QuickDraw

From my point of view, ie a low jump skydiver with no BASE jumps or experience, and the only technical knowledge being what i've read or asked, i see BASE as a discipline that is almost a form of art, the dynamics involved are obviously more critical, and the gear to some extent is low tech, and is kept that way because it means less can go wrong. The whole point (from my perspective) is about assessing an object, working out the maths, the approach, the landing, access, the equipment and the excitement of getting away with it, the fact that its low altitude is not really a valid parameter, as you work out your delay to your object and your abilities, and the jump itself is the middle of a complicated series of events. As for gear failure i think BASE jumpers are far more anal about their gear than skydivers, but as you rightly say its a one shot affair and to that extent skydiving maybe a safer option, but even so, it still has its own unique risks. At the top right of the BASE forum page Tom has put a link called "Getting into BASE" read it a few times. Btw.. why did you start skydiving ? because it was totally safe ? -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Are you a jounalist ? If you had read some more would that figure have changed ? It would double them. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Puppy dawg vibes. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

You might want to check this thead, and pm ralu & see if he got a response. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=578689#578689 -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Its nice to still have you around. Get well soon.

The moral of this story is, the next time you think you can smell shit...forget it. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Thread material or what ? Scared of : Jumping from high and low places ?- Catapedaphobia. Laughter ?- Geliophobia. Mushrooms ?- Mycophobia. Otters ?- Lutraphobia. Penis, erect: seeing, thinking about or having ?- Ithyphallophobia. Symmetry ?- Symmetrophobia. LMAO Many more here. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

I think a foreman at work is my secret admirer, i'm told by collegeues that he can't take his fucking eyes off me. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

I'm too anthrophobic to be xenophobic. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

I'm with DYEVOUT on this .. real. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

I think you should dress up as a bag lady, and see if she follows suit. Having said that.... i'm rather fond of women who like their Pi. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

I think i saw a documentary about them once. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Corfu - Greece just for being a dump, or Panjim (Panaji) in Goa India for having the most fucking red-tape/stamps/stamp checkers, and stamp checkers mates, queues to find out what queue your in and then being told your in the wrong queue. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

There was a thread in the incidents forum about this (by Billvon i think), you might want to take a gander over there and swat up on it. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=553369#553369 -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Sociapath sounds much nicer than Xenophobe anyway. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Yeah lucky for you i don't have my hexidecimal head on. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

I hope the weather holds out for you mate. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

As for giving blood, maybe this is the time to go through your phone contacts list and see if you can drag a friend/relative along for milking. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Skreamer is a regular there i believe. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Has anybody mentioned that this is a hoax yet ? -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Like these ? -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

All i know is they sounded shit for real. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Check This. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning

Vous pouvez manger mon âne.

Was this one of NickD's predictions ? -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning