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"Like a desert in my mouth..." Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

On base Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

"Hey! That's Downy soft!" Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

$2.65 here in California. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Well, it's not a Disney seuel, so we can count that as a start! Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

I've seen a decent amount of backsliding due to people having their arms too low. Your elbows should be a little higher than your shoulder plane, and your hands level with your head. Some people have their elbows down, with their hands below head level. This has a cupping effect on the dynamic flow of air over your chest, and it pushes you back. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

From personal experiences: 1. Don't let yourself get lazy at anything while in freefall, but don't be too stiff as well. Just make sure you actually focus on what you're doing, and not just do it. 2. Don't get into freeflying too early. Make sure you develop a good base of belly skills first. 3. Don't get into high-performance landings too soon, even double-fronts, until you have some canopy coaching, and a mentor to help you out. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

If you think your post might be inappropriate, then apparently you don't see about 90% of the threads posted in this same forum. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

I agree with what you said, except for the AAD fire. Below 1500ft, if you cut away, I doubt you would accelerate enough for the AAD to fire anyway. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

There you go John, stealing my thunder... I should kill your DZ.com account Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

So true...so true. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Had a rigger check my canopy before skydiving again. Everything was setup perfectly, yet I had one nasty slammer. Yes...I remembered to put the slider back on Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

When games go this far, that's the sign of a problem. Plus, 5 years in prison and/or a fine up to 5,000?! So now we're getting punished by the law for things we do in-game. That's sucks. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27337812/?GT1=43001 Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Worked myself slowly up from double fronts, to 90 degree fronts, on my Spectre loaded at 1.1:1. I did a great job, had some great swoops on the canopy, but I lacked something. It wasn't skill, because I was pulling them off consistently. It was attitude. The same attitude that made me start low altitude turns, is the same one that ended up with me pounding in at Jump 89. Tore my quad muscle where it connects to the knee, and to the femur. Luckily I could recover from it without any surgery. I hit the ground on my knee cap, and I consider myself very lucky I did not snap my femur, or shatter my pelvis. My knee is still tight to this day, and I'm sure I will have slight pain in my leg for the rest of my life. Now, I'm still interested in learning to swoop, but now I've dropped all low turns, and have been practicing flare turns, flat turns, braked turns, front riser turns, and as much extra I can get in up high. When below 1500, I set myself up for my approach, and then I work on flying a good pattern, constantly keeping alert of my altitude, and the descent rate of my canopy. So remember, you may find you have the skill to pull off some swoops, but if you lack the discipline to call off a swoop when it's not a 100% perfect setup, then you're setting yourself up for a nasty pound in. Be safe, and don't repeat the experience I did. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Definitely buy a pair of skydiving gloves! Sometimes, when it's extremely cold at altitude, the gloves themselves aren't enough, so you'll also want to wear a pair of latex gloves underneath. I'd also wear the basic warm layers. No cotton as a base layer! A jump suit should be a good windbreaker, and underneath it I'd wear a couple warm layers, but not restricting. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Have you read, "A Parachute and its Pilot"? If so, I think you would be more knowledgeable than to simply call it centrifugal force. So much more goes into understanding how your parachute responds to higher airspeeds. Each parachute is different too. I strongly suggest reading the book, if you haven't all ready. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

There was a hairy instance at SDSD this past weekend. I was boarding the plane on the runway, and there were 1 or 2 more canopies coming down from the previous load, as 2 planes were running that day. One guy was on final, heading straight for the prop of the running otter! Luckily he landed about 25ft in front of the plane, but it was scary to watch nonetheless. I'd take a crosswind landing over a prop hit anyday. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

There was a situation about 2 months ago, when I was coming out of a 90 degree front onto my final. A person walked right into the path of my surf. Luckily I had practiced up high on high-speed avoidance turns, or else I would have hit him. It was my fault in the first place. I lacked the situational awareness to spot the problem higher up, and have thus sense dropped high performance landings, and continue to improve my standard approaches since. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

I don't put myself in a situation for it to happen, but this is skydiving, and shit can happen unexpectedly at anytime. A person can shrug off a question like this easily, saying, "Well, I don't need to worry about that, I use flat turns, and easy inputs below 1500ft." So what happens when that person starts their downwind, and another person on a highly loaded canopy clips the edge of theirs, and throws it into twists? That person is now unprepared to handle that situation. As skydivers, we must acknowledge that anything unexpected can happen at any time, and that we must train ourselves through a wide range of scenarios, even the unlikely. I am very gentle on my inputs when below 2000ft. I practice flat turns, braked turns, as I set myself up for my pattern. The possibility of me being thrown into twists is very unlikely, but I'd like to be prepared for the situation, should it arise for any reason. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Maybe they're scared to join. I would be too if I saw the slogan, "Blue Skies, Black Death." Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

Calm down a bit Bill. You know how people on DZ.com can be sometimes. As for the other comments, please read the posts, and actually READ them. Don't be so quick to criticize over a small assumption. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

You'll find a lot of jumpers with 1000+ jumps that still say they suck. It's a sport you never stop learning at, and you're constantly improving your skills. As a tip though, you and your buddies need to jump with more experienced jumpers. It's a lot of fun to jump with buddies around your skill level, but sooner or later that fun dies out, because nobody's improving. So take the time now to improve your belly flying. Get a couple experienced guys to jump with you, and work on docking, fall rate, and begin to turn some points. I originally wanted to get into freeflying, but I decided to improve my belly flying first. I am glad I did, and belly flying is actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be! Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

That was format, wasn't it? Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.

It could be the winds, but how many jumps do you have on that canopy? The canopy buckling, surging, and just in general feeling unstable during normal flight, is a good sign the line set is going out of trim. Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours.