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After 32 jumps off two different bridges, I did my first A this morning. Two of us went from 570, one went from 680.
We misjudged sunrise, and ended up jumping in the dark, but it still counts.
looking for B and E sometime this season.

Nice job dude!!! Did ya kick and flap on exit or were you rock solid?

Congrats!!
A's are definitely a rush on the first, and each one thereafter!
Sitflybaseboy

Nicely done my man.

One aspect of your jump raised an eyebrow, however...How long a delay were you expecting to have to take? You did know it was dark when you exited, right? Did you think it would be daylight by the time you landed?

Good luck with the B's & Es.

The other fellow that left from 570 before me was doing his virgin jump. We are all pretty solid skydivers, and one of the jumpers has over 700 base jumps.
We did misjudge the sunrise (actually cloud cover and morning haze slowed the light coming), but a night jump is no big deal, we had about 3/4 moon, and a clear view. We just didn't feel like sitting up there for 20-30 more minutes just to get a little more light.
It did f up the video though.
Even the first timer had a rock-solid exit, very nice.
I took a 2-2.5, just an easy jump.
Thanks for the support, it was quite fun.

Well then what was the point doing the jump?

Michael