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Clicky. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Are you talking about pounds with NO equipment(clothes, shoes,rigg,kamera.helmets etc..) or WITH equipment? That's Shotgun Ray's rule, and it's normally done with naked body weight (no equipment). -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Any idea the experience level on the 5 jumpers. Some were very experienced. Any time you put yourself back to earth and intentionally stay that way, especially while focusing on something else, you have put yourself firmly in harms way. This wasn't their first day at the rodeo. They knew what they were up against. And still, it got them. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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I dunno, dude. Collecting stamps can be pretty dangerous. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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In the real world, it doesn't work out that way. Because there are no "BASE jumping rescue insurance" policies, jumpers are lumped in with a group of other people who take risks that may or may not be related. For example, in a rescue insurance group, you've got folks who might need rescue while hiking or climbing. In a larger umbrella policy group you get lumped in with people who may be looking at libel lawsuits, or personal liability from a slip-and-fall in a rental property. In other words, taking the entire population as the group, and a variety of risks in one insurance policy, you cannot generalize that BASE jumpers are more likely than average to invoke the insurance. Who says that BASE jumpers are a higher risk than slum lords, for example? Comparing BASE jumper to high altitude mountaineers gives another, equally difficult, risk calculus. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Off headings can be caused by a lot of different things. Trying to pin down one off heading to one thing is probably going to be an exercise in futility. At your current level of experience, I'd say that trying to figure out what caused this specific off heading isn't going to be worth the trouble. Disclaimer: I hardly skydive at all, so take however many grains of salt you think appropriate. I do, however, have a significant technical and safety interest in off heading openings of ram air parachutes. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Worrying about them just a tiny bit before you go out for an adventure can save you a lot of headache and heartache if things do go badly. Having a very simple insurance policy has saved me literally hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of expenses in BASE accidents (primarily just one accident). I'm very, very happy that I got the insurance in advance so I had one less thing to worry about when I was in the hospital. That also applies when you are laying on the talus busted up, or hanging off the side of the object. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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so if you became unemployed or financially destitute and could no longer pay for your insurance, would you then quit BASE... Yes, I think I would. At least for as long as it took me to get back to a place in my life where I could take responsibility for myself. The couple hundred bucks I pay each year for my umbrella insurance isn't very much. I figure it'd take me a couple of weeks, tops, to make the money. Either that or I'd forego my next Toxic pilot chute and pay for a year of insurance instead. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Much as it pains me to disagree with Nick, I have to agree with Kurt on this one. I'd much rather that I pay for my own rescue and health care, and that I get to decide what I do that might require them. Any time you ask society to pay your bills, you give society the right to stick it's nose into your business. I'd rather pay my own bills and have society keep it's nose out. Just in case anyone is wondering, rescue insurance is available here (the last time I asked, which was about 4 years ago, this insurance covered BASE). Most Umbrella Policies will also cover rescue costs. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Is that the same piece as in Masters Of Stone 5? No. The MOS 5 piece was with Will. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Yes, he did. I had forgotten that one. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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I know that in addition to the folks you list, there has been a French expedition, that was fairly early in the chronology. As far as I know, you were the first to get up there. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Jump numbers before first wingsuit flight
TomAiello replied to SkyDivinRyan's topic in Wing Suit Flying
You do understand that the number is not enforced by any actual regulatory agency, right? It's pretty much left up to instructors and DZO's to sort out what they want to enforce. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com -
He posted that himself. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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10 of 10 for humor. 0 of 10 for following the forum rules. We'll see you in 2007. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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I think he removed it because he wants this forum to move on from that issue. And, in keeping with that, let's be done with this discussion soon, too. If anyone has anything else to say about this, I'll give you another 2 hours. After that, I'm going to lock this thread. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Yep. I've bought several suits that had the pockets sewn shut. It's not always done on the pants, but it's almost universal on the outside coat pockets. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Somewhere I've got a photo of Eddie clowning around in the supermarket at Bridge Day. He was mock-sodomizing an advertising poster. I'll see if I can find it and post it. This is a big loss for all of us. Damn. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Including myself, 3 people posting in this thread have received PM's from him stating that as his name. If you'd like, I can forward you the PM he wrote to me. I'm sure that others would be willing to do the same. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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My honest opinion is that Chuck ought to start a new rating system called "Wingsuit Instructor" that he involves other people in, and which is unrelated to any manufacturer. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Learned from someone without a rating, because there were no rating systems at that point. That person later (as soon as they existed) got the ratings. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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I'm not Sam, but I've used a BJ with large mesh for both wingsuit and non-wingsuit terminal jumps, with no issues. Do you sometimes feel like you're talking "BASE code" ? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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My large collection of "Pure Adrenaline" t-shirts begs to differ. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com
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Wing Suit Instructor Ratings: Split from Z-Flock Thank You
TomAiello replied to Buried's topic in Wing Suit Flying
All (just replying to the last post), I've moved the discussion of socialist bicycles to Speakers' Corner, where it belongs. Let's keep that stuff out of here. Thanks! -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com -
Italian Sub-Terminal Wall Closure, originally posted by UncleCharlie95 on 2 August, 2006. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com