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the most recent NY tmes book review ( 20 feb 2005) discusses the book
NATURE NOIR, A PARK RANGERS PATROL IN THE SIERRA.
The ranger is described as working in a river valley park in northern california, one that is now supposed to be under water do to dam development.

one of the quotes is, " on his patrol smith encounters the many ways that people enjoy themselves... and also those that commit suicide, parachute from a bridge, toss a parachute wearing chicken from a bridge and throw rocks at the samaritans hundreds of feet below - who try to untangle the hapless chicken from said parachute".


what's up with that?

be safe

kleggo

I knew I took up the wrong sport... damn!

This is very similar to a chicken assist. Instead of a pilot chute, I use a live chicken for sub 200 FF. When you through them into the air, they will fly for a short time. Hitch the bridle around each leg and this works just as well as a PCA. Realing in the chicken after landing is almost as much fun as the jump! Just make sure you dont use a lazy chicken.
The chickens usualy last 3 to 4 jumps (more if you feed them).
Safe Jumps
Dont count your chickens before they SPLAT!
Nate

Aah, the Primary Chicken Assist. How about SL's, what is the breaking strain of a chicken?

Chicken SL.- Hitch bridle to one leg of the chicken. Let the chicken roost on the exit point. Then, once you leave, the chicken (content with roosting) will try to hang on with the other leg untill the chicken is yanked off at line stretch. Depending on the strength of the chicken, pull force is 40 to 50 lbs. Plenty for a Static Chicken Assist (SCA).

NOTE: If you cant get your hands on a chicken, 8 chicks bound tegether is equal to a 36'' PC.

every reply so far is a gut buster lmao

I like this thread! Keep it comin'!!

For longer delays, I affix a one-inch wooden dowel rod horizontally across the bottom flap. You affix the bridle to the chickens legs, then let the chicken perch on the dowel rod. Upon exit the chicken is content to perch on the roost in my burble until I reach back and brush him off his perch with one arm. This is commonly known as the BOC (Brush Off Chicken) deployment.

I was wondering if someone could recommend me a special throwing technic for go and throws... Or a way to start the wings flapping for some extra drag.

thanks in advance!

I've never seen chickens thrown off of a bridge, but I have seen paraplegics (with huge balls) thrown off.

I've heard a good, swift, poke to the a$$ with a Turkey baster gets their wings going pretty quick. Although that might be hard to do once you've already pitched.

For extra drag,, we have second-hand information that administering certain illegal stimulants to a chicken can dramatically improve it's drag capabilities. For example a 24"-wingspan chicken can generate the drag of a chicken with a 40" wingspan. There are caveats:
- The drugs should be administered within 15 minutes of exit.
- Once juiced, the chicken will not stay on a perch, so techniques such as BOC cannot be utilized.
- This puts such stress on the chicken, that it should be replaced (or barbecued) after each jump.

If you butcher the chicken soon after landing, would the chemicals still be in the bird's system, to be distributed to barbecue eaters?

only for 1 or 2 jumps or else it would be crime, i hope your not lazy

Benjamín

nate are you serious?

 

I will do the same to you when i meet you and enjoy it even more than you did

I have already been there on more than one occation! I was attached to Smiley's bridle from 235'! Check out Thread the Needle II. The vid is in there. The new Needle kicks a$$. Much better than the first one. The inverted BASE repel is SICK!

Alana,
It is true. I use chickens to BASE jump. Understand that it is for low stuff ONLY. The cage of chickens is a bich to get up the ladder.
Did you get your copy of the Needle? There a couple Nut Sac Assists in there.

Rock out the Poop Spoon!
nate

oh la la! there's a new thread the needle dvd out??? how can i get a copy of that?? i need a sweet BASE video to watch! you always make the best ones! oh, and the poop spoon is definately rockin out!

hey, did you see that new episode of recess?

