Re: So, any good snow jumping stories out there?

On Jan 17, 7:24 pm, Don <do...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the unknown flailer wrote:
On Jan 16, 10:39 pm, Don <do...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
brokeneagle wrote:
It's snowing pretty good here in the shitty city of Atlanta, GA.;
brings to mind the times I've jumped in snow as a regular jumper and
been put out hanging on the strut of our old Sky-Tractor Cessna 182 on
a static-line jump with sleet peppering me in the face by an unnamed
jumpmaster as a student years ago; many small bruises and much fun- it
seemed sometimes harder to gauge decent landings due to depth of snow
on the ground... anyone else?  :D
My first civilian jump was a 30 second delay from a C-182 in November
1969 at the UMass club in Turners Falls, MA using a 28' round lopo with
a 7TU mod.  It was about 30 and clear as a bell - on the ground.  At
altitude, there were ice crystals from about 5,000 ft and up & 0 at
7,200 ft.  I looked like I had a sunburn when I got down.  My hands and
face were so cold when I opened that I grabbed all the front riser I
could reach and pulled them way down so I would get to the ground as
fast as possible - standard practice for HALO.  Because I had a B
license, the ASO (todays S&TA) didn't look at my logbook to check my
experience and background, and everyone thought I was trying to kill
myself.  At about 50 feet, I let the risers go, turned a bit to face
into the wind and did a standup.  They weren't going to let me jump
again (ever), but fortunately the President of the club was an ex SF guy
who had about 100 HALO jumps, and when I explained why I had done what I
did and they looked over my logbook (and found out that I was a rigger),
all was forgiven.

you still active?

Nope, I made tandems for 4 or 5 years after I got crippled, but my bones
have gotten too brittle.  I can break a leg just falling out of my
wheelchair.  

I understand that, the bones on my paralyzed side are brittle, the
Doctors always on my old ass about doing my Frankenstein walk...He
says I can break a leg stepping off the porch, forget falling :) I
think I drive him crazy----he wants to keep me alive to see 80, Its
about independence and quality of life to me, not length.



I still manifest at Jumptown (Orange), though.

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Thats active enough for a guy in bad medical shape.....Bravo Zulu,
good for you!
Do you give the youngsters hell? Nah, never mind I guess as staff
manifest, you can't unless its subtle....A lot of shit seems to go
over the younger crowds head and not all of them are bad kids---their
were just a few around my old home DZ', You know the Superflagilistic
extra egotistic type that hangs around wreck....Anyway drive on, keep
on keeping on Don, you're doing fine..

My definition of"Kid": Anyone under 65 ;)

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