mickknutson

I have over 150 skydive with a Super Raven. I have used a Raven II, III and III. They where demo reserves with attachment points so they could be used as mains as well. They are awsome. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

BLiNC Magazine would love to host this. With a T3 connection, dual p2.8 Ghtz CPU and 1 GIG Ram, and 300 GIG transfer /month, there is room here. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

There are many Austrian jumpers on BLiNC. You might try to also post this thread there. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

That does not matter at all! You have no idea how much hate and devil mail I got from various relideous groups for the Jesus jump. Just because you didin't jeopardize a legal site, you still showed the world what _ALL_ base jumpers are like. When 1 person does something negative, we all look bad. Like it or not, what 1 person does effects the entire community. As far as RB, bad publicity is _STILL_ publicity! Just like when RealTV was ripping huge b-holes in many jumpers for a while. They did not care if it was negative, it was still publicity. Finally many people stopped giving them material. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

Here are 181 results on BLiNC: http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/search.php?searchid=258 Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

I think I fixed most of the old forum links pointing to the new forum links. I will get more optimaztions done next week. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

Opps. I switched back to the ./forum/ URL and did not put a redirect in. Sorry. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

I have one in the Store, but there is one in this new forum, but I have yet to get it working. That is on the list..... Now post this to BLiNC..... ;-D Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

I know. But hey, at least they are all 1969 ;-D Could be a worse date. This seems to be the only glitch on the data import so far. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

Dear all BLiNC Members, I am please to announce that the _NEW_ BliNC forum is ready for use. This has been a tough road to get here, but, as you will see, it is worth it. Please go to http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/index.php to login to the new forum. NOTE: ===== All existing users where imported into the new forum, but zero (0) passowrds where imported. So everyone with an existing account must go to http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/login.php?do=lostpw to retreive a new password. There is NO way around this. And, with almost 1,500 users, I can't manuall update your password for you. So please help me out on this one. Please post any issues, comments and/or complaints to the "Customer Service" forum. Thanks From the entire BLiNC Magazine Team... Avery Badenhop Johnny Utah Michael Mchale Michelle Knutson Mick Knutson Tom Aeillo and all the BLiNC supporters.... Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

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What happend? Did you post something there? Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

BLiNC has the same newbie forum so new questions can be asked and addressed accordingly. And the BLiNC Moderators are some of the most experienced BASE Jumpers in the world. And everyone of them has a personal drive to keep everyone safe, and promote base. Skydiving might be similiar, and a pre-requisite to BASE, but it is NOT BASE Jumping. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

No, it is just what people are doing. Telling someone NO, and why you wont take them jumping just does not happen like it used to. Everyone is just too accustomed to being able to do what they want without knowing what can really happen. But you are right, it will not change until experienced jumpers start saying NO. Then telling the jumper what they need to do first. I have had maybe almost 100 potential students want me to take them out, and I tell them to do 50 to 100 practice jumps at the DZ and I explain it pretty clear what the excercise is. I had 1 person actually do them. THat is also the only person that I ever taught to jump officially. I also heard of several of those other skydivers getting someone else to take them out anyways. Never doing the practice. Several of them are BURN-aholics. And a few have nice hardware piecing them back together after just a few jumps. Tell a hungry Guy NO, but tell him why. Wouldn't it be nice to know a jumper for 10 years, verse 10 minutes, or even 10 weeks? Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

I think that there are excellent instructors who are not manufacturers. In Norway, for example, full time, resident BASE instructors are available who are not gear manufacturers. They probably have far more teaching currency than most of the manufacturers. That said, I think there are lots of good options available for training, and the FJC's offered by the manufacturers are definitely among them. I totally agree Tom. And I also agree with Jason. Johnny is a great instructor with heaps of experience. I guess my point is that _I_ still think that a "majority" of experienced jumpers are not trained/qualified to teach other _BASE_ jumpers. This does not mean they are not there, it just means that every experienced base jumper is not an instructor. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

