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Hey guys!! Thanks. Yeah. I think i'm just a big baby! lol - I'll be back this weekend for more punishment! Bruise on my neck is almost gone now. heh heh But yeah, the jump masters were way good. They checked things about 10 times. Guess its just a big deal to make sure the fit is right on a training rig... Uh oh.. Hey catfish.. who are you? Don't tell em to much about my lame landing.. lol Kinda sucked. I circled the field about 50 times then screwed up the landing. I suppose that what lvl 3 is all about. I learned SO much from that jump alone.

Hey guys.. THANKS. I think i may have posted this in the wrong area, but its cool to hear that it happens. Don't get me wrong. The guys at this drop zone are TOP NOTCH. I mean, they went over everything 10 times and even asked if everything felt right. I'll bring it up next time to make sure my chest strap stays in the chest area As for the hard opening. Perhaps it was just a fluke. I'll have a better comparison come tuesday when I do my level 4.

Ok folks. I'm so sorry if this is a dumb dumb question, but want to have a little knowledge before I go in for my lvl 4 on tuesday. Keep in mind I didnt tell my instructor about this (except for telling him chest strap rode a little high) because he was swamped that day and didnt want to look like a big baby. Ok, the basic question is. Does packing make a difference in canopy opening strength or yank? Sorry if I dont know the proper terms yet. Oh, and did a search, but didnt find anything similar. You see, We had class and scheduled our lvl 3 jumps. FUN FUN by the way.. Except.. We jump out, do my COA's PRCP's and trim. All is well and at 5000 i signal and pull... HOLY HELL!! WHAM!! I felt like I was being torn in half. Probably 3 or 4 times the yank of my 2 tandems. The chest strap rode up and the altimeter and radio whacked me in the throat and stayed there (still hurts like hell today), I have some serious bruises from the straps and felt like I had almost all the wind knocked out of me. I know I was in a perfect arch when I pulled. The instructor was right there. The pilot chute also ended up wrapped over the front. Don't know if that was the cause, but luckily I had no control probs and except for an early flare, my landing was good. Is this normal? I was on a Telesis Nav260. I weigh about 188 and am 6'2".. The chest straps were set to large. So, anyways.. normal, not normal, packing issue? Should I even tell my instructor about it when I go back. I mean, honestly, I felt dizzy for like 30 seconds after and it hurt like hell. Thanks, Dave

Hi guys.. Did 2 tandems.. second was funner. Did my lvl 3 training yesterday! OH MY GOD! That was so fun.. Landing was a little ruff. Flared to soon - heh heh going to try to certify at this drop zone by sunday.. 4 more jumps to go! Then its off to get my A license. Anyways.. here is something funny, but sucked! I didnt tell my instructor since he was basically going up with every plane load (saturdays are packed at odgen skydive center) and didnt want to bug him with it. I got my lvl 3 moves in, hit 5000 signaled and pulled. OH UHGGGGHH!! The canopy opened SO HARD! The radio and altimeter hit me in the throat and stayed there (was on large, maybe need to move to medium on rig settings? i'm 6'2") and the pilot chute ended up in front of the canopy (no control probs).. Can packers pack a rig to open soft or hard. I swear to god I amost got torn in half or is that normal? lol (it was almost triple the open yank of the tandem chute - I was on a nav 260). Anyways!!!! HOPE TO DO THIS FOR LIFE!! I may not even go with paragliding which i wanted to learn as well! Dave (salt lake city)

HEY! Just did my second tandem and am going in for level 3 class and 2 jumps tomorrow. This stuff is fun! I hope I dont embarass myself on my first solo jump!