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The security stuff absolutely sucks...Its part of the world we live in

Its part of the world we live in

Against my better judgement

Against my better judgement, I am making a post. As you may have figured out, I don't post anything anymore and I don't read anything either. What is the point posting here for the 5 or 10 people who will never have anything positive to say? None, but I hear through the grapevine that the board has been on fire, so here is the status of the event:
There are currently 175 jumpers. Roughly 25 first timers, all but one who met Jason's first jump minimum of 100 jumps. The 1 guy under is close and has been training for BD doing CRW. He'll probably be the best first timer there. There is a free BBQ Friday evening paid for by the chamber. The Holiday wasn't booking up fast enough so they gave everyone, even those who has already booked, a steep discount. We didn't bother with a crane, but Whitewater Photography is renting a 45' boom lift that will get them just as far out to get good shots. Pepsi is doing the VIP tent at the exit and Go Fast is providing all the energy drink we can stand. Marcus has worked with chamber to get all of the packing mats and so forth set up. The chamber also put up $500 for the accuracy contest and bought the target. The event will run just as always with the goal of having everyone off by about 10:30, after which, as you know, there will never be a line due to the low number of jumpers. Apres jump, local pizza and local microbrew kegs, courtesy of the chamber. All in all its pretty low key. The people who come out will have a great day and the first timers will probably be saying it was the best day of their lives. That is enough for me.

Had I been able to keep the jumpbridgeday.com site up it would have been pretty easy to have 300+ jumpers. (that and the Facebook group and other online activities) Its pretty amazing that anyone could find the registration on officialbridgeday.com. At any rate, I've already been able to work on the hand off to someone who has more time and interest in doing this than me. This was always a one shot deal for me. The security stuff absolutely sucks, but I feel confident that it can be overcome, and as we have seen, lots of people don't really care too much about it. Its part of the world we live in, but that world also continues to include an awfully fun event at NRGB on the 3rd Sat of October.

Write what you will but do so knowing that I won't be reading it. Something about sticks and stones. This message will self destruct in 16 days.

Cya

There are currently 175 jumpers. Roughly 25 first timers, all but one who met Jason's first jump minimum of 100 jumps. The 1 guy under is close and has been training for BD doing CRW. He'll probably be the best first timer there.

"If a BASE jumper would like to enter through the gates at 9:00 a.m. foregoing the background scan, they may do so. However they will be required to unpack their rig for inspection. It is considered a backpack/large bag. If you want to do this and then pack your chute, then get in line to jump; by all means inform the coordinator. (Note: this has always been an option at Bridge Day since the inception of background checks) "

WHAT ?

http://cynthialynnchronicles.com/...e-about-that-bridge/
edit: quote is halfway down.

This article is TERRIBLE to read. Info seems terrible. The one quote is from a guy who has ONE bridge jump in 1998. I think even someone on facebook threatened a lawsuit because of info there within.

what is the source of this quote?

Pictures attached from the Holiday Lodge ballroom and parking lot earlier today. Four State Police officers are working the fingerprinting booth in the ballroom. At least three State Police vehicles are parked out front. I'm told that jumpers only filled half of the 119 rooms and spectators have the other half. Disappointing.

I still love Bridge Day and hope that the BD Commission and new advisors learn something from this.

What did the notes on the doors say?

Pictures attached from the Holiday Lodge ballroom and parking lot earlier today. Four State Police officers are working the fingerprinting booth in the ballroom. At least three State Police vehicles are parked out front. I'm told that jumpers only filled half of the 119 rooms and spectators have the other half. Disappointing.

I still love Bridge Day and hope that the BD Commission and new advisors learn something from this.

Sure would be curious who this highly experienced exit staff is gonna be. Don't get me wrong, this should be SOP on every jump. Sounds like another empty commitment that hasn't got a real chance of happening. Perhaps Base428 mite have more info on how it should be done.

Glad to hear problems were caught before they became an issue.
This simply raises the question of why was this staff there?
Clearly choosing to ignore the boycott started by their former organizer. Not understanding the power of a unified organization to band together for some real improvements is, at best, disappointing. Hope it was worth losing your basic freedoms for a measley 6 hr window to make a few base jumps. I personnally can't understand why anyone could would do such a thing but then, my standards are different.....

This simply raises the question of why was this staff there?
Clearly choosing to ignore the boycott started by their former organizer. Not understanding the power of a unified organization to band together for some real improvements is, at best, disappointing. Hope it was worth losing your basic freedoms for a measley 6 hr window to make a few base jumps. I personnally can't understand why anyone could would do such a thing but then, my standards are different.....

Yup. Pretty much. I was in the meeting when Jason brought this up to the staff last year- and the entire room agreed they would not come to bridge day with the new security requirements. Same with everyone in the general meeting. Funny how fast people were able to switch directions once a different organizer swooped in to undercut the boycott.

One year. That is all that was needed to save this event. Why couldn't we just trust the guy running Bridge Day for over a decade??? Everyone in those meetings TOLD him to stand up for us. Then we, as a community, shit all over him (and visa vi- the event itself).

BASE jumpers will always be our own worst enemies. I hope everyone enjoyed getting to lap the bridge all day. It just had to come at the expense of the longest running base event/party in history. Nice work guys.

I and many others did the traditional background check and were never asked to get our finger scanned.

The Boycott worked? Did I read that right? I suppose a person can skew facts when they want to but, not in this case. It may have worked if people like you (and everyone else) that participated this year had simply not shown up. Opinions are 1 thing, facts are another. The finger scanner was setup. We all saw it. It wasn't eliminated, it was another threat. If you didn't agree to this intrusion of privacy, we're gonna do this intrusion of your privacy. Some victory! Justify your Sheeple mentality anyway you want. It doesn't change that the only thing achieved was showing the commission that there are enough of you to go around and they won't have to look far to find another fool to replace you. A very sad day indeed......

The most common mistake was larks head through the loading tapes but not center line. Another guy larks headed through the center line only.