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Good luck dogs. Good luck roomie! And especially good luck to the Brits; Taz, Gavin, Gordon, Eugene, and Paul. Keep us posted! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

At a recent legal event in Hungary, I had the opportunity to take a short delay (the locals wouldn't allow a slider-up jump through the wires until a slider-down jump above the wires was executed first) on a Blaw-Knox style tower, which gave me the chnace to fly around and through the guy wires in broad daylight. Doing this with a wide, slider off toggle arrangement, was an education, completely different to any Canopy Relative Work I have previously undertaken. I'm not sure what benefit it would be due to the wide angle lens, but if anyone would like me to post the video, I would be more than willing to. My head was on a bigger swivel than when I was under canopy on any 100+ way that I've been on... Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

A few months out of date at the moment. Hoping to catch up soon. Stop dying people. :'-( Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I was going to ask whether this was the first fatality attributed to a wire strike. I personally know three (maybe four?) people who have had wire strikes and had lucky escapes and there have been several more publicised by the media that were not fatal. WHen I discussed a wire strike with my friend, we remarked how lucky he was to have got away with it (apart from the trashed gear). I was surprised that of all the wire strikes I'd head of, none had been fatal, due to the seriousness of the situation. I started to wonder if it was one of the more forgiving forms of strike? Looking back at the list, I now see that there is one fatality attributed; #1. Since that was nearly 25 years ago, did the equipment used in that jump have a greater bearing on the outcome of the wire strike? BSBD Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Why does a vision of The Todd from Scrubs come to mind? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Really? I thought it was a rigging error? You seem to have forgotten about Geoff, Sam. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I guess he means Doug Forth? Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

There's going to be 400-way flocks in Thailand next year?! :-o ;-P Good to see you too again Ed. :-) I've uploaded some video of the jet taking off to you know where Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Oh yeah! Not forgetting the schoolgirl and the S&M cop! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Good job "holding your ground" too Bill! A small version of which can be seen on Don's Shutterfly album (a comp 1256.jpg) The dive plan can be seen on the Perris Cam Picture page Attached is a picture of the plan of the second dive. Hear, hear! Very professional. Outstanding. Well worth a ten hour flight, a 3 hour drive (and back) for four days of jumping! Good to see you again Bill. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Like Mary?! Somebody tell me they got a picture of her costume! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Yeah, me too! Oh, you meant in the van! Thanks Don... :-P Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

[ot]And isn't Rob from Perris, not Eloy?[/ot] Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Hmm, from the ground, the jet seemed to be quite a long way from the wingsuits (not that I'd want a jet very close to me!). From a moving platform (was the camera hand-held or mounted), I'd be interested in seeing how sharp the images are... Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

I've carried a logging device with me for 1500 of the 1600 skydives that I've carried out so I can say with some degree of accuracy that for me it is: 2,936.40 miles Freefall 920.17 miles Canopy 3,856.57 miles Total Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

There are at least two active jumpers at your DZ. Either you're not looking hard enough or you are asking the wrong people! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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It's not the freefall time that counts, it's the canopy. Anyone counting that? Hey Travis, what's up? Remember me? :-) Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Ah, okay sorry about that. How's your back tracking without a suit on? I'm not sure which is harder but I think it is without a suit. I guess the obvious reason for going head down is not enough pressure on the legs, pushing the calves and heels down to keep ballanced. I guess the secret is keep practicing. Most people in this game are slow learners...as it should be ;-) Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Not just flat but arched is the best position. Think about what is the best position on your belly, cupped with a nice angle to get the speed going. Now think how that can be replicated on your back. If you are flat and looking up or towards your feet you are not even half-way there. Get the flock above and ahead of the base, looking back down (since we know looking forward or up is a less than optimal position) allowing the base to tip his head back and arch his back. When the flockers do this, Fordy can outfly most people on his back. I don't have an ideal picture (I may go back through my tapes and find one) but here is one I dug out from an old post. It really doesn't represent what I'm talking baout so I'm going to have to dig one out of the maestro. Yeah, come on Andy, I know you've seen this thread! :-P Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

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Sha-mon! Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

The one that says Javelin down the side? :-) Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

Ta-da! (Sorry don't check this forum very often). But then you knew I was going anyway, didn't you Remi? You couldn't not swing by LAX at 15:10 on Wednesday the 26th of October and not pick me up, could you? First pint's on me... Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live

This weekened I took a student for a tandem who I thought was well up for it and wouldn't have a problem; it just goes to show, you never know how a student is going to react in freefall. I wasn't sure during the jump, but I had a feeling she wasn't comfortable; as I looked round to give an encouraging scream in her ear I thought she was looking around a bit wildly and generally not enjoying the experience. I did wonder if she was having trouble breathing. I always brief my students to scream and shout during the jump (the theory being you can't scream and shout without breathing so it helps kick start them if the wind has caught their breath). I considered deploying early but I didn't because a) I had video with me (not a primary motivation, but one none the less) b) would it be safe to say no one ever died from holding their breath? (could she have passed out and would she have started breathing again automatically once unconcious?) c) with an exit height of 10k and a deployment height of 6k, by the time I'd realised and thought about it, it was nearly time to deploy anyway. Upon deployment, she said she couldn't breathe and she didn't really enjoy the freefall because of that. Since student's safety and comfort is priority, and considering how much she loved the canopy ride, I wish I had deployed as soon as I realised. To my knowledge, she had no exisiting medical condition. Thoughts anyone? If it matters, I have just over 300 tandems. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live