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Today the jumping began in Malaysia. Approximately 50 jumpers made about 100 jumps from the 73rd story. I spent the day sitting on a small ledge on the wrong side of the railing outside the 60th floor directly below the exit ramp. As the jumpers flew past I timed and videoed their freefall.

Some images available at:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031228/ids_photos_wl/r1634563826.jpg
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031228/ids_photos_wl/r3956212259.jpg
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031228/ids_photos_wl/r559334364.jpg

Yup, it was a great day with no injuries!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/...s_wl/r1634563826.jpg

http://story.news.yahoo.com/...s_wl/r3956212259.jpg

http://story.news.yahoo.com/...os_wl/r559334364.jpg

Im so jaloux... be safe

That is so kickass.

blues

jerry

Day 1: 120 practice jumps
Day 2: 139 competition jumps

Every one of the 54 competitors got at least 2 jumps on day 2 (I think) and some got up to 6. The launch point is a specially built steel ramp off the balcony of the 73rd floor. The entire floor is one unused empty space and the jumpers have each staked out a patch of the floor for packing in between jumps.

The landing area is a relatively small patch of grass in a popular park directly below the twin towers. There's a target laid out and some representatives of the army measure landing accuracy.

This phase of the competition is flat-and-stable exits where the competitors are judged on their stability, body position, sub-terminal tracking, proper delay (4 - 5.5 seconds), and landing. So far everyone is doing excellently.

I've been posted on the 60th floor to time the delays. I'm strapped to the WRONG side of the safety railing 600 feet up (which is bothering the building's safety and security staff, but we've demonstrated the equipment is adequate) where I can see both the exit 130ft above and the PC pitch 200 - 300ft below. Another judge sitting next to me has a clever optical device for measuring the on-heading performance of the canopy. Usually someone is standing behind us with a video camera. It's a little challenging to get people to volunteer for that job because it's about 1,000,000 degrees (celcius, of course).

I'm thrilled to report there have been no significant injuries. We're now in a two-day rest period and we begin again on Jan 1. The next day we move to another building for the second phase. More news later.

News Here.

Narcimund,

I have edited your post just a bit for readability. Please read over the changes I have made and keep them in mind in your future postings.

Let's try to keep the one liners in Talkback, guys.

Thanks!

(Sorry this is not clicky, I'll work on my posting technique)

More photos here...

http://search.news.yahoo.com/...hotos&p=petronas

and news on the comp. results here...

http://www.utusan.com.my/...rts&pg=sp_01.htm

Australian clinches overall sky dive title.

KUALA LUMPUR Jan 5 - Australian jumper Chris McDougall clinched the overall title in the Malaysia International Championship of Xtreme Skydive/World B.A.S.E Cup 2003 and also helped his country win the team event with partner Tony Coombes here Monday.

McDougall also topped the Aerial Aerobatic category while compatriot James Freeman placed second overall with an added top spot in the Accuracy Landing category.

Brazil's Luiz Sabia emerged third overall.

In the Canopy Opening category, Croat Nenad Pesut placed first while American Raymond Losli took second and Australian Mark Clinton Spicer third.

The third edition of the championship, at the Petronas Twin Towers and KL Tower, started on Dec 28, last year.

The event, promoted under the slogan "Go KL Jump For Peace" in efforts to promote world peace, saw the participation of 54 jumpers, including three women, from 13 countries including Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Six rounds were held from the 73rd floor of Petronas Tower 2 and four rounds were off the KL Tower.

The closing and prize giving ceremony was performed by Sports and Youth Ministry Deputy Secretary-General Nik Mahmud Nik Yusof.

Oh, he's gonna hate that. He almost socked me the last time I used his full name. He said it made him sound light a knight or something...



Congrats, Douggs!

BASE 733 has the coolest rig!

whuzzup, Baster??? LMFAO Florida?? WTF?

ABC Represent!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/...9/481/xkl10112290636

blues
Gardner

They're covering it on my fav news site, calling it 'parachuting from a skyscraper' tho...

http://www.nu.nl/...p?n=256570&c=25#

Can't link to it directly, it's in the Video top 3 on the right (Extreme sport: parachutespringen van een wolkenkrabber)

Awww he got so much crap here, esp from Slim, I think he's getting kinda used to it now.

Congratulations to Douggs, Jimmy, Ray, Nenad, Sabia, Greg, and everyone else that did well.

I wanted to be there, but instead I spent Christmas and New Years (our wedding anniversary) with Marcia and Trevor. It was all warm and fuzzy!!!!

Sounds like it was a fun time like always.

Jimmy and Nenad have really shown consistency through the 3 years. Well done!

Slim, good on ya mate!
Do not sweat the political crap too much.
Just remember, the first law of the universe is opposition in all things.

Johnny Utah
Overall Champion 2001

johnnyutah101@hotmail.com
http://johnnyutah.com

http://www.infocast.dk/...mp;category=&q=#

Jimmy missed you, you coming to China for this years?

Ps good luck with the bub.

people has asked me what i posted on that link,its a video(in windows mediaplayer)whith english speaking from this year event it shows some jumps off KL tower.