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Chicken!


kudos on climbing down. Solos are cool that way.
Did a crane with a buddy last night or rather early hours this morning. Been grumpy the whole day; too old for these stealth missions... then again I really needed that one.

The other point here is that you planned to do a static line, then changed the plan to a freefall. Why? You obviously had a reason to go for the S/L, so why suddenly throw those arguements out of the window?

Be careful on changing the plan - especially once left the exit point. You could hurt yourself. Not to say that this was the case this time (you may have had very good, calculated reasons), but something to watch for in the future.

are you gonna post your every single jumping attempt? just jump off the shit and go to the next one...what can possible go wrong????

 

ohh yeah...i was NickDG`s mentor back in the days...i also learn him how to drink and write stupid post on internet..he got it all from me...so listen to me when i say base jumping is not dangerous, now. go and jump this shit of..and if there are cops on the ground..try to land on them.
And of course, im not joking..and i didn`t joke on the last reply either...im a very serious guy who doesn`t joke at anyone or anything..

Why were you going to SL in the first place? Was it merely comfort? Or were altitude or heading issues the reason?

If the reasons were altitude or heading, the "on-the-fly" change from SL to HH probably wasn't the brightest idea.

How could you not rig a SL where the PC wouldn't clear the object?

Aslo, if falling on approach to the exit point is such a concern, then you should have your PC configured appropriately for that fall or some means of arresting that fall. That means if you plan on going HH off a 200' exit point than you should have the PC in hand ready to go on climb out to the exit point...not stowed in the BOC.

Just my opinions.

Climbing down is fun... It is like having sex, but stopping before....

I have actually earned my BASE Climbdown number, if they issued such a thing, before I earned my real BASE. (by 24 hours, we came back)

Back in the day we called it getting your "Chicken BASE" number.

BASE359

Yes, I was already told by someone with a very low BASE number via PM the same thing...

And I'm very proud of mine. My chicken B involved sneaking back out past security in an active building.

So I said I earned my "climb down" BASE... Then I was told it was "Chicken BASE".

For clarification - does the true Chicken BASE require getting to the exit point, or just on or in the object with rigs ready to go? If so, I am not fully Chicken B'ed - as we bailed because of winds making overcoming an access problem have limited ROI, before we got to the exit point, but after getting on/in the object with rigs on our backs...

Just out of curiosity, and seeing where this thread is going: does anybody around there has a "got caught by the police base nr" or a "broke something base nr"?

Ronald

Can i be honest and Tell you: Maybe you Really shouldn't be jumping by yourself at this time?

That aside, at the rate your walking away it leads me to believe you'd be better off jumping with somebody who has experience and can tell what's really safe and not safe.

And also don't fool your self. Alway's remember if it can be jumped , it Probably has. YOu wont' be "opening" it up at this point believe me. The day it went up some guy you don't even know jumped it!

The 007 BASE heads are smart and don't brag about being first. 1.because they've got nothing to prove 2. if they brag then other's will come. others they don't know or like will come.

goodday greenmachine and find a local mentor. I don't want to see your green typed out thread in the incidents section or worst in ABBIE'S death list.

I was under the impression that "Chicken BASE" was acheived by walking off all four objects under perfect conditions...hence the term "chicken".

Walking down due to wind is good judgement.

My personal rule is that you have to be geared up and at the exit point, then decide to walk off. If you walk off due to wind after gearing up and getting to the exit, I'd count it. If you call it off for wind while you're still in the parking lot, I wouldn't.

Not that anyone cares about the technicalities and nit-picking... But lets do it anyway...

Say an earth object. You climb 1.5 hours. You get to the exit. You take the gear out of the stash bag, throw some paper, wait 30 minutes, then put the gear in the stash bag and downclimb for another 1.5 hours. Does that count, even though the gear was never on, but you invested half a day on tthe trip.

How about a building - you put on your gear, you get past the locked gates, you are on your way to the exit, but the winds change and you abandon ship before getting to the exit, having to get out without being caught.

How about an antenna. You get to 250 feet (planning on jumping at 400) and climb down after throwing paper....

Not that it is a big deal - but how close to the exit do you have to be, and does the gear have to be all the way on ready to jump?

 

Want a balloon?

I walk away fro object when the condition was almost perfect, other times I should have walked away but did not, it don't matter how many time's you walk down the object long as you try, if you give up than you become pussy

ever heard of a "CSA"? ask nathan p. about it.... ha ha




(chicken shit assist... when you plan to freefall, but get scared and ask for a pca)

:-)