Min. of Skydive Jumps to start with BASE ?

[Sub6]

Hey fokes

what do you think how many sky jumps should you have to start with base ?
I have now around 60 jumps but i would say i´m a fast learner. Unfortunatly i allso have expirience with extrem situations. Once my right shoulder popt out during freefly. wasn´t nice but i managed it. so i think i can handel extrem situs. What expierience shoud somebody have to start with base ?

greetings Ben

[hamsandwich]

cutaway at 1000ft on your next jump


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[hamsandwich]

and dont use RSL

[Sub6]

yeah no problem.

and you know what ? i don´t wear a helmet. tough uh ?

but thx for reply

[hamsandwich]

im not joking.


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[Johnny Utah]

http://www.blincmagazine.com/cms/publish/WikiGettingIntoBASE/WikiNumber_of_Skydives.shtml

[Sub6]

thx johnny

[nicknitro71]

What Abbie says...seriously, cutaway at 1000' no RSL...if you dig that I teach ya for free.

[Para_Frog]

My only cutaway was after pitching at 1000' into about half of the suspension lines broken, so cut at about 700-800 (1993 - I was much dumber then).

No RSL...when all was said and done, about 8 second reserve ride. Everyone else on the load swore I went in.

It was also a night water jump...I closed my eyes and pissed my pants.

(Kidding, actually the ground rush was awesome at that speed)

[Sub6]

So a cut a way at 1000f with no rsl? ok nice but what is the leasson behind that ? if i have the Courage or just stupid enough to do this? If i can handel the preasure ? or just that i have to spend 100 bugs to get my reserve packt again?

I don´t know why there is a problem ? You all started some time ago with BASE. Some with more jumps so with less. And i think some of you had the same expeirience that some guys told them you have not enough jumps, no expierience, you have no clue what BASE is about, get lost and so on. right ?
why you are doing the same shit now ? I wouldn´t go for BASE if i won´t think i can do it. i don´t want to die !!! very impotant. i want to explore my limits if i can do it. i´m not one of this "i can do everything, i don´t care´" guys. If i´m going to do it than save. i have learnd fast and a lot during my jumps. i know there is a lot more to learn. but i think i can do slow steps into base, i don´t want to jump tomorrow. First the safety stuff and how to pack ... and then when i´m ready the first jump.
So please guys don´t treat me like i´m stupid, you all made the step into base some time ago and you all would liked a helping hand. So don´t make the entrance so hard i will do it anyway. So you could help me to do it more save or keep on talking bull.

THX for your attencion.... and sorry for my english writing ;)

[ZegeunerLeben]

...It was also a night water jump...I closed my eyes and pissed my pants...



>>That joke never, really gets old :D

[Mac]

As well as spending the time gaining more jumps, it is certainly beneficial to gain more exposure to parachute sports in general as it will help you gain a better appreciation of what you are looking to get into (watching people femur in, or having friends die skydiving during these years will go toward your parachuting personality)

I know people band around the 150 jumps as the magic number, but I honestly think that it more sensible to look toward around 500 with CReW and accuracy experience thrown in. Obviously this all depends on the skills and preparation of each individual, but my experience was I had near 600 jumps, a bunch of CReW and Accuracy, and I still felt that I could have done more preparation for some of the landing areas and canopy time I ended up in.

In the end, I think the more jumps and more exposure you have to parachute sports the better..... others will disagree.

[dirteedave]

I've made twenty seven jumps with the specific intention of base jumping eventually had line twists and slider malfunctions so far, I'm here for the same answers how do I know that I am ready for base do I just do it? do I wait for a mentor? do I seek a mentor out at the risk of being an annoying bastard? what is the consensus i've had a few friends who have made base jumps with friends and are way less experienced to me that is scary but isn't that tha name of tha game? isn't tha point that when you step off its all about you... Am I off? uspa don't regulate it so when do I have enough experience? I'm gonna try tha 1k cutaway soon when it starts ta feel right. its an extra fifty bucks for that pack job so when my meager pitence of a salary can cov er it i'm all about it... i'm gonna make a few more jumps though!

[hamsandwich]

what makes you worried to cutaway at 1000' and at the same time you're wondering if you're ready to jump 300' objects?

I used to cutaway every 120 days; why waste the packjob?


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[diablopilot]

Why'd you quit?

[Blitzkrieg]

i would guess the same reason i don't... pencil packing is not wasting a pack job.;)

[hamsandwich]

that was when I had to pay someone else for a packjob.

now I may run just a little over 120 days between packjobs on my personal rig. ;)

[Johnny Utah]

that was when I had to pay someone else for a packjob.

now I may run just a little over 120 days between packjobs on my personal rig. ;)

that's funny you actually had to explain it to him

[diablopilot]

Why's that so funny?

I pack my own, have "aged" pack jobs and have no problems using them at the before mentioned altitudes.

