nigel99

As I said, clearly on the increase Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Do some reading into child abuse and sexual assault, which have strong correlations with these sorts of disorders. In a lot of circumstances I would say, "Live through that see how you would be doing." I think the first step is to find a way to eliminate the abuse which is horrifically underreported. Women face this shit commonly. These mental health problems are, in my estimation, nothing more than the scars of what was done to them for perhaps the MAJORITY of them. I agree, but with the caveat that you need to be careful that it is not always a result of abuse. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I don't think religion itself has no impact. But the trappings of religion can do. Family spending quiet time together etc. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Is it just that I am more aware of things or are mental health problems on the rise? Self harm, eating disorders, alcoholism and suicide seem to be much more prevalent than when I was young. 2 teenage girls on our road have self harm problems, 1 of them is constantly hospitalised for eating disorders. This year alone 2 skydivers have committed suicide that I know of. Is the breakdown in society to blame? I grew up going to church twice on a Sunday, family meals around a table etc. We don't live like that anymore. At the risk of turning this into a normal god exists/no he doesn't thread. I believe that our gradual loss of religion and the social framework it provided, has caused a problem. The problem to me is that there has been no viable and healthy alternative. A 'me' culture, centred on selfishness and unattainable celebrity status is not healthy. I look at my current lifestyle and for a family, there is next to nothing that ties us together on a regular basis. I personally see sport as a potential family outlet. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Spoil sport. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I think Bill Booth has said that a spinning disconnect with a skyhook and camera is a non issue. Squeak. Isn't the whole point of not having an RSL/skyhook with a camera, due to the higher risk of main entanglement with the camera setup? I don't believe the spinning is the problem. Maybe the skyhook could be enhanced to cutaway the camera helmet at the same time Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

and what exactly is your problem with that ? It's not a problem at all. It's a written thought on subject, as asked for. More precise, I find it ridiculous for a pro camera man to avoid death by pure chance. Yet, his canopy choice suggests high experience. Where is that? I don't have a problem with that but can't resist pointing on "expert skydiver and his skills on survival". He almost ruined my sig-line What specifically did he do wrong? It seems to me that whenever we cutaway a mal, we all are at risk of having a crappy reserve. Regardless of experience. Your post implies there is something that he should have done differently on this jump. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I beat a bag of weed because I've got abs And Wayne a teletubby is attached. It is a UK TV program for little kids. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

and what exactly is your problem with that ? This is a question, before I get jumped on for having an opinion! Is a highly loaded main and reserve with a skyhook really appropriate for filming tandems? Piisfish already mentioned the skyhook/camera. Mals on HP mains are more violent and fast. Secondly that filming tandems you are more likely to have a lousy spot. While I disagree with the way the person phrased this question, it is still a valid question. There is honest debate going on in the Lake Wales thread, about choice of canopy. Is this a similar scenario? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

