Are you on it with logging your jumps?

[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

I **HATE** (emphasis) logging my jumps. Thankfully I have a protrack and can keep track of my jumps if need be. The only reason I log any jumps at all is because eventually i'll need my D license, and when you visit new dzs they want to see that you are current. I am about 50 jumps behind in my logging and I am just dreading it (ugh!).

But, some people really enjoy it. A friend of mine used to log her jumps ritualistically at the end of each day of jumping. She would make notes about the jumps, and have those who jumped with her sign. I used to include write "2-way FF" or whatnot, but even that has gotten too tedious. Now I just note hop n pops and tracks if they are evident in the protrack. UGH, logging. *sigh*.

So, am I the only one? Do you log, do you enjoy logging, do you hate it... ??

-A

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[DrewEckhardt 0]

I dowload my protrack contents about every hundred jumps so I can look at trends in fall rates or whatever. By adding log book totals, plus the skytronic total, plus the manifest printout covering the period when my protrack was missing, plus the protrack total, I know how many jumps I have.

[koz2000 1]

I really hate logging as well but keep up w/ it as much as possible. If you ever want to get an AFF, Tandem, etc rating, you'll REALLY hate trying to get all your logs signed so you have the necessary FF time, jumps, etc...
After I went through the course I have been much better about logging jumps. Yes I've got both a Pro-Track and a Neptune but I still jot them down in my log book.

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[PrairieDoug 0]

I'm pretty disciplined about logging. Initially I used my logbook as a learning tool, to keep track of what works and what doesn't.

Now I view it as a "memory bank" that I'll use to look back on my skydiving history. If there's something unique about a jump I write it down to trigger memory bubbles down the road.

[AndyMan 7]

I gave up logging a few hundred jumps ago. It's just too much of a pain in the ass, and I don't personally have much value in the data.

If at some point I want more ratings, and the examiner refuses me because of logging issue, then the USPA would be loosing a qualified instructor for a pretty shitty reason. So far it hasn't been an issue.

Logged jumps are a pretty crappy indicator of skill, and I would hope an examiner would agree.

If it were to be an issue I supose I could ask the DZ to provide a record, it's all kept on file in JumpRun.

Some people say the data has sentimental value, but like I said... I don't have much value in the data.

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[Shark 0]

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If at some point I want more ratings, and the examiner refuses me because of logging issue, then the USPA would be loosing a qualified instructor for a pretty shitty reason. So far it hasn't been an issue.

I doubt that USPA would give a shit if there is another instructor or not. There are plenty of qualified instructors so there is no need to log.

[tigra 0]

I log (with info that is pertinant to ME, jump number, how many people, WHO, and what we did, how well I feel I performed) but I can't remember the last time I had someone else sign off on my jumps in my book or added up my total freefall time- I probably stopped doing that 300 or some jumps ago and I'd have a lot of catching up to do if I needed a rating or something.

And I'm stalled at a C license because I just don't see myself doing any night jumps ever. I just don't think I have the depth perception to do it safely!

[Stacy 0]

I used to be the most anal retentive log book keeper in the universe. I wrote novels about every skydive, attached pictures, etc. That lasted about 400 jumps or so. I have great log books now that read like scrapbooks (and are hilarious at some points), but I've just not kept up with it anymore.

Most of my entries now say "X way, X points signature."

[chopchop 0]

I log every few weeks.. clicking away at my ProTrack so I get the correct dates and freefall times.. I try to log quicker after I do some AFF as it is important to me to keep track and stay current for rating renewal..

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gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking..

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[towerrat 0]

I don't log shit. I would have a hard time proving I'm actually a skydiver. Last year I got the totals from manifest and I was at 425. I spent some time down for a broken wrist. so I'll guess at somewhere over 500, but have no idea of an actual number.
I've never had a problem going elswhere to jump, and if a DZO has any questions about my currency they can always call my DZ and verify that yes, I actually am a sky jumper.
I really need a protrack......

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[nael 0]

I usually log my jumps after the weekend is done. I put a bit of detail into it, how the exit went, if fall rates were a problem etc and what I can do in the future to improve (sometimes). Everyone tells me I'll stop logging in so much detail when I have more jumps, and they're probably right. Right now it's fun re-reading my log books and remembering paticular jumps.

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[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

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I usually log my jumps after the weekend is done. I put a bit of detail into it, how the exit went, if fall rates were a problem etc and what I can do in the future to improve (sometimes). Everyone tells me I'll stop logging in so much detail when I have more jumps, and they're probably right. Right now it's fun re-reading my log books and remembering paticular jumps.

I wonder if that is true for most. I think the line is different for everyone. You won't find any notes in my logbook after AFF, I just didn't find appeal in writing it all out as I couldn't see myself reading it later.

-A

[Dumpster 0]

I still log, but don't include much info unless it's something remarkable, or when I do a coach jump. (I'm just getting into coaching, so I'm learning alot from the newbies-) Don't know how long I'll keep it up.

Easy Does It

[weegegirl 2]

I go through stages. Right now I'm prolly about 30 behind. I got pretty spoiled working at the dz where I can just bring up my jump ledger on the computer any time I want. It used to be easy to log at the end of a weekend when I only made a few jumps a day. But these days, mid-season, when I'm cranking out 6 to 10 jumps a day... I easily lose track. What am I talking about??? It's like 20 below out and I haven't jumped in a looooooooong time!!!

