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i did all week except for today, looked outside, thought about it, nah, no fun riding in the rain.. took the bus instead! to work and back is about 40 km.. go figure! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

thats all i'm trying! you're right, i'll edit accordingly.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

PM sent as this nonsense does not make sense to be talked on the thread.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Mach' mal Pause ..... wollte ich grad sagen, ich lehn mich mal zurück und geh in mich. dann "permission denied"! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

where has half the thread gone now!? there was some really good advice there! i dont understand 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

yea, and one PAC only, dont know if a second plane will be provided.. its gonna be fun anyway!

i easily understand that. there is some great stuff there, and i do appreciate any good input. thanks for calling the callers.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

a very happy birthday to you karen!!!

believe me, i dont want to die in the sport either.. if you look further up in this thread, i was talking about fearing horseshoes or ending up in some planes prop. i also stated that at the time when this has being said what i repeated, or what stuck to me in a simplified version, maybe a little to blindish, i had to absorb enough information and just repeated what stuck to me. that was the thing what stuck to you as well, retards that cant master their EP's.. comes over a little too harsh, i'm sure. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

thats what i meant with difficult communication. i'll gladly send you a pic when done. german terminology is NOT english. and for some things.. but you got the meaning of "the ball"..

i soon start to cry.. it will NOT be attached to my reserve. it'll actually be sewn with a few stitches to the harness. A FEW STITCHES.. the guy that does it, should know his shit.. my god, communication on the internet, maybe it just should not be allowed anymore.. this is exhausting! “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 got my settings to have the most posts on one site, so i dont know how many pages this must be by now. now people are starting to give good advice. why does it take that long? why does it need all that banter to come to a point where an actual discussion is possible? to me it seems you completely have to piss people off before something useful comes out. this is annoying to me 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

mike, i cant recall word-for-word in that other thread.. what i can remember and even still can look up is your messages to me. honestly mate (i'm not your mate, i know.. ), here you go again. mentally ill. usually i have pleasant PM-conversations, not so with you. the 10000 jump man is my mentor, no need to diss him. i gave reasons in this thread, if you take your time to read through those walls of text, maybe you get an idea. well, what did i say about you: i know the fuck who you are, you'd probably advise me to listen to my instructors, yea, mr. 10k+ skygod. why not stay friendly. for all we know, we'll share a plane or even a skydive at some stage. maybe. the PM's you sent, were, well.. i refuse to comment further on those.. if i'm a retarded moron, do your best and fix it. jumpingwise and knowledge that is. i'm sure you know what you are talking about, but fucks sake, no need to get verbally abusive about it. surely, i wont listen if you start calling me names!?! would 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

you're the fucking man bill! (seriously) now, to add again to your confusion (and mine), couple of posts further up, wendy told me about her course with brian germain and a technique called "kiting the canopy"? i must say, that is now very varying if i read everything right. maybe add: i speak a fairly well english. still its not my first language.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

Lose the attitude and the smartass replies when someone DOES give you advise and you might get better answers. MIKE!!! my friend, i love to listen! but for that to happen, someone must tell!!!

i have subscribed to his utube-account and have seen the video on how to do it. last time i packed, i tried his method. my rig has since been in service to have my slider fixed and to have "the ball" installed to stop the annoying flubble-flubble.. brian's a great man that obviously loves to share his wealth of knowledge, and i'm gladly there to suck it all up. provided, anyone else cares to share their wealth, i'm just as ready to suck that up too!

haha, here i was, hoping it was yours, thinking: "wow, karma is really quick today!"

Virgin, why don't you just relax a bit.

