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You know I havent jumped or been invloved with skydiving for the last seven years...the big breakoff came in in 2004 when I was laid off, went broke...actually I remember when that was being reflected on this forum and then that was it. I was in SD, out of work, going thru some real hell, a year later getting a job back in my career field, in San Diego. These days I live in OC, got a job interview Teus, gonna get things back together. I came back to the forum because I am trying to sell my skydiving equipment, then found myself going through old posts from 2003...all the shit I was learning, all the shit that started comming back when I went to Elsinore to try to sell the stuff. Seems that I havent totally broken free from it, but I really need to. This isnt a sport I can afford anyway. This is a cool sport though, I learned a lot during those times, and I would be lying through my teeth if I said I wasnt going to miss the living shit out of it. If I keep messing around with this forum, the interest comes back, one thing leads to another...well my equipment is being sold so there that is...the final step to being done with it forever. Its just not something I can be involved with and Im afraid of bringing up the past. I mean it would almost be like moving back to AZ...God I wouldnt want that! Its why I started skydiving back in 02, I was into surfing but...six hour drives to SD or LA...couldnt do that all the time and hard to do just on weekends...I took up skydiving and got real interested in it...I guess it cushioned the blow of living in AZ and being a surfer. Thats really fucked up, so glad I found this when I did. Since the first part of 04 I left the arena.... since then, I have been in the martial arts, out surfing in spots like Strands, T Street, Laguna Beach Pearl St, extreme balance training, skateboarding as more balance training where Ive been skating 2-3 miles along Aliso park walkway, then for the first time, DROPPED IN at the Laguna Hills skate park. Did that several times. Its funny, but my weight has pulled back to 150 pounds, making me super fit for shortboarding, hope to be back out in the water this summer around July. Skydiving was cool, really cool, and damn sure as hell memorable to say the very least. Funny how all of these years went by and Im still missing it...never thought that would happen.

Altimaster V close up. You know after having used it for several jumps a long time ago, I have to say Id choose this altimeter over any others Ive seen, on the dz or online. To me, this alt proved to be dependable, and easily readable during freefalls. I have heard criticisms about it and I dont know why, Id choose the altimaster V over most of what Ive seen.

$25,000.00 in cash, unmarked bills.

Changing the subject back to the original subject: Price Reduction: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=93983;d=1 There is another Altimaster V being sold for $50, Ive reduced my price from 70 dollars to 50 dollars for the Altimaster V + the Skydiving Gear Bag + the Skydiving Goggles + the Skydiving Handbook Can take PayPal transactions, shipping not included in price. This equipment is being sold for pennies on the dollar..I remember when I bought the gear bag, paid 36 dollars for it on EBay and is still in the same new condition. Dont remember what I spent for the goggles...they are not anywhere near as bulky as normal skydiving goggles and have less chance of blowing off your face. This is a good deal...lets get some takers going here.

Reality is for people who can't handle drugs. "Drugs are for people who cant handle reality, reality is for people who cant handle drugs"...

I wish you well in your battle with your demons. It's sounds like you're planning another TJ run though? That's not a great way to sober up, is it? Think...."metaphor". Nope not a great way, but guess what? Wasnt planning on it. No demons here, there is a price to pay and as long as you dont mind the price...its worth it. So there are some chills, you get tired and feel worn out for a few days, then after three or four days you break out of it on a tolerance drop. Its like skydiving, just like skydiving...cause you always gotta know what you're doing. And you dont jump without a parachute...always a good idea to have a parachute when you jump. Otherwise, you're pretty likely to take a fall. Thats pretty metaphoric Ill have to remember that.

Uhh, we like jumping, maybe? I guess if I were more inclined towards it Id be doing it habitually. I just dont know how some of you guys can afford it...damn expensive sport. Especially now, when hardly anyone is able to hold down a job...then I keep hearing of all these crowded dropzones and people going through AFF...what are they doing robbing banks? Whatever it is let me in on it

Anyone reading this be advised...I have seen posts on this and other forums about marijuana and sometimes other drugs. If you are going to post something on a forum about drugs, do so talking about "someone you heard of but dont really know", not about yourself or about anyone you know (ie, like a friend). Saying something about yourself is called "incriminating yourself". Saying something about a friend (someone you know and have contact with) makes you an accomplice. There are these people, called "cops", who earn their paycheck by busting people who do illegal drugs, so they are always looking. Its how they put food on the table....its their job. Also, you need to realize that drugs (including alcohol) have caused so many problems in this society, the world is just fed up. Sure, there are those who use drugs responsibly and control their habit, but there are many more of those who dont, and those are the ones who bring the law down on everyone. Needle users are a good example of what Im talking about...like anyone doing that is just begging for trouble. Drugs in the schools...there's another one. As for those that are responsible enough to stay out of trouble, dont do anything to place yourself into the same category as those who are always getting in trouble. Keep in mind, they dont know you from anyone else.

Whatcha withdrawing from? Im withdrawling off of alcohol...which is a legal drug. Im not talking about myself...since I "just say no" to drugs . But narco users (not necessarily addicts) doing oxycon, morphine based drugs, ect will get a withdrawl on and off during their use of the drug. Most people think its like the movies, where you're shaking...thats really what is called the "chills" and you would feel cold and tired like you are unable to stay awake, even after drinking a pot of coffee. Even after skydiving...that wont help either..not that you would want to. There are minor and major withdrawls, the major is the part that needle users go through...which can be so bad, that some people have been known to commit suicide to avoid it again. Its just like skydiving...its dangerous and can cost you your life if you dont watch what you're doing. Then I see those who do watch what they're doing...10 years into the sport, thousands of jumps, those who dont, either out of the sport or ..... You get the point.

I had two of those a long time ago, it was kind of trippy....hang off the wing strut then let go, I guess you're doing it that way. They say, its static line and not total freefall, but hanging off that wing strut makes up for it. Also, on he second one I remember I had a mal, lineover and was going into a slow spin but was able to pull out of it. Static line is every bit skydiving and is nothing like military jumps...you're still floating out for seven seconds where military jumps pull right away...nothing to it. I think old school skydiving is pretty cool...kind of like a tradition fading out. Really, if you want to get real old school, make sure you have a pocketknife ready to do a cutaway...used to love reading about how they did it way back during the days of the wingwalkers...

Ohhh, well, yea you're probably right about that. We are talking about seven years ago though...if I rushed back to Eloy and started skydiving again, dont think she'd be around. I WAS in. And right now the only thing Im in to is getting through this withdrawl...so far Im winning. Day 4, got up this morning, chills were barely there this time, nose running some but not much. Sometime this week Ill hit somewhere around normal, then got a job interview in my career field next Monday. BUT NOT BEFORE IM BACK IN TJ THIS FRIDAY!!! YEAHOOO!!!

I remember I was like that just one time, the door opened and I was in a hurry to get out. Oh, well, what happened see, there was this really cute chick on the skydiving team at Eloy who kept smiling at me, she and the rest of her group went out at something like 7K, so I wanted to hurry up and get down. Then she was up on the next load by the time I touched down...so thats what its like chasing skydiver chicks...you gotta keep going up, down, up, down...up down up down up down up down... Is that the reason why some of you guys have so many jumps? Even worse than surfer chicks...in out in out as opposed to up down up down...

I didnt feel too crazy the first time I ever jumped, because that was not a perfectly good airplane. It was a really crappy airplane and I liked the idea of bailing out with a parachute a lot better than staying in that thing any longer than I had to. It was one of those Cessna 150s at a small DZ just outside of Tucson...cant believe I actuallly went up in that thing....that was the scary part...getting out was a relief.

They used to tell me, if you get nervous, instead of looking at the ground, look at the sky, I remember I tried that and it worked! There's something about looking at the sky that has this calming effect. This shit was so mental...some people can handle it just fine and others not at all, but I think the key is to try not to look at it as a negative situation. I think one thing skydiving taught me is that whether something is good or bad all depends on how you see it, and that most problems you have in life are really just in your head. If you can control that I dont think you'll have any problem jumping. Im not really one to give advice on skydiving, I jumped a few times and not doing it now and probably wont again...and I was able to bail out of blaming myself for not facing it because financially, I couldnt afford to continue doing it. If I could right now, I still wouldnt. But I had a few jumps in the past and I was where you are right now at one time...maybe you'll handle it better than I did and you may end up like many of these others with 500-1000 jumps. If not, dont blame youself, after all you went through the process, jumped, and its something you'll never forget about. As for me, well, Id kind of like to forget about it but never have been able to. It really just wasnt my sport but glad I tried it anyway.

Went by Elsinore yesterday to try to sell the altimeter, but the entire place was a ghosttown because low level clouds, which is what i was told. The funny thing though, I kept thinking of what its like to be in a vertical hurricane, getting on the plane, door opening, getting slammed by this wind, looking down 13K...and oh shit! You spend the next minute or so trying to deal with this gigantic surge of adrenaline feeling like you're right on the edge of losing it. Last time I ever jumped was in 2003 I think...seven years ago. Man you dont forget....I can remember every single jump vividly, like it happened yesterday. Psycologically I dont think I ever dealt to well with it, because I remember I always wanted the plane to take a long time climbing to altitude, the worst part was the door opening. I didnt have enough jumps to ever have really gotten used to it, but then i have to wonder if anyone ever really does.

Uhhh, no, it wasnt that, I hear a lot about Adelita's but never been there. There is a very popular pharmacy there. Thats where I hang out...the party place...lot of cute girls going through there. Hang out, chase cute girls comming across the border...nothing like it! Then when you get hungry the street vendors sell some of the best tostadas you cant ever get in the US. Friday night is the time for girls, you have all these 18 year olds crossing over so they can drink. Thats the third world experience, and yea, its real easy to lose track of how much you're spending. I was counting on selling the skydiving equipment which I was going to sell anyway to make up for it....

I screwed up. Not that it the first time...but partied in TJ when I wasnt supposed to, and now running out of money till payday next Thursday. Not going back to TJ, at least for me, is a big worry, but an even bigger worrry...its beyond that now, running out of money period and need to sell this equipment fast. AFF students, at Lake Elsinore, if you are looking for some quality initial equipment especially an altimeter, I want to sell mine along with a few other things for a ridiculous rate, please see: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=93901&d=1 Need to sell this fast because I am kind of desperate till next week, hoping to sell it by this weekend. I will drive out to Skydive Elsinore with the stuff the same day you show interest. Not skydiving anymore so Ive been wanting to sell it for some time now. Thanks... Chris

Hello. I came by your post and have the following solution. I believe that your problem is some form of motion type sickness, and can be readily solved by taking the over-the-counter drug Meclazine. I would be highly surprised if that didnt stop sickness or nausea during a freefall, but Im almost 100 percent positive it will. I used to use this drug when I was in the Army, just before getting on a Huey (chopper), without it I would turn green and get pretty bad nausea, taking it about 30 minutes before I went up cured the problem and these pilots were really crazy...diving under treetops and shit. Meclazine can be bought at any pharmacy or drugstore, and is over the counter so does not require a perscription as it did in the past (when I was using it)

The National Examiner/January 9, 2001 By Tom Kuncl President-Elect George W. Bush has a strong personal and financial connection with the cult-like Moonie church, say sources. Critics say the Moonie church opposes Christianity and the American way. In fact, the Bush family may have received as much as $10 million from the Moonies in recent years. Rev. Sun Myung Moon considers himself a personal friend of our new president, according to newspaper reports. The incoming chief executive's own father - former President George H. Bush - has been courted by the Rev. Moon's Unification Church since he became vice president in the Reagan administration, says a report by investigative journalist and Newsweek correspondent Robert Parry. Rev. Moon, now 80, was even a VIP guest at the Reagan-Bush inauguration. The mega-wealthy South Korea-based church remained an unwavering supporter of the elder Bush's presidency, especially in the Moonie-owned Washington Times newspaper, Parry says. "The 15-year-old Washington Times doesn't rank among the Top 100 U.S. dailies in terms of circulation," writes columnist Norman Solomon. "Yet, financied by the Unification Church's deep pockets, it wields enormous influence in the nation's capital. Elevating innuendo to 'news', the paper excels at smearing liberals and centrists." This influence, writes Parry, "could extend into the next century as the ex-president works to shore up convervative support for his eldest son." The Times endorsed Bush in his election race against Al Gore. "Sources close to Bush say the ex-president has worked hard to pull well-to-do conservatives and their money behind their son's candidacy. Moon is one of the deepest pockets in right-wing circles, having financed important conservative activists from both the religious right, such as Jerry Falwell, and Inside-the-Beltway right-wing professionals." When the elder Bush was defeated after one term, says Solomon, the Unification Church in essence handed the ex-president a so-called "golden parachute" - business slang for chief executives' usually hefty severance packages. Solomon quoted a spokesman for the elder Bush as saying: "President Bush has no relationship with Rev. Moon or the Unification Church." But, Solomon wrote: "The facts tell a very different story." Parry confirms that the elder Bush could have become a wealthy man merely from the checks for speaking at many high-profile Moonie events on three continents, including the launch of a church-owned newspaper in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "Estimates of Bush's fee for the Buenos Aires appearance alone ran between $100,000 and $500,000," wrote Parry. "Sources close to the Unification Church have put the total Bush-Moon package in the millions, with one source [estimating] that Bush stood to make as much as $10 million." Bush has consistently refused to answer if or how much he has been paid by Moon. Shockingly, if the Bush family is accepting all this cash, it's coming from a man who has given speeches calling America "the kingdom of Satan" and vowing "the liquidation of American individualism." John Stacey, a former Moonie, says: "It's very anti-Jesus. Moon says: 'Jesus failed miserably. He died a lonely death. Rev. Moon is the hero that comes and saves Jesus.' That's why I left." As President-elect George W. Bush prepares to occupy the Oval Office, critics claim the elder Bush's activities create a clear conflict of interest. The elder Bush has a "public persona as the happy World War II veteran who is letting the American people see him jumping out of airplanes and being a good family man," says historian Douglas Brinkley of the University of Louisiana. "And the covert persona is going around giving talks with people like Rev. Moon." Meanwhile, the incoming president has admitted that while his father won't have a formal title in his administration, "of course, I will seek his advice."

