Snowwhite 0 #1 January 20, 2010 a New Zealand "parachuter" makes a 1000 ft jump through a cave. Typical whuffo reporting.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 January 20, 2010 Quotea New Zealand "parachuter" makes a 1000 ft jump through a cave. Typical whuffo reporting. I don't think we can complain too much about nomenclature when the USPA magazine is called "Parachutist" but is mostly concerned with skydiving and the now defunct "Skydiving" magazine seemed mostly concerned with swooping and BASE jumping.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #3 January 20, 2010 You definitely have a point. I was just trying to figure out the 1000 foot part. 1000 foot exit? opening? 1000 foot high cave? Guess it didn't matter, I got a business call and missed it anyway.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #4 January 20, 2010 Someone posted the video in the swooping forum yesterday. It was an interesting attempt. This fellow appeared to start too far back and lost a lot of his speed during his dive before he leveled out across the water. But I can't really blame him, that is definitely an intimating object to attempt to swoop through. Plus while his swoop did not end the way he wanted it to, he is still alive. Clint Macbeth did something similar a few years ago swooping through the Arches in Moab Utah. Different object, different swooper, different challenges. But still similar and I remember Clint telling me about this swoop that he was scared as #### before he did it. But he did it. BTW ... are you sure it wasn't a 1000 meter exit? The media is definitely not someone to rely on for accuracy. From the video I saw, it looks like a normal hop n' pop altitude. Definitely higher than a 1000 foot exit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8467851.stm Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #5 January 20, 2010 You caught my point(s) exactly! And of course there was the (in)famous swoop (partially) through the hangar in Rantoul a few years back..I got to witness that carnage up close and personal.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #6 January 20, 2010 QuoteYou caught my point(s) exactly! And of course there was the (in)famous swoop (partially) through the hangar in Rantoul a few years back..I got to witness that carnage up close and personal. That one definitely goes down in the "that has to hurt" swooping history books. I didn't see it up close and personal, but I have the 6 or so different videos angles from the folks who were up close and personal with it. But the good news is the swooper (TB) recovered and he jokes about his swoop gone bad. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
