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Miles D's 730 in 2006 Final Jump Tally

Its official. Miles did 737 jumps in the year 2006. OJ Lawrence wins the rig. Congratulations OJ! Everyone else: Thanks for playing, better luck next time.

Congratulations Miles for charging harder than any of us ever could and for doing more jumps in one year than 99% of all base jumpers have in total. You most likely have more base jumps than anyone else in the world, as you well should since you live in Twin Falls. Oh, and for those of you who are gonna cry about how "its not a base jump if its unpacked" or "its not about the numbers" here are some numbers we got from miles for you to suck on for a while. Most impressive perhaps is the one at the bottom that has the 0.

Official tally of his jumps in 2006:
Total jumps in 2006 = 737
Jumps with a packed rig = 118
Jumps unpacked = 619
Total vertical feet hiked = 360,000ish
Total times taking a boat ride instead (in TF) = 8
Total rotations = 495ish

What kind of unpacked and how many of each:
McConkeys 280
McConkeys retarded 86
Tards 147
Swingunders (Under) 73
McTwisters (sideways McConkeys in unsafe winds to jump over) 23
Utah Drops 6
Blue (As in "Yer my boy Blue!" - floater McConkey) 3
Tard Away (Off La M.....La Elk in the Swiss Valley) 1

- Most in 1 day = 86 using Dan's crane. 23 hiking.
- Longest swoop = 130 ft swoop marks in the snow.
- Times swooped the porcupine = 8

Total lifetime base jumps - 1839
Total lifetime injuries base jumping - 0

- Biggest accomlishment this year - Conceiving, helping birth and bringing home healthy baby girl #2.
- Second coolest accomplishment this year - Winning $2 from Cliff Huckstable as well as his rig (because OJ gave it to me) by completing 737 jumps in the year 2006.

Happy New Year

-Uncle Potato Head

glad to be there for the last ten and for the two of 07. next year do 737 while holding roman candles... i have NO IDEA where that idea came from.

here is miles swoopin in the new year 12/31/06 (jump number 737):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSriuFfHfi0

ha ha I guess that Makes Miles the most experienec jumper in the catogry "unpacked"

Good work dude,Hats off..even as im still disapointed that you didnt hit 850 jumps so i could win the rig

sorry to say that has to be 2..

#1-Miles suffer from the BASE Yahoo thing,he keeps saying that word all the time

#2-Miles chins has frozen into a big grin on his face,that guy never looks sad or angy

I would say any of us could live whith thouse injuryes

Keep going MR Miles energy bunny

Ps most oimpressed is that he only took 8 boatrides.. dude all that climbing aint healthy

Ya Miles! well done on a big endeavor, i think very few have even close the passion for b.a.s.e and life in general as you do. glad i was able to huck a few with ya during this project.


...thanks to uncle potato for his diligent recording and general radness

Those #'s are impressive, congrats on the accomplishment. Although, I believe the above statement to be untrue. ...but its not all about #'s anyways...
Later
Blair

I don't know if you'll even end up reading this, but right on man.

I am curious to know how many of those jumps were off the potato Bridge. Even just a guess would be enough for me.

I am surprised that he had only 8 boat rides out, as I was on 2 or 3 of them in one weekend (I think it was 3). During the Perrine Bridge Festival. Miles was nice enough to take us out in his boat a couple times.

Miles is a Machine. I wish I could be exited about life as he is.

Andrew

Don't wish. Be. You have every reason to.

yeeeeehaaaaa cowboy, who fuckin' cares????????

the guy is my hero. I had, and still have a few really shitty legs, and it hurt like a bitch to climb out, so he lent me his kayak whlie him and his fam were out there. i boated out, and he machined his way the 500'. that was great. thanks man. im going to have to buy a kayak. ill be at potato in 2 days. wait. cold. hmm...

Thanks for that.

I love life, maybe I just am jealous of his ability to espress that love for life.

Bugger... one jump off!!!

Miles,

You're da man!

Great jumper, great being.

Your love for life should be an inspiration to us all.

Hey BaseDude,

Are you MilesD or TomA? I can't tell if it's sarcasm or congrats...

I'm neither (are you accusing toma of multiple accounts?),

but mine was a genuine post, no sarcasm intended. Miles is a great jumper and a great guy.

Aw shucks, I missed it the guess!


So what's the difference between a Utah Drop and a swing under?


DBR

Im surprised i havent seen TomA give Miles a heartfelt congrats yet. Ill say it tho...Congrats Miles, sick accomplishment.

That is an incredible accomplishment. Way to go Miles!

Nice shot Chris, love your work!

Have Fun!
Baz

what is your true intention? to insult or compliment?

you detract from and cheapen Miles D's accomplishments with such comments. I'm surprised that a energetic, positive guy like Miles would appreciate such "support."

No I dont.

o.k., I can offer a reasoned argument of how we each are entitled to our own opinions. you may have a valid one that counters mine. I could point out that members of differing political parties rarely agree on the meaning of certain facts. etc.

I'm just not sure you'd understand. let me rephrase...

Yes you do!
and...
and...
your mother wears combat boots!

Nice. That's a lot of jumping.
Do you know how many were off the Perrine?

Nathan

 

I'm just not sure you'd understand. let me rephrase...

Yes you do!
and...
and...
your mother wears combat boots!
ouch. I wouldnt understand what "warped" was telling me.
I doubt im gonna lose sleep over this one.
Can you rephrase again for me?

sure. I'll summarize this thread.

JT started the thread to congratulate Miles on an impressive feat.

many chimed in congratulating Mr. D.

you claim Miles is your friend, and congratulated him as well. in the process, you made a snide remark about another jumper.

I commented that snide remark detracted from Miles and his accomplishment.

you disagreed.

so the last bit of this thread is really all about you. it is about your post. it is about your attempt to be cute, or funny, or mean, or whatever. it has precious little to do with Miles and his ironman endurance. it is about you.

one poster even tried to get this hijacked discussion back on track, but you ignored that attempt.

don't you understand that stealing the limelight detracts from Miles' achievement? that we should be talking about HIM. instead of people applauding Mr. D., you seem to be jumping up and down saying, "me too!"

why not let Miles bask in the praise he earned?

personally, I'd rather recognize the skill and endurance I'll never match. it's just sad we could NOT keep the focus on Miles...

hey warped: keep your novels to yourself, and slambo never actually claimed that miles was his friend. so your wrong. Slambo, like rambo is a maverick, fiercely independent and dangerous. Slambo is just more clumsy and dumb.

and forthe Drokzone if you care:

The difference between a Utah Drop and an under:
An Under (or Swing Under) is when you let the canopy blow out in front of you enough so that you can safely drop down under all the lines and canopy. A Utah Drop is when there is less wind or way too much wind and you recklessly drop when the lines and canopy are almost directly underneath you causing you to flinch dramatically as the lines and canopy go whizzing by your face. One usually experiences a violent self gift wrap vision while passing by the canopy.

Well done Miles! Very nice work!

"don't you understand that stealing the limelight detracts from Miles' achievement? that we should be talking about HIM. instead of people applauding Mr. D., you seem to be jumping up and down saying, "me too!" "

Me too what? What kind of limelight am I trying to steal? I didnt do 737 jumps, and I never claimed to either. Therefore, because of this one paragraph in the novel you wrote, Id have to say that you are not very good at making an argument.
Actually, by writing such a long post you now try and focus this entire thread on yourself, why are you making such a big deal about it? Hungry for attention?

yeawn,who cares.go pack a rig + jump.