nigel99

Fucking hell, some of you are a cynical snarky bunch. It's pretty obvious to anyone who bothers to read the tone and content this poor bastard had no idea what kind of shit storm he was about to create. The 'troll' accusations created far more noise than he did Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

How timely. I sprained my ankle on a slackline last weekend, but decided to still jump this weekend. Saturday was fine with brisk wind. Sunday I was coming in to land, saw it was going to be a very fast landing and immediately switched attention from flying the landing to worrying about my ankle and not wanting to run it out I ended up biffing my landing and now have gravel rash down my right side After the carnage, I contemplated switching to a 190 rental rig which I wish I had done at the start. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I realise that now! Thank you, I hope so. Slightly put off by the 'varying degrees of politeness' on here though. I trust this isn't representative of the skydiving scene as a whole. Don't take it personally. Jumping with camera is probably the number 1 sore point in skydiving right now. A huge number of newer skydivers (and I don't mean tandem jumpers) feel that the rules are unfair or illogical and that the modern action camera removes all risk. This has left many more experienced jumpers frustrated with having to sound like a stuck record and seeing the same attitude displayed week after week. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

It has been done. If you ask around you may find someone who will allow you to attach a camera to your harness chest strap. I have heard of people hand holding Gopros. That being said, most DZs will not allow it, and none on your head. I don't think people should jump allover a future tandem passenger for making the wrong assumptions. They have no reference to gauge the risks involved. I think that the chest mount or chest strap, is probably an acceptable option, although I doubt the footage would be much to see. To the original poster, outside camera is very good, if the dropzone offers it, combining outside camera, with the tandem instructor having hand-cam is best option available and you will be very happy with the results. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Your A license is valid at any training operation dropzone. Under APF rules there is a difference. One thing to watch out for is differences in gear, here in Perth we have a dz that uses ripcord rental and student gear, which is fine if that is what you learn't on, but not otherwise. It's a pretty small community and your best simply posting about the area you'd like to jump and people can give specific advice. If you come across to Perth I'm a B-rel coach and would be very happy to help. Actually thinking about it, APF has the coach register online (my details are on there) look up the state and you'll find b.rel coaches they will all be willing to help. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

That's my take/assumption too. It's a false assumption sadly. About 6 months ago I saw a video of a guy on an angles jump with the top half of his rig halfway down his arms/off his shoulders. I brought it to his and the CIs attention, and he immediately started looking for a new rig. But what shocked me most was someone else saying it was 'normal' and they saw it all the time. I think you get away with poorer fit when belly flying, but still not recommended. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Small highly loaded canopies make that sound. It's the wind in the lines Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I can see them just fine with mine on. I can see my cutaway no problem (I'm only talking about under canopy) I've got a javelin harness and cookie Gas helmet. Only noticed a few weeks ago, when I looked for reserve handle and promptly shit myself thinking I had a floating handle... Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Enjoy, they are great bikes. BTW If you are browsing the CB500 range are really nice, I test rode one a couple of weeks ago. No where near the power of an R6 but very light and comfortable. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Pixie, don't know the answers to most of your questions. But with regards to full face helmets I can't see my reserve handle when under canopy if I'm wearing my full face. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

From a person who learned via static line, I don't see the value prior to any freefalls. I think the most benefit would be gained prior to the 15 second delay, with some value added prior to any freefalls. ................................................................................. Funny! When I was trying to graduate from 1/2 second freefalls, to five second freefalls, a bit of tunnel time could have saved me a dozen jumps. ... but that was back in 1979 ... Since 1979 I have earned S/L, IAD, Progressive Freefall and Tandem Instructor ratings. What do I know???? Hah! Hah! I got well and truly stuck on the 10 second delays, where it was obvious I had stability issues. My comment was qualified with 'most value'. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Peter, I accept it is rare. I don't think the dropzone database is correct though as I remember a fatality in parachutist from a broken neck due to a camera entanglement (female jumper, honestly don't remember any other detail). However your point is valid in that the old rsl and camera debate needs revisiting as you are better off with an rsl and a typical camera setup nowadays. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Instead of focusing on the RSL as part of the RSL and Camera - focus on the camera which is the completely optional and non-essential piece of equipment. If you want to pursue a worthy cause, chase up the idiots who are mounting snaggy cameras all over their gear Frankly I'm in awe at the level of ignorance shown with regards to cameras. Recently a friend discussed putting a gopro on their full-face helmet. Asked if she had spoken to anyone, she had spoken to a number of jumpers ALL of whom had given excellent advice on how to mount it for best view etc, not ONE mentioned safety. When I flagged safety the answer was 'everyone else has a G3 with a Go-pro so it isn't a problem' Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I assume you are being sarcastic? In case you werent, my reference to OSHA was for explanatory reasons or as an example of how the legal definition of "contributing factor" actually works. Not because OSHA has anything to do with skydiving. Im not wrong. See what I said above. Again my point wasnt about OSHA having anything to do with skydiving. It was explaining what the legal system in the US actually defines as a factor. Mitigating, aggravating or otherwise. Whether something is considered a factor or not is determined by the court system, not people arguing on an internet forum. Edited to add for clarity... Hypothetical: You run a DZ and school. Customer comes out to jump there. However your rental rigs arent equipped with RSL's. Customer cuts away during a malfunction and burns in with partially deployed reserve. Their spouse or family is going to be contacted by a lawyer. That lawyer is going to haul 10 other DZ owners or instructors in front of the jury all of whom use and recommend RSL's. He is going to ask them if use of the RSL is a recognized "industry best practice." And they will say yes. Your lack of use of RSL's will then be argued by the attorney for the plaintiffs as a contributing factor in the death of the spouse. The jury will decide (most likely in the plaintiffs favor as everyone else is using RSL's for their rentals). And your liability insurance company will pay out. The reason I know this is while Im a newbie skydiver, Im familiar with the law and liability because Im a former cop who now runs a whitewater kayaking and river rescue school. Im very familiar with industry best practices and liability, and what I must do to keep myself from getting sued or at least keep them from winning. As far as I am aware, all DZ's rental gear is fitted with RSL and AAD options. I think you will find the people jumping without are using personal gear and there are a multitude of reasons why they don't have one or the other. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

