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Greetings,
This weekend was a wild one in TF. Many jumpers from all over showed up, and pulled off alot of jumps!
The Australian crew jumped non-stop,,,very impressive jumps too! Liv pulled off what could have been a very bad landing under line twists. She rode it all the way to the rocks and was injury free,, AWESOME!

Russel made 4 jumps. He made his first delays,, a Hand-held and then a stowed jump. Nice JOB Russel,,wish I hadnt missed that!!!

Anywho, I'll post some of my favorite pix. In all I shot over 700 photos, so if you were there,,odds are I have your picture... I will have many more posted on my web site ASAP.

Hope you like the pix!!!!!

Later
Josh Morell
www.imagethisphoto.com

Nice Pictures Josh. I'd be interested in seeing the rest. I was there along with a couple friends of mine. One being a first timer.

I jumped with the Aussies a couple times. They have a reputation for a reason . They're a great bunch of folks to hang out with and some damn good BASE jumpers.

Thanks for the props on pix, glad you like 'em.
Congrats to the first timer!!

I have too many pictures to send them all,,unless your rich$$ then we can work something out...

I'd be happy to search for the desired photos and e-mail them 2 U. Send me a description of the Rig Colors, Brands/Logos, Helmet, ect...

Also check out my web site, I'll be posting new pictures daily. www.imagethisphoto.com

Cya,
Josh Morell
imagethisphoto@lycos.com

Lots of fun this weekend. The highlight, for me, was witnessing Russell's stowed jump with a very respectable delay. It was awesome to someone that'd be expected to live a limited a lifestyle go far above and beyond the vast majority of people in the world. And major props to Tom's backyard engineering and desire to help make it all possible.

Jared (swoopnutz) came along for the ride, just to check the stuff out. He ended out making 8 jumps (10 now), all stowed, including a floater and two two-ways, and learned how to pack. Unfortunately, he got stuck with the no-slider rig (except for the last jump where we swapped rigs). He also got stuck with the Portland crew, who apparently waits until the wind picks up to start jumping.

If you have any pictures of a short guy with a red helmet, email me the pic and I will probably buy a hard copy.

You don't happen to have a photo of Russel in his wheelchair, or better yet one that shows both him jumping or about to jump, and his empty wheelchair somewhere in the background, do you?

Thanks for posting those pics! I had a great time out there and I'm looking forward to what's to come. I ended up making 15 jumps while I was out there, could have made more if not for the 1.75 wind days.

Josh,

I'll shoot you an email when I get home to find out how to get some pics.

I have to say, I don't think there could have been a better ending to my trip then walking out on the bridge to watch, seeing Russel freefall, and then getting handed a water rig. It was great meeting all of you people and I hope to see you all at an exit point soon. BTW, Josh, don't know if you got any pictures of me, I had a green and black tie dye rig, but you might not be able to see it around the pony tail .
Adam

I'll start looking... Can you give me any more details, like rig color, brands/logos. Also if you know the day and approx time you jumped...

B N touch,
Josh Morell
imagethisphoto@lycos.com
www.imagethisphoto.com

Yes I do. The Colours logo isnt very big,,but its there. I also have several photos of Russel Packing his canopy.
I'll be sending Russel a CD (full res.) of his pix. Should I send one to you also?

For those of you wondering what we are chatting about: Tom's Wife brought up the idea of getting a sponsor/s for Russel. One Company was Colours, a wheelchair MFG. Anyone have any leads or suggestions fire away...
Tom, will you and your wife adopt me,,,,LOL! You guys are great!


B Chat'n
Josh Morell
www.imagethisphoto.com
imagethisphoto@lycos.com

Is this Adam, "That was Dumb" that was sporting the Belly Cam? If so, I do have a few Pix of you. I will get them converted for e-mail and post them asap. Thanks for the wild show! Cant wait to see the video again!
Josh Morell
www.imagethisphoto.com
imagethisphoto@lycos.com

Adam,

Check these 2 pix out.

Josh Morell
www.imagethisphoto.com
imagethisphoto@lycos.com

That WAS dumb! Yet VERY fun. That belly mount captured some good footage over the weekend. I am getting everything fire wired for me, then mailed, so I don't know how long till I have it, but if you need a copy of the video I am sure I can arrange something. Would love to see some pics though if you get time, that would be awesome (hopefully I'm not flailing in any ). It was great meeting you, and also great having a pro photographer at the exit point . I'll send you an email with my info here soon as well.
Adam

Damn! You are fast! Thanks!

