wmw999 2,534 #51 April 27, 2006 QuoteI was going to land in an area with *lots* of cactus.Georgetown? Man I remember looking around there... Mine was probably landing barefoot in an off-DZ field. After it had rained a lot. I got to walk back thinking about all the cows that had crapped in that field Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #52 April 27, 2006 QuoteQuoteI was going to land in an area with *lots* of cactus.Georgetown? Man I remember looking around there... Mine was probably landing barefoot in an off-DZ field. After it had rained a lot. I got to walk back thinking about all the cows that had crapped in that field Wendy W. Yeah, it was at Georgetown. If you were at the parachute center facing toward the runway, I landed off the airport at the end toward your right. I was still a student and found the cactus to be a highly motivating factor for shooting really good accuracy on that jump! Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #53 April 27, 2006 I think Bill flew the Australian flag. Also, Loren ended up wrestling that 800-lb (full of water) canopy onto shore on the wrong island, but he did hit the correct island first...he didn't flare because he was already going long and didn't want to make it worse. That was still the best swoop course imaginable. We were gods I tell ya! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #54 April 27, 2006 Obviously, you win. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #55 April 27, 2006 QuoteObviously, you win. Absolutely... Todd, where should I mail your prize?What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoRules 0 #56 April 27, 2006 this one Edited to add: Warning ~ * Life Has No Rules * ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #57 April 27, 2006 Quotethis one That's why you ask him politely to SHAVE first. Jeez._______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #58 April 27, 2006 OMGawd! My eyes!!! I think I'm blind! That's one of those things that only your proctologist should see. I didn't expose you to the one that only my gynecologist should see now did I! Why'd you do that without any kind of warning!!!???What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pincheck 0 #59 April 27, 2006 that had to hurt Damn Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoRules 0 #60 April 27, 2006 Warning added!! And you think it hurts to look at it... I couldn't walk normally for weeks after that ~ * Life Has No Rules * ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #61 April 27, 2006 Quotethis one Edited to add: Warning So how did you do that? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #62 April 27, 2006 QuoteWarning added!! Quote Thank you! *** And you think it hurts to look at it... I couldn't walk normally for weeks after that How did you do it? It must be a good story.What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydivermom 0 #63 April 27, 2006 Hop n' pop from 4200. Of course we weren't going to get out that low when we took off I believe it was low clouds. Anyway, I exit and pull unstable. Line twists. By the time I cleared them, I found myself too far downwind and prepared to land off. No problem - nice big field free of obstacles. So I land to find about 20 cows lined up behind me. So I greet them, get my gear gathered up, and proceed towards the dz with every one of them in tow. I stopped, turned around and said "now unless I'm getting a ride back to the dz, you have to stay." I swear every one of them stopped! I labeled that the "cow jump" in my logbook.Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Viking 0 #64 April 27, 2006 ummm got a couple. first aff jump. landed with half my jumpsuit trailing behind me b/c it split open in freefall. the video of priceless. ummm first jump on a 210 sized main and my new to me jumpsuit ended up landing out at SD San Diego on a dirt road, crosswind with barbwire on both sides a deep rocky ravine on one and a big rock filled field on the other. tryed to plf but fail and slammed my hip into the desert hard pan and ripped a whole in my suit and bruised me up pretty good. WFFC 04 first jump out of a chopper went.......slightly low with Gimp and Lew on video and ended up landing in a sow bean field with gimp. Helped him find his stuff from the cypress fire he had and then hopped a huge muddy ditch to get back to the road. lol. got picked up by a dust devil at perris on final and got turned about 145 degrees towards the runway. I had had a very vivid day dream about getting slammed to the ground by a dust devil a couple days before.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #65 April 27, 2006 ummmm.. 4,200 isn't low. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites livendive 8 #66 April 27, 2006 Quoteummmm.. 4,200 isn't low. Well, not in Snohomish it's not! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites adventurechick 0 #67 April 27, 2006 My most memorable one was about a month ago. I did my turn onto the base leg too late and didn't want to make anoter turn for my final and decided to fly it straight. I was praying/thinking so hard to clear the runway... and I did! I was looking behind me at the runway so happy that I didn't land in it. I started going really fast on my base (light and variable winds which turned me going downwind) and when it came time for me to flare, I flared at a nice lil palm tree. Landed on my butt by the tree, hit my head on the side of it, legs in the fence the tree was on and my canopy draped quite nicely over the palm tree.....puts a whole new meaning to the word "tree hugger"... even a 10 year old was making fun of me! The POPS jumpers did make my night better by buying me dinner though :o). PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GogglesnTeeth 6 #68 April 27, 2006 I got out at 2.5k at snohomish once.... that was a tad low. Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydivermom 0 #69 April 28, 2006 ***ummmm.. 