Hi, Im a dork and I like to post on the dorkboard! I like to tell people all about my little dorky BASE adventures and how I'm so cool and how I travel the world and post all about my cool adventures! Is there anyone as cool as I am???
Dork, Dork, Mc Dork!!!
Well said, Mr. McDork!! Much more interesting than the ramblings of Robin "Look at how many big words I can use" Heid
'Ol Robin does tend to get a bit heated, doesn't he? I think it is because of his being busted so many times. A BASE jumper with half a brain and a balanced ego will make sound decisions in his adventures... He won't REQUIRE attention be paid to him.
love,
357
You two gentlemen seem to be having a little trouble with your reading comprehension.
Mr/ms McDork said people are dorks for spouting off about all their world travels and the cool jumps they make... not because they offer commentary and suggestions and history about the politics and process of BASE jumping.
I don't talk on this board about the jumps I make, and maybe you ought to get a dictionary if you think I use too many big words.
Thanks very much for one thing though: At least both of you have the courage and integrity to identify yourselves and take credit for your potshots, even if they are off-target.
:)
Love,
Robin
It does seem there are many DORKS who like to post and feed their EGO. Knowledge is what we seek , not your fish, I mean BASE stories. Unless, they teach us a lesson, give us insight to our great sport, please watch your video and say" IM cool, look at me" IM having fun, late my brothers.
C YA
Well, that about sums it up!
666
HI MY BASE BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!! I'm at the consulate's house here in Cambodia and I'm looking for Charlie! Has anybody seen Charlie?
My phone number is: 00-128796545-13264793-12367965-469874695809284.
Or my email:
<IBASEJUMP@imcool.dork>
We have a BASE trip planned and I'm gonna teach him how to BASE jump because it's really cool and people will think he's cool if he gets into BASE jumping. I already know people think I'm cool and they like me because I BASE jump and I have 300 BASE jumps. Now people will think I'm REALLY cool because I teach people how to BASE jump!
I don't know the best way out of a paper bag, and i'm stuck in one right now. Can anyone help me find the best way out? Did I already ask you about charlie? It's getting kind of hard to breath in here...
CYA SOON!!!
Dork, Dork, MC Dork
Get a life loser.
I second that motion. Why don't you post your worthless dork comments somewhere else.
Get a life! Talk less trash - jump more!
I guess its obvious that your the real dork.
Yes, i'm a dork. We are all dorks in one way or another. My post has worth. The reason for the post is to help people understand many issues within BASE. Look beyond the surface, read between the lines and figure it out. I would like to see what you come up with...
Dork, Dork, Mc Dork
I think I'm catching on to you're vibe, although you are expressing it in a really wierd way. Tell me if I'm right, but are you referring to the "I can base jump and have lot's of base jumps, therefore I can teach base jumping to others" attitude that many base jumpers have.
Breedin' dorks, right.
I recently heard of a guy that had less than ten jups total and attempted a double gainer at a relatively tall bridge out west somewhere. Problem was that he ended up doing three. He thougth he was invincible, like many new jumpers do, and his next jump was going stowed through the steel. He got lucky I suspect because he didn't get injuried or die.
I agree with you Mc Dork. We should leave teaching of base jumping up to those who have developed formal courses where, unfortunatley, you have to pay money to gain knowledge. I guess in those terms it's like AFF.
I don't know if I'm right, but it's a thought.
John
Hey Dork,
Man you are cool. You are trolling and you got some bites, righteous ones at that.
Look what happened when one troller asked about Moab and tips......every one knows that a skydiver........
Nuff!
I salute you and your differentway of bringing topics up......
These topics need to be addressed.
Keep up the good work.
Rock on Dork
space
dork,
What about these low freefall guys. Just because one guy can survive a low freefall when he approaches it technically and with a lot of thought, many other non-thinking "cool" BASE jumpers think they can do it too. I was at the exit point the other day and this guy with 100 or so jumps who had been watching others that had invested lots of experience and thought into the jump - calcualting it to the max, said to me that he was gonna give it a go. I said, "what!" as he put on his 48 inch F111. (This rock was low, about 180 feet or so). He proceeded to tell me that he wasn't sure he was gonna make it and that i could have his dog. I said, "well, aren't you gonna at least prime your rig? He said, "what do ya mean?" anyway, I talked him out of jumping and he later thanked me. The guy was a total dork! He's not long for this world.
BASE 70
does anyone know or keep track of the statistics on fatalaites related to limited knowledge with regard to site analysis, equipment familiarity, or plain stupidity, etc?
dontbeadork
In the last year or so...
BASE jumpers have left the earth, or met the earth, however you want to say it. Here is my own count of fatalities and major injuries. I'll leave it up to you for a judgement of whether limited knowledge, ignorance, incompetance, stupidy, brainlocking, bad luck or whatever you want to say, contributed to their death.
FATALITIES
1.) Some Russian guy - died of heart failure in Norway - or so they specualte.
2.) Thor Alex - died in Norway - after jumping into fog/cloud bank never to be seen alive again.
3.) Frank Gambalie - died in Yosemite - after being chased by the NPS into the fast moving Merced river.
4.) Jan Davis - died in Yosemite - after jumping borrwed gear.
5.) Daniel - died in Norway on Troll Wall - weak launch resulted as impact with ledge.
6.) Josh McVey - died in Oregon at Crown Point -speculation says he attempted reverse gainier, had a malfunction, was then impailed by tree.
7.) Hansen Bridge fatality - forgot his name -died after canopy swept him into fast a moving river.
MAJOR INJURIES
1.) Wayne Crill - jumped at high altitude - sustained many injuries.
2.) Jeb Corliss - jumped at waterfall where a 90 degree left was not an option - got a 90 left - sustained many injuries.
3.) Guy at Bridge day - broke both femurs - doesn't really count because he was only a SPAN jumper.
4.) Nathan - got extremely lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5.) Mike Muscat - no reported injures this year!
This is all I can think of. I'm sure there has been more, especially injuries that were not so major. Maybe someone else out there who knows of more that can added to this list.
Well, take a look at these stats and tell me there has not been an increase in the number of incidents whether they be fatalities or major injuries. We do have to factor in the safer gear and the professional training when we equate the jump numbers and the incidents.
There is a way to approach the boundaries of BASE
today, and even stretch them past their currnet limits, while maintaining an acceptable level of safety. There are two guys, Aussies they may be, who pracitce BASE from a very analytical and technical point of view. There is nobody in BASE who has the skill these two guys do. They dive train regularly and approach each BASE jump with knowledge that will translate into a sensible outcome (well, for one of them anyway).
Remember, always check and doulbe check your gear!!! Think before you jump...
JJ
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