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So I took my "student" on his first "real" object a few nights ago. We got back from twin where he did 11 day jumps, and one night jump. This was his first object that needs a certain amount of cloakiness. He did great and upon landing immediately heaved whatever was in his stomach onto the LZ, and then on the way to the car, and then at the car. I was laughing, maybe a little too much, nah. got me thinking back a 150 jumps or so when i came oh so close to puking on top of my first building. So where and when did things get too queazy for you and your stomach?

My third jump which was 16 years after my 2nd!

I was at 1800 feet on an antenna with two other guys. First guy jumped and I volunteered to go last. No particular reason. At that point I was only moderately nervous. We had a radio and a fanny pack we were supposed to jump down with. I told Marty to give it to me and I would jump with it. I started to fasten the fanny pack around my waist when my hand brushed against the pilot chute on my leg strap. Big Gulp! I had forgotten I was jumping a leg strap throw out! I mean I knew I was, but I totally spaced out. No emoticon is available to express the oh fuck, oh shit feeling that I almost killed myself. Marty realized it too.

I just kinda mumbled that maybe he should jump with it. He quietly agreed that maybe it was better if he jumped it. Nothing more said. He just took it, straped it on and jumped.

So far, knock on wood, I have not puked...
But there was a jump-attempt were I had
a strong 'what the fuck' moment.

Jump #12: climbed up my crane for the 7th
or 8th time, but this was the first time that
the conditions were right...

This was my first solo, first crane, and my
only urban jump to date. My stomach was
all of sudden a little funky, but instead of
puking I wanted to shit. BAD. I laid down
up there and breathed for a while then I
climbed down.

Next time I climbed it I jumped it!!

 
The only time I accually puked was when there was a warm spell and my seal meat got a little... ripe. Had a bad case of the s#@ts too.

Lee

Maybe I am being gullible...
but you really eat seal meat?
Hmm, what does it taste like?

On a 600' B in S. Florida with Blaine.

The stairs we were hiking were full of water from a rainstorm that day...effectively making it 90 something degrees and 99.9% humidity.

I have never been so overheated in my life...pretty sure it was the beginning of heat exhaustion...

See Blaine...I don't only talk about your pooping incident!!!

just got back from the gofast games, and on the last day, late afternoon I ate two full size chocolate ice cream cones of death. I was geared up to jump, but the event was called for the day, no injuries!

oh, but I did not puke. but maybe I would have all over RAUK from 300' if I had. kinda sad though. that soft serve ice cream is AWESOME. it would have been the most beautiful vomit.

I almost have barf base. I just need an E...
Hmm, I am in Moab for 1 more day. Any sugguestions?

Ha ha ha

Thanks Brits!

eat some old anchovies and drink some ipicot. you'll get your barf BASE and Rick and Joy will be pleased issue it. Phil Smith (BASE #1) is poop BASE #1.

 
It's one big back strap. It's a dark meat and a little fiberous kind of like brisket. Tast a bit like roast beef. Some times you can taist a bit of fishyness to it. Kind of like how venison taist a bit gamey. The trick is to get a female. The male is going through a musk phase at that time of the year. Very oily. Even the locals don't like it. Dog food.

Oh, and the seal pups are delisious. Little furry balls of milk fed veal. All white meat. They just sit in a den and suck on a tit all day long.

Lee

I promised to bring two sympatric young Americans (Jay "El Gigante" and his mentor) to a nice WS jump in Switzerland. We drove off very early. I was going a bit hard the night before. We parked the cars and started chatting a bit before the hike. Jay did not know me so this was the first talk we had. I was really not feeling to good and my head was hurting like hell. So during this first conversation out of nothing I had to puke like a hell. I cleaned my mouth and continued with talking. So not a nice first impression I left to him. We climbed and hiked for about 4 hours after this with some hard core climbing at the end and we had a nice jump. So I hope it is not always the first impression that counts...