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JohnMitchell Yes, thank you. I got 6 jumps in 2 days. For me that's a good number. For others I'm sure that's nothing. Given the facts on the ground and the economic conditions and the state of my world. As I told a friend over lunch, "I have a 300lb led weight tied around my neck and I'm treading water in a 7ft deep part of the beach. I don't have the energy to improve and there is no way to improve, skydiving is a wave that comes in every now and again that lets me touch bottom so I can take a deep breath." Not the best way to live one's life, one breath at a time, but it's better than nothing and more than most. As for the injured, maybe I take the spiritual road too highly but for me that's bad karma for I could very well be next. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

billvon I'm actually from my personal observations doing the opposite. I notice that at 5-10mph winds, I come into final add pressure to the breaks and "drive" to a nice three step landing (ears, tits, pockets). In the no wind situations I try and do the same but the last 25% of input isn't fast enough to counter. So yes I think you are all right, thought they have been soft PLF/Slides I will do a few more jumps on the 260 then the 220 and then switch to my 210. But regarding the difference between the two one being half ZP and the other being 100% ZP. Will there be a significant difference in "feel" with respect to flaring? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I'm 175lbs. I'm not sure how many jumps the 260 has on it. But it does pack rather easily and has a few patches. Opens OK lands great in 5-10mph winds. When zero winds I come in with a bit more speed and thus I PLF/Slide. Yes I agree 100% I am not at 100% flare. My hands are by my gut rather than in my pockets. /knees. OK I'll jump on the 220 and give that a go. It has a few less jumps on it. Thank you everyone. Now we can have our pissing match. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Amatures.... Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

One was on one leg with a bent knee, The winds. On zero wind days it's a slide. On 5-10mph winds it's a stand up. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Does that have rubber wheels or is it going to be wood on wood...insert gay joke here. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

But they could be Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Thank you. I feel fully confident in my instructors and we have discussed the adjustment. We are thinking perhaps one or two radio guided jumps. Just wanted to know if any other people had done this in the past. I understand that a 7 cell has a much steeper glide angle than the standard 9 cell and I understand as a consequence the flare tends to be a bit "stronger". But wasn't sure on the half ZP to full ZP move would be including the reduction in size. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I did pick up a really good sun burn the other day....I am kind of giving off that glowing burning thing....so yeah maybe a few things are orbiting me. But it's amazing how quick some of you girls will get your panties in a twist by what...two lines? Especially after you were the one asking for people to post and get a conversation going. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

It's just good Karma. I may not be flush with cash as I was two years ago. But still I help out. If a friend who works in the industry is hurt, I'll help out as best as I can. If I don't know, what's $5 out of my pocket? It's just good karma, the world sucks, we all get hurt but we don't have to be cold to each other. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Odd downsizing question. This is a double variable downsizing question and I can't seem to find much in the Brian Germain downsizing charts. I'm 175lbs, I own a Talon I container and a 210 Triathlon. I'm currently jumping student gear working towards downsizing to be 1:1. My last 9 jumps were on a 260 Navigator in a Telesis container. I would venture to say she is a few years old. Of the 9 past jumps half of them have been standup landings. My progression usually would have been to a 240, another 9 jumps and then on to my own equipment. Only catch. The drop zone currently does not have a 240. They do have a 220. I've spoken with my mentor and various people on the drop zone and they have indicated that they don't see a major issue with me going from a 260 9 cell half ZP canopy to a 7 cell full ZP canopy. I tend to error on the side of caution. Thus without getting into a major pissing match regarding 9 cells vs 7 cells. Has anyone transferred from a larger lightly loaded 9 cell student canopy to a more adequately loaded 7 cell? And if so any suggestions? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

See what happens when I don't post? The thread falls back on drag queen jokes to stay alive. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I'm not going to argue that, just pointing out the obvious Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Can even break your leg under a boat of a canopy. THAT takes skill! Bro that's cold. Bad karma man....never poke fun at another injury. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I shit rainbows and piss Bourbon. I can walk on land, sea and air. My name in in a thread will generate 200 views per day. If I think of a thread 100 people will view and another 100 will wonder what they are missing. I'm so good at twisting panties up I turn granny panties into g strings. And the ladies keep coming back. I don't often drink but when I do it's usually a liquid. I am Shah Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I'm a figment of some tired packers imagination. I really don't exit.... Still waiting for that picture though.....hum..... Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I'll ask chad. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

We should have taken a picture to prove my existence. I think some think I'm some sort of algorithm from the future created by skynet to.....wait wrong movie.... Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Brother you don't know the half of it....I Was so dumb not only did I pay for her education I would cook and clean so all she had to worry about was er studies..... I was very very dumb So where are those booies Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

5-10 years brother. And I sadly have a feeling I'm going to be stuck in engineering for a long time. And no I'm not into 70 year old ladies. It's a very depressing and hopeless station to be in.....so let's not talk about it....so where are the boobies? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I know I know I didn't buy the place for me I bought it for my x. Close to her job and her school. I wanted her to have an easy life....dumbest thing I ever did was put her ahead of my own needs and wants. Live and learn I guess. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Dumb question. I've utilized deep brakes to "hold" waiting for others to land while doing so I appeared to loose very little altitude. I'm on a 260 navigator student rig. How is this possible? How is the wing generating any lift? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

+1 that there be some really bad karma Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Remember I had a thread regarding attempting to escape from my condo...now you know why. I sadly live in what call old lady land. The place started off as a retirement community until they could not sell all the units at which point they opened up to the general public. A great place if you are retired, married or married with kids. The worst place to be if you are single and not turned on by older ladies or other. I would give half of my blood to get out of here or engineering but according to my accountant I am stuck, I will be serving 5-10 years in this horrible place due to old ladies dying and their kids selling the property below the market rate. Thus the depression and the stress...... As for the free pack jobs if you are rocking two x chromosomes it's cool. Such is life I'm not in this sport to meet a girl, I'm partaking so as to find a moment of peace. As such I really don't care who's panties I get in a twist regarding who and what i find attractive. But we digress and I am sorry to have hijacked the thread. I find pictures of tits boobies or really fat dudes on small bikes is a good way to wake up a forum. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

You should see the + sized old ladies in my yoga class...thats why I practice with my eyes closed. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!