4,200 isn't low. __________________________________________________ I guess compared to 10 grand it is...but no, that is plenty of time to get stable and pull. Or at least it should beMrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites psipike02 0 #70 April 28, 2006 A tie between two: My very first AFF1, I'm about 100 feet up. Everything on the jump had gone well. I'm coming in and I think, "There's something I'm supposed to be doing here" Thats when my AFFI over the radio goes, "Excellent Carl, now flare.....Flare....FLARE FLARE FLARE!!!!" Yep.....forgot to flare....and did a PLF. My AFFI's came running over to see and I popped up and said, "damnit I forgot to flare." At least I PLF'ed correctly so I didnt hurt myself My other was on jump 14 when the wind changed directions suddenly and I was downwind and face planted into the ground....Puttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites steelyeye 0 #71 April 28, 2006 <=== This one. First jump on a round canopy. Hop and pop from about 6K. I followed another round jumper who opened lower than me. Once settled under canopy, and after having played around with steering and "flaring" as instructed, I started watching the other jumper under canopy. At that point, I was at about 4000, he was down around 2500. Concerned about "staying over where I wanted to land", I just did figure eights right over the peas. I watched the other jumper land, and checked my altitude - 3500 ft. Tapped my altimeter to see if it was stuck - no change. Did a few more figure eights - 3700 ft. Now at this point, I am pretty impressed with the performance of round parachutes! Watched the other jumper land. Did a few more figure eights - figured I was riding a thermal off the field, and headed a bit more towards the tree-line (still worried about remaining over my landing area). Watched the other jumper gather up his gear. Still at 3800 feet. Began thinking I might be caught in a strong updraft from a building cumulus. Remembering the story about the Air Force pilot who bailed out into a thunderstorm, started to wonder what to do if I really started to go up higher. Watched the other jumper walk off the field. Finally, after what seemed like 20 minutes, but was probably more like 10, started to descend. Landed right in the peas and almost stood it up. Turns out we jumped right under a big cloud, which was the cause of the updraft. The other jumpers on the porch were debating if they should slingshot sandwiches up to me! Second round jump was not so much fun - really had me wondering if I broke anything. Not a good sign when everyone runs out of manifest at the SOUND of your landing! "Better a has-been than a never-was. Better a never-was than a never-tried-to-be..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites L.O. 0 #72 April 28, 2006 If you dont pull out a 4-way from 4200 and turn at least 4 pts with a clean break off, your wasting you time. A good low cloud day is so much fun. Taking the CReW/base canopy out and leaving an airplane from under 2G, gives life a different perspective. mmmmm. I think it might be a Cessna jumper kind of thing. It seems we just love anything we can get. We're easy.HPDBs, I hate those guys. AFB, charter member. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites L.O. 0 #73 April 28, 2006 I know it sounds a little to cliche, but I have more prizes then I could ever dream of using as is. But, thanks anyway The address is on my profile if you want to send me somthingHPDBs, I hate those guys. AFB, charter member. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites D22369 0 #74 April 28, 2006 If you dont pull out a 4-way from 4200 and turn at least 4 pts with a clean break off, your wasting you time. *** erm...... 4200' and only 4 pts? heheh... i was on a dive with Dave (livendive) where we turned a four way - 3 pts from 2400..... everyone had a good canopy by 1800' RoyThey say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites livendive 8 #75 April 28, 2006 QuoteIf you dont pull out a 4-way from 4200 and turn at least 4 pts with a clean break off, your wasting you time. *** erm...... 4200' and only 4 pts? heheh... i was on a dive with Dave (livendive) where we turned a four way - 3 pts from 2400..... everyone had a good canopy by 1800' Obviously this was long before I became a safety nazi. I now roundly condemn such reckless behavior! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Page 3 of 4 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. 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skydivermom 0 #63 April 27, 2006 Hop n' pop from 4200. Of course we weren't going to get out that low when we took off I believe it was low clouds. Anyway, I exit and pull unstable. Line twists. By the time I cleared them, I found myself too far downwind and prepared to land off. No problem - nice big field free of obstacles. So I land to find about 20 cows lined up behind me. So I greet them, get my gear gathered up, and proceed towards the dz with every one of them in tow. I stopped, turned around and said "now unless I'm getting a ride back to the dz, you have to stay." I swear every one of them stopped! I labeled that the "cow jump" in my logbook.Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #64 April 27, 2006 ummm got a couple. first aff jump. landed with half my jumpsuit trailing behind me b/c it split open in freefall. the video of priceless. ummm first jump on a 210 sized main and my new to me jumpsuit ended up landing out at SD San Diego on a dirt road, crosswind with barbwire on both sides a deep rocky ravine on one and a big rock filled field on the other. tryed to plf but fail and slammed my hip into the desert hard pan and ripped a whole in my suit and bruised me up pretty good. WFFC 04 first jump out of a chopper went.......slightly low with Gimp and Lew on video and ended up landing in a sow bean field with gimp. Helped him find his stuff from the cypress fire he had and then hopped a huge muddy ditch to get back to the road. lol. got picked up by a dust devil at perris on final and got turned about 145 degrees towards the runway. I had had a very vivid day dream about getting slammed to the ground by a dust devil a couple days before.