Re: [magot] skydiving magazine
Just to make this public, I have sent an email to Maggot as well. I thought that my comments on the accidents at the TB would be a small part of a large article, not the main point of the article. It did not help that Robin interviewed me on the second night after spending two days recovering Jerry's canopy. I was pissed and I admit it. I shouldn't have let the steam of the moment come through in my interview. Both Maggot and Marty have made awesome donations to cover the recovery and to bulk up Apex's medical and rescue supplies which hopefully will not be used by anyone, but are there for anyone who needs them. I didn't even want Maggot's name mentioned, but it is too late now. Overall, it frightens me with the overall attitude of alot of the younger jumpers, like maybe BASE isn't as dangerous as it truly is. We have seen so much shit(anyone who's been in the sport for any amount of time) and I guess my feelings about it all flooded out in this interview. As a direct result of the FIVE wallstrikes that happened in November in Moab, two of which required search and rescue, not including the strikes during the boogie. The locals are like, what is going on? We are taking at least a year off from the Turkey Boogie, and this makes me upset as well. Anyway, I really like Jerry and I didn't want the article to come out sounding the way it did, but at the same time, IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP or lose what we have.
Jimmy P