First off, I do not chew ass! There is never a need to. I mearly state my opinion about what I have seen over the past 12 years. I was extremely lucky when I started to _NOT_ have the luxury of just buying gear on EBay and flicking off something. I lived next to CR. That gave me wealth of information to my fingers. But, now after almost 12 years, I have the seen the best parts of BASE, and I have seen the worst! I just hope that the newer jumpers will be willing to learn from the mistakes made in the past. I admire this guy in the sense that he is really pushing the issue about wanting to learn. THat is great. It is all too easy to just get one not so positive thread, and just go and do-it-yourself anyways. Unfortunately, BASE Is not as easy as Skydiving was. That is why there is so much resistance. It is not just the community being rebels, it is the sport itslef is dificult, and should be diffuclt to break into. THis would be for your own safety. When I started, I was ground crew, and just learning for over 6 months. There are several people I know that spent over 1 year just lurking with other jumpers. NOT trying to actually jump, but just watching. You can learn heaps by just watching. I have to FULLY disagree with the "take what you can get" statement. This is not the 80's or 90's anymore. THere are several people with over 1,000 jumps. There are people with heaps of experience to be found. That is why the MFG made the FJC's. As an accomplished student, going with jumpers with 75, 100, 200 jumps is great. But you do not have those kinds of people taking you on your first jump. THere is just NO need anymore accept impatience. But being impatient in this sport can get you killed. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

Because the manufacturers do this for a living. Not just once in a while like most experienced jumpers. Most experienced jumpers are not trained professionals. They also have not trained hundreds of students, thus having refined the art of teaching over the past decade. (Typically) You will not find a more seasoned or qualified experienced base jumper over any manufacturer. Unless they are one of the manufacturers on vacation. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

First I want to say that Nick does an amazing job on that page. I do want to note that the actual numbering is not in order of occurence. You have to look at the dates themselves. The numbers seem to be the number in which they where entered into his database. Just a small thing really. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

WOW, beach landing! Not the one I am talking about at ALL! The one I am talking about is a goat trail at best. At least when I was there. That does sound pretty good. But, cliffs should always be elt with, with the utmost respect. They will bit you quickly and it will hurt when they do. But with the correct experience/training/mental state, cliffs are my favorite! Take care, and always be safe! Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

anything on a computer that is shared among anyone else, and connected to the internet will contain written records. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

The one with Venturi winds? The one with an entire 3' wide landing area surounded by bushes and a river? The one I am talking about is not _real_ overhung and does not have a huge landing area. I am not part of any "Generally" that would take a newbie to the place I speak of ever! BTW, Since when is a 800' cliff that is not Real overhung, but ok, I will give you a few feet worth, terrible landing, unpredictable winds suitable for a 1st timer. Hell, Bridge Day is not even suitable for _SOME_ first timers, let alone a cliff. Norway has cliffs I would deem suitable for 1st timers, but there have been incidences there as well. The biggest screwup I have seen consistantly, is someone acting as an instructor, and greatly overestimating what they are capable of. Mentally and physically! I don't know who you are, so no personal offens, but I see this happening often. Most jumpers are quick to forget the actual memory of what they never saw or knew to look out for on their 1st jump(s). The more dangerous the jump like lower cliffs/winds/landing obstacles, the more likely the jumper is to loose it when something like a simple 90 left happends. I saw this is Switzerland. A simple 90 left turned into a deadly cliff strike. Why is it so hard to just _NOT_ be a BASE Teacher, and tell someone who really wants to jump to "Proove" how much they really want it. Fly to Norway, BD, to a FJC. When you have the drive to proove it, you are going to be using your mind in that effort. If someone hands it to you, you didn't have to think, or earn anything. Then you are just spoiled and taking things for granted. Like that fact that you can very easily die, or worse......get messed up for the rest of your life. Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

He wants a secure website to "Talk about Jump sites". This is exactly a forum. Just not the typical forum. Well, I won a home. I do not want the new "Homeland security" police taking that away from me. I am just being a realist. Dude have at it! I am very sorry I chimed in as a jesture of help. I guess my help is not welcome.... Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."

I'm not saying he doesn't. That particular topic was just confusing to me at first because I would see it accepted in some threads and not in others (ie, Mindygirl's post in the thread I linked above). edited to add: How is my wanting to take the Morpheus FJC at this bridge "not the type of behaviour that we need to keep the bridge opened?" (Unless that was directed at the original poster of that thread... please clarify) Otherwise, I guess I still don't get it. My impression from just the first post in the thread was that you did not elude to any FJC. Did I miss that part of the posting? Mick Knutson * BLiNC Magazine "Everything you ever wanted to know about Parachuting, but didn't know whom to ask."