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FYI, a few of us old timers are going to try to make Bridge Day this year. Joy and I and my twin bro Randy and his wife Shirley plus, a couple other old BASE friends. Maybe a few from Europe also. Anyway, we just decided to do Bridge Day as a mini old farts reunion, but I haven't been there since 2009. Not sue how the hotel situation is. I heard that once registration starts they list hotels with rooms blocked for BASE jumpers. It used to be the Holiday Inn, Oak Hill, (now Holiday Lodge) but theirs and other current websites are showing no availability from Oct. 19-22.. If we have several coming, are we safe to wait until registration to book a couple rooms? If not, does anyone know who has blocks of rooms to sell, hopefully at Holiday Lodge if most of the BASE activities will be there. I'd appreciate any info. l
Rick Harrison
BASE 38
USBA

Hey Rick

I'm stoked to hear you "old timers" are going to make the trip for Bridge Day this year and I look forward to meeting you guys. I don't speak from a position of authority or certainty, but for the past several years room reservations for jumpers at the Holiday Lodge have not been an issue; there should be availability when registration rolls around. Mark Kissner is the point man for BASE organization, so you could reach out to him if you wanted details/confirmation.

Thanks for the info. Tree said the same thing. See you in Oct.

Rick, if you agree to showcase a TWOP for old time's sake, i will quit my job and fly out there with no remorse...........

If it was Perrine, yes since you do a short delay and the exit timing has to be perfect or after about 2 seconds your going ass over tea kettle. Besides New River is so high that 2 people on a round with a short delay could drift over land which is not how you want to land a round with 350 lbs. Our first was before New River 82 in Kentucky. Even though we were side by side, it should qualify as the first tandem BASE jump.

We will all agree you had the first tandem BASE jump when you agree our TARDs and JJs count as BASE jumps.

Oh snap

Sorry we can't count unpacked canopies. TARDS are not really packed but you couldn't skydive with it. Rollovers are open. BASE was started by old experienced relative work skydivers especially Carl Boenish. Our roots are skydiving. The fear we all had to overcome was no reserve, close to the object and altitude, not to mention arrest. The main freefall risk was a clean opening from a packed parachute. I guess I'm just old fashioned and think that we will stick to a packed canopy.
Rick H

Challenge accepted

This might be worth dusting off the old cobwebs! My first bridge jump was '83 and again in '09.

Now I just gotta convince the Mrs.......

My picture on the right is from 1983. That's Carl filming but I don't remember who that is looking my way. Anybody recognize him?

http://www.basejumper.com/...dium_1__low_res_.jpg

A trash-bagged tard has been done at least once... probably more?? Edit: i.e., from an airplane

I've seen a video. That could be argued as "packed".

Old Farts reunion?????
I've made 168 jumps there since 2002, can I come?
sounds like last year was perfect weather and small crowds.

Sorry, but a Direct Bag is as close as we'll come to qualifying a jump for a BASE number. I realize that tards may be considered sort of packed, but not for qualifying as one of the 4 BASE jumps. If anyone wants to start a TARD or rollover BASE, be my guest.

There's already a rollover BASE. Shane McConkey issued me #1, back in the early 2000's. I think number 2 was Spence Bisley, but he might have been 3.

I remember that now, after Shane invented the "McConkey"