A peaceful protest (which is what was expected) is a quite acceptable place for a pregnant woman. I don't know if the police over-reacted to this protest. It is very difficult to know without proper investigation. We had a death in the UK, after a man was pushed around by the police during a protest. It got a full and thorough investigation. The police themselves took the initiative, investigated and were transparent. There was no blame throwing or defending by the police. The officers involved were suspended pending investigation, which seems appropriate and reasonable. The US should be handling the police involved in the same way. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Tell me you are NOT saying an audible will prevent this situation. Tell me you are NOT telling him to depend on an audible...please. Of course he's not saying trust an audible... That is why he said get 2 Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I missed the fact that my right hand main lift web was twisted 360 degrees once, so did the jumper who I asked to check me over. Someone else spotted it prior to boarding. I am not 100% certain that I would have been to cutaway. Oh, hell. Please tell me that "other jumper" was not me. No, it would not have necessitated a breakaway. It might have been fun trying to find the handle if did have to, though. And it might have been fun dealing with nutsack pain on opening but hey! WTH? No Andy not you who missed it - it was someone else on the 4 way with me. Nicole caught it. I didn't mean that it would have required a cutaway but rather with the cutaway cable being twisted through 360 degrees, we couldn't figure if it would have been physically possible to cutaway. My legstrap was fine, and so was my chest-strap as it was a full rotation. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Picking on you Andy... If you remove the night jumps from a D, then the requirements for getting a D are pretty insignificant compared to previous licenses. At the moment it only requires you to learn the following 3 things. 500 jumps with 3 hours freefall time 2 night jumps Pass the written test Don't you feel that if the D license is revisited the requirements should go up? I wouldn't mind seeing a few requirements added - including a live water jump. I do agree that people shouldn't be bared from pro ratings, jump wings and awards without the D. I'll defer to you guys on the tandem rating (but of course AFF-I doesn't need it). Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I missed the fact that my right hand main lift web was twisted 360 degrees once, so did the jumper who I asked to check me over. Someone else spotted it prior to boarding. I am not 100% certain that I would have been to cutaway. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I'm almost completely sure that there is no purpose, but that doesn't mean you can't make up your own purpose if you want. Well I like the old T-shirt "eat, fuck, skydive" It seems applicable here. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I don't know if travel is possible. But this charity is directly specifically setup for this. http://www.jumpstart.org.nz/ Bonus is that they get to jump a C130. If it is of interest drop me a PM and I can give you details for a TI/AFF-I friend of mine that is involved with the project. To jump in the US, I am sure I have heard of the USPA providing waivers for special cases like this? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

No offense, Nigel but personally, I wouldn't bother with that as yet. It's a work-in-progress, it's very high-level and not all of its functionality is in place as yet. Can't get better than individual, hands-on instruction from a good rigger, instructor or knowledgeable jumper. Too true. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

The bad news....things always happen in threes. THe good news....two down, one to go. Humor...you may remember my "mooning the entire planet" story. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

http://skydiveschool.org The online skydiving course by the USPA is fairly good. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

to us it meens fucking annovying!! Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

and the surest way to find it is to throw away the rest of the set Funny thing, one day I couldn't find the key to the Oddysey and I really needed it because of the computer chip inside to be able to start the vehicle up. It just disappeared. After 4 days of searching, the only thing I could do was call AAA for a tow to the nearest dealership, 25 miles away and have them sync two new keys with the vehicle in the shop. Cost me $300... The very next day, there was a cup that was sitting in the corner of the spa tub in our bathroom and thought, that needs to be washed and reached over to pick it up... yep, the fucking key was in there. Fucking 3 year old... Yeah 3 year olds and keys. My wife had the bright idea of giving the twins the car keys to play with when they were 1 or 2. A few problems with her strategy. They were in the car with the doors closed, she was taking shopping in. I was at work 60 miles away with the spare key. Of course the boys locked the car by mistake. Alarm going off, boys inside crying and no spare key. She had to call the AA to bust them out. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Life has a funny way of making you change perspective. Since this post we have had trouble with our teenage girl that just sucks I would appreciate some good skydiving humour to cheer me up. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

and the surest way to find it is to throw away the rest of the set ain't that the truth...

I absolutely agree that the accuracy is intended for a normal pattern. What I don't want to do (especially with my experience level) is go tossing out advice about using front and rear risers to alter the flight. I mentioned the S turns on a hop and pop, so they should be the only person in the air. Even with the freedom to fly using S turns etc, many people struggle to land within 10m of the target when they have low jump numbers. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

You might also consider how long it takes to look at the altimeter, realize what it means, and decide what to do as a result of that altitude. I think it likely that you would spend a lot more altitude doing that compared to your last and successful attempt to pull. Of course that doesn't mean that another pull attempt is a good idea. If you think you need to check your altitude before another attempt, then you probably are already low and you know it - it is better to go right to your reserve Isn't your altimeter right in front of your face at pull time? I must admit that I do not look at it after waving off. It seems like reading your altimeter as you throw would be a good idea? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.