wendy, the WHY is the whole intention of this thread!!! *desperate sigh* if you ever read any of my posts, you'll know i like a good argument. i like a good joke. maybe its hard for grizzled old men to catch that from the internet because of their eyesight, but them to just keep on going what an idiot i am.. well, that-does-not-make-sense. i'm a new jumper. i know shit. i'm a tourist. an idiot. a retard. a moron. but i'm not stupid! if you were in my shoes (and i'm sure EVERYBODY, even bozo and stratostar, was at some time in their jumper-career, be it 40 years ago, or fourty seconds, no mom gave birth to someone with 1000+ jumps already. wait, i know of a 2yrs old that already has 30-something jumps, but he didnt pull for himself.. ), what would you do!? probably only 10yrs ago, access to a huge amount of people, was not so easy. except you were a ritch bitch and just traveled around the world, stoping at every dropzone. now, all of you non-tourists, i am SOOOO sure you had your fair share of stoopid shit you've done. you were young, you were excited, you wanted to do it all! just like me! had a talk with another skydiver lately, couldnt attempt to jump a square before 100 jumps. tandemsize of course. my secondary on aff, one of my best mates in skydiving, another skygod with 13'000+ jumps had a 280 as a first canopy. i dont try to excuse my choices with progression in the sport. funny if you think about it, or is it not!? then there seems to be a disagreement in culture. no pun intended, but the yanks seem to stay on the very conservative side of things. reasons to this is unknown to me. i have only jumped in switzerland, pretty much all over the counrty, but only switzerland. there are many guys at my and other dropzones that jump parachutes in the 120-110 region, sub-500 jumps. i dont think this is, what was it called, standard in the industry over there, or am i wrong with that? the guy i jump with mostly just got himself a 120, that'll put him on a WL of about 1.6. 200 jumps under his belt. now listen to that: i asked him if he really felt ready for that!? VB, safety concious..? anyway, point is, i come here, and i go other places, ask stupid questions.. if you want to make me think, give me something to work with. excuse me, i have a loud mouth.. i had this other thread about wingsuiting, it got HUGE..!!! flamefest, beautiful! that was on my jump 70 and 71 that i had tried a prodigy.. (i can hear people slapping themself in the face now), ONE jumper actually wrote a really nice PM to me. offered me free coaching if i'd wait for another couple of jumps. so far i have. and honestly, i'll wait 'til that number. but you know, one good suggestion can make a difference. thats all i'm asking. shouldnt be all that difficult, even for an internet-skygod!

..is in someones sigline on here. is this directed at me!? dont know who you are in that case and what your business is in this thread then. post mindless dribble in the bonfire i like to do as well, but having to read all that "horseshit" as its been called, in order to get SOME useful information after i dont know how many pages.. i cant help but wonder! luckilyl, there ARE idiots like me that DONT mind making themselves look like idiots and end up learning something in the end. even luckier it is to have good people like rose and wendy that actually care to share their knowledge. whenever there are questions regarding gear or techniques, people are always directed to use the search button. i actually do use that one, but when i open 10 threads that contain just the above information, its been discussed, use search, well, fuck that, i post that question again.. Antagonistic rant removed by slotperfect “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

*roses and standing ovations for wendy" *even more roses and standing ovations for peregrinerose* your students must be happy folks to have you guys as instructors..

that feeling is quite similar how i experience my mentor.. if you happen to read this, you know how i mean it!! if i read stratos meaningful posts, especially the one where he calls my mentor a "stupid fucking idiot", i cant help but think it might has something to do with the jumpnumber-thingy. you know, too many times a rapid change in ambient pressure, might have some adverse effect on brains!! peregrinerose, you seem not to be affected yet, maybe you, baksteen and me should stop before we ever become that way! “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 worry mate, selective reading (or not) seems to be prevalent with those internet skygods. they rather like to call us tourists for no good reason and otherwise only have shit to say. the one sound person on here seems to be peregrinerose only. maybe a few others, but they have stayed out for the most part for whatever reasons they have. i rather appreciate them saying nothing at all, than others getting verbally abusive. actually its rather amusing to read those fucking stupid replies. in a PM i heard that the one going on strongest about it is represented in the american swooping championship. tell you what dude, you're doing a darn good job at representing your own goddam country! so much for that.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

no concern about the EP's, of course i would pull both handles. i rather meant to say that pulling the cutaway then automatically deploys the reserve, wether its a skyhook or RSL. that was more of a hypothetical or rethoric remark.

I have a skyhook (though I hope I never need to actually use the system). The reason I got it was that it eliminates the issue with traditional RSLs... if a riser with a standard RSL breaks, your reserve deploys into a streaming main. Skyhook has the Collins Lanyard, which eliminates this problem. It makes infinitely more sense to me to have an RSL and disconnect it as needed (camera, CRW, landing in a roaring river) than to not have one at all and not even have the option of having it hooked up. V-B, you didn't really give any specific reasons why you are uncomfortable with an RSL. I'd strongly suggest you sit down with a rigger and 3 rigs... one with Skyhook, one with non Skyhook RSL, and one without an RSL. Learn the differences between them, spend a lot of time on the mechanics of it. my main concern is having the bridle somehow snagged, wrapped around whatever. i will sit down with my rigger, "unfortunately" thats mr. skygod..