Yes the video turned out great! I will be getting a copy of the video from Russel,, Thanks for the offer!!
Can you send your info and your jump'n buddies, for credit.

BTW- I do have pix of the 5 way. the lighting (bridge shadow) was bad, but the pix turned out,, somewhat.

Late,
Josh Morell
www.imagethisphoto.com
imagethisphoto@lycos.com

I was there the whole week and my rig was black with purple binding tape. Look for the red pro tec helmet thats a dead giveaway. Thank you.

Omar were you there this week or are you confusing Labor Day with Memorial Day? I didn't see you. But then I was only around on Saturday and Sunday.

To ImageThisPhoto:

I was only jumping on Saturday but I jump a red/black tie-die rig with a red with black center cell FLiK canopy and I wear a black 1/2 shell protec helmet. Any pics of this jackass? (that would be me). I was the one doing all of those (less than appealing) solo belly to earth jumps as I pretty much suck and don't have the ##### to do aerials (at least not yet).

Doing aerials is _far_ from being a sign of skill as a BASE jumper. And not doing aerials is hardly an indicator that you suck.

Got any shots of the Aussies that were there - two of my good friends, Rusty & Dallas, were out there both having recently done the FJC. Keep getting txts from them to up date me with the details and would love to see some snaps.

Got any pics of me black helmet w/ go fast hawkeye mirage stickers and a top mount camera nice steel camera case....my rig has a skull and crossbones on a black and purple rig or bio hazard in red on an all black rig


thanks
Sky

skylar@bdel.com

Oops i feel stupid now.

Definitely true.

Totes. I was doing mainly solo belly-to-earth jumps and I'm awesome... at everything... always. OK, maybe not. Anywho...

I was the guy with the no helmet and a lip ring. I usually wore jeans or shorts and one time a red Nintendo jacket. If you got any pictures of me, I'LL KICK YOUR ASS! I mean, er... duck?




I'm still afraid of bears.

Sup Canuckle,
Sorry I missed your jump/s!
PM me and maybe I can get you in action at your local site/s.
I'm sorry to have missed U!!!!
Josh Morell
www.imagethisphoto.com

TOO ALL- As luck would have it, my modem/computer is acting up so my replies may be slowed a touch....

In general I have several pix of the Aussie crew. I do believe there was two different groups (both from OZ) of them, that didnt know eachother... The main group was Jason, Liv, Rusty and Dallas (I think)
If Rusty is the Aussie with the colorful Tats on the right arm,,I have a bunch of photos of him. Those guys jumped more than any other group there. At times I would double take because I just watched them jump, and they were right back at exit within minutes! I did leave my card with most all of them.
Check Out my website for pix of Jason and Liv.

I hope these attached pix are them!!!
Josh Morell
www.imagethsiphoto.com

Well I guess my ass is OK, I dont have any pix of U. I did see you and the Portland crew arrive late Saturday, right when I called it quits.
Sorry about that,,,if you wanted pix....
I'm in Medford and travel to P'land often. Let me know if I can photo some jumps at your local sites. Please forward this to Ray L....

Josh Morell
www.imagethisphoto.com
Josh Morell

Do you happen to have any with the guy on the right in this picture?

I had grey half shell helmet, grey pants and probably a black shirt. I have a Black rig and my ghetto gear is green and purple has a yellow shrivel flap on it.

Thanks for those. Whilst that does look freakily like Rusty it isn't him. Rusty does have Tats but they are wierd coloured ones on his upper arms. Oh well, if you don't then I am sure he will bring some back.

many thanks from all for the pics on demand!

I enjoyed meeting and jumping with so many folks over Labor Day. BASE kicks ass.

Baxter.

p.s. glad to see that all that house renovation has not decreased Tom's wing-loading!!!

I believe the one you've labelled "Rusty" is actually Phil, another Aussie.

Dallas and Rusty started jumping with Jason and his group, but they had arrived at different times, and I believe had actually met here for the first time.

That's Phil, not Rusty. Good pic, though.

I think the one labeled Dallas is Aaron, another OZ.