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Looking for input, static line from a 138ft crane.
Jumping a gargoyle and troll 285, vented
Can it be done with no injuries?

any response asap as i want to do it asap

Yes, it can be done.

Be careful to clear the brakes "gradually". Don't just pop them off into full flight. Pull the toggles down to a braked position, then let them up again slowly until you need to flare (which will probably happen before you get all the way up to full flight). If you pop the toggles and go straight into full flight you may find the canopy diving you into the ground as it surges forward (and down) when you release it from the brakes.

whats your phone number? can you message it to me asap, want to chat to you on the phone

holy crap, is the crane going somewhere soon?

no, but he just received word that there is a vacant bed in the ER!! times like these you gotta move fast, the early bird gets the worm..

Unfortunately, cranes don't last forever...

I recently watched a crane get dismanteled from the same parking lot I watched it get assembled in.

but we both know you had time to jump it. annnnd we know there's gonna be another crane just down the street the way things work in your hood.
i even had enough time to jump the crane in my town.

and enough jumps on it to know that it was a one time thing. but it was worth it.

Hi

I did 130ft PCA with Gargoyle and 265 Troll .. Tom is 100% you will have very little time ... I had 3 secs under canopy and had to fire brakes fast to clear a fence ... so had to accept fast landing

Edit: dont forget Body armour ... lots of it

Enjoy

F.

Jump was sweet, was actually 130ft, no body armour. Had heaps canopy time. Gonna jump it again tonite and again, and again until they take it down. Video will be on facebook today at 12pm.

First jump from a 130 foot crane, with little enough prior experience that you asked the internet if it could be done without injuries... And you chose to do it without body armour? And made that one of the four things you told us about the jump?

WTF?

Michael

3 sec canopy ride, that sounds like a bad PCA!?!? Are you one of those people that counts fast during delays and slow during canopy rides?

I did a static line from a 139 foot B using a FOX VTEC 265. Video showed about 5 second canopy ride that included a 90 degree right turn and flare for landing.

dont need body armour, thats why god invented skin and bone. lol

Holy shit.... Please tell me you haven't updated your profile info in a while.... or was this 138' crane your second object and 8th jump...?! damn bro, it's a parachute..... Not a superhero's cape!!! Shit goes wrong real fast below 200' and most people would recommend some more experience before you go that low. Then again it's just a recommendation, no rules, that's what makes base so great. but it's not a bad idea to follow recommendations if you want to continue being able to walk.

it was my 15th jump, and yes i am a super hero, fighting crime and protecting the innocent

His PCA was spot on....Maybe we measured it wrong....how accurate is rock drop???? We threw the stone all the way up to the level, then counted it coming down..... I thought it was pretty accurate...better than 1 of them laser pingy thingys

Ha! good answer. I'll take it.

Hey Andrew,

I've met a fair share of reckless BASE jumpers. I was one of them at some point. But your approach to BASE, women, life, and social interaction of any kind has set a new benchmark for BASE retardation. I have never seen anything like it.

I would appreciate it if you stopped calling me five times a day like I'm your boyfriend. I wish I had the patience to give you a second chance, but I have to draw the line somewhere.

You're on your own in this city.

Since I don't jump a whole lot anymore, I can't claim much object ownership. But I sure hope we won't find you at the bottom of our local cliff this summer.

I still expect your personality to be an elaborate candid camera joke.

But just in case you're serious; good luck. You're going to need a lot of it. Both in BASE and with the ladies.

Jaap Suter

Jaap,

Even though I haven't met ya before, we are almost neighbors and I feel your pain. Sorry this happened in your city, and good luck with your objects.

Yep ... like Parky said

It was our favorite rock ... we now have a laser but dont have a battery for it

plus my canopy dosnt open that quick ... took the slider off and everything ...

we have tried everything to get it to open faster even contacted the manufacturer ...

but PD say thats the way that the Velocity opens !

You could be right ... I didnt count ... ground grew did .. plus I had my eyes shut very tight

Jaap,

Im totally serious about base, women and life. I am very methodical in the way that I pack and the objects I choose, judging the winds and the weather. And by going on here to get feedback from other jumpers about objects is just playing it safe, everyone in this sport has something to learn and I can admit that I still have a lot to learn about the sport of base. Just because i jumped a low object does not make me reckless, it just means i now know my limit. Dont go below 130ft. I am really keen to keep jumping and I do play it safe. Hopefully if we ever cross paths we can atleast be civil, at least i know i will. And no you will never see me at the bottom of your local crag, you will always see me jumping from the top, bringing joy and cheer to all the other jumpers.

Hope all basejumpers out there have a safe and happy weekend.

Andrew

But why do you call him 5 times a day?

how did you reach that lower limit?
did you start higher and methodically work down in altitude? did you modify various techniques to improve the odds as you reduced your exit altitude? what did you learn about your gear from this journey? can you say you controlled enough factors so that you can reliably repeat the jump?

your profile would indicate otherwise... you don't have enough jumps to do all that. what am I missing?

That's classic!



Andrew, I don't know you, but I've heard nothing but negative things about you lately. As much as I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt, people I trust don't really trust you. . .


Please don't be stupid. And furthermore, don't fuck everyone's existing objects.

welcome to the internet school of BASE
I hope you get a fast life and a quick deaht as you whish..

Been a while since ive been active to theese forums.. but i cant figure out whos the most stupied in theese cases??

The ones who wants to be a herro untill they get hurt or killed or the ones who teach theese people and make sure they can gat the gear...

Sorry guys i feel sorry for ya all..

