460 0 #51 January 26, 2006 Even as a physicist, I am confused about what you are saying.Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
460 0 #52 January 26, 2006 quoted by Tom: I was also bleeding to death from the tears. Tom, were you crying blood?Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #53 January 26, 2006 Quotequoted by Tom: I was also bleeding to death from the tears. Tom, were you crying blood? Tears: rips in my flesh. Tear, to tear, torn. That kind of tears. Multiple rips in my flesh.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cesslon 0 #54 January 26, 2006 Tom, How did you fix your colon ? did you get a new 1 or some artificial replacement ? or did they some how manage to stick it back together ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #55 January 26, 2006 QuoteHow did you fix your colon ? did you get a new 1 or some artificial replacement ? or did they some how manage to stick it back together ? They removed a little (not much) of it. The rest healed naturally. There was a period of several months in the interim, in which I had a colostomy (if you're not sure what that is, just trust me that it ain't pretty) to allow the healing to take place.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TVPB 0 #56 January 27, 2006 Who's that girl in that photo? And who's heart is he driving that stake into? 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
TomAiello 26 #57 January 27, 2006 QuoteAnd who's heart is he driving that stake into? There was actually a dead animal on the ground, just there. Go figure. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #58 January 27, 2006 QuoteYou think I am your whipping boy for comment No i know.. Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RayLosli 11 #59 January 27, 2006 You just make sure you let me give you your next Pin Check before you exit...... . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #60 January 27, 2006 your welcome mate but last few times we jumped you jumped before me as if you were scared standing up there ´whith me.. dont trust in Chad n Katie that i smell like a dead up there...its more like roses Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klapaucius 0 #61 January 27, 2006 QuoteEven as a physicist, I am confused about what you are saying. I think what he meant was that: Velocity goes linearly with delay Air resistance and kinetic energy go as square of delay Power goes as cube of delay I do not think this is entirely correct here. If the canopy opening takes same time at all airspeeds, then power ("spank") is roughly proportional to the square of delay. But if they open faster, the faster you go, then the depency will be more than square. Opening time would have to behave like inverse of delay to get the cube dependency of power. Quite non-linear anyway. (From a former computational chemist/physicist, so take it as pure speculation and with grain of salt) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pbla4024 0 #62 January 27, 2006 Don't be lazy and come with Navier-Stokes based ab-inito model. :-) Fido Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klapaucius 0 #63 January 28, 2006 QuoteDon't be lazy and come with Navier-Stokes based ab-inito model. :-) Former ab initio Navier Stokes whatever... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pbla4024 0 #64 January 28, 2006 I fully agree, as former general relativity and nonlinear dynamic physicist. Unfortunately you cannot really live for 150 EUR a month, that why banks are full physicists (in Czech republic). Anyway, my college was only 50 meters high. The same day the will get 90 meters building I'm back :-) Fido Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frankj23 0 #65 January 31, 2006 ">LD50 [In reply to] Quote | Reply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From a statistical analysis of Emergency Room visits, LD50 is 90 feet over water and 30 feet over concrete. This is an average for the population as a whole without consideration for how the person fell. LD50 means Life or Death at 50% odds. <" xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On 23 Oct 2005 I fell 30 feet, accoding to the paramedics and people who were with me, from girders on a certain bridge frequently jumped in CA. I landed on hard packed dirt and rocks, which was pretty much like pavement. I had lots of injuries, was in ICU fnr 11 days, but amazingly did not break any long bones or suffer any permanent damage except for partial T 12 and L 1 compression fractures. The recovery has been hard, though, and I never knew how much pain a person could have until that accident. I was also told by the trauma docs about the 50% overall lethality of such a fall. I am really lucky to be alive, and it proves it is better to be lucky than smart. Don't downclimb those stinking girders, if at all possible. That fall, unfortunately, put an end to my BASE jumping, mostly but not totally due to all the grief it caused my loved ones, who went through hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DexterBase 1 #66 January 31, 2006 I was curious what your injuries were. Thanks for posting that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
