such a cool and elite group... but anybody who follows their dreams is also pretty cool, so let's go ahead and let them into our little club of the Coolest People Ever and call them BASE Jumpers too" I'm not saying thats what Jeb meant at all, in fact I think he really meant quite the opposite, but that's just how it came across to me when I read his post. People in other adventure sports, such as climbing, surfing, and waterfall kayaking have very similar outlooks on life... does that make me a surfer? nope. Homosexuals who go parading down the street carrying signs and protesting against gay marriage bans have also chosen to follow 'their own path', going against the grain, overcoming their fears (not of jumping off of stuff, but of being ostracized by family/friends/community) and take their own set of risks to follow their.. um.. lifestyles.. Does that make them BASE Jumpers too? Or does it just make all of us Fags? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Im shocked that you, after jumping with me before, would think that I could ever remember to bring a ruler and duct tape on a jump... I have a hard enough time remembering things like stashbags and shoes Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

I like to visually check for twists in the harness, leg & chest strap routing, 3-rings and cutaway handle (sometimes even if they have integrated risers...), pin tension or velcro priming. I then like to open up the packjob, check brake line routing to ensure that they are set properly, and then pull the packjob out to line stretch and ensure that the tailgate is properly set, if necessary. Then I grab a ruler and measure the folds to ensure proper symmetry, before daisychaining all the lines back up, duct taping them into the tail pocket, and replacing the packjob into the tray with a few twists. Tie a pullup around the pilot chute and stuff it down their shirt, blindfold them, spin them around a few times, and theyre good to go. A swift thrust of your boot to the back of their knees should ensure a timely exit before they start second-guessing their equipment again. So... who here wants a mentor? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

One of my favorites was a jump at CSS last winter: Thin, flat cloud layer at about 10k, and another thin, flat layer at 3-4k. In between the two layers were scattered columns of cloud that connected the two layers. I exited the plane solo, turned left, and flew with the plane for a few incredible moments. The top of the 10k layer was pure white, and the sky above a very deep blue. Punched through the first cloud layer into an entirely different planet... for about 6000ft i was sandwiched between two layers of clouds, one above, one below, and playing with a big puffy cloud in between them. The 'landscape' of the clouds was massive and endless. The best part of this jump was the snow that was between the two cloud layers. Absolutely incredible. I punched through the bottom layer and returned to a gloomy, overcast planet earth. It was a miracle i made it back to the dz, because i was having so much fun i wasnt giving a flying fuck which direction i was going... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

A pair of underage base jumping carrot-top flamers... if you ask nicely they might even let you in on a three-way! then you can go jump afterwards (if their mommies say its okay) Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Actually, I think he was referring to this type of DP... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_penetration Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Oh.. Right

Actually, this course is Free. He does offer other paid courses throughout the year, but you can't knock the guy for trying to make a little money for doing what he loves. Apparently, he loves teaching people to BASE jump. The fact that his longest, most intensive course just so happens to be free of charge is proof of that. Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

your what? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

kinetic energy is proportional to speed^2 * mass, right? Speed is determined (partially) by height fallen, yes, but air resistance plays a large part of what the impact speed would be from any given height. That would theoretically make the difference in kinetic energy between 10' and 20' (edit: at least half a metric smidgeon) greater than the difference between 110' and 120'. edit: fixed Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

is that for all flight modes or just for the slow-flight/stalled flight mode? So am I... I'm just hoping somebody like Robi can step in and either agree with me or lay the smackety-down and shoot my theory to shit... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."