[Patman 0]

I log every four months if I need to or not! Protrack's are a B..A..D.. Thing for those lazy people!! Guess where I am!?!?

Don't tell me I can't! I already know that! Haven't you seen my x-rays?

[happythoughts 0]

I don't know if you met Cindy when she lived in zhills.
She used to use a stamp. She also had one of those pens with 3 or 4 colors. She would stamp out all the formations, point by point, with colored arrows.

She did accounting too. I think accountants enjoy detail.

[Unstable 9]

I log every single jump and I get signitures. I've only been doing this for about a year now. Before, I was terrible - I only knew my jump numbers within a range of +-20.
Now I log Everything. Always. Period. I look at it this way - I do a lot of Instructing at my DZ, and what kind of Instructor would I be If I didn't lead by example? If I tell my students to log each Jump, I had better damn well be doing it myself. I'm sick of this "Do As I say and Not As I do Bullcrap."
Have a great day!!

=========Shaun ==========

[JohnMitchell 16]

I log at the end of the day or weekend, not much more than just the numbers, and what type of jump. I bought a dozen cheap little student style log books years ago and log in those, making liberal use of ditto marks, etc. A few years ago I went to a boogie at Perris, whipped out my D license, and the guy asks to see my log book. I tell him "It's at home." He called my home DZ to aks them if I was really a skydiver.

Has anyone else had this experience? I thought it was pretty stupid overall. I've seen faked log books before.

[Unstable 9]

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A few years ago I went to a boogie at Perris, whipped out my D license, and the guy asks to see my log book. I tell him "It's at home." He called my home DZ to aks them if I was really a skydiver.

Has anyone else had this experience? I thought it was pretty stupid overall. I've seen faked log books before.

I've seen it before & I've been the one to answer the Telephone when a DZO elsewhere calls and asks if So-and-so is really a Skydiver. Yeah it kinda lame, but I completly understand why they are doing it. You've got some 4,000 Jumps, probably more ratings than I knew even existed, and more experience than half the Staff, but they are a big DZ and often times a log book & USPA card is all they have to go on -

=========Shaun ==========

[JohnMitchell 16]

, but they are a big DZ and often times a log book & USPA card is all they have to go on.

[Unstable 9]

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Yep, my thought is that my license says I've made the jumps, and my USPA card says I'm insured. The reason they called my home DZ is because I don't take my log book when I travel. But a log book is flimsy proof that you're really current. I've seen more than one jumper who deserved an award for fictional writing when it came to documenting currency in a logbook. I really don't think log books prove anything. I think they should just look at my USPA card and let me jump.

Point well taken - I think optimally USPA would charge a dollar or two more and print a photograph of the License holder & let that stand as proof...
At your jump numbers, you really can't go too uncurrent....

=========Shaun ==========

[Amazon 7]

I am being good and logging at the end of every day now. I pull out my Protrack and get all the info I need and then when I get home I download them all into my Computer.. I am even getting signatures now.. so I can prove I have 670 loggged jumps.. I really should not have stopped logging in 1976.

[Kris 0]

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Now I log Everything. Always. Period. I look at it this way - I do a lot of Instructing at my DZ, and what kind of Instructor would I be If I didn't lead by example? If I tell my students to log each Jump, I had better damn well be doing it myself. I'm sick of this "Do As I say and Not As I do Bullcrap."

That's easy, I just don't let my students see my logbook.

I used to be very meticulous about keeping my log book up until a couple of hundred jumps back. Like Stacy, I used to write novels. Now I just fill the square with info from the entire weekend and I'm usually about a month behind on filling in my logbook.

However, for really special jumps, I'll fill it out right then and have it signed by whom I'm jumping with.

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[murps2000 86]

A few years ago I went to a boogie at Perris, whipped out my D license, and the guy asks to see my log book. I tell him "It's at home." He called my home DZ to aks them if I was really a skydiver.
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Thanks for the info. I'll bring my book of lies there if I ever go.

[murps2000 86]

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I usually log my jumps after the weekend is done. I put a bit of detail into it, how the exit went, if fall rates were a problem etc and what I can do in the future to improve (sometimes). Everyone tells me I'll stop logging in so much detail when I have more jumps, and they're probably right. Right now it's fun re-reading my log books and remembering paticular jumps.

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I wonder if that is true for most. I think the line is different for everyone. You won't find any notes in my logbook after AFF, I just didn't find appeal in writing it all out as I couldn't see myself reading it later. ***


I think so. It's just a matter of when you quit, though. You just quit earlier than most. A girl with about 350 jumps that I met in my student days told me early on that she logged religiously because she loved going back and reading her book, and having memories of or feelings about certain dives resurface. So I heeded her advice and logged faithfully for quite a while. Up until about 5-600 jumps, anyway. But then I got lazy about it in 2002. Now I reread my old logs and it's just as she said it would be. The older logs evoke memories, and I can even recall certain moments that occurred in freefall. I can pinpoint the exact skydive in 2000 where I got taken out on an eight-way, and decided to quit belly-flying, and start freeflying. Then in 2002, after I got my tandem rating, I just have dates, numbers, and dive types. So I got a little better again last year. I at least would try and write down my tandem passengers name & what they do for a living. Now I go back and forth. Logging sucks, but one day you might be happy you did.

Oh, and if you have a cutaway, I'll bet you log that.