fastphil 0 #26 November 27, 2006 Aeronautical Charts will cover the high points. Pick one near you and visit it, study it, and always have a plan that includes running fast... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EPX 0 #27 November 27, 2006 well, up until now, my only BASE jumps have been what y'all would consider high, special occasions and with peeps I already knew... havent had the BASE specific gear.. just made the investment and hope to be able to use it... and i can see the A's with a lot of PL's and T's around them, was hoping to get more than 1 jump with the new gear.. thanks for all the inputyou want me to do what??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avenfoto 0 #28 November 28, 2006 every parachute activity is a high special occasion... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #29 November 28, 2006 And the Sectionals (USA) are on-line now . . . http://www.runwayfinder.com/ NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nicrussell 0 #30 November 28, 2006 however DO NOT RELY on the sectionals. they are not that accurate. I looked at 7 different objects I know and I found errors in 6 of them. (yes I know how to read a sectional). I found one error in excess of 100 feet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #31 November 28, 2006 Of course, that's right. Yet Sectionals have always been modest treasure maps in the BASE community and besides no one is going to jump anything without eyeballing it first. And even a good treasure map won't tell you how far you'll have to dig. Most of the towers in the south-western U.S.A. seem to be close enough . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #32 November 29, 2006 QuoteOf course, that's right. Yet Sectionals have always been modest treasure maps in the BASE community and besides no one is going to jump anything without eyeballing it first. And even a good treasure map won't tell you how far you'll have to dig. Most of the towers in the south-western U.S.A. seem to be close enough . . . A "treasure map", I like that analogy... NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wwarped 0 #33 November 29, 2006 Quote besides no one is going to jump anything without eyeballing it first eyeballing? is that a model of laser rangefinder? (I didn't find anything on a google search...) can you take a picture of it and post it? it would be a huge help! 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
NickDG 23 #34 November 29, 2006 Eyeballing = Going downtown and taking a photograph and then going home and figuring it out - and then going back at night and doing it . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #35 November 29, 2006 Leave only footprints . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #36 November 29, 2006 What year is that?? That sure is a, ummm, large rig/stash bag ya got."No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #37 November 29, 2006 Velcro Flap Rigs - Circa, 1989 . . . NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
