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Jumping student gear you find yourself under a large canopy at light wing loading at 13,000 agl. Resigned to a long ride down you point yourself to the DZ (your spot is fine for an opening at 3500 AGL) And the DZ starts moving away from you. The uppers are backing you. Holding rear risers slows your backing, but you're still going backwards. What options do you have? Spiralling? Would front risers help here? My theory is that by changing the angle of attack you can trade some of that altitude in for forward speed. Anyone having experience with this please help me understand what s going on here. "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Good point, but it's also about love. At this point how much am I really hurting for a skydive? She visited the dz with me, and when she saw a diver track to opening, she had a panic attack. How selfish is it for me to put her into a panic attack just because I want something? Update-she's getting better about it. We've tabled the discussion until after the holidays, but I'm trying to schedule a hot air balloon ride to help her calm down.. "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Sorry I guess my posts made me sound sanctimonious, my apologies. Yes everyone lands off at one time or another. Yes I have too. It was my mistake, not my gears fault, not anyones fault but mine. I learned from it (and thats why I pay attention to the wind speeds now) Do tell about the rollerblades! going for a runway landing? "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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At my dz is a chart of wind speed and direction with respect to altitude, It's called winds aloft IIRC. I guess I just expected every DZ to have this. It's not updated for every load, but it is helpful to know what the winds are doing the the whole air column. Like I said it's been some time since I was under canopy (I'm still grounded) but when I would spiral down I'd grab a single front riser and pull up. you could spiral by pulling a toggle, but would you lose as much altitude? "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Well, since you asked so nicely:) 1)had I been in the air I would have known the winds aloft. otherwise I woundn't have jumped. 2)I would have probably experimented with front-risering unitl it became obvious that is wasn't helping. You did have the altitude to burn. 3)If Front risers didn't work, and I knew the winds were better lower I would have spiralled down to them and then back risered. So Funks, what were the winds aloft? Hookit I know what you mean, I've had to spiral that canopy down as well. Like doing pullups :) BillVon, thanks for the response. and if you're not competent, I don't know who is :) "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Yes I'm aware rear riser on a lon spot/cross country, but I thought you were just a bit high on an OK spot. Sounded from your description that you had altitude to burn. no offense but clearly you were not competent to handle the situation, as you handled it poorly IMHO. I'll ask in another thread the only people still here seem to be interested in flames before knowledge. "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Did you ask anyone? I'd think at 250 jumps some 200 of which freefly, you should know at a glance what rig is safe to freefly and what is not. What did the S&TA say when you asked him/her? "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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I'm commenting on your attitude on dz.com, and I think most of the posters here are doing so as well. You're right I've never jumped with you , and I never will, based on the attitude you've shown here. Forgetting goggles is no big deal, but it shows you weren't focused on the skydive, and that is a big deal, considering it was a recurrency jump. "The too cool to remember goggles" was really a combination of your resistance to practicing EP, your lack of basic skydiving knowledge, and lack of focus on the skydive. Based on your own postings here. I retract the statement if it makes you happy Now, can anyone competent answer my question, would front risering have got him back? "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Could he have helped his bad spot by holding both front risers? That would have increased forward speed (and sacrificed altitude), right? It's been awhile since I sat under canopy (grounded), so please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm trying to gets SOMETHING valuable from sifting through this thread. and funks, give me a safety concious a$$hole instructor ANY DAY over a guy too cool to remember his goggles, remember basic freefall speeds, or practice safe skydiving. "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Update on the wife visiting the DZ... She came out and watched a few loads. On the second load there was a 3 way that she was able to see against the broken cloud cover. Actually seeing them in freefall kinda freaked her out, she hyperventilated and started crying. Not the best outcome-but she knows now that her fear isn't based on anything but phobia, so she (and I) have a reasonable path to fix the problem. Her goal is to do a tandem sometime in the next year (Her idea, not mine) Thanks for the good ideas. Aaron "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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I'll be picking up a new SIM soon but I thought I'd post just to see what reactions I get: I was a student jumper 5 years ago, I have log entries on 50 jumps, I never applied for my A though. It's been 5 years since I've jumped. I try to play things conservatively, so I was intending on going through AFF 1-8, but I've heard of others in my situation doing AFF1, then 4, then good to go. Anyone have any opinions on this? "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Thanks for the replies, pretty much what I had already worked through. Discussions of mals is what got me where I am now-Like most skydivers I would read and discuss any malfunctions in parachuting to see what I might learn. She learned that even the most experienced of skydivers die (rarely, but it does happen). The motto "Prepare for the worst, live for the best" There were a few TM's I'd trust with my wife (Turoff, Pietrese, come to mind) think we might get to that stage in a decade or so :) For now I'm going to try to get her to the DZ and find some people there who she'll like (crosses fingers) Meanwhile I'll also work the insurance angle, more to demonstrate responsibility to her than to give her incentive. Dave I think you'll have a hard time proving that. but if you have statistics on the probalility of fate, go for it:) "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Here's my situation: I started jumping about 6 years ago and in that first year I got 51 jumps in. I loved it. in early 1998 though I grounded myself. My 28 year old girlfriend had just died (unrelated to skydiving), I was VERY depressed, and figured diving was not safe for me at the time. Fast Forward to today. I'm happily married , I'm no longer depressed, but I want to start jumping again. My wife is a high anxiety whuffo. The idea upsets her greatly. I've been ignoring the need for sky now for 5 years. I've thought about pilot lessons- but its no fun flying in a plane. SCUBA is cool, but not the same fun. My wife wants me to be happy, but she starts hyperventilating whenever I talk about it. I want my wife to be happy, but the strain is getting to me. Anyone have any helpful suggestions of what they've done in this position? "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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Tell your BAD experiences about rigs as carryon..
Surf replied to BMFin's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I can just see trying to explain to a whuffo security guard why he can't open the reserve... John Rich- do you still jump out a Skydive Houston? I was a student out there in 1997-98 ... "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence -
IIRC it's very hard to judge distance to water, that might make swooping difficult. I recall reading of a demo jump where the experienced jumper planned to cut away and dive in. He cut away at several hundred feet. Anyone know who I'm talking about? It's back a few years now, I can't find the reference. "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence
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One tip that helped me- In the plane before gearcheck, sit up straight and take a deep breath, let it out. then another deep breath and hold it. Push it into your belly, like you're imitating a beer gut, hold it there, then release. Visualize the skydive in your head. Never knew why this works, but it always did for me. Get comfortable with the instructors- They'll likely be saving your life at some point (Thanks Mike!) "Nothing is written"- T.E. Lawrence