Bill Booth has his laws, I have mine,...

[rwieder 0]

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I already know I'm fucking nuts,...

You can say that again.

[airtwardo 7]

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It takes great faith to let your ex pack for you!!!

It takes a great Faith not to HAVE an Ex...



( My wife's name is Faith )

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[godfrog 2]

airtwardo

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Law number 12:

Set your pilot chute before you place it into its bag.

For a more positive opening, I recommend not putting the pilot chute in the bag at all...

unless you have a pull out and don't try to cock your pull out either

Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward

[Andy9o8 2]

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don't try to cock your pull out

Are you dyslexic?

[Nataly 38]

ChrisD

ChrisD Law number 10:

"'Expert'" skydivers have the highest fatality rate."




I find this ironic.

Seems fairly simple to me... Flip a coin once and you are likely to get heads or tails and almost no chance of any other outcome... Flip it ten thousand times and it has a good chance of landing on its side at least once (ie: neither heads nor tails). Or another example: play russian roulette once - walk away unharmed. Play 100 times and it's bound to go *bang* at some point.

Both are not great examples, because they are mostly random... however they do show that over time, if you do something dangerous, even though you can become more skilled and more aware, it remains dangerous. To me it's more surprising that some people get to 1,000 jumps without ever having run into any problems...

"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse."
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss

[airtwardo 7]

Nataly

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ChrisD Law number 10:

"'Expert'" skydivers have the highest fatality rate."




I find this ironic.

Seems fairly simple to me... Flip a coin once and you are likely to get heads or tails and almost no chance of any other outcome... Flip it ten thousand times and it has a good chance of landing on its side at least once (ie: neither heads nor tails). Or another example: play russian roulette once - walk away unharmed. Play 100 times and it's bound to go *bang* at some point.

Both are not great examples, because they are mostly random... however they do show that over time, if you do something dangerous, even though you can become more skilled and more aware, it remains dangerous. To me it's more surprising that some people get to 1,000 jumps without ever having run into any problems...


I don't think so...

Flip a coin and it has exactly the same odds every time.

Just because you get 999 tails in a row you still may get some head the next time...same as the dz!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JerryBaumchen 1,426]

Hi Jim,

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Just because you get 999 tails in a row you still may get some head the next time

As I type, men all over the world are flipping coins like crazy.



JerryBaumchen

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Head, who said head? I'll take some of that.

Keith

''Always do sober what you said you would do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.'' - Ernest Hemingway

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For a more positive opening, I recommend not putting the pilot chute in the bag at all...

You are a visionary.

John Wright

World's most beloved skydiver

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Rule Number 13:

Don't borrow gear.


C

From the Stripes movie, Francis:

"Don't touch my stuff." "I'll kill ya,..."

Borrowed Gear?

But what do I know, "I only have one tandem jump."