theonlyski 8 #51 February 21, 2011 Quote I HATE ALL YOU FUCKERS WHO POST On DZ.DORKZONE So you hate yourself then?"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #52 February 21, 2011 Quote Oldest boldest and all round bestest bloke I've met is Gordo . In his mid seventies this guy walked ( not heli lifts like the softies) into and jumped Kjerag twice . Genuine good ol tough guy. VERY ! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #53 February 22, 2011 I cant believe that so far no one has nominated The Boss yet... Jim West DZO of Green County in Xenia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #54 February 22, 2011 QuoteSo- If I'm watching Richard Pryor, did a cutaway on a round and am super hammered drunk, landed at night under a 24' reserve, and am totally awesome, under age "OLD AS STONE", TRYING TO SEPARATE MYSELF FROM THE 'REGULAR JUMPER', AND not BE A CREEPY OLD COOT WHO POSTS ON DORKZONE for gay therapy and gayness, what does that make me????? TOTALLY FUCKInG aMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE ALL YOU FUCKERS WHO POST On DZ.DORKZONE Your BorINGBORINGNESS.COM -SHAZZZAMMM!! Your day care center called and your hall pass has expired….they want you back for nap time. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lufkincy 0 #55 October 9, 2012 I guess I could be considered old and possibly bold. All except the last 50 or so of my jumps were with a chest reserve. When the Security was introduced I bought one and made my last jumps with that. The 26ft conical reserve was on the back above the main. I hand deployed my reserve a half dozen times, coming down under both canopies. Made only one emergency cutaway using the Security. Carlos Wallace and I went to a dude ranch in Texas to make some exhibition jumps. We made a dozen or so over the weekend - all free jumps. One of my jumps was from about 15,000 ft - 5 cutaways. I had my normal chest reserve and a different reserve affixed to each of the 2 D-rings. I held two helmet boxes that had 26ft conicles and Carlos was holding a third helment box. Carlos was behind me and we exited together. He threw out the box he was holding. I cut away from that, then I lost the 1st and 2nd I was holding and cut away from each of those. I then deployed the first attached chest reserve, cut away from it and then deployed the last attached reserve. I cut away from it at about 5,000 feet, pulled my main and rode it down. I was very active until Memorial Day 1966 when I made my last jump. I had a series of minor malfunctions - mostly line overs, blown panels and broken lines. I had 5 of these in my last 7 jumps, so I figured someone was trying to tell me something. I haven't been back to a DZ since then. I hit the ground, walked to the hut and took off my helmet, instruments and rig, gave them to Gus Anagnostis for the club, and walked off the field.Cy Stapleton info@cytreasures.com www.hotlinecy.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #56 October 10, 2012 Quote I guess I could be considered old and possibly bold. All except the last 50 or so of my jumps were with a chest reserve. When the Security was introduced I bought one and made my last jumps with that. The 26ft conical reserve was on the back above the main. I hand deployed my reserve a half dozen times, coming down under both canopies. Made only one emergency cutaway using the Security. Carlos Wallace and I went to a dude ranch in Texas to make some exhibition jumps. We made a dozen or so over the weekend - all free jumps. One of my jumps was from about 15,000 ft - 5 cutaways. I had my normal chest reserve and a different reserve affixed to each of the 2 D-rings. I held two helmet boxes that had 26ft conicles and Carlos was holding a third helment box. Carlos was behind me and we exited together. He threw out the box he was holding. I cut away from that, then I lost the 1st and 2nd I was holding and cut away from each of those. I then deployed the first attached chest reserve, cut away from it and then deployed the last attached reserve. I cut away from it at about 5,000 feet, pulled my main and rode it down. I was very active until Memorial Day 1966 when I made my last jump. I had a series of minor malfunctions - mostly line overs, blown panels and broken lines. I had 5 of these in my last 7 jumps, so I figured someone was trying to tell me something. I haven't been back to a DZ since then. I hit the ground, walked to the hut and took off my helmet, instruments and rig, gave them to Gus Anagnostis for the club, and walked off the field. are you Burt LancasterYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #57 October 10, 2012 Bob Sinclair. Dirty, dirty, old man. He's definitely living the life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #58 October 10, 2012 Jim sure gets my vote. Tony Brogdon D-12885Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #59 October 10, 2012 Nice photo Mike, your rig was just like mine in 1977. TonyTony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #60 October 11, 2012 Maybe myself : CSPA : A769, B1217, C878, D364, DB Cooper 0290, Muff bros. 2187, Freak Bros. 2115, US Pops 7927, Can SOS 39, SCR 9076, SCS 6694, gold wings, diamond wings, Canadian CX 367, Hall of fame 1190, Coach 1, Coach 2, IA, IB, LE, EA, dispatching more than 2000 S/L and IAD students, 34 different round and squares canopies jumped, have jumped at 82 different DZs, have jumped at 12 different states and countries, 45 different aircrafts jumped, private pilot Canada YZP296303, airplane landing at 59 different airports as a PIC, 4 different airplanes flown, 4 continuous rigger education certificates from the FAA and PIA, more than 1090 threads and posts on dropzone.com, hundred of articles translated from English to French, working for 5 CSPA committees as a translator, dozens of articles written in Skydiving Magazine, Blue Skies Magazine, Canpara, testing the MagBag, Canadian record 102 way FS, have jumped from 2 different jet planes, jumped from a hot air baloon, have jumped at 15 demo, have done 12 helicopter jumps ....and still alive.... I can barely believe it. Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmarshall234 14 #61 October 11, 2012 Myles is definitely the man. And if he weren't so unassuming, we'd all know about him. Yes, a hell-of-a good guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #62 October 11, 2012 QuoteMyles is definitely the man. And if he weren't so unassuming, we'd all know about him. Yes, a hell-of-a good guy. +1 For sure a sleeper. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lufkincy 0 #63 October 11, 2012 Rod Pack certainly should be considered as one of the boldest.Cy Stapleton info@cytreasures.com www.hotlinecy.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waveoff5500 0 #64 October 11, 2012 dave lepka! hes older than the student canopies and bold like a good cup of coffee! for realz though i would have to say john winkler aka wink our dropzones master rigger. he has some aweome stories of the glory days and has contributed a lot to the sport as i see it. hes also made me a mean closing loop on occasion but then again so has lepka so i think its a tie."its just a normal day at the dropzone until its not" 1653 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #65 October 19, 2012 Okay...I am here to nominate Felix as the greatest OLD/BOLD skydiver. How can anyone dispute that???? Bill Cole aka Chuteless Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,444 #66 October 19, 2012 Trust me, you've been mentioned before in this thread. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #67 October 19, 2012 I had not seen this thread until last week, and although my name is mentioned, I am not sure I really qualify. Many things I did were in a challenge to a dare, Maybe I should be on the stupidest skydiver thread, eh ?? It is almost impossible for me to not accept a dare. Its a challenge and I won't back down. Almost cost me my life on more than a few occassions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thumbsdown 0 #68 October 20, 2012 Not sure about the boldest but Lew Sanborn is definitely the oldest at my dz. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctrph8 0 #69 October 21, 2012 We've got Bill Harris here in Hawaii. He's going to be 82 in December. He's still active and makes at least 100 jumps a year. In his spare time he swims, does acrobatics on trampolines and flies gliders. QuoteWho is the oldest boldest skydiver at your drop zone? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #70 October 21, 2012 I want to be that guy some day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 53 #71 October 21, 2012 QuoteWe've got Bill Harris here in Hawaii. He's going to be 82 in December. He's still active and makes at least 100 jumps a year. In his spare time he swims, does acrobatics on trampolines and flies gliders. QuoteWho is the oldest boldest skydiver at your drop zone? That dude is awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #72 May 9, 2015 Truly sad day for Skydive Elsinore crew. Jim Hickey was the most committed skydiver/base jumper that I've ever seen. I remember him trying to recruit jumpers to send a load on a low ceiling cloud day, just to get out at 1500 ft. Hickey made so many hop and pops go on a shitty day, he was the best non-official load organizer ever. Soooooo fucking cliche to say this but, he really died what he loved doing the most. He was at Elsinore almost every weekend, rain or shine, back to back jumps. BSBD Jim. BSBD Eike.Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ufk22 33 #73 May 10, 2015 Bob Roach Jumped with South Dakota Skydivers. Once exited a 182 while expanding the door when his belly-mount deployed as he put out static line students. Had what for most would be a disabling stroke and came back to jump for 15 years after. He gained a lot of weight, and blew up more canopies than most people have ever owned. He would stall a canopy at 15-20' if it meant a dead-center.This is the paradox of skydiving. We do something very dangerous, expose ourselves to a totally unnecesary risk, and then spend our time trying to make it safer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #74 May 10, 2015 I shared my "pre-second" Boeing 727 jump with Bob Roach and some of his friends from South Dakota... at Quincy Ill.. 1994 friendly and cordial guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deisel 38 #75 May 10, 2015 I second that - Sinclair is a PIMP! Bill Morrissey Bill Booth Derek Thomas - if you don't know, look him up. DThe brave may not live forever, but the timid never live at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
