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  1. I was there Friday evening and Saturday 'til about noon - had to be in Miami that afternoon . Dunno if I met you or not, I met a bunch of people - all awesome! You might have seen me - the bright red jumpsuit and rig are sorta hard to miss
  2. Seems to me like everybody's got theirs set kinda low, unless they're doing video - I've got my Optima set higher for simple RW, and works for freeflying as well: 7500 - hey, pay attention, the clock is ticking 5500 - break off is about 3 seconds away 2150 - pull NOW or go silver I realize the first alarm might seem a bit pointless, but I don't use my audible for altitudes so much, but more for reminders to look at my altimeter. I've set the low alarm off several times pulling near/at my minimum pull altitude, and once when I couldn't get my hacky and went silver - when you're unstable and not looking at your alti much, it sure makes sure you know that you're at your hard deck
  3. Love mine too. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  4. I jumped a Skymaster 230 once, when I was a student, on jump 25
  5. I've got the freefly hacky on my Mirage... ...only used it once, didn't notice anything different from a normal pull. The rest of the time I just tuck it. I'll start using it again once I get further into freeflying. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  6. Eloy, Elsinore, Perris, or Florida. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  7. Bleh... ...a week ago I'm jumping in FL and it's 80 here... ...and I come home and it snows. Let the flaming begin, despite me having nothing to do with it. I wanna hit 100! I need nice weather NOW! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  8. I *SHOULD* have been nervous jumping that 'van last Friday night - never jumped at Sebastian before, never jumped a Skyvan before, never jumped with any of the other people on the plane, and there we were launching a 5-way base for an 11-way... ...but I wasn't nervous for some reason. I DO still get nerves on occasion when I get on one of our 182's, tho Nerves are strange like that, I guess. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  9. Skydiving, then alcohol, then boobs... Some days boobs are better, some days alcohol, some days skydiving, but since a typical day jumping day might include all three... ...in the "skydiving, alcohol, boobs" order... ...I guess skydiving is the best, since you get all three goodies! Yup, that hardly makes sense, but I don't care
  10. dfairleigh11

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    I LOVE exiting frog modified "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  11. Creeper bowling! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  12. I still like running Peak to Creek at the end of the day and 10 minutes later I'm in the hot tub with a adult beverage in hand & and belly.
  13. Thanks for that - I only have to cup a ton for the people around my skill level, and I did get a pretty baggy suit, plus we're all learning quite a bit in the process about speeding up and slowing down while staying in control - but I very much understand what it feels like to almost get back up to somebody (or have them get down to me) and then I slip off the bubble. Sucks . "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  14. I had a terminal reserve ride as well on the 8th jump on my new Mirage G4, which I transitioned to from a ripcorded Infinity. When I ordered it I didn't recognize that different containers were different lengths, and standing up I had no problems reaching it, so after a couple of close calls in the first 7 jumps, I went for the hacky after a 2-way, couldn't get more than fingertips on it, and went silver (actually, it's a smiley face pillow handle) when I had tried twice while less than stable and my audible hard deck alarm went off passing through 2200'. NOT A FUN OPENING. That jump cost me almost $400, after losing the freebag & pc and the nice new smiley pillow handle from the opening shock. But I still am jumping it, started doing yoga and lots of practice pulls laying on the ground, and changed my pulling motion from out to the side to straight forward/down to my hip/butt and right up to the hacky. I've also noticed that it's significantly harder to get my arm back after cupping hard for a whole jump, which I frequently have to do since I'm a big guy and most of the people I jump with are not. I'm finally back to a semi-comfortable point jumping again, but I sure could have skipped the 25 or so jumps that all I could really think about was "am I going to be able to reach my handle at pull time?" "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  15. 0:14:0 9 of us are in Eloy for the weekend... ...fantastic weather! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  16. 0:4:0. Leaving for Eloy Thursday morning, tho! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  17. :5:1 Gorgeous weekend in WA, first Caravan loads of the year - DZ's open today too but I gotta work unlike everybody else. First six-way attempt, for... ...BEER! Our base exit wasn't good, had one shot at getting it back... ...and then blew it up
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  19. Dermatologist for a body scan to check for funny looking skin & moles, if they find one then they take a core of it and biopsy it - that's how my melanoma got caught before it spread. Close, much too close for comfort. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  20. Interesting idea - I bet there's somebody on here who would try it I didn't say I ever expected to meet that goal... ...maybe drinking a really good Pinot in the middle of sex?? That might work. Bet there's a taker for that! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  21. New life goal: Find a Pinot that's as good as sex! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  22. I don't have a huge Washingon fixation, I just get a bunch of them since I'm in the Ste. Michelle VRC and they tend to be what I like in taste and price. Been into French stuff lately though, red & white Bordeaux and Cote du Rhone, with a Spanish bottle here and there. Tried a Tempranillo Sunday night that tasted like raspberry pie filling
  23. I don't leave it lying around once I'm done for the day - haven't done any boogies yet, but the idea of my gear being far away from me is a little unsettling - I'd rather have it in my room where I could see it, or at the very least in my locked car. Not that I think anybody at my DZ (or any DZ for that matter) would mess with it, but even still - would you just leave $6k in cash laying around? "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  24. No... ..but wine snob works Plus I always thought Niles was annoying. "We'll start the ass kissing with you"
  25. I'll take it! "We'll start the ass kissing with you"