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why? the only problems I see with it is if your swooping a very small canopy that might trick your cypress into firing when you do your hook. If your doing CREW (i believe SD will let you jump without it if your doing crew) and then ofcourse that you have to spend $800-$1000 more on gear to jump there. You don't seriously believe those are the only times an AAD can be a hazard, do you? Modern AADs are pretty good, but they're still myopic devices that can take an action when you don't want them to, whether through electronic/mechanical failure or a jumper's failure to account for them. In any case, I think that while they are a great idea for the majority of jumper's, it should be the individual jumper who makes an informed decision on whether the risk/benefit ratio suits them. I personally won't defer that decision to my DZO. I think the 1000 jump exemption is a step in the right direction though. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Because I have a fundamental problem with a DZ requiring an AAD on experienced jumpers, whether I can be exempted or not? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm pretty sure I now hate you. That sounds like far too much fun! Don't hate the player, hate the game! The climb was a trip once we turned off/stowed the motor, and standing out there on the wing was very, very cool. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I crawled/walked out about 6 feet, stood up leaning into the wind, then front-looped over the leading edge. Very fun. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm no particular Redskins fan, but I hate the Cowboy's almost as much as I hate the Yankees. I'm also hoping the Saints beat the Giants, though I don't really care what it does to the standings over there. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

JD? Jason? Scott? Hell, I don't know. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

NWFlyer took mine. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I regret a couple of decisions that I've made while skydiving, but that's about it. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

My suggestion would be to make it just like any non-charitable WR, where everyone pays their own way. Need an airline ticket, a new jumpsuit, a hotel room, and 30 high altitude jump tickets? Buy them just like the other large formation WR jumpers do. Want to raise donations for a charity in the process? Solicit pledges from people for a set amount that they'll donate per participant in the largest completed formation during the camp, kind of like people pledge for miles covered in a walkathon. e.g. If someone pledges $0.10/jumper and the largest completed formation is a 100-way, they owe ten bucks. Jan makes a good point about the costs of this event being out of line. In previous years I've donated directly to City of Hope instead of to JFTC participants, because I wanted my money to go to charity, not to simply help a girl ( at Jan) go do big ways for cheap or free. I'm not sure what mellowed my thoughts on the subject, but this year I've contributed a little bit for two friends. One of them is well over the minimum required, so I get the feel-good of knowing that at least some of those dollars should end up at City of Hope. The other isn't really all that close to reaching the minimum, so she'll be coughing up some of her own money to meet it. Still, it's worth it to see her smile. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You don't think a WWR sexualizes women by its very nature? Or at least "genderizes"? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've jumped one of these...we removed the rear canopy entirely rather than trying to open it (and close it) inflight. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Sweet! I like good presents! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I hear she likes 99 Banana's... this may make her dance. She's not such a big fan of mango's infused with 99 banana's though, is she? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah.. all you dz.commers are gonna see it.. at the same time.. Boy, it must be big to handle all of us at the same time. I'm impressed! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The pyramids are less than 7 miles away? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

PC-350 in a Bonehead D-Box on a Bonehead Rat-Hat. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah, I expect to see Dave at Davenport this weekend. Between him and Tod Hendricks, I figure we can get it done. I've jumped cameras a bunch of times, I just haven't owned one before. The box mates up pretty nicely with the flat side of my helmet, so I don't have a skinny slot for a line to go in, but that doesn't mean a line couldn't snag the whole box. I'm wondering if anyone's doing anything under/behind their box to make it more like the FF2 system (which looks almost snag-impossible). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I once saw a crazy woman dancing in the parking lot at Perris, and there was no music playing. She scared me. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

OK, so I got my PC-350 and looks like it's going to take a sharp blade to remove the handstrap. That's not going to get me in trouble with the warranty folks is it? Also, any chance any of you would like to post the neat ways you've made your sidemounted D-Box less snag-susceptible? I have new toys!! Camera, d-box, and cam-eye already here, hoping my Diamond lens arrives this afternoon or tomorrow. Time to play with power tools!

You don't need to spend the $20 on the cutaway mod Jason. And I would consider the chincup releasing an isolated incident. Ask Loren, Lee, Dan, and Tod if their's have released. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

They have more than one driver out there in East Bumfuck? Yep. The 2nd guy showed up about 15 minutes later, and the DHL guy was 5 minutes behind him. I feel like a kid on Christmas morning...LOTS of new toys. ;-) Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I will be meditating, with my eyes closed and everything. There's something to be said for a bit of quiet reverence after a night of iniquity. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Me too. Me three So you guys will be holding bible study on Sunday morning? Yes.. there will an 7 AM service in my tent.. Casa Videoscooter.. 7 AM? What if we're still sinning at that hour? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've heard that before, but I've only had two bottles in my life that I could smell/taste the odor - both in red wine. Smells like wet cardboard to me. I've been out with a few people that could detect it more often. Some people aren't very sensitive to TCA, others are extremely sensitive. I'm in the middle of the pack and have always considered those who aren't very sensitive to it as pretty lucky. Still, in addition to the sweaty gym sock/wet cardboard nose, corked wine is usually robbed of most of it's flavor as well. Even though you may not have noticed the characteristic odor, I imagine you've tasted plenty of wine that seemed dead in comparison with your expectations. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Just to further clarify, a corked wine has been bottled with a cork that contains some sort of bacteria that interacts poorly with the wine. The most common variant produces TCA as a byproduct, but it is by no means the only version of "corked". Some estimate that approximately 10% of bottles are corked in one way or another. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)