FreeFlyCR 0 #1 December 2, 2002 you have ever jumped out at? well today was 1,800 feet it was pretty low but a lot of fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #2 December 2, 2002 2400, 7 sec delay.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #3 December 2, 2002 Dude. You didn't want to go there... Lowest aircraft exit: 400 feet. Lowest (static line) exit: 116 feet. Lowest freefall parachute deployment exit: 150 feet Lowest initiation of deployment: approximately 85 feet Lowest initiation of deployment at terminal velocity: approximately 250 feet It's all about packing appropriately for your intended altitude. -- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #5 December 2, 2002 3500. Good practice for an aircraft failure. Fun too. No. No BASE. My balls retract at the thought.How BASE guys and gals get their balls on aircraft at airports amazes me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #6 December 2, 2002 Dude, I didn't mean to snub you. I hope you didn't take it that way. Congrats on the jump. Be careful going that low on those funky two parachute systems.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #7 December 2, 2002 4 or 5 seconds delay from 1800'. Usually I like to have 2200 but I'll take 2K in a pinch.Kris Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreeFlyCR 0 #8 December 2, 2002 naw i didnt take it that way at all, i must say id rather have 15,000 like we normally do Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 #9 December 2, 2002 About a month ago... 3,000 feet with a 5 second delay....an 5 second PC in tow(no, not a bungee collapsible), and a 500 foot opening. As soon as the slider came down and I turned towards the DZ alti was reading 1,500 ft. ...interesting to say the least. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 December 2, 2002 i accidently went to about 1600 once (about 250 jumps ago), that was some ground rush. I do hop-n-pops from 2k every couple months or so (usually due to clouds).--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyThomas 0 #11 December 2, 2002 Tom, Don't forget earlier discussion on this topic. Where does a BASE jump no longer qualify? I have jumped an 80 foot bridge with no rig into 20 feet of water. So, technically I could static line or D-bag that height. Then, no altitude matters, only what's below me. I think TRUE BASE is freefall, and I won't go near 150 feet. You got most of us all there. I don't know that much to understand how to safely go about it. I have heard the stories, and know the spot, yet I still walked away from a PCA there. Something like: Not worth the pack job. Even if the pack job was ripped apart an hour before hand, fumbled around, and then repacked. I tore it apart the next day in the daylight, and packed it to my liking. So, between the 3 or 4 times I tore apart that pack job, by the time I jumped it, I had about 4 hours into packing it. And a couple of exit points walked away from. Peace, Thomas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #12 December 2, 2002 QuoteWhere does a BASE jump no longer qualify? I still think what I said before: It is no longer a BASE jump when you don't need a parachute to avoid injury. Over water, I think we've already reached the limit. We can get low enough that a parachute becomes unnecessary. Over hard earth? We've still got a long way to go...-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #13 December 2, 2002 I guess the lowest for me was 2k. Nothin crazy. just hop-n-pops good enough for me---for now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. MaryRose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #14 December 2, 2002 There's a couple sweet 60-80' cliffs in Wellsely Is. St. Park, Thousand Islands, NY. I wish I could have seen my own face when I went over a pine tree down the cliff.... Should have scouted it better, but fun non-the-less. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmin 0 #15 December 2, 2002 Quote Dude. You didn't want to go there... Lowest (static line) exit: 116 feet. yeah........59 metres and half a heartbeat!?!xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