From a person who learned via static line, I don't see the value prior to any freefalls. I think the most benefit would be gained prior to the 15 second delay, with some value added prior to any freefalls. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I'm guessing Mile High Skydiving boogies are going to be THE place to go Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Someone else dug this thread up/linked to it. Just to point out both manufacturers make software and hardware updates. There is no listed version/bug fix list for either product so Vigil/Cypres makes no odds in this regards when making a buying decision. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

I think for people who fall outside the typical jumper build (smaller and larger people) it may be wise to buy sooner than normal. I'm not saying buy new, but buying properly fitting and comfortable gear appropriate to their skill level. Rental gear doesn't really accommodate these people very well. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Firstly I think people take dz.com far to seriously. There are more than enough idiots handing out advice to newbies at the dropzones face to face to make up for any bad advice issued here where hopefully average joe knows not to take advice off the internet. This isn't some sort of wikipedia of jumping, and frankly a reasonable portion of the time, even experienced and sensible jumpers fail to notice geographic location and give advice from the SIM, even though it has no relevance. With regards to facts and figures on your profile, not everyones background is simple. For example my years in the sport are 4yrs active + 15 year break but still in close contact with jumping friends + 3 years back in full time. So do I put 3, 7 or 22 years? Similar for jumps do I include the jumps from many years ago on C-9's (~150), total jumps or the approximate 200 jumps I did last year? I've got more round jumps than most jumpers on dz.com, so probably know more than most on that subject, I've got 1 freefly jump and know less than your average B license jumper about that topic. So frankly I can't be bothered with the nuance of it and have 1,1, I've seen enough people with single discipline jump numbers given stupid advice in other areas where they should just shut up. So dz.com doesn't give the ability to highlight jumps in discipline. Hang around enough and you know that Ian is the swooping guru, Twardo for demos, etc. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Ok. No mals in 18, 000 jumps must be the new norm. Apologies for any unintentional misleading of anyone. I always thought it was about one mal in 800 to 1000 jumps, on average, but I can't remember where this came from. I stand corrected. I think it is simply an out of sequence reply. I asked if he was a careful packer - his reply fits that question

That is an awesome record. Do you consider yourself a careful packer? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

There is no "pull altitude" requirement in the US. What USPA says in the SIM has no force of law. They are just a private club not a branch of government. The chances of getting a waiver from the FAA to jump a single canopy rig would be just about zero. Sparky It's interesting, funny how this is in the opposite direction to the recent USPA BSR change. Frankly I prefer Jebs approach, he has an appropriate main canopy with a container designed to do the primary job well. Sure the reserve may as well be a bag of old laundry as he knows it is highly unlikely that a main malfunction would be survivable. Overall to me it shows the folly in raising the main deployment altitude. Educate jumpers to choose appropriate equipment! Jumping an HP canopy, then deploy at a suitable altitude, doing wingsuit proximity different equipment, relative work or AFF requiring 'lower' deployments then different again. We've got all the tools available, but so far few people have the balls to not follow the herd. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

As we know, a few low-altitude canopy collisions happen every year - and when they do, they do; and once the collision has occurred, fault has been rendered irrelevant, and the only issue is surviving the emergency. (That said, sometimes at least one of the jumpers is not at fault.) Ok this scenario is often quoted, but NEVER qualified. I was taught way back that below 1000ft you did not cutaway, but rather go straight to getting as much out as possible. I still live by this, as you have so many things that could result in going in at line stretch. BTW 1000ft is easy to reference as it is the start of your landing pattern for many people. So at what point do you teach people with MARDs to go straight to reserve? Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

Ok that thread explains alot of the animosity. As was pointed out in the thread skydiving is a small world and for most people with 200+ jumps you have others that can vouch that you are real. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

In your case, both. You are a bullshitter pretenting to be an expert. You lie, and you do so deliberately with the intent to deceive people. And most of the crap you spew is just that: crap. And you are not anonymous: you have posted your real name here and your profile has a real email. What license do you have and what is the number on your license? I don't think this is a fight worth having. Chris's posts are often hard to follow, I think he's been around the sport for a long time, but for whatever reason (trolling, posting while under the influence whatever) some posts are pretty freakish... As to message or messenger, "don't learn to skydive on.the internet" seems applicable. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.