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #65 April 27, 2006 ummmm.. 4,200 isn't low. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #66 April 27, 2006 Quoteummmm.. 4,200 isn't low. Well, not in Snohomish it's not! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adventurechick 0 #67 April 27, 2006 My most memorable one was about a month ago. I did my turn onto the base leg too late and didn't want to make anoter turn for my final and decided to fly it straight. I was praying/thinking so hard to clear the runway... and I did! I was looking behind me at the runway so happy that I didn't land in it. I started going really fast on my base (light and variable winds which turned me going downwind) and when it came time for me to flare, I flared at a nice lil palm tree. Landed on my butt by the tree, hit my head on the side of it, legs in the fence the tree was on and my canopy draped quite nicely over the palm tree.....puts a whole new meaning to the word "tree hugger"... even a 10 year old was making fun of me! The POPS jumpers did make my night better by buying me dinner though :o). PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860 SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #68 April 27, 2006 I got out at 2.5k at snohomish once.... that was a tad low. Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivermom 0 #69 April 28, 2006 ***ummmm.. 4,200 isn't low. __________________________________________________ I guess compared to 10 grand it is...but no, that is plenty of time to get stable and pull. Or at least it should beMrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psipike02 0 #70 April 28, 2006 A tie between two: My very first AFF1, I'm about 100 feet up. Everything on the jump had gone well. I'm coming in and I think, "There's something I'm supposed to be doing here" Thats when my AFFI over the radio goes, "Excellent Carl, now flare.....Flare....FLARE FLARE FLARE!!!!" Yep.....forgot to flare....and did a PLF. My AFFI's came running over to see and I popped up and said, "damnit I forgot to flare." At least I PLF'ed correctly so I didnt hurt myself My other was on jump 14 when the wind changed directions suddenly and I was downwind and face planted into the ground....Puttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steelyeye 0 #71 April 28, 2006 <=== This one. First jump on a round canopy. Hop and pop from about 6K. I followed another round jumper who opened lower than me. Once settled under canopy, and after having played around with steering and "flaring" as instructed, I started watching the other jumper under canopy. At that point, I was at about 4000, he was down around 2500. Concerned about "staying over where I wanted to land", I just did figure eights right over the peas. I watched the other jumper land, and checked my altitude - 3500 ft. Tapped my altimeter to see if it was stuck - no change. Did a few more figure eights - 3700 ft. Now at this point, I am pretty impressed with the performance of round parachutes! Watched the other jumper land. Did a few more figure eights - figured I was riding a thermal off the field, and headed a bit more towards the tree-line (still worried about remaining over my landing area). Watched the other jumper gather up his gear. Still at 3800 feet. Began thinking I might be caught in a strong updraft from a building cumulus. Remembering the story about the Air Force pilot who bailed out into a thunderstorm, started to wonder what to do if I really started to go up higher. Watched the other jumper walk off the field. Finally, after what seemed like 20 minutes, but was probably more like 10, started to descend. Landed right in the peas and almost stood it up. Turns out we jumped right under a big cloud, which was the cause of the updraft. The other jumpers on the porch were debating if they should slingshot sandwiches up to me! Second round jump was not so much fun - really had me wondering if I broke anything. Not a good sign when everyone runs out of manifest at the SOUND of your landing! "Better a has-been than a never-was. Better a never-was than a never-tried-to-be..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L.O. 0 #72 April 28, 2006 If you dont pull out a 4-way from 4200 and turn at least 4 pts with a clean break off, your wasting you time. A good low cloud day is so much fun. Taking the CReW/base canopy out and leaving an airplane from under 2G, gives life a different perspective. mmmmm. I think it might be a Cessna jumper kind of thing. It seems we just love anything we can get. We're easy.HPDBs, I hate those guys. AFB, charter member. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L.O. 0 #73 April 28, 2006 I know it sounds a little to cliche, but I have more prizes then I could ever dream of using as is. But, thanks anyway The address is on my profile if you want to send me somthingHPDBs, I hate those guys. AFB, charter member. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D22369 0 #74 April 28, 2006 If you dont pull out a 4-way from 4200 and turn at least 4 pts with a clean break off, your wasting you time. *** erm...... 4200' and only 4 pts? heheh... i was on a dive with Dave (livendive) where we turned a four way - 3 pts from 2400..... everyone had a good canopy by 1800' RoyThey say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #75 April 28, 2006 QuoteIf you dont pull out a 4-way from 4200 and turn at least 4 pts with a clean break off, your wasting you time. *** erm...... 4200' and only 4 pts? heheh... i was on a dive with Dave (livendive) where we turned a four way - 3 pts from 2400..... everyone had a good canopy by 1800' Obviously this was long before I became a safety nazi. I now roundly condemn such reckless behavior! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
