bbarnhouse 0 #26 July 8, 2002 1:16:3 First jump with Craig Amrine as video flyer First quadruple front pike somersault with 4 full spins 16 training jumps and today was only 116 degrees 3 brews bought for my friend "Monk".......may Vallerina never meet him and spoil his innocence Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #27 July 8, 2002 2--times I threw up on the way home from Moss Point today....but given that I drove 978 miles this weekend, that's a ratio of about .002:1, so still pretty light: 2: a bunch....not prepared to count 'em up yet Made 1 jump with gimped up Anytime Andy, and 1 with Sinkster! Jake Sink is a swell guy. Had a super weekend despite the guy pounding in right next to me Saturday (landing gone awry).....sucked. Getting lost (exaggeration) with Andy in S. Alabama was Andy's fault.....NEVER trust a newbie navigator....but hangin' with him in the deep south was a treat! Oh....and Kreg's a cheap date.....though he'll deny it to his death.... Peace~ 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
Kris 0 #28 July 8, 2002 2 (Burns on me from fireworks):4:1 Had an amazing weekend with the crew from Skydive Hinton in Oklahoma. They decided to go to the South Canadian river to set off some fireworks so me and three others decided to make a skydive into the area of the river where they were at. That was a first so my case of beer will be supplied next weekend. These guys know how to party, I think we went through at least $300 worth of fireworks, including the big mortar-type. It was a great show. The only bad part is that my canopy is filthy with river sand. Luckily, most of it came off with my skydiving today. KrisSky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #29 July 8, 2002 8(gallons of water drunk):8:too damn many I'm a fairly heavy sweater, to top that off, I'm the new Staff Packer for SD Aggieland, so I sweated my nutz off this weekend packing (stupid Texas heat + serious amounts of humidity). Got 8 jumps, lost my Oakleys on a hop&pop (learned a very expensive lesson), the DZO's $1000 grill commited suicide out of the back of my truck on the way to the DZ, got some schweet swoops and left 2 large divot/ruts where I biffed HARD on landing when my canopy dove after a wind gust on final (damn did that hurt). All and all, it was a great extended weekend, I don't think I've ever spent this many consecutive days at a DZ, it was exhuasting, but fun.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #30 July 8, 2002 0:11:1 for me. >I'm almost looking forward to Monday. Woke up Saturday morning >to an almost flat tire. Limped to the gas station and put air in it. > Came home and did laundry and cleaned the kitchen. So that's where you were Saturday! Jan mentioned you weren't there. I was jumping at Otay; Judy and I organized for a bunch that ranged from 4 to 12. Was a good day. Julie and Molly were there, as was the Harry Leischer/Janna/Joe/??? 4-way. >Woke up Sunday morning to a totally flat tire. So that's where you were Sunday! We made five jumps - the last one was for Darryl's 1500th jump. It actually worked, even though no one had much hope on the ground. Molly was there too and did a great job on the 8 to 12 ways. Quote from Darryl on his 1500th - "Thanks everyone for coming; I know everyone on this load except for that blonde woman over there." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jams 0 #31 July 8, 2002 3(Started on the holiday)/1/0/0 first jumps on a new to me sweet deal mirage/spectre/181-M/cypres that i replaced my talon/sabre/ravenII after a premie busticated 4 lines and tore up my legs (holy shit it felt like my nuts were in a vice for a few days after the premie)...first jumps on a new ff suit that doesn't match my new mirage~oh well... wedding on saturday and very distracted on sunday... all i can think about is jumping the new spectre, oh and the babe i met friday night blue skies and long soft swoops matt- ~just another monkey in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gale 0 #32 July 8, 2002 lots:2:1 Well, I'm dating someone new and so there are many hours to put in the first column, I managed to work out my front loops in the second coloumn, and I jumped my first unsupervised pack job! Interestingly, I wasn't really worried, the guy who taught me to pack seemed to think I could do it and his confidence made me feel OK about it. I had a really nice opening. GaleI'm drowning...so come inside Welcome to my...dirty mind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #33 July 8, 2002 999 degrees by the campfire on saturday night:31:0 OHMYGOD I LOVE ORAnG...E!!!!!!! Tons of awesome skydives, the people are beyond incredible and the nightlife can't be beat! I also laughed harder than I've ever laughed before...... IN FREEFALL!!!! I was completely out of breath. So much fun! People, if you haven't been to Skydive Orange in Virginia you are missing out! I am beside myself in tears that I only have one more weekend left up here before I have to head back to Florida and I love Florida! Guess who's already looking for a place to live in Virginia when my FL lease is up..... dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #34 July 8, 2002 43.5 hours on the DZ:23:1 (quade said I did, but I don't remember what for...) ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gus 1 #35 July 8, 2002 4:0:0 I'm skint so I just had to hang around the house with my girlfriend But I'd rather it had been 0:4:0 - maybe next weekend! GusOutpatientsOnline.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hisgoofyness 0 #36 July 8, 2002 2 : 3 : 3 only got to jump on Sunday, that sucked, but had three fun jumps first jump out of a caravan first jump with a throw out PC first jump in my own jumpsuit, which was also my first jump in booties cant wait until this weekend, my new Wings container should be here on thursday !!! yaaahoooo hisgoofyness Goudha is for Buddha, and that's good enough for me! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #37 July 8, 2002 0 (Number of times I had to ride the plane down at Hinckley this weekend):11:0 Spent the weekend and a nice chunk of change at Skydive Chicagoland this weekend, taking advantage of their 14 dollar jump weekend. Freeflew all weekend except for 2 bigway tracking dives. (Never even pulled out my RW suit.) My freefly skills are coming along nicely. "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trfenwyd 0 #38 July 8, 2002 73 (how fast I was going when I got my speeding ticket):1:1 (first time diving out of a skyvan) in vino veritas- (there is truth in wine) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #39 July 8, 2002 1 (Number of times I suffered from heat exhaustion):5:1(Coach Rating) Finished my Coach rating jumps and got my note from Mom... Fun jumps over all. Learned some things and I'm sure I'll learn a lot more from students. Did my pre-second "Eagle" with Andre. That is one fun move and makes for awesome video!!! Had to ride the plane down once. Thank God they called. We landed in 25+ MPH winds with rain and lots of lightning. I had my helmet on and was getting ready to open the door when they called. *Whew* that was close. It was really nice when we left....... Got a nice case of heat exhaustion first thing Saturday. Spent most of the rest of that day on the ground. Bejeezuuus it was hot!!!! Over all...pretty cool weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #40 July 8, 2002 Woooohoooo Paula! Congrats on 500. Attached is something for you. You may pick it up at Spaceland. 0:15:0 Thanks for letting me on the 16 way. Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #41 July 8, 2002 0(no comment):2:0 Got one 2-way FF with pop at Spaceland on Thursday 4th. Exit was ok pop is a "floaty bitch" hehe was supposed to be a 2-way sit.. I spent the entire dive on my back trying to slow enough so he could keep up. Great dive anyways!! Did another 2-way on Saturday with Zennie. Exit was a bit screwy.. I corked on the hill. Got it stable, then went into a stand to catch Zennie. Back to the sit Zennie got within 8' of me an then 4500 came wasn't able to try again had a family party to go to that afternoon. All in all had a great weekend!! Got my 50th jump finally!! hehe "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cbain 0 #42 July 8, 2002 Let's see... 2 (number of loads of laundry I managed to do):23:too many! What an awesome four day weekend! Christina Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #43 July 8, 2002 11(number of times i got a dirty look from wildblue for drinking all the gatorade):18:who knows I spent the holiday weekend at SGC. I made my 300th jump on Saturday. It was on an awesome hybrid dive and it was the first time i was on a jump with the legend himself - Jim West. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #44 July 8, 2002 0:4:02 no money to jump this weekend which sucked but at least we could still afford a couple of cases to drink up.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #45 July 8, 2002 Hmm.. 5:2:9 Yes, that second number was a 2. I'll get to that later. My flight left Chicago at 6am thursday, after a quick stopover in Memphis I made it to Mobile, Alabama. I made my first stop at Walmart, and bought one cumfyChair. I took that chair to the beach in Biloxy, and read my book until I fell alseep. :D Thursday night I drove to New Orleans, met n2skdvn, watched the fireworks over the river. Yay! Friday I spend again on the Biloxy beech, again with my book and my cumfyChair. I got a sunburn on my legs. Yay! By Friday night I'd met up with Lindsey and driven back to New Orleans, and I got my introduction to Southern Cooking. I like! Saturday we made it to the DZ for the first time. I took my ComfyChair and after sitting in it for a few hours made my first POOR decision - I made a skydive, even with my broken ankle. Perhaps one of the stupidest decisions I've made, but dammit it was fun. The first jump was a two-way with Lindsey, one of my most memorable jumps, I'm sure. I landed fine on my ass. Shortly afterwards we met up with Sinkster - cool guy! Saturday night we ventured deep into the forests of Bayou le Batre, Alabama to visit a party hosted by some local jumpers. And yes, I got us lost on the way home. LOST! LOST IN THE BAYOU! Oh well. We did shortly figure our way out of the forest, though. Sunday Lindsey headed home and left me at the dropzone... where I made ANOTHER poor decision and made my second jump of the weekend. I rented some gear, did a solo... took the student gear head down, wondered why the reserve flap was whacking against my head.... Doh! It opened fine, I landed fine on my ass. Another good jump. Yay! A weather hold came in around 4 and I broke out the beer, which me and some local jumpers drank until around 10:00pm sunday night. My collection of firsts: First time in Alabama First time in Mississippi First time in Louisiana First time jumping with Lindsey First time drinking with n2skdvn First time Falling asleep on a beach First time jumping with a broken Ankle. First time jumping a Talon First time jumping a Monarch I THINK that's it. A GOOD weekend. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #46 July 8, 2002 Andy, Andy, Andy....you forgot about the POLICE in LA (and that's POlice).... "Mr. Metcalfe, the reason I pulled you over is because you were speeding. The speed limit is 70, not 80. Have a good evening." And he left!!!! That was it! We looked at each other, "COOL!" BWAAAAAHAHAHA!!!-- 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 #47 July 8, 2002 Oh Gawd that is just too damn funny! Bwahhhhhhhhhhh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #48 July 8, 2002 MYOB:11:2.3 first jump on a Spectre (only worth 0.3 beer) Jumped with Christoper Irwin (Airspeed) on 17 point 4-way. He just came wandering through the hangar and asked if anyone wanted to make a jump! Tied with Rook Nelson on tracking contest (we were both eliminated in the 1st round). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeatlast 0 #49 July 8, 2002 Weekend numbers .... 7 (the number of hours we waited to get on a lift !!!) I'll know not to bother next time they have a 4-way meet on !!!! 3:1:0 Fantastic weekend ;-) Can't wait to be in the US again ... Only 3 more weeks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #50 July 8, 2002 Quote First time Falling asleep on a beach As a Florida girl, that's so funny for me to see that as someone's first. I've been doing that for 25 years. Hell, that's the only reason I go to the beach!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