Just to all those people that think safety nate is kidding, he is not. He is a sick person. Safety Nate has a long history of animal cruelty and has been before court due to the matter on several occasions. Don't ever let him around your animals (especially chickens). He once constructed a harness to put on his cat equipped with a 48 on it just to throw the cat off of the third story. Just to see "if it would work" and also with blatent disregard for the animals safety. Another time at the DZ, there was an abandoned group of kittens that he repeatedly ran over with the four wheeler, again, just for fun.

Yes, its a very happy by-product of this deployment method.

Safety note: heavier jumpers should consider using Turkeys.

For anyone who does wingsuit BASE, turkeys can often cause premature deployments as they can't balance well on your back in the slipstream.

Instead, try using a flying squirrel or a sugar glider as a PC. Both are quite happy living in a leg pouch if you keep them supplied with nuts.

For static line jumps I have found that using a cornish hen and a whole tube of shoe goo works great. As an added bonus at the end of the jump the bird is already plucked on one side. They sell tiny bottle of Tabasco and BBQ sauce to keep in your saddle/stash bags.

He's a chickenfucker.

Alive or KFC, he has no preference.

Cut the chicken's head off.

The first "BASE jump" I ever saw occurred when I was about 4 years old. My father decapitated a chicken (with a hatchet) and the body of the chicken went running over an embankment, flapping the entire time. My father caught up with it on the other side of the brook.

rl

Hey! didn't I copyright the language for that method?? Anyway, PEOPLE GET YOUR COPY OF THE NEEDLE 2!! Got to see it in Marthon and it's fuckin awesome. Base jumping with random acts of stupidity....** ALL OF THE CHICKENS IN THIS VIDEO HAVE THEIR FACES BLURRED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT** And if freefalling 220 is up your alley, you should see the 2 Nut-Sack Assists from 220, there's no chickens in that video!(maybe a nut-sack or 2!)

Now Ryan...... Nate had some problems with adult cats and 42/48 inch PC's. At a certain 30' B in Ohio a couple went in with too fast of a decent rate(the 42 inch). At another B that is 34'(the one by the police station) a couple got their nails caught in the mesh of the pilot chutes as they were throwing them.(those were messy) I've talked to him and he realizes the downfall of his thinking....We found a nice 36' S with water under it. So we went to the 52 inch PC with a different sl assist and everything is fine now! Seeing them spaz as they jump is funny....but it gets better when they hit the water!
I hope I was vague enough on the locations of the B's and S nate?

Kentucky Fucked Chicken? I have my suspicions about the 'secret ingredient'...

You guys are seriously disturbed and I'm not sharing my live-stock with you.

 

LIVE-STOCK??!!?? That normally means a herd or two! Just like a base-jumper to keep it all for himself and not share with anybody...

I hear chickens come with a tail pocket as standard. Has anyone ever tried stowing anything in their chicken's tail pocket?

so you are keeping it all to yourself?

Only debagged giblets.

Is a chickens rectum stronger than half a black band ?

What's wrong with that? Chickens are a sport necessity. Early in my carreer, the "Chucken" was introduced to me by the "World Famous" and the McConkster. From that point onward, It was all about developing the proper chucking the chicken techniques. When I'd first started chucking the chicken, it worked, but often there was premature extraction due to beginners anxiety.

ryoder pointed out the proper way to use BOC. That little tidbit of information is going to save lots of hassle. Thanks ryoder.

Juiced chickens will be a new party favorite as well.

Chucking the chicken? Chucking??? And all this time I thought it was 'choking'. This explains a lot.

I didn't think he was kidding, I was dead serious

Sorry if you misunderstood - my sheep are for shearing not sharing.

 

Boy can dream....... MAYBE for every sheep I shear,... nevermind!

And I heard he has enormous hemorrhoids that are like big stinky, brown balloons.
-family guy

 

Biggest in the state. They're huge. I heard he needed a harness re-size just to get them in there.

Working on a Primary Chicken Assist #.

I ran out of break cord and all I could think is "Wish I had a chicken!"

wow
how did this thread bubble up to the top?
i don't even remember initiating it.