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Hey,

somebody recently sold a used rig to somebody in British Columbia, Canada. I believe it came from California, but I could be wrong.

If you did, please drop me a PM.

Thanks,

Jaap Suter

I also heard of a new skydiver here in the UK with a BASE rig that he bought from a guy in California that contained a cruiselite. He was asking around my local DZ to get people to pack it so "I can jump it" and he also wondered if the big PC he had was too big for BASE..............

He He - you two - what did you do, Mac, pull out your heater and blow his head off?

For christsakes - no one is born knowing how to BASE jump. Why not try going over there and helping the guy out.

You're just spitting in the soup we all have to eat later . . .

NickD
BASE 194

I'm pretty sure that's already been tried, by multiple people, on several occasions.

In the interest of clarity, I'll add to the story - I was the person who spoke to this jumper....

A friend asked me to help a guy who was looking for "someone who knows how to pack a BASE rig".

Spoke to the guy: he has 80 jumps and apparently he had asked a friend in CA to buy him a 2nd hand rig because they are cheaper out there; this friend accidentally bought him a BASE rig. The rig had "75 jumps, no water landings" according to the seller. Asked the new owner his intentions and he said "jump it?". I advised strongly against this, although I told him that its "his life".... All this before taking the rig out of the stash bag.

Rig is a Vertex, in OK condition with relatively new Velcro. Canopy is a Cruiselite, a lot more then 75 jumps on it. One pilot chute, prob 48'' (didn't measure it), 4 spoke. I commented "you probably wouldn't want to use this PC"; he said "because its too big?". Hmmmm....

Long story short, told the guy that the canopy is actually built for skydiving and there is specific BASE gear now-a-days. Strongly recommended against him jumping; if he is interested in BASE he should get a couple hundred more jumps and go and do a FJC (all the usual "have you heard of the Perrine?" "No" "etc etc").

What concerns me is that if his story is true, someone in CA sold an old bit of non-specific BASE gear to a non-jumper, no questions asked and mis-leading info given. Hopefully this won't become a grid reference....