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All I remember from new orleans is lying on the side of the street with my friends laughing at me after drinking my second hand-grenade (try a couple, you'll like them) Oh and a really cool dance club called the dungeon which only opened after midnight...cool city

Sweeping?? Oh my god, that makes me giggle. As for the 4-way cut-away, well, cant say that I'll believe that one without seeing the video, but makes a damn fine story to tell to all my wuffo friends as the gods honest truth.

Lets face it, people think we're nuts for doing what we're doing. Think back to when you were a whuffo... Now, given that. Do you think that the media, being in the business of dramatizing any given situation for their own ratings are EVER going to responsibly report on the safety factors built into what we do? No, that craps boring. So, forgive them, they know not what they do ;) Cheese

Well, freedom is always an iffy thing to give up, especially concerning doing what we're doing. As I'm told it's a bit of a different world jumping in other countries where skydiving is government regulated. That being said, you should think long and hard about not wearing a helmet. Not to say you're an idiot if you do, but as with anything else in the sport, it's an added risk. I've known many folks who've had helmets save them from you're occasional bumps in freefall and for that spectacular bif across the hard drought baked texas ground. I imagine that they'd have had a little rougher time without a helmet. As for limiting your field of view...well...Airspeed gets by just fine with their Oxygens... be smart, be safe, have fun Cheese

Easy! It's All I want by Dial-7... If you watch the video Good Stuff, it's the song with Rob Harris skysurfing. As a matter of fact, there are about 5 songs on the CD that rock for skydiving videos, but you'll have to special order the CD more than likely.

Yeah, I agree, when you test it on the ground it seems pretty loud, but in the air, its amazing how quiet that beep gets. Slightly off topic question here...for those of you who jump two ditters...how does that work out for you. Are they generally going off at the same time? Or is there a noticable lapse between the two ever? (this is assuming that they're both set at the same altitudes.)

Just FYI, if you're military and have had your branch's version of water survival / parachute training, this is enough to meet the requirments. Cheese

There's this guy that jumped at our DZ for a little while. He made a comic book out of his logbook. He had 300 something jumps so I'm assuming eventually he'll tire of it, but its really cool. I did a few jumps with him and got to see myself starring in a skydiving comic! Cool... Cheese

Heard a rumor a time back that they're considering adding another lisence. I'm assuming an "E" because people didn't feel that 200 jumps for a "D" lisence reflected enough experience. Just wondering if this is substantiated whatsoever? Cheese

I fortunately was able to attend Airspeeds 6 day "mega camp" this past Nov 1-6. IT WAS AWESOME!!! It in all reality is just 2 3day camps put together, no more and no less. But trust me, thats a good thing, I'll explain why later. First of all I'd reccommend the airspeed camp to anyone for 3 reasons 1) Its like having Michael Jordan teaching you how to play basketball 2) The instructors not only are world champions they are the friendliest most down to earth group of people you could ever care to meet. And thier teaching abilities were awesome! 3) The confidence that you have when you jump back into real skydiving is phenomenal. In the camp, you work on a lot of different aspects of the skydive, from body position to actual mechanics of movement, super positioning, fall rate adjustments, etc. This course is perfect for anyone interested in RW or AFF instructor. Since you're asking Airspeed to teach you, several of the lessons are dedicated to RW, but even if that's not your thing, the skills easily translate to other disciplines in skydiving. I mentioned the 6 day vs. the 3 day camp. Its all about learning curves baby. I'm naturally thick headed. So I found myself making major and I do mean MAJOR breakthroughs in the 5th day. Not to say that I wasnt better by magnitudes on the 3rd day, but still, I'm very glad that I went to the second camp. I guess I should shut up. If I took the time to tell you all the good points and what I learned, it'd be too much, but I'll happily answer any questions ya'll might have. The syllabus is posted on www.tunnelcamp.com 3 quick examples and I'll shut up 1) A 14 year old kid who never jumped learened all the skills necessary to pass the flying portions of the AFF course in 2 days and polished it on the 3rd (he's from Germany, not sure if he can jump when he gets back home) 2) Me... went in with 120ish jumps. I've done numerous RW jumps since coming home and everyone is amazed at the improvement 3) The 14 year old kids dad. Had 2200 jumps coming in. He looked great to begin with and 3 days later, he looked like he should be competing Nuff said peace and cheesiness