katzurki

Fifth jump made! First freefall, went flawlessly. Currently writing from Atmosphere Gear facility as I wait to get measured for a BASE H/C.

Exactly the reason why I decided to wuss out and do another PCA today.

So, Will, you on to the double gainer tomorrow for your third, or just the freefall?

I am Russian! Give it to me! I know a guy buys them for $100 apiece and sells me a new unit at dealer price :) Technically, though, we follow the book. Although if we went completely by The Book, all foreign gear would be illegal to jump here. :\

I think fear was (is) the main issue. My third jump went perfectly in terms of launch. I have the first jump on video but it's neither very interesting nor beautiful as far as scenery goes, to watch.

Third time's the charm! Perfect launch, acceptable landing, so I passed BASE "AFF" level 1. Of course, no video to prove it this time :)

I also found the exit to be a little psychologically easier if I went with the "go," plus an extra beat. So at exit point, the countdown went like this, at regular intervals: Ready... steady... set... go! fuck!!! (shout I seeing the antenna whiz by upside-down: launch booboo again.)

Just out of curiousity, are you being PCAd? Congratulations on your jumps! Oh yes, I am. And thanks! I am not exactly sure what a pendulator is, but if my third jump shows no improvement I am off to the gym pit to practice exits, says my mentor. How do you overcome weak legs that make the launch so bad? Force of will? Just keep jumping till fear wears off*? The second jump was much calmer. Edit: sorry, I obviously meant to say "till fear subsides a little bit"

Thanks! Second jump now done, much in the same frustrating fashion -- i.e. too headdown. Thankfully, it was a little lighter this time, albeit the winds made landing sorta rough(ish). Friend made his first jump today, already a near-perfect launch and a near-perfect landing, of which Helxen and I shot some great footage. Post up the experience, man! Third jump hopefully tomorrow.

These rigs look very much parapack; is yours parapack, Sid? I wonder if cordura racers look as crumply. You want looks, go fur

She knows this how.... And that takes a lot of courage to admit in an online public forum. Well, I had staggered into our apartment after a few wild nights before... you know, the silly-grin look and overall elatedness... apparently this one topped them all.

About 5 hours ago, with the sun almost set, on a Troll MDV 265 (285), in a Gargoyle WS off a 360 ft A. After I climbed to the exit, it took about 3 minutes (with the mentor patiently standing by my side, my pilot chute in his hand, never once complaining about the bitter cold winds, except an occasional "don't look down" and "it's getting dark" remark) of getting ready. The jump itself was rather a fiasco in the sense that I went so head-down, damn the shaking knees. At least the landing was beautifully soft and stand-upable (though I did not). Two days before the jump I got (extra) insurance and wrote the recommended letter. The insurance company's policy is that their insurance kicks in three days after the signing at the soonest, so we had to add a special clause for it to be in effect right from the following day. Thank you, dz.com friend, who took the trouble of climbing up the A to film the whole thing, then down the A after the jump. Can't show the footage yet, though. My next jump's tomorrow, and so, incidentally, is the friend's (his first). Oh yeah, on coming home, my sister said I looked like I had best sex ever

Another one to keep with the gay tendencies in this thread ;)

Something along these lines, too: I want a fat babe.

He was probably joking, you just took it too seriously. Really, can't you tell when a person is having a simple, light-hearted joke at you?

How/Where can you do that? ...The software part, I know how to change a batt. Here we are, the great AFS guys. We update Neptunes, change diapers, open beer bottles, drink them, notify next of kin, what have you... Our famous last words are: "This new beta software functionality is fantastic!" Your Neptune has come to its flawless working state through a field of experience littered with AFS guys corpses... Cherish us already! I need a backrub. Edit: Failing that (if you are reluctant to give backrubs that is), you can send the unit to Lara at Alti-2; read the site to find out the address.

You basically got it right, Will. It happened in March, 2000. The first take went flawlessly. The helicopter's door was attached to his feet like a skysurfer's board, and on the second take the lock jammed. He had to throw the pilot chute three times (a Velocity 84) before it got out of the burble. The whole contraption started to spin, he cutaway the main but was unable to deploy the reserve. In the end, he impacted while still on top of that huge metal door. The spinning caused more injuries than did the impact. A year of recovery followed. He started jumping tandems again last year.

1. Firmware version? 2. Battery level? Buttons hard to press = well, duh, it's supposed to be waterproof, and is.

Was it a hand-mount or a wrist-mount? Alti as in an analog Altimaster altimeter, not a Neptune, right?

If the repost police punished by how many times the subject has been posted before, and if the punishment for a single-repost joke was a verbal warning or a light fine... well, you've just got death penalty.

My weight varies by 10 lbs on any given day, usually at its lowest after 14 hours of sleep (I need that once week so I can run 4 hours of sleep on weekdays). How do you set the mark? Subtract 5 lbs from the lowest weight during a day?

Look, I prcatically gave you the whole recipe :) nothing left but to try it out. mulled wine sounds so lame. in deutsch it's called Gluhwein I overlooked one step. You will want to put in the spice right at the beginning. then of course filter through that wiry thing with little holes...

I've got exactly the place for you to share all your dog and other experiences. It's called /dev/null

What do you clal this thing in English.. the one I've been drinking for the past half hour. semi-sweet red wine, heat up to when it just starts to emit steam, put in lots of spice (lemon grass, cinnamon, and other things I have no intention or ability of looking up the translation for), a lemon or a lime, some honey, then drink it while it's hot. ahh, mulled wine MULLED WINE? I don't want my wine mulled or donkeyed or whatever. where's the fancy name?

If someone washed my rig and washed the airbrushing off the back of it....oh man would I be pissed. Can I see your rig?