[hamsandwich]

man, jp, you're killin me! Its not about trusting the pack, they're good for 1yr+, I just don't want to repack the son of a bitch! I'll wait till winter time (hypothetically) before I air her out.


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[dirteedave]

pencilpackin?

[dirteedave]

I would be worried about several things choppin@1k on on a skydiving rig 1. I didn't pack it 2. the slider delay 3. I didn't pack it 4. Tha subsequent web posts about how i was a douchebag for chopping a perfectly good canopy@1k@tha dz in front of 50 or 60 spectators!

Really at this point I don't expect a long life expectancy an I don't care... I'm not suicidal but I have seen what happens when you get old an I don't wanna go there, I am not goona reproduce an I got insurance ta cover me.

I wanna base an there ain't a soul that's gonna keep me from goin through with it, an to tell the complete an honest truth I think everyone should do it at least once I don't get tha mentality of keepin folks from tryin it... There are things everyone needs to know, an their own mortality is definitely one of them

The world will be better without us an everyone should consider not reproducing (VHEMT) becuz there are plenty of kids out there that need you.

[hamsandwich]

Rock on broheim.


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[waldschrat]

objects?

I used to cutaway every 120 days; why waste the packjob?


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Losing the spring loaded PC, or the main......or your skydiving license?

[hamsandwich]

you don't need a license to skydive in USA. Only if you want to go to a USPA Group Member Dropzone.

It's a possibility but if you chop low you wont probably lose anything. In fact, if you get good at judging winds you can chop upwind and start to play accuracy games with your freebag and main.

This is all hypothetical.
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[stitch]

This is all hypthotical.
-The majority of us don't understand Hebrew. ;)

[hamsandwich]

Yeah but the majority of you also believe in things like santa claus, god, and the easter bunny too!

fixed the typo, thanks! :)

[fixMe]

The majority of us don't understand Hebrew. ;)



yeah! But eye doubt the dude (super moderator) understands Hebrew at all, unless it's around Chanaka (spellin'?)? Seven day's of gifts, sign me up for dat' Hebrew stuff FO-sure!!


But on a more serious note: NiGGAH PLEEZE!!!!!!!!!!! The majority of us understand how 2 land our canopies!;)

Sorrry:D

[stevenm]

Yea, yea, santa claus and easter bunny... But do we believe in Jeebus?

Some people believe a little too seriously.......
http://www.patentlysilly.com/patent.php?patID=7118242

(yes, that is a real patent)

[hamsandwich]

Lots of people believe in all kinds of shit. I've struggled with religion for a while and now have come to the conclusion that the only god I can accept is Spinoza's god otherwise its atheism and both ideas are quite the same anaway. Spinoza's god is not a personal god as most other religions teach but rather just the sum of everything that exists through all modes of time. Reality from start to finish. so you can think of it just saying nature, physics, science, reality. 'going to church' is just living your life. "It is what it is" fits real nice.

The personal god described in judaism and alot of the other religions all seem to be invented by people to control others and have tons of contradictions in their scirpture.

Eitherway im no authority as this idea of a supreme being cannot be proved or disproved just as Bertrand Rusell's teapot-



If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.


I respect what other people beleive and enjoy having discussions about but I'll still make fun of you bitches on here for shits and giggles! If you can dish it, be ready to take it back. :cool:

Fuck is that a tangent or what!

Min number of jumps to start base--- there is no number, its a skillset + a mind set.

fixme where's my PM!???! :)

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[fixMe]

fixme where's my PM!???! :)


small PM sent. big one comin' :rolleyes:.


yeah , religion sux. MOST OF us a born into it without even askin' to be in it. JUST Like being brought into this World without even askin' to be in it as well!

bye. :)

[Yann]

I have now around 60 jumps ...
...my right shoulder popt out during freefly.
At 60 jumps you don't freefly, no matter how fast you learn.
It's nice to be self assured, but that kind of over-confidence might get you injured .

[lcspx]

At 60 jumps you don't freefly, no matter how fast you learn.

Thats not true, some people learn faster than you might have

[Yann]

Thats not true, some people learn faster than you might have
Yeah sure...

[hamsandwich]

some people learn the way out of the twin falls landing area quicker than others too! how far east did you go? LOL!!! :)


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[lcspx]

i went all the way to that green metal building and walked up the windy dirt road. haha. that was interesting to say the least. it took like an hour and a half to go a mile and a quarter. the other 16 hikes out were nice and easy. :)

[polarpeak]

I have always been curious about this sport. I have a LONG WAY to go. As in I didn't understand much of what you guys were saying and have never jumped out of a plane! Mad props for having the balls to BASE though, so sick. You only live once!

[donkeyboy]

Be careful with that shoulder in BASE. Slider down/off openings can be hard. I had open shoulder surgery for a bad shoulder and mine still came out on a jump 2 years ago. I now wear a strap type brace when jumping and it seems to work pretty well.

[tbop]

if you got so much experience hammy, and you willing to pass comment. answer his question and dont be such a bad ass