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Minimum height for BASE??? I have friends that do a 173 foot cliff, but they've been in the sport a while. Also, when you consider height, you have to consider landing area and alternate landing areas... it's not just the height factor. Oh, and you also have to consider whether you go stowed, hand-held, PCA, or static line. If you are really interested in the sport, I suggest going through the course that is offered by Basic Research. They do jumps with you, teach you about the gear (there are a lot of differences between skydiving gear and BASE gear), and they teach you how to pack (again, different that packing a skydiving canopy). They do have requirements on how many skydives you have... I believe 150. BASE is a lot different than skydiving though... you have to be able to make split second decisions... and there's no reserve... so you better have balls of steel. Good luck. 3-2-1-C-YA Dar "Don't let the world bring you down Not everyone here is that f*#@ed up and cold."
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13 to 12 now.... I think it should be BORED SLUT instead of BOARD SLUT.... Blues! Dar "Remember why you came and while you're alive experience the warmth before you grow old"
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First off, BASE is only ILLEGAL in govertment parks... it's the trespassing factor that is illegal everywhere else. BASE jumpers aren't insane, contrary to the belief of most people. You would think that skydivers would be more open minded about it. Check out blincmagazine... they have a public BASE board. You can post, but most BASE jumpers tend to be VERY careful about who they talk to since the cops frequent the web site. Also check out baselogic. I know quite a few BASE jumpers, and can answer some questions for you, but don't ask for names or places to BASE, cuz you won't get any answers about that stuff. There are a few organized legal jumps such as Bridge Day which is next month I believe. Hope I've been of some help. Blues! Dar "Don't let the world get you down Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold."- Incubus
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Clubber, I couldn't find your tent. You gonna give up on me that easy or what? We could still do the skydiving weddings. That other guy probably sucks. Blues! Dar "Don't let the world get you down Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold"
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I missed you most. Blues! Dar
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You're SICK Clay... SICK... SICK... SICK... Will you marry me? Dar "Don't let the world bring you down Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold" - Incubus
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-- "It's just cause you're so damn good." -- Thanks Clay. It's not the only thing I'm good at. Blues! Dar "Don't let the world get you down Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold" - Incubus
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Clay, what Everclear song is that from? Blues! Dar "Don't let the world bring you down Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold" - Incubus
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MarkM, I don't see how you think it has to do with student canopies being so big.... and I don't think it's just a GIRL problem... I stood up my Level 3 AFF with a huge student canopy... I only weigh 140... and I'm a GIRL. So that puts those 2 theories to shit. Blues! Dar "Too much listening Not enough living" - Vertical Horizon
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I make all of my posts from work.... tells how much work I do huh?? Blues! Dar "Don't let the world bring you down Not everyone here is that f*#@ed up and cold"
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YEAH!!! Cool BASE jump... though I don't know of any BASE jumper that would be willing to do it, since they'd end up in jail (fined for trespassing and endangerment) with a confiscated BASE rig (which the cops are not required to return to you... $2000 down the drain). Besides, the fun of BASE in cities is people NOT knowing that you were there. Blues! Dar
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I personally think that a "dark" sense of humor signifies a person that doesn't truly fear dying. Of course, none of us WANT to die... but we also want to LIVE... and that requires living on the edge (for most of us anyway). I know that when I jump out of that plane, I want to land safely, but I also know that if I don't, I would have died doing something I loved... not on the freeway because of some drunk or something. I joke about bouncing... I think we all do... maybe it's just our way of dealing with the fear of not being able to live to jump another day. Just my pennies worth. Blues! Dar
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GEESH... You're even the right age!!! Wahoooo!!! Blues! Dar
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If I'm gonna be Mrs. Reverend Clubber.... what's my hubby look like... are you like 5'2" 350 lbs 86 years old??? We need lots of other employees... we'll need people for advertising... marriage counseling... Man... this might actually work.... ROFLMAO. Blues! Dar
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SSSSHHHHHH!!!!! I AM Heidi Fleiss. Blues! Dar
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Okay... I'm in... SoCal is the place for me... when do I start??? If we're gonna do the weddings, too... do I have to help with those too??? Always the bridesmaid... never the bride... Blues! Dar
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Okay... topless everything for Clay... what about for us chicks though???? Bottomless male pilots and packers???... LOL Blues! Dar
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I must have left it in my other computer.... LOL. How about a description??... I'll scan my face later. 5'9" 140 blond/green Maybe we could support our habit by starting a dating service for altiholics??? Blues! Dar "There's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane." (I should know, I'm a reformed aircraft mechanic... LOL)
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You're not the only one that's an altiholic.... anybody got any info on how to become a drug runner to support my habit??? Let's be serious though. My name is Dar, and I'm an altiholic. It all started when I decided to date a skydiver. I was hooked before I even jumped. I spent hours watching skydiving videos and reading books and mags about skydiving. I couldn't afford to support my habit... and myself. Now I live with my parents... you guessed it... so I can have $$ to skydive. I am also in the middle of a bankruptcy... I wonder why. I would just go live in a tent at the dz, but I live in Minnesota, so I would be an icicle here in a couple of months. Anybody got tent space in a WARM state??? My parents were hoping that I'd give up skydiving when I gave up the skydiving boyfriend.... well, actually... they think I gave up skydiving too... what they don't know.... You know that you're an altiholic when... Your #1 prerequesite to date a man is that he be a skydiver. Am I sick, or WHAT??? I am only attracted to altiholics... is there a medication for that? LOL Blues! Dar "If God had meant us to stay on the ground, he would have given us roots."
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Going through altitude withdrawal??? You're in the right place... this IS altiholics anonymous... isn't it??? Blues, Dar
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mmmmmmmmmmm.... there's life besides skydiving???? okay, I guess I do other things... I take tai-kwon-do, snowboard when it's too cold to skydive, I run a lot (gonna do my first 5K this fall), I go to the gym and get buff, I just got into photography... but I really only like to take pictures of skydiving, so I guess that's not a seperate hobby... I also ground crew for some BASE jumping buds... thought last time I did that, I ended up with a $200 fine for vehicular trespassing on a bridge... a misdemeanor... what a joke... LOL... I don't really do much of anything else that is interesting... except hang out on the rooftops of San Diego's high rises whenever I'm out there. And I'll be doing my AFF Level 4 in 2 days.... YEAH!!!! Blues, Dar
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Hey sis, I'm sooooo glad to be back among the cool people. I am so sick of talking to whuffos!!! (and it seems like every damn person I know is a whuffo!!!) I had to do a recurrency jump (Level 3 AGAIN) last weekend, now that I finally have $$ to skydive again. Best thing about the jump...... no PLF.... actually stood it up. Doing Level 4 this weekend... just trying to find a good dz in this crappy state (Minnesota). Blues! Dar
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Hey wingnut, you should have been in SoCal last weekend... I was out there skydiving. I guess I just got bad timing. Sucks to be me. Someday...... Blue skies! Dar
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I only have 4... :( Though that's one more than the last time I posted on here. Any of my buds on here remember me?