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Here's the post.. "I'm sure this topic has come up before. However with technological advances, well times do change. So, it only took the medical professionals 5 years for the diagnosis of Sick Sinus Syndrome. No it's not a runny nose, lol. It's a fairly rare issue for anyone under 70, and causes intermittent very low heart rates, I've been waking and talking with a heart rate in the 40s before, many times, and it's no bueno. Enter sparky, a dual chamber, high tech pacemaker that actually adjust heart rate based on many different factors, breathing rate included. So after talking with the heart surgeon, his concerns were the obvious. 1 Impact to the device, which can cause the device to fail, or worse yet, multiple impacts can cause an infection, not good. My thoughts are a chest plate, maybe like they use with dirt bikes. Heavily padded around the device for extra protection. 2 Dislodging the lead wires that are screwed into my heart. He's not sure either way on that one, however he did say after 6 months the scar tissue should keep the leads in place. Still it's possible it could "rip out" a chunk of heart muscle if it was violently dislodged. I'm not incredibly worried about that part and not much I can do about it anyway. So, yippee kiyay! 3 Rapid deceleration upon opening. Hey, we've all been spanked by a hard opening on occasion. I'm thinking the best thing there is to fly a lightly loaded 7 cell, PD Spectre comes Immediately to mind. I would greatly appreciate any input On this topic. I'm not willing to give up the sport!! Still I do want to mitigate the medical risk to the best extent possible. Anyone out there currently skydiving with a pacemaker? Anyone know a jumper that's been jumping with a pacemaker? Yep, I'm old, I'm in my 50s and I'm ugly too, lol. So please help an old ugly dude out. This retired TI and fun jumper wants back into it"

Do be aware of e bay rigs, and listings that are too good to be true. I know of one that was a fraud, for a FACT in the last week. I purchased a rig on e bay, 2 weeks ago, when UPS delivered it all was well. Then two weeks later, I see MY rig on ebay, The seller had been a member for 4 days, it even had my serial #s for the main/reserve/AAD, so IMO the seller cut/pasted my old winning auction page onto his new listing and was attempting to rip off whoever he could. Make sure you know who you are dealing with on the internet. or it could be painfull to the pocket book.

The folks at this DZ are friendly, easy going, and love to skydive! Check out the Royal Gorge from the air,while climbing to jump run, enjoy all the fun at the hangar on this scenic DZ where gravity rules! Looking for instruction? The AFF course is great for firstjumpers, or a tandem jump will give you the thrill of a lifetime (don't forget the video package). Give them a call today for details. Questions? E mail me at seemedontu@aol.com. Chris Porter