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  1. grue
    GOD! IDIOT! cavete terrae.
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    My first day back from Eloy, I woke up, and by the time I remembered I was back at school, I had my rig on my back and was stumbling towards "manifest" with my alti in my hand cavete terrae.
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    Is this something I need to get fixed stat, or can it be jumped until someone re-traps them? cavete terrae.
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    Sorry, I had to make an edit: Since they fully paid for the condo, wouldn't they in fact be the owner of the section of the building being jumped from? Beach is private, insofar as I know. cavete terrae.
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    Let's say you have a hypothetical relative who lives in a 24th floor condomimum with a balcony overlooking a beach belonging to their condo building. If you have the relative's permission to jump the balcony (which they fully own, no loans), and you're coming down on the beach that's essentially partially the relative's, would it be a legal B jump? cavete terrae.
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    Stephen. Most people me by my surname, but skydivers call me Grue, or by my first name usually. 16 September, 1981 Brown for both No in both cases I'm in Sioux City, IA for university, but live in Melbourne, Australia Besides being a full-time student, I'm also head lifeguard at a swimming pool. It's fun. Often. 2 (English and Spanish) Going to start working on #3 and #4 (German and Russian) Everything except for rap and country, more or less I have several. Key lime pie, French onion soup, buffalo chicken wings/sandwiches, and mole poblano. BLUE! Many. In hockey, I will not skate over the blue lines, I have to step over them. My goalie pads have to go on in the same order every time, and I always put my water bottle on the side of the net nearest the bench Um.... I have no idea. My sense of humour. cavete terrae.
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    I've got an awesome one: My sex life cavete terrae.
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    The CATAPULT....

    grue replied to piisfish's topic in Archive

    Who the hell told you a story as insane as tha-... wait, shit, that was me They thought it was a skydiver cannon though, not a catapult cavete terrae.
  9. grue
    Ouch. Nope, that's not the way it works. In fact, in BASE, very experienced jumpers tend to jump higher wingloadings, usually because they've seen enough bad stuff go down that they want the extra safety margin (sometimes also because they are trying to land in more questionable areas, or for other reasons having to do with attempting more advanced jumps). Ok, that makes good sense. I was avoiding studying when I was reading all this stuff the other night, so it was late at night and I was tired Are BASE rigs in the same boat as skydiving rigs, in that the container's sized for a small range of sizes? Or does the nature of the way a BASE canopy is packed allow for more container size variation? cavete terrae.
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    Ok, I guess what I read confused me a little. I thought the .6-.75 rule was for BASE in general, not just newbies. So in other words, I thought ".6 is for newbies, .75 is for very experienced jumpers" Thanks for your help! cavete terrae.
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    Haha, I don't have that much weight to lose, actually. I -might- be able to get down to 220 :P In any case, my canopy progression: Jumps 1-5: Skymaster 290 (Static line) Jumps 6-10: Skymaster 230 (Ripcord) Jumps 11-44: Raven IV (Throwout from this point on) Jumps 45-current: Fusion 210 cavete terrae.
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    I dunno the content. It very well might cover Dwaine, too. cavete terrae.
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    Since I'm nowhere near the experience level to take a BASE FJC or anything of that sort, I find that doing as much research as possible helps me pass the time, and hopefully I'll be well-educated when I get to actually start in the sport. It seems that a .6 to a .75 wingload is considered the de facto norm in BASE, and I'm somewhat curious about what happens when you're a big guy. I'm 6'3" and about 225lbs, so assuming 15lbs or so for the rig (not even including body armour, etc), I'm looking at a 400 square foot canopy to get a .6 wingload. Insofar as I've been able to find, the biggest BASE canopies are in the neighbourhood of 330sqft, and that's towards the high end of the recommended wingload, which is probably inadvisable for a newbie jumper. Surely I'm not the first person to run into this issue, so what's typically done in this sort of situation? cavete terrae.
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    Looks like 430PM Eastern Time cavete terrae.
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    Jeb Corliss is on OLN's show "Fearless" tomorrow night, is anyone able to record it and put it online? I'd do it, but I don't get OLN cavete terrae.
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    oooh! ooh! I saw me! Great video, though, and nice choices of music! cavete terrae.
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    Did you remove Greg Gasson's penis from your mouth prior to typing this? Greg Gasson is so badass his penis is in everyone's mouth at the same time. cavete terrae.
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    Skydiving Movies

    grue replied to valcore's topic in The Bonfire

    Dave, I just got an SQL error when my movie finished uploading, how long should I wait to see if it actually worked before I try and upload again? cavete terrae.
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    Friday the 13th

    grue replied to riddler's topic in The Bonfire

    My DZ is doing Friday the 13th night jumps, and I can't go cavete terrae.
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    There was a programme a long time ago called Netbus that did similar things. I took great pleasure in sending someone an IM saying "FEED ME!" and opening their CD drive cavete terrae.
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    Greg Gasson started his adventures prenatally. There's video documentation of his womb-to-womb jump without deploying an umbilical cord. Unfortunately, the only copy of the footage is in Greg's possession. If you ask to see it, well, Greg doesn't like to show off... cavete terrae.
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    That's nothing. Greg Gasson was doing head down camera flying during his birth. The doctor was so blown away by this he gave up on the medical profession the next day, saying the best human possible had been born. cavete terrae.
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    First of all, it's nice to see a semi-local on here! I go to uni in Sioux City and jump in Luverne, MN. I'll prolly see you guys once the weather plays nice this spring! That having been said, I wish I could have heard the interview, but if it wasn't live, I imagine they edited it to some extent, so that always allows them to make a different 'feel' to the interview... but on the other hand, from what I've read, seen, or heard in the way of interviews with her, she doesn't seem as concerned with not giving the sport a bad name as she does with getting donations to make up for her lack of personal responsibility. cavete terrae.
  24. grue
    HAPPPPPPPY BIRFFFFDDDAAAAYYYYY cavete terrae.
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    Yeah, definitely my US/Aus travels, but one of those above all: We had a NASTY headwind, and it slowed us down so much we ended up having to divert to refuel. I spent a total of 22 hours on that plane, or something ridiculous like that. cavete terrae.