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Oh well, The twins and J.U. got theirs, the wind blew some sense into the others! Good to see some cells alive out there! Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

I am the fly on the wall... Yes, it is ambitious, but there are good folks on the load, hope the fog clears early!!! Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Avery, What ever it is, we are here for you. Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Almost, Rick did his first skydive in 1972. Still, we will let you be old!!! Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Hey Nick, in my day we were scared. I did 4 at New River once, but usually once was enough. Rick joyhgc1@aol.com

Thank you from me, too. It keeps me warm at night, I didn't realize how privileged I was! Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Kudos to you Nic, good attitude. Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Just to give best wishes to you all for 2005. There are enough numbers pending to go well over 1000, so if you are racing, please stop! I really want everyone to ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL!!! Love to you and yours, Joy & Rick joyhgc1@aol.com

Ditto, ditto, ditto. More BASE people in the Harrison's living room tonight, this is a righteous place! joyhgc1@aol.com

I have tried to open the PM you sent me here for a couple of days, but it is not responding. Please email me directly at the address below. Thanks, Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Nick, Payne (what a pain) said hey, then told an outrageous story about you and a skate board and soap. Now Rick is re-telling it with vasaline, I should get out the video camera and set it in the corner. Numbers to 1000? Let me look into my crystal ball... Now they are talking about how to act with the authorities, a Federal Lawyer, a Rocket Scientist, and a guy who always gets detained, he is so injured now, all he can do is operate the elevator... Who knows what will happen tonight! joyhgc1@aol.com

Payne and Stokley in the house tonight, you should hear all the stories and see all the videos! Marah, thanks for the footage. Iiro, thanks for your tape on you and Jeb. We are at home for the holidays so those of you waiting for your numbers in the next few days will not have to wait, I will email you my phone number when it is issued so you can call if you don't want to wait on the mail. The numbers waiting to be issued is astonishing! Happy Holidays to everyone everywhere! Please remember to ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL!!! Joy and Rick joyhgc1@aol.com

GREETINGS ALL!!! I have waited a while to post to see what the general concenctous was of the event. For myself personally, it was like meeting all of my puppies, old and new. I am so glad I got to put faces to letters, this BASE # thing is done in our livingroom with two cats vying for room on THE BOOK! Glad I could give two BASE numbers due, I took the boy to my room, and that I could participats in Russel's Award. The numbers are fast approaching 1000, in the name of "Paying Attention to Detail", Please be careless!!! Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Thanx, got it!!! Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Can anyone in Moab please give Marta my email? I have the answer to a question she asked me at Bridge Day which, by the way, was a most memorable experience! Thanx, Joy joyhgc1@aol.com joyhgc1@aol.com

Doogs has my vote too. Not because he's so skilled, but because he is a hell of nice guy who really cares about life, even bugs. Good guy. Rick Harrison joyhgc1@aol.com

Greetings Nick, Wonderful post, sure brought back some lovely memories. I asked a while back where C-ya originated, was it his or borrowed, do you know? I am looking through some old stuff so I will know what to take if a hurricane comes... Remember BASELINE, The BASE Gazette, Fixed Object Journal, gosh, I also have the Jan. 1975 issue of Parachutist that cost 1 dollar! Am waxing nostalgic as a young old timer came by tonight with Ted and whisked Rick away to the tower. There was initially some problem with access, won't go in (ever!!!) to detail, but the Doctor solved the problem with his eye. Somewhere in Texas five folks are having fun and I am issuing two numbers, Hey New Zealand and Kentucky!!! Hope #346 has a good time tonight! Peace to Mike and curly hairs, Joy PS. New River might be fun this year... joyhgc1@aol.com

Le Roy, Please email me at joyhgc1@aol.com. Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

