Passed the most important Riggers test this weekend

[jumper03 0]

MY FIRST SAVE!!!!

I know there are guys on here with hundreds and hundreds of saves, but I just had to spout off .
I been walking tall ever since.

I packed a Sigma Tandem reserve on Friday. Saturday morning it got chopped and there she was. The TM said it opened soft and dead on heading - what more could I ask for!

I'm glad that's out of my system now - I've been having nightmares about the first time one of my pack jobs is used

YEHAA!! I love this stuff! And my case has already been bought and consumed!

Jump

Scars remind us that the past is real

[teason 0]

How long after getting your cert.?

Mine was within about 2 weeks of my cert., I was still pending! I can't imagine months of that stress!

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

[jumper03 0]

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How long after getting your cert.?

Mine was within about 2 weeks of my cert., I was still pending! I can't imagine months of that stress!

That was packjob #8

I still have 9 pack jobs left to get to 20 and hell of a lot more knowledge and skills to soak up!

Although if the TM's keep chopping - I'll get to 20 a lot faster

Jump

Scars remind us that the past is real

[sunshine 2]

I had my first save before actually getting my cert too. I saved my own ass. What a good feeling that was.

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meow

I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug!

[rushmc 23]

Congrats and great job I got my second save yesterday. ME! I had a bag lock and therefore a terminal deployment. I can remember thinking as the second handle went "This is going to be quick" It was and I am glad.

Anyway, way to go!!

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[Aylett2004 0]

Congrats!

I'm still working towards my ticket, and my third (fourth?) supervised packjob was used... by my mentor's girlfriend, no less!

Aylett

I only know I don't know anything...

[UDSkyJunkie 0]

Hehe... seems a lot of us have this in common... my first (and only, so far) save was also before I actually got my ticket. Having that save was probably one of the coolest feelings I've ever had. Extra cool because the jumper was the girl I was dating at the time!

"Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission."

[Aave 0]

Thought I'd share this statistical anomaly with you guys.
Out of 6 of my first practice (supervised) pack jobs 2 were saves. Neither of the saves was not on either of my own rigs.

Life is smiling, so why wouldn't I? :)

[rushmc 23]

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Congrats!

I'm still working towards my ticket, and my third (fourth?) supervised packjob was used... by my mentor's girlfriend, no less!

Aylett

I only know I don't know anything...

Seems like most of us are packing for friends. Just add a little presure.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[Shivon 0]

The title of the post dragged me in - I just couldn't resist.

I think that the most important test of my riggers ticket was the when a very experienced tandem master approached me not long after I was qualified wanting me to pencil pack a tandem reserve with a cypress two years out of date for batteries. He was happy to pay for a repack, but drew the line at splashing out for batteries. It doesn't seem like much now, but at the time it took a lot of guts to hand the rig back and say 'no'. To me, the most important test of a rigger is that of integrity - when you are being 'leaned on' by a sky god to do something you know is not ethical, cuts corners, or is just plain illegal.

As a side note, my first save was on my own rig. After cutting away, I got stable and whilst reached for the silver the fact dawned on me.

Well, I guess I'm still here.