weegegirl

hey kiddo! i would love to come party with you... but we will in two weeks or so for Freeeeeeezefest!!!!! this weekend i want to go to my parent's house where my cats are waiting for me and snuggle up with them. i miss them sooooo much! plus, my new job starts on tuesday and i want to be well rested. a weekend with you = exhaustion!!!!

Not all of us are going to survive this game. Most of us will. Some of us will not. Those that survive may survive by pure luck - others by skill and risk management. Some accidents that happen will be unpreventable. However, some jumpers that go in will lose their lives in a way that could have been prevented by risk management. It seams that we, as a community, provide many tools to help someone increase his/her chances of survival. I find it funny that some skydivers choose to blatantly ignore this advice. Others embrace the advice, take their time, build their knowledge and skills bank, and still progress competitively at a reasonable rate. We’ve all expressed disgust in the hundred-jump-wonder – flying a 1.8 wing loading, trying to learn head down, or strapping a camera to their heads entirely too early. Many have tried to offer their help in teaching from experience. I’d like to start a library of resources for newer jumpers to learn from – links to top rated educational articles, contact information for those that teach in depth canopy courses, links to incidents that we can all learn from, etc. If anyone has links or information to add, please post it and I will update this list. This list is only the beginning. There are a lot of resources out there. Again, please post any info we can add. Excellent Safety Articles: • "The Long Haul," by Brian Germain • "Ten things that may keep you alive," by Bill von Novak • "Downsizing Checklist," by Bill von Novak • "Canopy Skills Drills," by Brian Germain • "Wings Level," by Skratch Garrison • "Survival Skills for Canopy Control," by John LeBlanc • "Flying and Landing High Performance Parachutes Safely," by John LeBlanc • "Thermals 101: A Paraglider’s Perspective," by tdog Books That May Save Your Life: • The Parachute and its Pilot, by Brian Germain • The Canopy Pilot's Handbook, Bryan Burke • Book: Skydiver's survival Guide Canopy Courses: • Brian Germain, The Parachute and its Pilot, A seminar Series • Scott Miller, Freedom of Flight Canopy School • Jim Slayton • TJ • Dusty • Team Extreme Incidents to Learn From: • Skydiving Fatalities Database

Great... I'm glad it's getting a good response. I forgot that I lose my ability to edit a post after so many hours though. I would love to be able to add to the first post so that people don't have to dig down to find the latest version. Any way that is possible?

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. i'm not drunk, but i'm feelin good! got a bottle of red wine to celebrate tonight. mmmmmmmmmmmm.... love da wine.

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sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. i'm not drunk, but i'm feelin good! got a bottle of red wine to celebrate tonight. mmmmmmmmmmmm.... love da wine.

what-evah!

Conway.... You are very strong and you have a huge heart. I've been following your posts. Just remember... you never lose someone. The love, the experiences, the good times that you share with someone close can never be taken away from you. Those are yours. Protect them. Remember the good times and think of her often. Know that she is there looking after you. Hugs, bro.

Ok Weege, you're exempt from death. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Dayum! And I thought getting a job was good news! Can you ask God to put that in writing for me???????????

Here ya go! I like the logo, btw! ha! right on! exactly what i was thinkin!

dayum... never looked before... never deleted (well, maybe a few).... over 2000 each way. but hey... i met my sweetie on this site.... and for the first month or so we just PMed back n forth... so that has to account for some.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!! We are going to have a killer time! I can't wait! But as for the thread... no thanks needed. All of this information is out there already. I just wanted to compile a list of the best resources in hopes that it might reach one person. Some people don't have the time to do all the searching themselves.

i don't want to die.

cool! but as any freeflyer.... he needs a camera!

jason and i might steal that extra bed. have to work all this hotel stuff out sooooooooooooooon.

You are totally right! This list should grow a lot. I had to start somewhere. I'd love to have a BIG list... so people should add to it. I have personally known Brian for the few years I've been in the sport - and he has been a great resource to me. I know that there are many others out there like him.

Not all of us are going to survive this game. Most of us will. Some of us will not. Those that survive may survive by pure luck - others by skill and risk management. Some accidents that happen will be unpreventable. However, some jumpers that go in will lose their lives in a way that could have been prevented by risk management. It seams that we, as a community, provide many tools to help someone increase his/her chances of survival. I find it funny that some skydivers choose to blatantly ignore this advice. Others embrace the advice, take their time, build their knowledge and skills bank, and still progress competitively at a reasonable rate. We’ve all expressed disgust in the hundred-jump-wonder – flying a 1.8 wing loading, trying to learn head down, or strapping a camera to their heads entirely too early. Many have tried to offer their help in teaching from experience. I’d like to start a library of resources for newer jumpers to learn from – links to top rated educational articles, contact information for those that teach in depth canopy courses, links to incidents that we can all learn from, etc. If anyone has links or information to add, please post it and I will update this list. This list is only the beginning. There are a lot of resources out there. Again, please post any info we can add. Excellent Safety Articles: • "The Long Haul," by Brian Germain • "Ten things that may keep you alive," by Bill von Novak • "Downsizing Checklist," by Bill von Novak • "Canopy Skills Drills," by Brian Germain • "Wings Level," by Skratch Garrison • "Survival Skills for Canopy Control," by John LeBlanc • "Flying and Landing High Performance Parachutes Safely," by John LeBlanc • "Thermals 101: A Paraglider’s Perspective," by tdog Books That May Save Your Life: • The Parachute and its Pilot, by Brian Germain • The Canopy Pilot's Handbook, Bryan Burke Canopy Courses: • Brian Germain, The Parachute and its Pilot, A seminar Series • Scott Miller, Freedom of Flight Canopy School • Jim Slayton • TJ • Dusty • Team Extreme Incidents to Learn From: • Skydiving Fatalities Database

almost there...................

I like ZHills a lot! They are small enough to be a cool lil community dz, but big enough to turn mad loads with a great freefly scene. When I went there we trippled the time we were originally planning on staying. It was tough to leave. That's just my own personal experience.

Just put my resume online with a local dc address. Most of them found me by searching on monster. My brother-in-law does a lot of hiring for his job, so he checked over my resume and made sure i was using the right key words.

How did you get the gag off - OOOh you are goping to be SOOOO punished yes master, sorry master, i will obey master. hey!!! turtle has skeletons in his closet too you know!

move to dc. trust me. i didn't even get a response to my resume for 6 months in michigan. i moved and this happened in 1 WEEK! i'm still in major shock too. with all that is happening with our country right now, homeland security and defense have created about 75,000 new jobs. i'm getting mad hits especially because i'm an instructional designer. all of these new workers need to be trained. there has also been a ton of reorganization in the government. that also calls for a ton of training. my job in particular is in seriously high demand. i see you have software background. you could probably do very well in dc right now.

Hm. I share secrets with the closest of friends, but why would I ever post em on the internet??

Awe. I love you. no shit! that is totally how it feels!

hahahahhahahaha... that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!