I get to speak with a Federal Psychological Evaluator

[hookitt 1]

Some crack head screwed me big time last night. I did 2 things wrong. Didn’t leave when I first met the guy and secondly, I tried to buy him some food because he was “helping”

I broke the rule of just leave if anything seems out of the ordinary rule and nearly got hosed.

A new BASE jumper and I went to a pretty heated location last night. He was to be ground crew. After putting body armor on under my clothes, I donned my stuff sack and off to the access point. Right off, this tall, hyperactive, soon to be angry, psychotic behaving, desperate, crack head, walks out of the shadows. We knew he was there on the corner, but didn’t pay much mind to him since it’s not uncommon in the area.

He walked up and I sat down on the cement barricade next to the fence. He proceeds to “help” by saying “whatever you’re doing, do it quick, the cops are right over there”

We already knew where they were, and there was a window of time to sneak in and he interrupted me. Rather than just walking back to my vehicle to reevaluate the situation, I talked to the guy. Big mistake. At some point I told him if he wanted to help, just sit back in the shadows and watch. He wanted to know why so I told him. It’s worked in the past. But he wanted to chat a bit more so I got up and began walking to the vehicle. Wouldn’t ya know it, that’s all the time it took to have a drive from the federal authorities. 1 minute later I was being frisked.

Crack head mentions that I had a parachute. Great… how do you explain that? The next question was “Were you going to jump?”
“No sir” I said,
“No, really, were you going to jump that?” he said with a grin.
“Heck no officer”

He glanced in my bag but didn’t see anything. Since he had reasonable suspicion it had some drugs, (because I was conversing with a crack head) he could have claimed he saw a transaction take place and search it. Wouldn’t have mattered anyway but now he was very confused. After that he asked me to leave and suggested I didn’t return.

My keys were in the hands of ground crew so I passed my truck and up one block to get out of my body armor and stop in at the corner fast food joint and meet my buddy for the keys. Crack Man later chased us down and insisted the feds were going to tow my car as soon as I returned to it. After some thinking we asked if he was hungry. “Hell yeah” says whacked out dude.

We had to wait a few minutes because the store shut down the cash registers for shift change and quick inventory, In the mean time my friend walked over near the truck to see if it’s ok. It was legally parked so there wasn’t too much concern.

Super Crack got anxious and went after my friend and started getting belligerent. “Give me money” exclaimed Whacky. “I don’t want a burger just give me some f***ing money” Mental note, since we weren’t smart enough to just leave, paying the guy would have been better at this point.

So, this guy flipped out and came back to the store where I was paying for the food, and since he was being an ass, I didn’t give him the meal. Off to the feds in a heated limp he goes and proceeds to tell them,” I just saw his parachute, He was going to climb that crane and jump off it, he’s crazy”

I walk out of the store and they drove up on the large sidewalk and stopped me. This time they frisked me a whole lot better. I was told I’m being detained until they get to the bottom of this. I was put in the back seat. Damn those things are secure. He wasn’t going to let me go until he had the parachute. He then threatened me with a 72 hour psychological evaluation. I asked him what do you want to know? I was left alone so I made a phone call and told my buddy what was up. My buddy volunteered to come back. We hadn’t technically done anything so at least we had that. I was stuck in the back eating Mr. Crackers cheeseburger while the officers assist a bust a half a block away. It was under control so I asked if we could go check on my truck.

We pulled up behind my truck and the female officer said, “Is this your truck that was broken into? That stuff always happens in SF”.

I calmly exclaimed “F***… *sigh* while you guys were being distracted, the very man who said what I was going to do, smashed my window”

Around the corner comes my buddy carrying my rig, “I saw who smashed that window” and he started to describe Doc Crazy. He was promptly sat down, they I.D.ed him and took my rig. He was stood up and he (just like I did) put his hands against the wall to be frisked. The cop laughed… “ This isn’t the movies, put your hands behind your back”

Just an FWI, when being frisked, you stand fairly close to the wall, hands held behind you so if you flinch, you will promptly have your nose pasted to the bricks. That didn’t happen to either of us, but that’s why the stance.

