bbarnhouse 0 #1 August 4, 2002 3:10:0 Two times Monk and I didnt make it to the movie....the nerve of people asking us to work! First time getting pelted with rain out of the aircraft in Eloy!! Game called due to weather.....*sigh I am off to Oregon tomorrow.......man am I going to be cold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chronistin 0 #2 August 4, 2002 1.000.000.000 (raindrops keeping me from jumping on sunday):4:0 (or is "first time singing from opening to landing" beerable?) ;) Chronistin (Home @ http://www.fallschirmspringer.net/) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #3 August 4, 2002 0:2:1.25 First jump on my rig. The Spectre flies nice, but I had two out landings, both of which ended in a crash. The first one was down hill, loooong surf, slide, crash. The second was uphill, WHAM!, tore the knees out of the jumpsuit that I was renting. This was just after I ordered a jumpsuit and didn't get reinforced knees, because, "I don't biff my landings very much." Both times I couldn't tell that the ground was sloping until I was less than 50 feet off of the ground. I think it might have something to do with my prescription goggles being slightly different than my glasses, messing up my depth perception. The .25 is for the time I sent Benny to buy a case for my A license, he came back with an 18-pack, so I still owe a six-pack for that. I had a car accident on the way home from the DZ, not my fault, but the other guy (drunk pedestrian who hopped the median on a 55 mph highway and ran in front of me) isn't doing so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #4 August 4, 2002 Ohhh Brian glad to hear that you are ok! Sounds like an odd week-end for you all the way around. Hope that the pedestrian recovers soon. Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #5 August 4, 2002 0 : 0 : 0 Spent the weekend diverdriving... -- Hook high, flare on time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #6 August 4, 2002 Only 2 jumps Saturday. We planned chick ways this weekend. I only got a 4 way and a 5 way. No pedestrian traffic, though. That must've been freaky for you. Hope he's OK and let us know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #7 August 4, 2002 2:2:1 2 student-learning tandems made in which I turned,pulled and worked on canopy techniques.2 very good ratings I recieved from my very cool JM for both jumps...whiched cleard me for my transition to a shorter AFF style program through the Integrated Student Program I'm doing.1 sore ankle from a no-wind landing that was a bit fast. But its all cool...just another part of the game! All in all...a very good weekend!!!! "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #8 August 4, 2002 about 50 (number of bean plants I swooped on my mile-and-a-half-off-dz landing): 1: 0 Had a friend visit this weekend who's having relationship problems, so we hung out watching movies yesterday and drinking beer. My child went to the lake with his little buddy today, and we went for a mid-afternoon jump.....ended up walking through a BUNCH (about 100 yards) of beans, across a snake-infested creek that required that I climb down a 6 foot vertical drop), and along the levee of a huge irrigation ditch before making it to a road, where a farmer's wife graciously provided a lift back to the dz. This in 98 degree temps with NO WIND! Now I know by many people's standards, a 110 sq ft canopy is not small, but for me, today, I was so glad I had it. I felt bad for the guy on the load that had to haul the Raven 4 on his long trek.....woulda sucked! But the bean swoop was kinda cool. My relationship-dogged buddy spotted the load, and paid for my jump so it worked out fine... ==8-0 Lindsey-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #9 August 4, 2002 Way to go Amber! You'll be ready for the chicks boogie in Elsinore Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #10 August 5, 2002 Thanks Betsy! I wish I could go to the Elsinore boogie, but I have college classes that I cant miss But things are coming along quite nicely,I think. Start ground school next weekend and my abbreviated AFF( I think I start at like level 4 or something since I did the other level objectives in my learning tandems). Now I'm going to start buying bits and peices of gear...goggles,logbook,altimeter etc. Hopefully I'll have my own rig by spring break or summer of next yr. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #11 August 5, 2002 0:0 and (you guessed it) 0. Being at my parents house sucks. Got 1st beach jump, 1st 12-way, 1st x-country and 100 jump coming up next weekend so that'll be good !! ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #12 August 5, 2002 QuoteGot 1st beach jump, 1st 12-way, 1st x-country and 100 jump coming up next weekend so that'll be good !! I see alot of beer and pies in your immediate future Monkey! LOL "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #13 August 5, 2002 mmmmm......beer and pie. ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #14 August 5, 2002 Oh, and as my numbers have been at 0:0:0 for a while, next weekend I will jump and owe beer. Anyone want to help me out with the other number? ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #15 August 5, 2002 0:5:0 Went out with my girl on Friday night. Nice dinner. Went to bed early and jumped all day. This place is really a tandem factory. Had a nice solo head down, two two way sit flys, jumped an rw dive with someone just off student status and we did a 10 way track dive. Watched a friend have her first cutaway due to a bag lock. The bag and freebag landed in some heavy woods and it is all gone. Came back Saturday night and worked all night. Finally got to get some sleep around 10:00am this morning. I am drained. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #16 August 5, 2002 0/2/0 got two coach jumps in and had fun messing up a diving exit. I did get to dock with someone for the first time since like my AFF days. Also i landed two steps from the pee's!!!! almost beer there 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
Skyrose7 0 #17 August 5, 2002 32,000(#of times I got bitched at by my friends for spending too much time at dz & #of times dz friends gave me shit for spending time with whuffo friends) : 7 : 2--first time seeing lightning when I was under canopy, first time side sliding on purpose~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
drenaline 0 #18 August 5, 2002 2:2:1 2 times I went back to earth on exit. 2 great RW jumps. 1 first time I am on the first 18 to post my weekend numbers. HISPA 21 www.panamafreefall.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #19 August 5, 2002 72 (# of hours I was slave to the man):0:0 the Mojave really sucks. but i did get to watch the 18th AB corps drop 800 soldiers into bicycle lake at 2am under a full moon. (no fatalities and very few (8 IIRC) minor injuries) fortunately my weekend now starts on Mon/Tues. first load 0700 wheeeeee!____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #20 August 5, 2002 at least 600:2:1 # of times I pet, touched, and stroked my new-to-me gear. Beer owed for first time packing and then jumping my own pack job. Talk about nerve racking. She opened a bit briskly, but what a sweet sight! Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #21 August 5, 2002 1:3:0 The beer is for my first non-Air Force Academy team demo. 2 other jumps were 4-way...fun because we were finally able to get a notorious floater to go low! We had to strap 10 lbs of weight and the tightest suit we could find on him, but it was worth it. Seriously, this guy's avg. speed on his belly was 108 mph, until today. That's TAS, not SAS! 0 because my husband is out of town. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #22 August 5, 2002 5 (parachute rides):4 (jumps):0 Nice to get in some jumps, although generally I prefer only one parachute ride per airplane exit. I'm incredibly lucky to have been jumping with someone clearheaded enough to follow my main down and recover it for me. Thanks, Curt! First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #23 August 5, 2002 whoops! have to add 1 to the beer owed column. my roommate just showed me my A license number is in this months Parachutist and hopefully my C will be in soon ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #24 August 5, 2002 2 whuffo relatives I got to do tandems : 2 : 1 The beer was for the first time my daugher (3.5 months) was with me at the DZ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #25 August 5, 2002 1 (number of times i went up in the plane and ended up in a big pile of shit otherwise known as a cloud and since i'm still technicly a student came down with the plane ) : 0 : 0 But all I have to do is my canopy handing jump next weekend and then i have my A license Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