Its interesting to see who the chief backer of the Republican party is. And scary: http://www.perkel.com/politics/moonies/bush.htm George Bush Sells out to the Moonies It's bad enough that these nutcases are spreading their diseased cults all over the world. But it's a real shame for former President Bush to dishonor America by selling you to the Reverned Sun Myung Moon for a mere $100,000. By praising Moon George Bush is contributing the the personal destruction of tens of thousands of lives aroung the world. This is insanity beyond belief and I just can't sit back and watch it happen. Moon is a serious brainwasher and a menace to sane and normal society. Moon controls hundreds of millions of dollars, many newspapers across that world including the Washington Times, Moon controls the Republican Party, and the Christian Coalition. If you're a Christian and think that your serving the lord, you might want to look into how the moonies are taking control of the Religous Right. Moon seeks to control the news media throughout the world. When you hear about the so called "liberal press" think twice. There is no liberal press. It's a ruse to throw you off about how the press is really influenced. Whenever you hear about a story breaking in the Washington Times, your getting a message from Reverened Moon. Bush owes Moon big time. Moon funneled millions of dollars into Bush's 1988 election. Had it not been for Moon, Bush would never have been president. Bush was supposed to pardon Moon so as to erase his felony conviction but never did. And Moon didn't support Bush in 1992 the way he did in 1988. Bush Praises Moon as 'Man of Vision' BUENOS AIRES (Reuter) - The South Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon launched a new Spanish-language newspaper for the whole of Latin America this weekend, with the backing of guest George Bush who praised Moon's respect for editorial independence. The former U.S. president, guest speaker at a banquet late Saturday to launch Moon's new publication "Tiempos del Mundo" (Times of the World), was full of praise for the controversial evangelist's best-known newspaper, the Washington Times, and referred to Moon as "the man with the vision." Bush then travelled with Moon to neighboring Uruguay Sunday to help him inaugurate a seminary in the capital Montevideo to train 4,200 young Japanese women to spread the word of his Church of Unification across Latin America. Moon already owns a major newspaper, bank and hotel in Uruguay and is buying up land in the Argentine province of Corrientes, where he plans to construct what his followers call "ideal cities". "I want to salute Reverend Moon who is the founder of the Washington Times and of the new paper here," said Bush, who was reported by the Washington Post to have been paid $100,000 for his Buenos Aires appearance. "A lot of my friends in South America don't know about the Washington Times but it is an independent voice," said Bush. "The editors of the Washington Times tell me that never once has the man with the vision interfered with the running of the paper, a paper that in my view brings sanity to Washington DC." "I am convinced that Tiempos del Mundo is going to do the same thing," said Bush, who managed to avoid being photographed with the 76-year-old South Korean evangelist during his whole stay in Buenos Aires. Bush was staying at Argentine President Carlos Menem's official Olivos residence, and there was a place reserved at the top table for Menem. But Menem, who met Moon secretly last year, snubbed him this time on the advice of foreign policy and religious policy aides. Argentina's influential Catholic Church takes issue with Moon's portrayl of himself as an incarnation of God fulfilling the mission of Christ. Critics say he brainwashes the vulnerable into joining him and some countries, such as Germany, consider him a threat to public order and refuse him an entry visa. In his speech at the Tiempos del Mundo launch, Moon made a bitter reference to the 11 months he spend in prison in the United States for tax evasion, saying he had "overcome significant persecution" in that country. Before his speech titled "In Search of the Origin of the Universe," Moon promised his new paper would "provide the most edifying reports in every aspect...promoting harmony and reverting the tendency towards disbelief." The first edition showed a tendency to optimistic headlines, its cover showing an elated President Bill Clinton over the headline "The North Moves Closer to the South." Its Texan editor, Larry Moffitt, told Reuters the newspaper would come out on Sundays at first "but go daily very quickly" via satellite transmissions to editorial centers in 10 countries, including Argentina. "Within a year we hope to be in every country in the hemisphere," Moffitt said. His circulation goals are ambitious: "There are 300 million Spanish speaking people in the hemisphere. That sounds like a good number." Meanwhile Moon was in full flow, asking his 700 guest such penetrating questions as "why do sexual organs exist?" and "when you defecate, do you wear a gas mask?"

Yea, and all of this done under what administration? The Bush administration, and his cohorts in Congress who back his insane agenda in turning America into a Nazi-like police state. So, we all have heard by now, I hope, of the Department of Homeland Security. Doesnt the word "Homeland" have such a familiar connotation to it? Same connotation as "Fatherland", might as well have just called it "Deptartment of Fatherland Security". I was really surprised to see this type of word being put on a govt organization. It no doubt shows you where things are going. We are talking about our rights? License to excersise a right? What rights? Why would you need a license to excersise something that no longer exists in the first place?

Anyone got any skydiving jokes?

Need info. Isnt there some kind of a European style village somewhere out in the area of Lake Elsinore? I thought someone told me of it a long time ago and forgot what the name was, I thought it started with and "I" but dont remember. Can anyone who knows the area help?

No, they shouldnt impeach him if he continues with his Iraq plan. They should impeach him for the mere fact that he is an asshole.