New time has come and new bodies needs to be killed..

guess i suddely became oldschool...

i have done nothing but try and be friends with people in the base community and if they cant accept me for who i am then they have something wrong upstairs. The only reason you guys are having a go at me is so that you can try and get a rise out of me, guess what that s h i t doenst work. I did work my way down from 180 to 150 then 150 again to 130. I went on here and spoke to TOM and asked for advice and on the phone, so i went the right way about it, did i not?
It was actually 3 phones calls cause when people dont answer the phone or reply to messages people call back, its called common courtesy. And if Jaap and all you pussies actually had the balls you would pick up the phone, call me, and tell me how it was rather than telling the whole world, i dare you, i double dare you, call me.
Here's the number 250-590-5799
I tell you what why do all you pussies who sit on the computer jerking off to your gay homo porn mags, snorting unknown substances and doing all types of drugs get a life and actually go and jump something. F u c k i n g Junkies. Im actually living my life to the fullest, so dont try and get a rise out of me cause it aint gonna happen. No disrespect to the jumpers out there that actually do go and jump stuff on a regular basis, this is to all those jumpers who are trying to bully me on the web, you know who you are.

And if you dont actually have the balls to call me you better hope you dont run into me at an object cause im gonna give you a mouthful.

blue skies

What useful data did you collect on those jumps? I have dozens of static lines from 120' - 200' and would like to gather data from someone experiencing a statistically significant higher risk than myself (larger canopy, heavier jumper are 2 major factors). This data will be easier to analyze than that I've collected of 190-240' freefalls.

Information gathered was interesting, we calculated wing loading, jumpers weight/gear. wind conditions, landing areas, weather. jumping from lower cranes each time, checking gear after each jump, full gear check, lines canopy etc. watching and video taping each jump and comparing opening shocks on canopy and time in the air. my weight varies from 192-205lbs. using double breakcord to ensure opening and to minimise mal on opening. there were a few other factors but if you really wanna know ask the questions and they will be answered, call m e/.

Ur R rad.

Du u hav a kewl nic name? Like "Craftsman?"

you sound like a douche bag.

no disrespect to all the jumpers out there but things needed to be said

Reading through your post about the type of information you've been gathering, I notice a huge emphasis on information that you can gather on a single jump, and very little emphasis on information that is acquired over dozens/hundred of jumps. For example, the following are things you can measure on a single jump:


It's good that you're doing these things, but they are only a small part of the risk-assessment equation. You do list a couple of things which are particularly useful to compare between a large number of jumps:


But, with only 15 jumps, I'm concerned that you might be putting way more weight than you should on a very small data sample. This kind of information is only meaningful when it's compiled over a much larger number of jumps

You talk about working down to 130 feet by doing a single jump from 180 feet and two from 150. This simply doesn't give you enough data on what can go wrong at 180 or 150 feet, how often it goes wrong, and how it can be avoided. Many of these things can kill you at 130 feet.

In addition to gathering statistically significant data on objective hazards, there are skills which are required to jump 130 feet repeatably which you are unlikely to have acquired in 15 total BASE jumps. You'll get away with it once or twice without putting in the time, but when things go wrong, I'm concerned that you'll find yourself lacking the experience to deal with the more complicated situation.

Of course, this is BASE jumping, and there are no regulations telling you what to do. You are free to take on all the risk you want, but I worry that you might be taking on a whole lot more risk than you realize.

Michael

hahaha good thing they didn't get a rise out of you, did it ever dawn on you that you might be wrong and its not everyone else thats wrong, that the people that have been doing it for years and seen their mates die, and made mistakes themselves might have some advice to offer a 15 jump wonder like yourself?

I decided to give up base jumping the other day to concentrate on starting a family, if you jump and have kids its selfish so i have decide to no longer persue my passion for base

id rather die on a basejump than in a carwreck.

because driving a car when you have kids is selfish.

its all about risk management.

which it sounds like you are lacking.

IIRC, you are new yourself.
kudos for realizing the above. keep it up!

take this with what you wrote about threating jumpers if you ever see them on an exit and your previous statements....

NOW i know YOUR a Douche Bag.


Tom A has a family....you saying he's lame for still BASE jumping. Your lucky he doesn't haul off and punch you in the stomach. and he will you know.... :)

Saying someone is selfish for base, i was referring to myself and what i believe, it does not mean that all base jumpers are selfish if they have kids. Grow up, get a life. So for al the dense guys out there who dont understand, i was merely talking about myself and that it would be selfish of me to continue, do whatever the fuck you want, thank god we all live in a free country where free speech is allowed.

laters

totally agree ....

This post is like an episode of Dallas, all we need is some cliffhanger ending (Pun intended)

Russian roulette can be done with no injuries as long as you don't pull the trigger on the chamber with the bullet in it.

UK just now getting US TV circa the 80's

Tommys great grandfather is the man who punched Houdini in the stomach. I believe we all know how that turned out.....

In all fairness, Houdini was not given his
usual moment to prepare for the punch!

Never let the facts stand in the way of a great story!

im confused,i both jump on a regular basis and want to bully(kinky speaking huh ) you at the web for the person you are

im from dk i dont have your area code.. but hey i guess your a girl since you offer blowjobs to all you meet at objects.. rember to shave baby

GO FUCK YOURSELF FABER!!!

I tried servaltimes but my d!ck is too small and cant reach

am I missing something, or is there a 9 month lag / disconnect between the original thread and the last two postings? my chic doesn't even hold grudges that long...

thats only cause "vitaldouche" has been giving jumpers a mouthfull at the exits.

Im sure its hard for him to write with mayonaise dripping on his key pad.

perhaps 2 jumpers just made sure it were all good times.. no need to worry