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So I've been lurking for quite a while now and figured since I've read and reread a lot of articles/threads/stories/tips/disclaimers on the internets, maybe I could finally reveal myself to the community before starting my literary cycle again.

My name is Adam, and I have 250 and counting sky jumps. I do my best to jump and be out at the dz every weekend just to be around that fabric and get my fix. The learning process is very important to me and as a relatively low number jumper at this point I try my best to evaluate what I observe and learn from all skydivers, taking one step at a time.

I never gave BASE too much thought when I started (skydiving was all the thrill I could handle), but as the feeling of free fall slowly became my comfort zone, the allure of jumping off fixed objects slowly grew in the back of my mind. My fear of heights has never been that it is too high, it has always been the question "What if I have a momentary lapse in judgment and jump. How incredibly free would that feel?" I have had that question and fear for as long as I can remember seeing over the rail of a bridge, and so instead of trying to live the experience by going back to sleep, attempting to re-live one of many "falling dreams", I believe that BASE will be the right answer to a lifelong question, a true look into the eyes of fear, and an incredible adventure.

I don't plan on making my first jump until next spring (2013) (is it here yet?). I know I can get even more comfortable under different canopies after another summers worth of jumping, and when the time comes for that first bridge jump, all I want to worry about is my exit and the person holding my pilot chute (but who am I kidding, there will be SO much more running through my mind up until my feet leave the ground ).

So yeah... That got a little deeper than I had anticipated but whatever. BASE doesn't seem like a shallow thrill, haha. Like a great beer I imagine it gets better with age, and experience in this case, and I can't wait to taste it! But until then any and all advice/criticism is appreciated. If there is a link or video that you think I, and all newbies for that matter, should see please send it this way! (I like reading so even if its a well known article I'd be down to read it again).

Best and Blue Skies,
Adam

PS: I am also slowly working my way around looking for someone to do ground crew for so if you can and would like to make that wait go by quicker... I would be stoked :D

welcome and good luck !!

hey mate,

Good luck buddy..

send me a PM i will send you something that you will enjoy..

Well done dude!

Let this be a lesson to the rest of you.

Good luck and enjoy the journey.

Nice introduction! Makes me ashamed of my own... as a newbie here myself I would like to welcome you. Blue Skies.

Well obviously you haven't done too much research. You are supposed to ask questions like..."Holy fucking shit dude, I just saw a SIIIiiiicK video on YouTube, I wanna do that, How do I get started?" or "Man I have the perfect Nickleback song for my first BASE video, only one problem, I need somebody to help me get started, any takers?"

Just kidding of course. Good luck. Be safe!

Beer doesn't get better with age.

PBR can't get any worse with age.

I'm sorry to hear you feel that way. I feel bad for you and the beer you must be drinking.

Thanks for the support everyone. I've gotten some really helpful PMs that will keep me occupied and on the right track.

Hey, I love PBR! They are blue ribbon winners, you know?

The only problem with letting ales age in the bottle is that unless they are corked they tend to leak O2 and go bad.

OP:

Look up the Milwaukee crew...I hear their crew sucks ;)

Seekfun on the forums.

Excellent, I'll see if I can work something out. Thanks!


Fair enough, I was thinking along the lines of the well aged Belgians (as a homebrewer I can be a snob at times). Classic mix up (although not as classic as the pic)

Our crew does suck!

PM sent!

I wanna be in the Milwaukee crew, all I have to do is get my gear all together and start the process....... Who is in the Milwaukee crew by the way I would love to meet them for a whiskey, no PBR for me!!!

Dude, you're going to be soooooooooo disappointed with the Milwaukee crew. I, for one, don't drink at all. Your CRW buddy doesn't drink much to speak of. And the babe in our crew mostly drinks Tab, with the occasional Mike's Hard Lemonade (or cranberry).

We're a pretty sober lot, and we don't do gainers, and we almost always go hand-held below 400'. There is little-to-no machisimo in our gang, minimal tattoos, no body piercings that I've seen, and the only thing we can say about the Cincy crew is that Milwaukee has a Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park - so suck it while you're driving to Cleveland!

While it's not a written part of our BASE crew by-laws, you're pretty much so required to own a Mazda 3 unless you've been grandfathered in for your Hyundai. And if your girlfriend is driving getaway, she most likely owns a Mazda 3, also.

And at the exit point once, your CRW buddy said to me, "If you say 3-2-1 c-ya, I will punch you in the mouth."

Welcome,

Chris

"If you say 3-2-1 c-ya, I will punch you in the mouth."

I so enjoy when someone has their own unique
EXIT count, comment, prayer, ritual, poem, etc.

I actually don't have any exit mantra. I don't say anything. It usually goes something like this:

Me: Hey guys, have fun. [Steps to exit point]
Them: Yeah dude, you too.
Me: [Internal giggle, and leaps]
Them: I like it when it's completely dark out, and he doesn't mind going first so we have a ground reference.
Me: Umphmshshshssh

All I can do is laugh right now, my wife has a Mazda 5 which is way easier to jump into with a container on your back and a canopy in your hands...... And who cares if they don't drink everyone has a choice to be an alcoholic like me some just choose to not travel down that road... And plus it will be cheaper for me if I don't have to buy drinks for everyone!!!

Alcohol is for skydivers.



BASE jumpers prefer hallucinogens.

Well alcohol is not something that should be enjoyed on the way to exit either way but in free time it's what happens, hallucinogens is something I can not take part in any more due to work, lose the job lose everything else pretty much but if I ever get out to meet all you I will be sure to stop by and watch fantasia with you all?

I need a wisconsin base jump! Ill be back just south of beloit in a few months.

says who?
i was unaware of this law and will no longer break it!
=P

He's in for a shock.