I'm on a half day stopover in California, before flying back out to Bridge Day.

I just wanted to thank everyone who made this European trip so great.

So, thanks to Mick, Flummi, Neil and Andrea for taking in road weary BASE jumpers.

Thanks to Bryan and Doug, for having the patience to travel with me.

Thanks to Vrank and Steve for giving local guidance to unusual sites.

Thanks to Alex, Peter, Patrik, Eddy, Fabrisse, Maurizio, Percy, AnneMarie, Will, Andrew, Luki, Claudio, Edu, John, Fonz, TJ, Scott, Remy, Per, Lou, and everyone else who I jumped with on this trip.

And thanks to Lukas, for sharing the wonderful person he was, if only for a few days.

Nothing is Harder than Cold Steel.

--Tom Aiello
tbaiello@mac.com