Tom Francis wrote:
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:57:10 -0400, BAR wrote:

Tom Francis wrote:
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:06:54 -0400, BAR wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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On Sep 9, 8:29 am, BAR wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
http://morrobayphotos.com/uscg/USCG%...epages/_1DSC_2...
or
http://tinyurl.com/2adl2u
Can't be that bad if surfers are in the water.
Looks like the surfers are inside some kind of breakwater. That is a
pretty long lens. Great shots though. For the record, I think I would
take that ride once anyway. I think

Just sitting in the room where they begin teaching how to do it - that would
be interesting. I wonder how many synonyms they find for "adrenalin".
Throwing you body at the earth at 120 MPH with only a sewing machine and
some nylon between life and death will get your adrenalin coursing
through your veins.
You had to make your parachute on the way down after you jumped?

Damn - that must have been one tough jump school.
I was a prick of an AFF Jumpmaster. It was my signature signing off the
students jumps.

Yeah - but make your own parachute on the way down?!?!?

Dude... :)

When you think about a parachute, harness and container and how it is
made it is really amazing. No or minimal mechanical fasteners other than
on the leg straps and the chest strap, other than that everything is a
form of lock stitching on a sewing machine.

400' and you finally deploy the pilot chute with hope that everything
will work properly before you become a crimson crater.