littlestranger 0 #1 September 5, 2005 Just got back from a week in Twin Falls, Idaho attending Tom Aiello's FJC. I have to say that this has been one of the most incredible experiences of my life. 11 base jumps, 9 solo, a two way with my friend Zennie, and an awesome 5 way graduation jump are just the beginning of what I hope to be a long BASE career. Tom, I can't thank you enough. Your course was thorough, your teaching technique well thought out and your respect for each of your students comfort level much appreciated. I also want to thank your wife Cherie, she is a real sweetheart. Her love for you and understanding of your passion for this sport is what really made it all possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #2 September 5, 2005 Way to go, Teresa . . . ! NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TVPB 0 #3 September 5, 2005 Well done to Teresa. Your appreciation will take you a long way in the world of BASE. With that attitude, you are welcome ANY time. Also well done to Tom (& Cherie), you obviously have had a positive impact on Teresa for her to give you such a good wrap. The sport appreciates your input. Stay Safe - Have Fun - Good Luck The above could be crap, thought provoking, useful, or . . But not personal. You decide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wwarped 0 #4 September 5, 2005 welcome to the sport! DON'T PANIC The lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. sloppy habits -> sloppy jumps -> injury or worse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DexterBase 1 #5 September 5, 2005 Right on! It was nice jumping with you. Wish I could have stayed longer, but I enjoyed hanging out with you. edit:typo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zee 0 #6 September 5, 2005 You looked like you were enjoying yourself Peace, Z Action©Sports Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlestranger 0 #7 September 5, 2005 Awesome pictures Mike! It was really great to see ya there. Anyone think that bent right leg in the last picture could have contributed to my off heading opening 90 degrees left? My heading was consistently off the last few jumps and it was speculated that it could be packing (2-pin rig) or that I was pitching too hard, this seems like another possibility since body position is so critical in BASE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASE813 0 #8 September 5, 2005 excellent choice of footware. I hope you get into the habit of always wearing that sort of shoe At least your knees wont get hurt. I am glad your teacher advised you to make sure your knees where ok and your ankles had plenty of support just in case..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #9 September 5, 2005 Is that your rig? If not and its a poster above me starting whith D,i would visit a doc to see if i were pregnent if i were you if you are i know who did it.. ive got prove,so does the owner of the container if its his If its yours.. beaware if you ever invites danes arround you,having a rig like that could be dangerus.. atleast to the rig Congrats on your jumps.. and as Mac says.. find your self a pair of boots to jump in.. Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlestranger 0 #10 September 5, 2005 You don't like my shoes? I actually have a pair of Hanwags, they kill my feet. Apparently I have to take them swimming first to get them to fit right...it's on my to do list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #11 September 5, 2005 no we dont http://www.nfye.com/faber/albums/Fuckups/brokenbones5.jpg Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DexterBase 1 #12 September 5, 2005 Quoteheading was consistently off the last few jumps and it was speculated that it could be packing (2-pin rig) or that I was pitching too hard One thing you may want to look for while you're packing is how hard you're wrenching on the pull up cord to close the container. If you're pulling one sideflap all the way to the grommet and then going for the other flap and tugging that one all the way to the center, you're doing some heavy duty distorting to your otherwise nice packjob. I've seen your packjobs and the problem isn't coming from the way you pack, more likely the way you're closing your container. As you get more practice packing, your packjobs will get cleaner, neater, and as a result, smaller. It will become easier to close the container without distorting the nose. Did you continue closing the container top pin first? I always sink the top pin first because it locks the nose in place. The part of the canopy that's controlled by the top pin is more important to heading performance than the fabric contained by the bottom pin. (IMO) Once the top pin is in place, tugging on the pull up cord to seat the bottom pin is going to matter a little bit less. If you make your way up here to Seattle, I can show you some cool tricks to close really neatly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlestranger 0 #13 September 5, 2005 Yes it is my rig, no I'm not pregnant, and I have made a mental note to self...beware of Danes. I've attached a few pictures of the group: FJC1 Tom, me, Kate Cooper, James McAlinden, Michael Schwery, and Eric Fraley. FJC2 graduation photo with honorary deathcamper pBASEtobe. FJC3 Death Camp 05...What could possibly go wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wwarped 0 #14 September 5, 2005 QuoteDeath Camp 05...What could possibly go wrong? t-shirts love the work DON'T PANIC The lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. sloppy habits -> sloppy jumps -> injury or worse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #15 September 5, 2005 Hey Russel Get some sun on that skin... one month ago you were as white as on thouse pics... Quote...beware of Danes. i think one dane will arrive to the area next weekend or so(if his not there yet),dont kill him before he promise i can have his rig(even as its blue,say hello from me by the way..,if your still arround... QuoteWhat could possibly go wrong? copycats Tom,you still look fat(i would too if i were as great a cook as you),and what is that Orange thing on you,did you fight any marker pens lately Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #16 September 5, 2005 Kate Cooper !!!!!!! Well, it's about time! Kate said to me back in '89 she enjoyed reading The Fixed Object Journal and it "almost" made her want to do something "insane" like visit downtown. Are we going to see BASE rigs for sale in Square One . . . ? NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #17 September 5, 2005 I was just on the phone with Anne H, and she said Kate had made one of the BR trips to Norway, so this wasn't exactly her first BASE jumps, but after this weekend, she is positively giddy about BASE . . . Good show, Tom . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TomAiello 26 #18 September 6, 2005 QuoteOne thing you may want to look for while you're packing is how hard you're wrenching on the pull up cord to close the container. I actually looked at that several times, and we tried changing the closing technique, without much success.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DexterBase 1 #19 September 6, 2005 Gotta pack neater! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TomAiello 26 #20 September 6, 2005 QuoteGotta pack neater! Next course, you want to come out and teach the packing? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DexterBase 1 #21 September 6, 2005 Deal! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #22 September 6, 2005 Gratz again Teresa! Had a great time on our 2-way. Come huck an A with us any time! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #23 September 6, 2005 QuoteAnyone think that bent right leg in the last picture could have contributed to my off heading opening 90 degrees left? Not sure it's the bent knee so much as it looks like you may have your left shoulder dipped a bit further down. If you're baseball throwing the PC while handheld you may be dropping the left shoulder a bit, which could contribute to an offheading left. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites base689 0 #24 September 6, 2005 > Anyone think that bent right leg in the last picture could have contributed to my off heading opening 90 degrees left? Not the leg (a bent leg in itself does not do much to opening...) but the left shoulder deeper than right one did contribute to offheading. Left shoulder deeper, left risers gets charged before right one, left side of parachute starts having lift before right side, you start turning left. > My heading was consistently off the last few jumps and it was speculated that it could be packing (2-pin rig) or that I was pitching too hard, this seems like another possibility since body position is so critical in BASE Yes, indeed, there is DEFINITELY NOT one single (significant) issue that definitely can cause off heading every time it appears, but for sure there are lots of issues that can, from time to time, cause a significant effect on offheading, and when several of them become significant in the same jump, here you are that you get a 180°.... The great D.W. (RIP) had this statement: "There are two categories of BASE jumpers: 1) BASE jumpers that got a 180° 2) BASE jumpers that haven't yet got a 180°"Stay safe out there Blue Skies and Soft Walls BASE #689 - base_689AT_NO_123_SPAMyahoo.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #25 September 6, 2005 QuoteIn Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gotta pack neater! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next course, you want to come out and teach the packing? should i join to show that you dont need all them tools and neat packjobs to get onheaddings? And deafently the leg thing has nothing to say about your onheadding look at me and Russel as were in freefall,sometimes i think his more stabel than mebut we both get obnheaddings Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 0
wwarped 0 #14 September 5, 2005 QuoteDeath Camp 05...What could possibly go wrong? t-shirts love the work DON'T PANIC The lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. sloppy habits -> sloppy jumps -> injury or worse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #15 September 5, 2005 Hey Russel Get some sun on that skin... one month ago you were as white as on thouse pics... Quote...beware of Danes. i think one dane will arrive to the area next weekend or so(if his not there yet),dont kill him before he promise i can have his rig(even as its blue,say hello from me by the way..,if your still arround... QuoteWhat could possibly go wrong? copycats Tom,you still look fat(i would too if i were as great a cook as you),and what is that Orange thing on you,did you fight any marker pens lately Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #16 September 5, 2005 Kate Cooper !!!!!!! Well, it's about time! Kate said to me back in '89 she enjoyed reading The Fixed Object Journal and it "almost" made her want to do something "insane" like visit downtown. Are we going to see BASE rigs for sale in Square One . . . ? NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #17 September 5, 2005 I was just on the phone with Anne H, and she said Kate had made one of the BR trips to Norway, so this wasn't exactly her first BASE jumps, but after this weekend, she is positively giddy about BASE . . . Good show, Tom . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #18 September 6, 2005 QuoteOne thing you may want to look for while you're packing is how hard you're wrenching on the pull up cord to close the container. I actually looked at that several times, and we tried changing the closing technique, without much success.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DexterBase 1 #19 September 6, 2005 Gotta pack neater! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #20 September 6, 2005 QuoteGotta pack neater! Next course, you want to come out and teach the packing? -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #22 September 6, 2005 Gratz again Teresa! Had a great time on our 2-way. Come huck an A with us any time! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #23 September 6, 2005 QuoteAnyone think that bent right leg in the last picture could have contributed to my off heading opening 90 degrees left? Not sure it's the bent knee so much as it looks like you may have your left shoulder dipped a bit further down. If you're baseball throwing the PC while handheld you may be dropping the left shoulder a bit, which could contribute to an offheading left. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base689 0 #24 September 6, 2005 > Anyone think that bent right leg in the last picture could have contributed to my off heading opening 90 degrees left? Not the leg (a bent leg in itself does not do much to opening...) but the left shoulder deeper than right one did contribute to offheading. Left shoulder deeper, left risers gets charged before right one, left side of parachute starts having lift before right side, you start turning left. > My heading was consistently off the last few jumps and it was speculated that it could be packing (2-pin rig) or that I was pitching too hard, this seems like another possibility since body position is so critical in BASE Yes, indeed, there is DEFINITELY NOT one single (significant) issue that definitely can cause off heading every time it appears, but for sure there are lots of issues that can, from time to time, cause a significant effect on offheading, and when several of them become significant in the same jump, here you are that you get a 180°.... The great D.W. (RIP) had this statement: "There are two categories of BASE jumpers: 1) BASE jumpers that got a 180° 2) BASE jumpers that haven't yet got a 180°"Stay safe out there Blue Skies and Soft Walls BASE #689 - base_689AT_NO_123_SPAMyahoo.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #25 September 6, 2005 QuoteIn Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gotta pack neater! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next course, you want to come out and teach the packing? should i join to show that you dont need all them tools and neat packjobs to get onheaddings? And deafently the leg thing has nothing to say about your onheadding look at me and Russel as were in freefall,sometimes i think his more stabel than mebut we both get obnheaddings Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