True, Jean Boenish will not be there, but a few of us old timers will be there. I am the last elected Director of the USBA and all we really do now is make sure the World BASE numbers are kept and issued as accurately as possible. My main reason for coming, other than the fun and to jump is to remind BASE jumpers everywhere about why the sport evolved and that the BASE numbers are really the only direct link back to the start of BASE as a sport. We just want to celebrate a little history, have some good parties with old and new friends, and of course, make a few jumps. I might be 54, but I still love the feeling on exit, freefall and opening. A beautiful cliff in Italy last June with Space and others was our most recent reminder of how great the sport still is. Carl Boenish was a special person. The most famous skydiving photographer in the world when he got hooked on BASE jumping and dreamed it could be a sport shared by a lot of jumpers. It was a natural progession like from style and accuracry to RW for experienced jumpers who had lost some of the spirit at the commercial dropzones that had started dominating the sport in the late 70's. After all, it was still fun to get scared by just falling rather than competing on how many points you could do on a 10 way. A lot of the early BASE jumpers were RW jumpers with over 1000 jumps in the late 70's and early 80's. BASE offerred the adrenelin we had been missing and all that fun without as much politics. After all, there isn't much politics on the top of Troll Spire. BASE started out as a real brother and sisterhood. I think it is still largely that way today. All I want to do is remind folks that we're all the same at the exit point and to remember the spirit that got this sport started. Joy and I look forward to meeting as many of you as we can since we've issued well over 500 BASE numbers. We will be glad to say a few words on Friday night, and just be around if anyone cares to hear a few old war stories. I'll make sure we introduce a few of the old timers so folks can BS with them if they want. We look forward to seeing everyone and hope for good weather since that is as important as anything for a successful Bridge Day. Thanks to Jason and Bill for inviting us. Blue Skies Soft Walls. Rick Harrison and Joy BASE 38 joyhgc1@aol.com

All Right Nick!!! Glad you'll be there. Remember the year we turned down the NPS permit cause the river was at 47,000 cfs and Dragon couldn't operate the boats? We've had some great old Bridge Days. I really hope to see some old timers there and for Joy and I to meet many of the folks we've issued numbers to. Don't you just love BASE!! Blue Skies Soft Walls Rick and Joy Harrison joyhgc1@aol.com

Thanks Nick. I liked your note about Carl. The main reason Joy and I agreed to take over the BASE numbers is the respect we had for Carl. By the way, I can't remember the date Carl invented the word BASE in the motel, but Smitty qualified for BASE 1 on Jan. 18, 1981. That is when the sport of BASE officially began. As a skydiver since 72, we all knew of Carl's films. Over half of the Parachutists Magazine covers in those days were his. He was one of a kind. Didn't drink or do drugs, but put $8000. cameras on some of our heads that he knew weren't so pure of habit in those days. After all, most of us were old RW workers. Carl loved BASE and truly believed it was the celebration of the human spirit. By the way, Joy and I are going to Bridge Day this year and hoping that some of the folks from the first few years would come. It's the 25th anniversary and I guess they want to pay a little tribute to the start of BASE. Jean Boenish is also going to be there and I'm trying to get hold of a few old friends like Smitty, although he'll be a real challenge. Nick, I hope to see you there and thanks again for honoring the first true hero of the sport of BASE. Rick and Joy Harrison Director USBA BASE 38 N. BASE 13 joyhgc1@aol.com

By the end of 2004 they will probably reach 1000. Gotta go, Flora is calling... Hi ALL!!! Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Paula, Try again... joyhgc1@aol.com joyhgc1@aol.com

Greetings Paula, Congrats on BASE!!! Myself and my husband keep the World BASE Numbers. Please email me at joyhgc1@aol.com so I can send you a copy of the Application. You do not have to have a number, most like it just so they can link themselves back to the beginning of our sport. If you have made a BASE jump, then you are a BASE jumper! Our phone is 409-938-7807 if you have questions. Cya, Joy joyhgc1@aol.com

Yes space, I will let them know. Joy joyhgc1@aol.com