virgin-burner

trying to educate myself and stay out of trouble! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

morning bitches! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

+1 happens EVERYWHERE! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

that's okay; our fine ladies dont want to be mingling with francophile canadians anyway.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

so, i've had a long talk with a representative from airtec over the phone today; what he told me, and from what i inquired, the rigger in question ripped me a new one for about 100$. this is not airtecs fault. i think they're doing the best to their possibilites.. i like my cypres2; i think it's the best and most well-thought out AAD that there is. choose your riggers wisely, and shop around for prices.. it might save you a buck or two - or 100$! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

AND WHO WON THE FIRST GOLD MEDAL!? WHICH COUNTRY WON THE FIRST GOLD MEDAL, BITCHES!? UUH! UUH!! UUH!!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

+1 on a really fucked up jump, AND, i loved the (onheading), sniveling opening! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Something went wrong here. The Cypres 2 Service costs 160 Euros fixed price, plus a small surcharge for shipping and handling through your dealer. If someone ripped you off it was your dealer and not Airtec. Please let me or Airtec know who this dealer was. you got PM('s) so does my rigger AND airtec; i hope to get this resolved rather quickly.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

i just got the bill for a cypres2 in switzerland/europe; 375$ that's about the double i've expected; i'll keep the shit for anoter year, THEN i'll get a vigil2. for a unit that costs me here around 1800$.. that's WAY too much; i could of given it to a friend to get it serviced in the US, around 200$, then have it brought back. it's manufactured in germany, my neighbouring country.. i feel ripped off to NO end!!! FUCK the cypres2! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

i'd say it's pretty common; cant remember my first jump at all, altough, i was told i did everything right. on jump #2 and #3 i was just really scared.. i got a couple more jumps now. it's all gonna be good! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

it just never stops.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

i shut up then! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

it's NOT!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

that was my 2nd jump of teh year, from the same machine, but last time the pilot jumped with us was nice to meet you and finish the day with the mini-boogie-fondue

yesterday, we did a dropzone.com-european-edition-heli-mini-boogie, with piisfish, mccordia, benediktde and infamous me; out of a lama! 5 hour drive there and back, but worth every minute!

We try, but we never seem to get that lucky. in your face! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Looks like someone might be a little bit high... Oops. Yeah, that should have read "then drugs are not as good as skydiving." And this seems to be an admission that drugs screw up your brain, and therefore supports my position that it's not good public relations to describe skydiving to the general public as being "like drugs". The drugs we're talking about are of two types. Illegal drugs are considered a bad idea by a large majority of the public, and therefore we don't want to equate skydiving to that. Prescription drugs are highly controlled and can only be taken with a doctor's permission, and are therefore something that is only done as an absolute medical necessity, and not just for recreation - making them also a bad analogy for skydiving. I suggest that we need to use some other way to describe the joys of skydiving, rather than comparing them to drugs. jumping out of airplanes in flight is perceived by the VAST majority of the public to be a bad idea; and that skydivers are in fact, screwed in the brain. i think we should BAN it!!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

dont forget me! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

on balloon-jumps, you land "off" most times; so no big deal.. balloons are fun to jump out off; and the ba-loonys i know are pretty cool people..

Not really the point is it? You said the OP was making an analogy between skydiving and illegal drugs. As usual you tried to be pedantic and shot yourself in the foot. Fail. haha! +1 “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

some of us folks like a bit of comfort, and say, very expensive bar-tabs.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

better some good stuff!

kinda.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

YES. u put on that flame-resistant gear, nsh!? I'd say waterproof will make more use then... Well, you know... it might be too scary to me, hehehe anyway... why do you ask about me wearing flame-resistant gear, virgin-burner? because you'll very likely get flamed just for asking said question.. why do you ask? are you a virgin!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

havent met a rigger yet which wasnt biased; probably due to their dealer-status with each company and where they make the most dosh of it.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda