Thankful for Low Altitude!

[jfields 0]

Hey Folks.
I'm back from my vacation and thankful for low altitude. After 9 days in Colorado, I'm happy to be home. It was a great trip, but no skydiving and no DZ.com.
The places I stayed were at a substantial height, which would have made jumping difficult. You couldn't do much more than a hop-n-pop in Leadville, CO. The ground is at 10,200 feet. Most of the other places were over 7,000. No dropzones anywhere we went, but the scenery was great. But it made me appreciate the benefits of living near sea level. 14,000 feet means about 14,000 jumpable feet.
When I visited the "Black Canyon of the Gunnison", I started having really evil thoughts. Like, "Hmm. A 2,000 foot vertical cliff. I could jump that even though the landing area looks a little tight." I didn't and won't so you can relax, but my mind did continue wandering back to my rig when looking at all the cliffs and buttes. And some of the mountains even had chairlifts, so the returns to the top would be easy. Home again, until I go to the DZ this weekend.
Justin
Member of the Whuffo Conversion Team

[ClayFowler 0]

Hmmm....whats next? The only Turbo chairlift in the state! 10 minutes to the top of the hill. I can see this new form of BASE taking off.

[jfields 0]

Exactly. The end of the chairlift line would project about 30 feet beyond the edge of the cliff. The next logical thing would be doing 2 or 4-ways off the chairs. Not that I'd be ready for this, but it is an amusing thought.
Justin
Member of the Whuffo Conversion Team

[ClayFowler 0]

Dude! Go to Headdown.net and look for the 6 way off the cliff....wanna talk about crazy. My favorite is the wing suit off the same cliff. The guy goes out of view of the camera man. They have great video there but beware....you need massive bandwidth or a good hobby when downloading these flicks.