The police asked why a person would jump off anything so he said. “Just for fun, it’s a thrill” or something to that affect. So he walked over to me, opened the door and asked the same question but offered up that the answer of … it’s a thrill … was already given.

Here’s what I tried to tell the officer earlier but they didn’t want to hear it yet.

“Yes officer, it’s a thrill. I do this for fun” I pointed toward the building, “That looked like it MIGHT be fun so I was going to get a closer look and see if it was actually jumpable. I’ve never caused any harm or any damage before and am not about to start”

This is the funny part … well sorta.

Officer: “To me, this indicates you are an unstable person. Jumping off of things is not normal. You can be detained for a 72 hour psychological evaluation and I have the authority to make that happen”

He felt the easiest way to do this was to keep the rig, have federal evaluator call me to see if I’m ok, then I can come get the rig.

He wrote down a couple phone numbers and told me. I’m to expect a call from the federal psychologist. He kept the rig to keep me from jumping off of things. In other words, to protect me from myself.

We chatted for a while afterwards and that was that.

Hey Nic, Thanks for volunteering to come back. 72 hours detainment due to some crack head would have been less than pleasant.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[nicrussell 0]

No problem Timmy, plus seeing you in the back of a police car was something I didnt want to miss out on.

Nic

NOTE TO ALL: CRACKHEADS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. unless of course you ARE a crack head.

[DexterBase 1]

Tim, call me you crazy mother!

[RhondaLea 4]

IMO, you need to speak to a lawyer. I'm not saying you should retain one, because this may only be a blip. But you need to get some legal advice.

I don't know how it is in your state, but in most places I've been the consultation is free.

Sometimes it's better to be completely cooperative, and other times cooperation backfires badly. That's both a professional and personal opinion, btw--I've worked in two criminal practices, and my daughter spent five months in jail.

But being informed can only help you, even if you finally decide to go along with this little exercise.

rl

[Faber 0]

Tim,you better get your gear back before i arrive

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

[nicknitro71 0]

Quite a story Tim. You are an unstable mother. You must seek professional help as well as everybody else on this board. Jumping off things is a clear sign of mental instability.

PS
Yesterday I had my first tree landing. The landing went fine but after I cutaway I jumped on another tree to climb down, the thing broke and I fell 15' right on my chest on a perfect arch. Just few scratches, the canopy is fine too.

It's all good.

Memento Audere Semper

903

[plowdirt 0]

Thats just great, a cop asking a base jumper about his mental stability, hahahahahahahaa. like their job isn't more risky. well guess what now those two know who you are what you drive, and fifty of their cop buddies in four counties know too. fkn crack heads.

walk by the space kadet next time, they're not worth waisting your breath on.

Be very relaxed, don't say bomb,kill,shoot.

And the first rule of skydiving smile. good luck.

[78RATS 0]

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Be very relaxed, don't say bomb,kill,shoot.

This is very good advice.

Just start an argument with yourself in front of the shrink.

"Should we tell him"
"I'm not telling him. You tell him"
"Shut up. Your mom hates me."

Rat for Life - Fly till I die
When them stupid ass bitches ask why

[cornishe 0]

find that crackhead and put a beatdown on him.


-

Abbie Mashaal
Skydive Idaho
Snake River Skydiving
TandemBASE

[JohnnyUtah 0]

Dude, you need serious help. Its a good thing that guy took your parachute. He is right. Otherwise you may have actually jumped off something.....you could die man. Im thinking house arrest may be best for a while. Its dangerous on the street. Your life is too precious and I for one do not want to see something happen to you just because you wanted to have fun.

I think the best thing for you to do now is tell the Federal Psychological Evaluator that you were planning on doing a complicated advanced aerial maneuver from the crane and that is why you had the parachute.

Have Fun, Don't Die!
Johnny Utah
My Website
email:johnny@johnnyutah.com

[Zennie 0]

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I think the best thing for you to do now is tell the flaming Federal Psychological Evaluator that you were planning on doing a complicated advanced aerial maneuver from the crane and that is why you had the parachute.

After first setting himself on fire for dramatic effect.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

[monkey1031 0]

if you were nuts, why would you bring a rig?


