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Maybe we didn't have the money for all the frills and whistles, and AEEOOODEEs weren;t as good and still cost too much, and we can't hear well enuf for audibles... Hell of an attitude there. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I have a 100 metre tape measure I bought for surveying along my property that I use... It's big and phlorescent orange in case I put it down somewhere and have to look for it... Just put a weight on the end and let it go... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Not clicky I know - I told you I was technologically challenged... So just copy and paste... It seems to work for me.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

[ Maybe in 1987 people were using those for BASE. But that was back when men were men--and I was in high school. And back then half the women were men too... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Although I was unable to upload the commercial myself, Craig Poxon managed to get it onto skydivingmovies.com. Bill is the first one shown in the bar scene, not the actor who was hired to portray him. Check it out at... ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/misc/BillCole.wmv If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

One of my most memorable moments was climbing an antenna through 3-400' of solid fog. It was so foggy that even at 4-5 am I drove past the tower a couple of times before finding it - couldn't see the strobes through the fog! Anyway, even though it was a warm night the fog was condensing on the steel tower and inside the structure it seemed to be pouring all the way through the fog... When I got to the top at 750' I just sat in the sunshine looking at the blue skies... The only visible man=made object I could see was the tower I was on with it's guide wires disappearing into nothingness and another couple of towers poking up through the cloud a few miles away... It was amazingly peaceful on that Sunday morning... As an aside. the wind dictated that I jump away from the road, and I had not done any scouting to see what was on that side of the tower... I was open just at the top of the fog and with the wind was able to turn back towards the tower and just do slow s-turns while flying towards it without advancing... All I could see was the tower and guide wires as I did slow sashays between them disappearing into the fog above and below me - it was my only reference that I wasn't the only thing in the world on an endless flight. As I got closer to the ground I could see the tops of trees appearing but had no way to judge their height - fortunately the were no more then 10 feet high and sparse so I landed between them, picked up the chute and set off back to road... My ground crew's only clue I had jumped was the sound of my chute opening, and of course she couldn't see me, so she was freakin' out a bit wonderin' where I'd ended up... And Jason, I got one of them stories too - I can still see the flashing lights pulling out from a drive down the road when Joe yelled up 'You guys better jump now before those cops come back. After Steve went I figured they didn't realize there was two of us (he'd started climbing before me, when it was still light out) I can still hear the cops "Your buddies tell us there's someone named Rob up there. You want to come on down and we'll have a little chat with you too!" Of course I jumped! Flew between the wires over to the cop car too... $80 (Cdn. no less!), no court appearance... Skypuppy BASE92 If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

One more question. Can't tell from the pics - was this canopy vented? valved? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

From the pics it looks like Johnny 9lives had almost a 90 offheading opening - was this right? Any idea why? Looks like he was in a position not to have to correct it anyways, so could fly in that direction for landing... \ Rob Price If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Tom won't agree, but post a picture of yourself and someone might bite... (Tongue in cheek) If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

You asked Who invented the pilot chute in tow R.I.P. That could be an interesting question... I might have to research it. Pilot chutes started to be used around 1912 I think (at least I think that was about when they were patented) - but they came into regular use much later... As late as the early eighties some schools were still using pilot-chute-less reserves mounted on the front (throw reserve in the direction of the spin). Irvin and company developed the first dedicated freefall chutes for mass production, but I'm not sure if they even used pc's at first... Something to look into... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Well from what ive read on these forums before the general consensus is that you should be able to at least be able to jog/run without pain before u jump. I can't remember the last time I ran, let alone without pain... (Unless someone just told me there was only a couple of beers left in the cooler before we run out)... If I had to run, let alone without pain, I don;t think I could skydive... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Liz PM me with you email addie so I can send you stuff... Skypuppy If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

This was actually a quote about climbing, but if you change 'mountains' for 'air', I think it would still apply... "Brave men become unnerved in the mountains, and if they lack skill, their fear will kill them..." Carlo Mauri If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I'll try this and see if it works... Try reading about it at http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=273692;search_string=scary%20stories%20from%20the%20old%20days;#273692 If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Hmmm.... There's so many of them... I too had a bird fly by me under canopy. It was on a sunset X-country jump at Coldwater in the late '80's. I was about 2000-2500 feet when a heron flew by about 30-40 feet away, almost in slow motion - it's statuesque almost prehistoric appearance was exhilarating, to say the least. Another jump that stood out was a sunset PFF jump over Grand Bend Sport Parachute Centre in the mid-80's. Sliding down the hill as the sunset reflected off Lake Huron and the fusillage and wing of the plane almost gave me sensory overload on that one - and I was one of the instructors! Sitting alone in the blue sky on a tv tower at 750', surrounded by a vast 300' thick layer of ground fog so that all you could see anywhere was the tower and guy wires disappearing into the cloud below you and a couple of other towers poking their heads up some miles away... That jump was on a Sunday morning, and I felt closer to God that day then most of the people sitting uncomfortably in their church pews bored to tears... And of course, looking down at terminal from somewhere south of 400' after pulling all the handles that could be pulled, and knowing the reserve had gone out but hadn't opened up yet... Ours is one of the most visual sports their is... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I think by the time you're re-doing the jump for the 15,000th time, you'd probably be so bored you wouldn't bother to dump... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Up here in Canada it's available through BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I remember when we used to land 6-planes... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I don't know - I met my wife 13 years ago when I taught her the 1st jump course... She doesn't jump now but she did go on to do about 150 jumps... Of course now she wishes I didn[t jump anymore either, but, then, nobodies perfect... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I now have a copy of Bill's 1969 Carling Red Cap commercial, about 10 mg on real player or 1 mg wmv, but being technologically challenged, I don't seem to able to upload it to skydiving movies.com If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Reminds me when two buddies of mine jumped off a 17th floor balcony during a party - the first guy got d-bagged off, scraped over a brick wall and crunched down on the paved parking lot... Then he yelled up 'Don't jump! it's too low!' to the other guy who was going to freefall it. That guy just heard 'JUMP! .....GO!' and went for it... He was ok. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I've jumped pcs lots for fun, although I actually started on sierras - which were a lite-weight copy of a pc, I believe... What I remember impressed me most was the silence on those first few jumps after the plane flew away from me... It was like being in church on a sunday morning... This contrasted with the noise from the wind when I released the brakes on my first square (stratostar) jump and watched the canopy dive down in front of me... Never really captured the feeling of releasing the brakes like that again.... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

And I don't just mean, "Watching you makes me horny", those are a dime a dozen. BIG ASSED CONGRATS on your B baby, and yer choice of ladies. I think you're doing an injustice to all the girls out there that get horny watching BASE jumpers - after all, without them there'd be a lot fewer BASE numbers issued, right? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I once had a girlfriend who said 'it would make me really horny to see you jump off that tower.' Guess what I did? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I happened to have a few pics from the days before microline, zero p and cross-braced 21-cells made CRW a rarity on many dzs... The first one is my SCS dive - we first did a no-contact, no-show exit and built a 10-way round we held for several seconds before breaking and building this 9-stack... You can tell how old the pic is since I'm jumping a Strato-star... It wasn't my main canopy but I used it figuring it would be easy to stay down in my slot. The next one was an attempt to break the Cdn. record of 11 we set in 1985 (on Canada Day at Ont. provincials). The next two are just from a demo team I was on, and the last one was my room-mate and I jumping into Western University during frosh week with our strato-stars... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone