virgin-burner

got my license a week or so back, recently the letter, stating: "BOC minimum 1.10, maximum 1.63" WTF do they make a blood screening if its in that range!? breathalyzer was right in the middle, 1.31. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

if you know you want it, skip that tandem. that'll teach ya'! “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 think i'll use that analogy in court 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

and dont forget to save up, a serious drug-addiction might come cheaper! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

why didnt i bet some money on this!? “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 can see the next thread go.. 3 - 2 - 1 ---------->SC!!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

ralf, have you been drinking!? “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'm sure someone's gonna call goodwins law on that, but there was already a society in history that decided what religion, race and morals were worth living and which were not. it resulted in the biggest genocide of them all. i dont say i agree with this. but its not up to me to decided what's right or wrong for that person. as long as they are good parents, i dont see a problem with that. the only problem i see in the future is the bullying in school, please refer to paragraph one of my post. i know gay couples that have been together longer, and live a happier life than a lot of "normal" heterosexual couples.. “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 my rig modified with a new pouch, a little bit of velcro for bridle and container.. and next time i have large groups in front of me that take forever to get out, i'm just gonna ask the pilot to do a second jumprun if really necessary. i wont let myself get tempted to rush out the door AGAIN! sometimes i guess it needs reality to hit your face to speed things up. i wasnt fond of my pouch for longer, but everyone i asked had said, you'll be alright with that for another 100 jumps. obviously, it wasnt.. and i really like the idea of having an AAD in my rig too! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

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

does that also work if english is not your mothers tongue!? “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 understand your concern, and i added some more, in my humble opinion relevant information, to my above post. this being one of them. sometimes i should think harder before i post in the first place.

mhm, just read up on that incident. RSL or skyhook wouldnt have made a difference anyway probably. it wasnt mentioned if she had one. dont know why he brought that up. maybe he's just against it as you say. the jumper in question routed the bridle wrong, deployed, that resulted in a PC in tow with no chance of clearing it. as she cutaway, the extractor might have collided with it, bla-bla-bla, it all resulted in a lineover on her reserve which was impossible to control, so she spiralled into the ground. it wasnt the actual deployment that put her into coma. but my fear still stands: if your main is somehow entangled with yourself, you cut away and its still stuck, without an RSL or a skyhook you might still have a chance to free yourself from it, then deploy the reserve into clean air. the same thing was brought up at safety day. ok, it was at my dropzone, but i think the program came from our skydiving-organisation. cutaway, get back into a stable flightposition, then go for your reserve. all that only works if you have enough altitude left of course. so, pull relatively high, do your checks, make sure you have a working canopy above you, if not, get rid of it and try to deploy your reserve into clean air and in a stable position. after all, you dont want to find yourself sub-1000ft with a violently spinning reserve and a linetwist that wont allow you to see where you're going. mhm. this is a difficult one.. edited to add: since everyone asks for my own opinion.. my guess, the lesson to be learned is as following: pack your gear right everytime (we hardly use packers over here, nobody "gives" you a pincheck. we're being taught to be self-responsible), do your own pincheck before you board a plane everytime. pull high enough to deal with things. chances are you'll hardly ever will need an RSL or skyhook. or an AAD for that matter. those secondary devices (i dont know if you can all them like that, i mean RSLs, AADs) are there to save your sorry ass if you fucked up beforehand. there are cases when they might save your life, e.g. being knocked out in freefall and your AAD fires for you. primarily if you're safe in flight and all the way of getting there, the chances are rather minor you'll need them.. the only thing that keeps you safe is yourself in the first place. all of them are there to protect the weakest part of the chain. so, dont be a weak part! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

the longest i could quit was for like 3 months. maybe i should just skydive more.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

why do you say grow balls, why do you say instructors puppet!? why being an unfriendly [insert random PA here]!? tell you what, better having no balls and being an instructors puppet than what you are in my eyes. if you're unable for having a discussion, stay the fuck out! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

well, reading through this thread again, and having it discussed with my skygod-mentor, and having had an incident in this coutry in february.. the jumper in question had a mal with her main, cutaway, her RSL or skyhook or whatever, allowed for an unstable reserve-deployment that ended up in her being put into coma. according to my mentor, incidents due to unstable reserve-deployments have gone up since introduction of those systems. safety-day taught, cutaway, fall stable, deploy reserve. of course that only works if you have enough altitude left! look, grab, grab, pull, pull! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

you're a very smart man doug, that was just my toughts.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

arent we also taught to look at the handles and then grab them? i could imagine, having a problem as described, finding out about it low and not finding the handles instinctively would one make panicking. maybe even an experienced jumper? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Think of the fights over who gets "that" seat if it's a Skyvan!!! ME! ha, when i read that reply, i instantly thought of you.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

[sarcasm] that'll teach 'um stepping over my lineset! [/sarcasm off] “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

happy b-day!

: 7 : if beerable offenses were a theme here.. i'd be beer poor.. first time jumping at a boogie, more than five times that day, hybrid that went completely awesome, an 18-way speedstar that was pure bloody carnage in the sky, appearance in the boogie-video on that dive.. some out of sequence-thingy on my only jump today, did that in shorts n'shirt which felt really funny, the PARTY.. i went to sleep when it dawned.. fuck, all around an AWWWESOME weekend at our famous boogie! missed jumping the last or so month.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

happy b-day!

happy b-day!

happy birthday john!