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Things are going well here in KL.
Most competitors have completed at least round 3 or 4 (well, all bar one...) in the openings and accuracy event.

Currently enjoying 2 rest days before jumping starts again on the 1st.

No major injuries. Gib did a metacarpel...but very minor.

Oh yeah, that's bar some bruising from the Skyventure Windtunnel at Genting.
8 of us hit it for some fun today and 15 are going up there tomorrow. Very funny stuff...

Been a bit breezy but that's about it.

love these towers. When I start BASE jumping, I will definitely dream of going back there one day and not just visit the bridge between them.

Ok I've got a few messages about how the event worked, so here is:
10 jumps total.
7 jumps from the twins, for opening and landing accuracy.
3 jumps from Kl tower, for "aerial acrobatics".
4 categories are:
teams, opening and landings, aerials and overall (which is the world champ)

Total of 54 competitors began the event.

In addition to Jeb, Gabrielle did a wrist and Ed did his legs.

At the twins:
Jumpers exited from a ramp on the 73rd floor and were judged on opening from 60th floor. A stock standard accuracy target was used for landings.

At KL Tower:
Jumpers exited at a height of about 1040ft above landing area and were judged on the difficulty of their manouver and how well and safely it was carried out. Zero scores for non-completion or safety violations were awarded.

(All of this was made available to the the press by Skyventure, so I don't feel any inhibitions about writing this)

The presentation dinner is tonight after the display at 7pm.