Deuce

Here's the next two pictures in the series. Hookitt didn't have enough excitement, so he opened his reserve in line twists!

Thanks very much for having me along. It was really neat and educational. Here's the next two photos in the series. (TIMMEH!'s reserve opened in line twists.) These are cropped really hard because I had a tough time staying close as our wing loadings were way different.

One more...

I look forward to hanging out at the Holiday Boogie. Staying sober enough to drive home every night really cut into the socializing . Here's a few more pictures, I'll be uploading to Shutterfly in a minute, but it will take a couple hours, even with a DSL. Cheers!

Very nice and helpful review, Wags.

:25:A couple. We had a good Byron Boogie. Met a ton of new DZ.peeps including but not limited to Amazon, VanillaSkyGirl, Bill, the Hollister Peeps, Picked up LizzieB (She is so cute!) Attempted a record for DZ.com that almost built. Also video'd Hookitt doing an intentional cutaway with a tertiary rig. I'll put a picture of that thing up too. Belly-warts. Nasty. And video'd my first big naked way. Kellicopter had her 100th, and did a big naked way out of the Van. Fun stuff. My last jump today ended up with us having surprise 30 mph + winds for landing. It's definitely weird to have a full crank into my 90 degree front riser final to full crank on both front risers and look down and see no forward movement. A guy landed next to me and before he could get it under control, his Stilleto spun up (on the ground) and started to drag him toward the hangar. I grabbed his risers with the hand that wasn't holding my parachute and anchored him while he pulled in a brake line. Hairy. Anchored another parachute to, to keep a fellow from getting drug. Felt good. Anyway, turns out the first guy reps for Flite Suit, and later he gave me a half-off coupon for anything. How cool! Maybe my Karma is turning. Buy Flite Suit! Hey, DZ.commers, sorry I had to bail so fast Saturday without doing video debrief, but the 27th is my girl's birthday, so I had to zoom over to that right after sunset load. Here's a picture that showed how close we were. We had 18 in. I don't know if that counts, cause everybody didn't get it. Nevertheless, Sangiro-san, how cool that 20 people from all over gave it a go. I'll have everything up on my Shutterfly site tomorrow sometime. I got a couple epic photos of TallGuy in a sit, and BoyFallDown exiting the Van. Manana!

Pictures only. I'm tired.

My lovely ballerina, they were talking to Mr. Burke (?) while I was jumping out of your planes just today. They are on like Donkey Kong. They will be there with their 5th wheel, jumping like monkeys on crack. If anyone wants to meet the woman who taught me how to skydive, come!. Yes. She lived through it!

Hey, Miche! I love you man! (woman!) First hugs returned in spades! Get well.

Is Jim Back yet? The cartilage reference is to a friend of mine who killed a man by accident in a bar fight by punching him in the nose ( one of the true suburban legends) See you tomorrow. Look forward to it. You and Jim both. You are happy-making-people.

Sorry Jim. It's not at all close on a psychological scale. Just a word one

Definiteley Buddha. I would beat the unholy shit out of any Bubba who put moves on Shannon. Buddha could probably give her a freindly squeeze whithout making it necessary to cram his cartilage into his frontal lobes. Wow. I am so glad the Van is ready to take me into the air tomorrow. I am pissed that my SDA friends Betsy and Luis aren't gonna be there. But I'm not quite homicidal about it.

Timmeh! I just adore you. Kinda gay sounding, but you have been around me enough not to get weirded out about my vocabulary. This weekend we will share the eye contact and interpersonal velocity that makes skydiver's special. You are one of the few that can make every microscopic moment of time special, while in freefall, and while in eye contact. Rockadelic, dudelio. Let's go skydive.

I have it on good authority that alcohol is an effective anti-anxiety drug. Being in touch with your aggressive inner asshole personality doesn't hurt either....

Yeah, I do. Too much time spent trying to appease others offends Buddha. OHHMMMMM! Hug me, Shannon. That helps a lot!

Good grovel, Muenkey. Your heart is in the right place. Send flowers anyhow.

Don't hold back. DON'T! As you get older denying your inner asshole will increase your blood pressure and eventually kill you. Let your inner asshole breathe. Don't become a total asshole, but let your inner asshole out as necessary. When someone cuts you off in line, tell them. Hey, back off. "I was here first" Reply with "Please, don't make me humiliate you in front of your friends, cause if that's not enough I will sodomize you in front of them" Don't hold back. People should be nice. And considerate. If they aren't they should be ground into asphalt and made useful as interstate highways. Oh. Yeah. Some of you don't know me. Sorry. I'm very polite. But I am not at all a nice person.

OH, Yeppir! I'd share, but you'd end up screaming. It's hardest when you are down in the well. But know that the land up where the well is is green and sunny. Even when you can't see it. It's there. Trust your freinds that you will be back in the sun, with it on your face, again. Really. Trust. Believe. You must. JP

Kevin. It's probably just a matter of bidding. We'd like to see one of the experienced smartie's do it. But eventually, somebody will bail out of a plane in an SF3 or similar on "Real TV" for the money. Heaven help them.

Ugh. Can anyone understand the love? Please come to Byron and feel it sometime. I, and Ben, and Jim, and Shannon, and Matt(s) wil bring it to Eloy. I just got word that Connie and Vic are coming to the Hoiday Boogie. Prepare to be boarded! It's just plain caring. Nobody outside of my skydiving friends has cared about my current weirdness. And maybe well they shouldn't have. But they did. And it made a big difference to me. Thank you all for the PM's and just attention. It has meant a lot. ( OK good spell check and gut check too.)

Like this, gorgeous? I had an epic day too. I look forward to seeing you again at the Mecca of Skydiving.

Hey, cool with me. I can't tell the really, really good stories anyhow. I do remember this island off the coast that had huge trees full of those birds that "Berretta" had on his shoulder in the 70's. Very cool. I think they must have eaten all the spiders.

What the hell is wrong with you people? I'd have been saying, like "MOM! can I ride on the hood hanging on to the windshield wipers on the way home? PLEASE!

Sorry folks. But I was in the greater Cairns area, and I was walking back to my tent-cabin with my wife and this spider had erected a fort in the path. It was three feet long from top to bottom, and it raised it's front legs in challenge as I approached. the legs were almost two feet long each. I said to myself: "this pathetic piece of shit doesn't even have a skeleton. It has a second-rate EXO-skeleton, and some poison sacs!" I can kick this cretinous creatures exoskeletal ass!" And then it barked or something and I screamed. I mean I screamed like in prison. And then I broke it up like a gruesome kind of origami meat puppet. I drank most of a case of Extra Special Bitter and buried the memory of that night. I am now an Australian Spider Ninja Warrior. Crunch. Crunch. (shudder)

Hey, Bets? Loving you.