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+1. Good meeting you tree. My favorite landing of the day was Chuma surfing a tandem through the water 50 feet to a stand up landing. Skillz!! Great work everyone

Did they do tandem freefalls?

And more important, where is the footage?

They were all PCA'd, I believe (at least all I saw)

Congrats are definitely in order for the TandemBASE crew, and especially to you and Abbie for getting tandem BASE off the ground bridge, but just to be clear, World and Bridge Day tandem BASE #1 occurred in 1984, performed by Ted Strong and I doing a 3-second freefall with a 42-inch PC instead of a standard drogue.

RIP Ted Strong, BTW; he went in the day before Bridge Day test jumping his aerial ATV delivery system (info here and here). Ted not only created tandem jumping per se, he was a great supporter of BASE in its early days, back when it was almost mandatory for old-timers to disapprove (he started jumping in the 1950s!), and he specifically learned to BASE jump so he could do a tandem BASE jump with his then-still-experimental system.

AFAIK, Ted hadn't BASE jumped in a while, but he kept his parachuting pedal to the metal to the end:

There he was skydiving hard at age 75 at the cutting edge test jumping one of his own creations on a beautiful autumn day with young-enough-to-be-his-children/grandchildren friends and colleagues who all lived to tell lies about his last jump.

Ted Strong will be missed but he lived large, long and with a heart full of love. Valhalla has now added a ballsy, brilliant gentleman to its ranks -- and I'm sure he was smiling down on Sean and Mario the day after he arrived.

Thanks so much to TandemBASE! Tree and Mario! That was the most amazing experience! Mario was awesome! It couldn't have been better! I had the best weekend thanks to you guys.

I'm looking forward to doing it again!
PETE 683!

Deanna

Many thanks to the entire TandemBASE crew for an awesome job at Bridge Day 2011. I was truly impressed. Who knows what the future holds....

Hey Thanks Tree and Mario. You've made a special woman's dream come true. Take care and love y'all. ~Chris

 

Yup ! One awesome life experience for all involved and it's only the beginning ...

I remember when going stowed was considered " crazy "

i still think going stowed with a tandem base is "crazy"

INdeed. Was so rad to share the energy with the Tandem jumpers as well as all the first timers. Mad skills and preparation were exhibited.

I gave a shout out to you both and shared the shot of our 4 way in this little edit. rock on and see you next year, or hopefully sooner

http://fiveten.com/...e-day-2011-jt-holmes

Great video!!!


Deanna

Maybe apples and pears, but there is some tar and feathers to be read for somebody doing a normal release of his parachute over water, while a tandem of a bridge is applauded for.

I've seen many cutaways over water at many bridges. Not sure what the issue is?