TomAiello

Me too. And I'm sure we will. I'm a big believer in working up to things in small steps. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Because... ? No, really. Why not just use some other .pdf reader? I don't know jack about the dark side, but on my machine there's at least 4 free options for reading pdf files. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Why do you need Adobe to read .pdf files? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I believe that it's mandatory to belong, if you live there and wish to continue doing so. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I was a climber before I was a jumper. It's my observation that climbers generally hold reasonably positive views of BASE jumpers. And, as Abbie points out, in more cases every day, they are us. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Only Sangiro can delete usernames. They don't take up much space, so he generally just lets them continue to exist unless they create a specific problem. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I have a rig to put it in. I'll be there on the Tuesday before, so if no one claims your Cruislite, we could just assemble it and see who needs it as things happen. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

It's possible to never log in to the forums, but still use other parts of the site. I think that if you only post classifieds (which aren't part of the forums), for example, you'll still show up as never having logged in, even though you may be selling or buying things fairly often. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

I made a grand total of one BASE jump on a swift reserve. Thank god it was a water landing. The swift didn't make it back into the boat. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Me too. I almost never post on RC.com, though. I think I've made a grand total of one post, in a conversation there about BASE. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Do you have any plans to create a singly, unified login for the two sites? Personally, I think that would be very nice. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Headdown.net has it archived. I had to log in to get it. It's in the forums, under the 2002 film festival. I'm reluctant to post a direct link because I don't want to chew up their bandwidth. I'll see if I can get permission to throw it up on Skydivingmovies.com. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Does that mean I can use a Troll as a reserve canopy? Or do main canopies require TSO approval in Germany? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Clicky Direct Link to mp3 audio file of interview -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

"Walk toward the light." -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Swiss Valley: Temporary Closure From Swiss BASE Association Web Site on 23 September 05: Note that this valley is probably the only place that a "temporary closure" by local authorities has ever actually turned out to be temporary, when this same site was closed (then later re-opened) in the past. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Most people stay in Moab. You can camp just outside town (one of the campgrounds is owned by a jumper, and gives jumper discounts, as I recall). It's low season for tourists there, so most of the hotels are pretty reasonable. Closest place to fly into is Grand Junction, Colorado (still an hour and a bit of a drive away), unless you are flying a private plane, in which case there's an airport in town. I'll leave it to someone more local to post better details. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Honestly, I had taken your comments as stereotyping caucasians living in mostly rural, below average income, communities in the United States, as racially biased. I am a caucasian living in a mostly rural, below average income community in the United States. I even own an assault rifle. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Pot, I'd like you to meet Kettle. Kettle, Pot. Black? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Bringing the slider down should leave you with the same (effective) brake setting as removing the slider. What advantage do you see from keeping the slider on there? Are you using a tailgate? And some kind of line release toggles, I hope? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Were you using the standard deployment brakes (i.e. the skydiving setting)? I'd guess that some of the issues could have started with the very shallow (since there was no slider to bring them to the point they'd be on a skydive) deployment brakes. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Yes. But I had written it wrong. I edited my original post. It should have read either "...velcro rigs are lower stress..." or "...pin rigs are higher stress..." I think I was posting too early in the morning. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Idaho Bridge 1) Call the Sheriff dispatch before the start of every jumping day (+1 208 735-1911) The Sheriff has asked that we call the dispatch at the beginning of any day when there are jumpers on the bridge. This is so that the dispatch operator can calm anyone who calls in the emergency number to report a suicide jumper, and explain that BASE is normal and accepted here. If we do not call, the Sheriff has to send a patrol car to investigate whenever jumpers are reported at the bridge. 2) Please do not stand on top of the handrail. The transportation department, which owns the bridge, has asked that jumpers not stand on top of the handrail because it distracts motorists, and they are concerned that it may cause motor vehicle accidents on the bridge. The bridge is the main entry to town from the interstate, and accidents on the bridge back traffic up all the way through town. 3) Please do not climb the steel. Jumpers should stay in the normal pedestrian areas of the bridge. Members of the public, including jumpers, should not climb the lower steel. Please stay on the sidewalk--do not jump from the lower steel. 4) When using planks/platforms, remove them when not jumping. If you place a plank or exit platform, please remove it when your party is not physically present at the bridge (either packing at the visitor center or in the park at the bottom, or jumping, hiking, or riding out). If you leave the bridge for any reason (even to get lunch or to pack at a hotel), please remove launch platforms until you return. Always remove platforms at the end of every jumping day. 5) Respect the local people. Twin Falls is a small, rural, conservative, American community. Be aware that nudity, excessive profanity, drug use, or excessive drinking will give jumpers a bad reputation here. Beer in public is acceptable, so coolers in the park are no problem. Music, so long as it's not overly explicit, has also never been a problem. 6) For boat service call Don Mayes (+1 208 731-6448) Not really a jumping guideline, but so many people ask for Don's number that I'll include it here. Don also has brochures and business cards at the visitor center at the top of the bridge. 7) BASE jumper discounts BASE jumper discounts are available at many area businesses. Be sure to check if you can get one for hotel rooms and meals. Outback (at the top of the bridge, behind the visitor center) offers 2 for 1 drink specials for BASE jumpers all day, and IHOP (at the top, on the other side of Blue Lakes) has a 15% discount for jumpers. Patronizing local businesses and letting them know that you are a jumper makes people aware of the business that jumpers bring to town. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Swiss Valley originally posted by toni on 4 May 2005, here -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com

Italian Terminal Wall: originally posted by UncleCharlie95, on 26 September 2005, here. edit to add: Temporary closure: Please do not jump the nearby subterminal wall over the lake until November 15, 2005, by request of local jumpers and tourist authorities. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com