sabre210 0 #51 December 11, 2005 Short by 3 Buildings but working on them 175 jumps off 60 objects. ian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dantheman 0 #52 December 11, 2005 B's -18 A's - 13 (only include one's with guy wires.) S's - 12 E's - 17 O's - 43 103 objects, 350 jumps. Spread the love. Dan-the-Man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #53 December 11, 2005 QuoteA's - 13 (only include one's with guy wires.) What do you count free standers as? And, can you explain why you do this? It's really just semantic, so it's not very important, but I tend to use the "classic" definitions of either (a) geometry: a straight vertical line (which means smoke stacks are A's) or (b) wind: the wind blows through it. Of the two I prefer the wind explanations, since I think wind is more relevant to the actual jumping. For those not familiar with the defintions I refer to above, they are: A) Geometry Building: A three dimensional shape Antenna: A vertical line Span: A horizontal line Earth: A vertical plane B) Wind Building: the wind blows around it Antenna: the wind blows throught it Span: the wind blows under it Earth: the wind blows over it It's all just silly semantics anyway, but can sometimes be an entertaining diversion.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #54 December 11, 2005 Do you consider a power tower to be an antenna?My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #55 December 11, 2005 QuoteDo you consider a power tower to be an antenna? Yes.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dantheman 0 #56 December 11, 2005 I try not to get too caught up in the 'classification of objects' debate; to me they are all basejumps. At an early stage of my base career someone (can't even remember who) stated that you could only class the object as an A if it had guy wires. I adhere to that school of thought for the reason that avoiding the wires singles this object out from the others; you have to consider wind speed and direction, your exit point, delay, canopy control, dealing with off heading openings. I have jumped many freestanders and pylons and can fully appreciate the argument for calling them A's, but for me -no. I posted on the British base board a while back under the title 'to B or not to B,' asking the same question about B's. Some people call gastowers, cooling towers, chimnies, cranes on top of buildings, silos B's. Personally, i like to keep things simple; if you jumped a dam ( for example) and called it a B, would you jump a building and call it a dam? Laters. DTM. PS. Last night/early this morning i jumped objects 102 and 103, a chimney and a building- that's an O, and a B, not an A and a B, or 2B's. Like i said previously 'me, me, me, me, me...' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #57 December 12, 2005 QuoteDo you consider a power tower to be an antenna? logging as a BASE yes. Or P for Pylon Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
460 0 #58 December 12, 2005 Wow, I'm very impressed with some of the responses so far. Welp, one day I'll surpass 100 objects, once I get this student debt off my back and can travel out of my immediate area. I'm still proud of being about to 35 local objects or so. The whole world is jumpable!Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
udder 0 #59 December 13, 2005 What about poor west aussies? I'd like to get into BASE and as far as I can see I'd be impressed if our entire state(i think it's 3 times the size of texas) has more than 10 jumpable objects."In one way or the other, I'm a bad brother. Word to the motherf**ker." Eazy-E Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeordieSkydiver 0 #60 December 13, 2005 Your not looking hard enough. I saw more than that a couple of years ago, and I wasn't even really looking. Perth itself has some awesome buildings.Lee _______________________________ In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy? http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gus 1 #61 December 13, 2005 QuoteMy idea is that a 1 in 3 object to jump ratio is good. 3:1 really would be outstanding and VERY hard work. Unless you only have 3 jumps! Gus (37 in 170 = 5:1)OutpatientsOnline.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TVPB 0 #62 December 14, 2005 Yep - the joys of travel, time, being focused on BASE for a number of years, competing with friends on who can conquer the most virgins, being bored with regular objects on occasion, being in other places at certain times a/c other commitments, because they are there, it's not that hard when you start looking, and I love virgins. Just did a new bridge the other day too. 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
dantheman 0 #63 December 14, 2005 Don't bother coming to essex if you love virgins. The only reason Jesus wasn't born in essex is because they couldn't find 3 wise men and a virgin called mary... DTM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabre210 0 #64 December 14, 2005 (drumroll) tell your friends, he's here all week. i thank you ian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reiner1 0 #65 December 18, 2005 Perth itself has some awesome buildings. ...........there's a nice A' down in Bussleton about 3 hours south- towards Margaret river. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #66 January 7, 2006 Not me, but reading through an old issue of Skydiving from back in 1993 (don't ask) , there is a picture of Dennis McGlynn making his 330th fixed object jump, and he says that 100 of his BASE jumps have been made at different "locations" (is that different from objects?). edit for site name ~TASkydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabre210 0 #67 December 12, 2006 As of Friday night 100th object - 290th jump. It's been interesting. Cheers to all along the way who've shared. ian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sabre210 0 #68 December 13, 2006 Stats for anyone who likes stats are: B's - 21 A's - 19 S's - 16 E's - 18 O's -30 inc 4 dams, 3 chimneys, 8 cranes, 6 power towers, 3 gasometers, 2 monuments and 4others total 104 from 294 jumps since Sep 2002 highest - Italian Terminal Wall, lowest 140ft A,S,B Longest Canopy ride - ITW a few mins, shortest 2secs No Aerials, No unpacked jumps, no wingsuits. Would like to in the future though. 2 broken legs, many scars. Time out due to injury 4months. 1 object strike, a few tree landings, a few water landings 2 dead friends, several busts, no fines or cell time. Normal service on this forum may now resume. ian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gweeks 1 #69 December 13, 2006 Nice set of stats and congrats on object 100! I still have a ways to go for 100 but just for the hell of it here are mine: B's - 2 A's - 27 S's - 4 E's - 13 O's -2 inc 1 crane, 1 Monopole total 48 from 271 jumps since May 2004 total freefall 8 minutes 30 seconds day 81 night 190 highest - 1500ft A, lowest 180ft Monopole Longest Canopy ride - Monkey Lips maybe a minute, lowest - don't know maybe 5 seconds A few gainers, A few unpacked jumps, no wingsuits. Would like to in the future though. 1 sprained shoulder, 1 sprained ankle. Time out due to injury a few days. 0 object strikes, 1 tree landing (see sprained shoulder), a 1 water landing 0 dead friends, 0 busts but close a couple times, no fines or cell time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
