500 jumps in 24 hours?

[kelel01 1]

Did anybody see the story on the home page about the guy who's going to do 500 jumps in 24 hours on 11/11? My question is, how is that even possible? That's one jump every 2.88 minutes!! Are they going to be hop n pops? Even so, I don't see how that's possible. Anyone care to shed some light on this for me?

Kelly

[laurie 0]

It's Jay Stokes and he's going to be doing this at Elsinore. He'll be jumping approx. every 2 1/2 minutes from 2000 ft. He's got a major support team setup to help him accomplish this great task.

[WILDBILLAQR 0]

Hop n Pops from 2500ft. It takes an amasing ground crew to pull this off! i spoke w/ Jay about nine months ago about his last record. He would step out of one rig while landing, set into another while getting into the plane, someone in the plane would tighten staps & gear check.
He's an amazing man!

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[Shark 0]

The answer(s) to all your questions are, Yes.
We'll be running 2 Porters, I believe. His canopy of choice is the Spectre 170, all provided by PD, and containers are Javelins from SunPath. And as previously mentioned, the event will take place at Skydive Elsinore, Veteran's Day 2003. I'll be running the recovery team. This will be a great event.

[nightjumps 1]

Jay set the first two 24 hour records.
Mike Zang hit 500 in 24 hours two years ago.
Dale Settle (Skydive Tulsa) did 104 in 12 hours out of a C-182 (5.5 minute turnarounds).
Jay is going for the new record of 550 in 24 hours on 11/11

Don't try this at home kids. IT takes a helluva support team and months of preparation.

[laurie 0]

I'm looking forward to meeting you, Shark...I have signed up to help on the "team" from 4pm to 8pm on the 11th!

[WILDBILLAQR 0]

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED!!YOU FOLKS ROCK

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[Shark 0]

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I'm looking forward to meeting you, Shark...I have signed up to help on the "team" from 4pm to 8pm on the 11th!

Cool! I'll be there for all 25 hours...

[dropdeded 0]

How many rigs will he be using ? I watched a guy do 30, averaged 8 1/2 minutes per jump with 1 cessna, 6 rigs available, didnt use em all though.

Amazing.

dropdeded

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[VanillaSkyGirl 6]

Mark, first of all...WOW! That is amazing. I was going to ask someone about this as I didn't undertand it either. Is he taking breaks at all? How many hours is this? How is this affecting the skydiving for the day at Elsinore? Is there going to be a lot of media, etc., too? Anyway, I hope to see be there to witness his success!

Edited: Wow! 25 hours!!!

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

I packed for Jay's first record here at Raeford and Cheryl's first record after that. The pace everyone involved must maintain is crazy. I worked about five shifts packing and my ass was kicked. I would have much rather been doing the jumping, that's for sure.

Chuck

[The111 1]

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Jay set the first two 24 hour records.
Mike Zang hit 500 in 24 hours two years ago.
Dale Settle (Skydive Tulsa) did 104 in 12 hours out of a C-182 (5.5 minute turnarounds).
Jay is going for the new record of 550 in 24 hours on 11/11

Don't try this at home kids. IT takes a helluva support team and months of preparation.

Compared to the other records, how is 104 in 12 hours even noteworthy? Again, not saying *I* could do it, or it's easy, but *compared to the others*. If anything, since the time interval is halved, the amount of jumps should be slightly *more* than half to be impressive, since you have less endurance issues to worry about than in a longer time.

For example:

1) 500 jumps in 24 hours
2) 250 jumps in 12 hours


Even though they are the same rate (jumps/hour), #1 is far more impressive because of the endurance required. So for #2 to be more impressive, it would have to be 250+ jumps in 12 hours. So what's so great about 104? Again, not knocking 104, just putting it up against the other "records"...

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[Shark 0]

I believe that may have been an Oklahoma state record and as with most of these events they are raising money for charities. There are residual benefits.

[JeffD 0]

The 104 was from a cessna I believe.


I watched the one at Arizona Air play in somerton AZ, Jay was using 2 cessnas, and then while they were refueling they used a porter I think. And I believe he stopped at like 4am, and he still had more time but stopped anyway. I believe he just took breaks to eat, (like stopping for 15 mins to grab something, or he ate something on the way to altitude. (amazing to watch) At night all you could see was the airplane taking off then a few minutes later you could see his green glow stick floating through the air and then hed plop down, grab a rig and then back in the air.

[nightjumps 1]

I think I'll pass on this.

[freeflygoddess 0]

All I have to say is...

I wish I had enough money to make 500 jumps in 24 hours! I doubt I would be able to make even 25 in one day, but to have enough $$$$$ to jump 500 in 24 hours would be awesome. I would be sure to spread the wealth too.

[dgskydive 0]

AWW! I signed up for 8 to 12 I am gonna have to switch and go with you Laurie girl!

Dom

[slug 1]

I would like to make a pledge to Mr Stokes new record attempt but the Link to his websight doesn't work.

Anybody got a Email address or knows whats going on with his websight

R.I.P.

[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

What is the point of a record like this? No swooping, no tricks, just fall, deploy, land... again, ... again.. Sorry, i'm just not seeing how this is cool. I will admit that it sounds damn near impossible, but even with it being possible, what is the point of doing this for sheer #s? I certainly couldn't do it, but why would anyone want to? Is it an endurance thing?

Also, jumping from 2000 feet doesn't leave much room for procedures for a mal. Doesn't sound like the smartest idea... jumping 500 times from 2000 feet in 24hrs. Seems pretty tiring.

Angela.

[AggieDave 6]

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What is the point of a record like this

In the past folks that did this, did it to raise money for charity. Sort of like a LOT of variations around the country with whuffos. Jump rope for life, to name one.

In that regards I think it is a noble undertaking. I've done something like 12 or 13 H&Ps in a day to get some jump numbers a while back...that in and of its self was tiring, so I couldn't imagine the disicipline and stamina needed to finish a monumental task like this.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Shark 0]

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Sorry, i'm just not seeing how this is cool.

If you can do something you love that would benefit your favorite charities would you do it?
Trust me, Jay is not doing this to increase his jump numbers, currently around 11,000+.

It may not be cool to some, but it is for a noble cause. Visit the website. You may change your outlook.

Blue skies

[mjosparky 4]

Trust me, Jay is not doing it to be cool. He's doing it because he can make a difference in the life of someone else. Meet the man and you will know why.
Sparky

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