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I'll be in Vegas at a friend's wedding July 8th. I'm looking for someone who is familiar with [LC] and would like to jump sometime the 4th-12th of July 2009. Other E's good too!
I've been trained by Snake River BASE, have 50 or so jumps, and know my limits.

Oh yeah? Spent much time in the desert? Being part Bedouin might help. Especially that time of year. Are desert survival skills part of the Snake River BASE curriculum??

You should bring an extra 8oz bottle of water in the passenger seat, just in case it gets to hot.

 
Take the month and day of the time of year your planning on jumping. so 7-4...

Subtract those, and divide by the number of jumps. I'll give you 50 jumps. 3/50 = 0.06.

Now you take this jumber and multiply it by years in the sport. I'll give him 1.5 = 0.09.

Take the sq. root of that, multiply by weight in kg... = 6.95oz extra of water.

So I think your fair in recommending 8oz extra. I might have forgotten to carry the 1 in my numbers.

that's 205.48 ml, as long as we're talking metric. round up to 236.52 ml to get you 8oz bottle of water.

great post...

it is 6.95oz + 1 oz for the black t-shirt and beenie = 8oz

and watch out for the cactus and scorpians, nasty cuts on the arm come out of nowhere espcially when it is windy !!!

Speaking of Cactus here is one for you.

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

carry salt tablets for your survival. terrible physical consequences occur after you sweat away much of your potassium, sodium, and calcium, etc.

I'm going to give you a realistic opinion and not a flame.

Snake River Base will not train you to handle LC. You learn basic base skills and packing skills and have avoidance drills. All good stuff but it's just that, basics.

50 Jumps is a good start. What type of objects? What type of landing area? What's your skydiving back ground?

You don't know your limits, you have an understanding of some limitations but you've no clue what limits might be yours in only 50 jumps. Your skills are not developed enough in 50 jumps. Luck and skill go hand in hand but without skill, luck only goes so far.

Good luck

I could probably make that. It's a great jump!

Don't forget the twelve pack. Good nutrition.
cliffleaper

it was pointed out to me that the name should not be so descriptive. thus, I cleaned up the thread, just like I did regarding the Norfolk thread.

(and yes, the name has been mentioned before. the unforgiving nature of the area seems to indicate more caution is in order.)