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Bingo! It could probably be done but it would be a major effort involving monkeylike skills that I just may not possess... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Thats my job Why? Are you gay? Why not just give me the damn biner and just hold onto the ladder with your hands? Dont say they were too cold cuz I had already sacrificed my gloves to you... Most of the butterfly clamps were unfastened, which made them much worse than normal When it inflated outside the tower, it had a lineover (which might not have been a brake line so the LRM might have been useless), and the pilot chute had wrapped around an angle iron anyway. Other than that, good plan it was an inside climb. Besides, theres not enough one-eyed midget hookers in golf. Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Yup, that is a definite must for next time. Previously I only thought they were good for clipping in to the ladder to hang from when you're tired... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

is really nice to have when you find yourself being ripped out of a tower by a fully inflated canopy in 15-20mph winds after your pins pop unexpectedly. Just a reminder to everyone out there to be extra-protective of your pins/bridle/pilot chute while climbing A's, especially in wind and especially if you have integrated risers. Yea, its pretty basic, but dumb things happen when you least expect them Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

nobody should pass it on, period. It's not your footage to pass on, even to another jumper. Let them get it from the source. Of course that's just a pipe dream, some newb skydiver fresh into AFF probably already got it from SDM and is posting it on YouTube or selling it to the media as we speak... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

sure, how much for 3 hours? do you take in-calls? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Many of the rigs in which the errors were found had malfuntions which required the use of the reserve within weeks of the mistake being found. If we would have been on a longer repack cycle, the errors would have resulted in a fatality. And how many people have died because their perfectly good reserve packjob was unnecessarily replaced at 120 days with a packjob containing a fatal flaw? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Dude I'm always down for CO jumps! Hit me back PM Sent Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Wha? Did somebody say ghetto? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

hey wow! A crew that's still jumping in the winter! I wish I could say the same about the denver crew (excluding a few less weak individuals....) Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

To top it off, both of us had cutaways on that jump, and each swooped a cool 150ft+ downwind! Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

yea yea, let us have our fun with him first, then you can congratulate him for being a wuss Frankly, I don't blame him. I wouldnt want to have me biting at his ankles for the whole climb up either Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

don't worry nateypoo, there's always a next time... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

Wrong. I saw you. It was the one with the glass windows, right next to the street, right? There were a few other buildings and cars parked nearby. Yup, you are busted. Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

damn, you beat me to it. Woohoo! I'm a celebrity! Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

fair enough. However when you reduce your distance from an object, you also reduce the time you have to correct an issue... If every jump from a tall cliff was done flat and stable like a static line jump, or if people treated a cliff as if it was only as tall as its first point of impact, then the numbers would probably be much different. I've never heard of anyone exiting on their back and then trying to out-track a ledge from a 400-foot cliff... edit: my grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

what is this 3% of jumps that you do that is immune to a total mal? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

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

or just have 5 of your buddies get ready in the landing area with stash bags containing blankets and pillows, then when you land everyone scatters... Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

How might somebody go about requesting a permit to jump there? Maybe if they see more permit requests coming in, they'll think a little bit harder? Can I submit one with my iPod or through Xbox live? Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

worldsocold: I don't know of any device that clips into that cable that actually aids the climber... in fact the cable is only meant as a backup anyway... you never want to intentionally hang from it unless you are doing a safety test a few feet above the ground. hydroguy: these fall arrestors are designed to be connected via a single 4-5" carabiner to a climber's chest D-ring (on a full-body harness). This keeps the arrestor at a maximum of ~9 inches from the body, so no shock absorber is required. Like almost any other product in the tower industry, they are ridiculously expensive (~$400). I've been told that they can be found on ebay for around $50 though. While I have no problem with freeclimbing, I've noticed that I can climb faster and higher when I'm clipped in, because I dont have to worry about falling. When I freeclimb, I subconsciously grip the ladder tighter and take extra care to have a good grip, so my climbing is less efficient than if I just clipped in. Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

If you are just using a carabiner to clip into the safety cable, dont expect it to do anything if you fall other than ensure that you hit your chin on every rung on the way down. Those rubber "stoppers" every 40 feet are not stoppers at all... they are intended to hold the cable close to the ladder so the wind doesn't blow it around. If you fall 40 feet onto one of those, it will just rip right off and you'll go on thru the next one. However, if you're that worried about safety on the climb up, look into getting a safety climb device that will actually catch you if you fall... edit: i suck at clickies Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

I weigh about 210 pounds too.... I also happen to be 6'7" and in good shape. Besides, Ladder rungs/pegs seem so much closer together when you have longer arms/legs... 210 lbs doesnt necessarily mean "fatass". Maybe Gary is also a tall lurpy-assed mofo monkey like myself? (or maybe your right and he is full of shit... who knows?) Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

I was clocked climbing a ~200' monopole (pegs) in 2:10 with about 20-30lbs of climbing gear and tools earlier this summer... it was pretty much a sprint tho and i had to stop at the top for about 5 minutes to catch my breath and let the dizziness die down before i could start working. 500ft in 6 minutes would be pretty damn impressive, but doable if you are in excellent shape and you aren't clumsy. Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."

but that old guy's got one bangin' dogsled! Web Design Cleveland Skydiving "Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like girl scouts..."