-smd7

[lawrocket 3]

Oh, man, you could have some fun here!

"So, you like to jump off of buildings?"
"TIMMAE!"

"Excusing, is this Tim?"
"TIMMAE!"

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Zennie 0]

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Oh, man, you could have some fun here!

"So, you like to jump off of buildings?"
"TIMMAE!"

"Excusing, is this Tim?"
"TIMMAE!"

Oh great... you just made me blow half a Diet Coke through my nose and onto my keyboard.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

[leroydb 0]

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Oh great... you just made me blow half a Diet Coke through my nose and onto my keyboard.

half a coke? man you got a big nose!

So when can I drop by H-town for sum low urban action?

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[lifewithoutanet 0]

Hey, Tim. So, maybe I'm missing something here, but how'd The Feds get involved instead of the local police?
-C.

[lawrocket 3]

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Hey, Tim. So, maybe I'm missing something here, but how'd The Feds get involved instead of the local police?
-C.

This stuck out in my mind for why the feds were involved. From the original post:

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He walked up and I sat down on the cement barricade next to the fence.

Cement barricade? That typically means something a little more than jumping off of the Farmer Joe's barn...

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[hookitt 1]

TIMMAE!!!!


That cracked me up.
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The cement barricade is just a traffic barricade so a passing car wouldn't take out the chain link fence. It's a typical construction site but the location, is shall we say, warm.

My window is fixed but didn't have time to go after my rig yet.

The agent called me yesterday to let me know it was safe and sound.

Him: Hey TIMMMMmmm!!!... How are you?

Me: I'm GREAAAAT!!!... Who are you?

Him: hehe.. this is Agent XXXX XXXX Seeing how things are going.

Me: Just dandy. I'm kicking back watching the Simpsons.

He told me to expect a call and I'll be asked if I'm ok and then give my rig back. I had to get my window fixed this afternoon so time ran out to go get it.

No laws were broken, no charges were given. They had a report so had to follow up on it. Even if the report came from an angry local crack pot.

Without any knowledge of parachutes, I don't find it surprising he was "protecting me from myself" He didn't want me to jump off anything so he took the life saving device. (good thing I have another one huh? )

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[leroydb 0]

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Without any knowledge of parachutes, I don't find it surprising he was "protecting me from myself" He didn't want me to jump off anything so he took the life saving device. (good thing I have another one huh? )

good thing he saved you from yourself... lol

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[FIREFLYR 0]

THAT SUX DUDE!
Does that mean I'm still the only person to jump it?
(Told you that shit was hot)
-J

"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest"
"There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act"

[nicrussell 0]

Hey Jamie, you're latest girl is nicely hot. However this object is SO on fire that tungsten would melt. Too bad your video abilities happen to be ICE COLD. Have fun in Europe bro.

Nic

edit to add drunkin spellin errors, yes i know its monday nite, err night.

[hookitt 1]

Captain Steve came out and said hello. He said, "I probably would just watched you. Is that thing actually high enough?"

I wish I had a camera with me so I could have taken a photograph of the uniformed federal officer carrying my rig.

Captain Steve said very quietly, "hey I don't care, I just wouldn't jump that one" He had asked me what a good object is. He knew about BASE around the world like those "big cliffs" over seas some where.

That was that. we shook hands and now I'm sitting in a coffee shop getting ready to go ground launching.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[leroydb 0]

glad it come out alright. go have some fun!

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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Steve came out and said hello

No I didn't.

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now I'm sitting in a coffee shop getting ready to go ground launching

Oh oh. Another convert. Watch out. After what I saw you do at the bridge with your Xaos a couple of weeks ago I know you've got the right stuff for Ground Launching. Not only are you an experienced and skilled canopy pilot, but you're crazy. And that's the sort of mix you need for Ground Launching.

Be careful though. Grounch Launching while ultra fun is NOT safe.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[sitflybaseboy 0]

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sitting in a coffee shop getting ready to go ground launching.

Sweet, I've done a couple of those in the past. Watch out for the cops.....They are watching for ground launchers.
321CYA
Sitflybaseboy

BASE 1043 Night BASE 160
BASE is to skydivers as skydiving is to whuffos