Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/26 10:17Woo hoo! To think, we were all so close on the ground... then we exit and everyone ends up 500 feet away from each other! Oh well, it was still fun!!
Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/26 12:42It was colder than a polar bears toenail. I enjoyed it!DNR
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/26 16:19And just think, that was the afternoon jump, after the sun came out and it warmed up a little!
Don't know about everyone else, but the worst part for me was flying and landing my canopy with numb hands and not being able to feel the toggles!
It was worth every shiver on the way down. Thanks again everybody!
WooHoo!
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/26 16:28By the way, did anyone ever get the name of that "8th Jumper", on those two loads? You know, the one we all paid a few extra bucks for, to fill out the manifest? Someone needs to come up with a name, for future use, rather than writing down "Split 8th" on the manifest! LOL
Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/26 22:56God Bless his soul, but I'm sure my brother had nothing to do with that 8th jump. However, in spirit he might have been there because I lived.
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/27 07:20I'd bet he wasn't the only one that froze that particular part of his anatomy off that day! And I know it wasn't my twin brother.(Unless something's changed in the 20 years he's been gone, hell he couldn't even climb a 6 foot step ladder, the wuffo!)
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/27 10:04Brian - you should know a little cold weather isn't going to stop us - you guys were missed!!
I do beleive my favorite part was the lady who flew in for gas who walked in the hanger and said "You guys are jumping? Isn't that cold? I bet there are parts of your body that won't descend until June!!!" We should of taken her on a tandem.
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/27 12:33ROFL I forgot about her! I was wondering what "Parts" she was talking about when she said that!?!
You know, it really wasn't all that cold!
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/27 13:19Well I admit, my fingers felt like they almost on fire because they were so damn cold, I did riser turns until I could get my hands in my toggles because they were so cold. I'm ready for colder now!!DNR
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/27 13:37The only part that I didn't like was trying to daisy chain to carry everything to the hanger, my fingers wouldn't bend which made it kind of a painful experiance! But what the hey, bring it one, I'm game for more cold weather!
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/27 18:20Cold weather sucks, BUT if you live here you have to deal with it...... Let's jump... BRRRRRRRRR.....Forget the Politics, Support Skydiving!!!!
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/28 21:15Friday I jumped with Joe Jackson! Saturday I jumped with Ashley! Cute photos, Mark!! It was cold but somehow I know we'll jump in colder!!!
It's good to have you back on the forum!!! Photo's are easy when you have such wonderful, beautiful, warm glowing subjects to take pictures of... (I'm referring to you and Ashley)
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/29 07:30Hey Mark, quit sucking up! LOL You sound like you're trying to get a 3-Way going (RW?)!!!
While I'm on here, anyone know of a decent pair of warm skydiving gloves that don't cost a fortune? I don't mind jumping in cold weather but I'd like to be able to feel my hands when I'm flying.
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/29 11:23Come on now dad, Mark isn't intrested in RW and you know it...
It's all about the Hybrid! Duhh - what were you guys thinking?? Pervs....
ANYWHO - I want to get some more topic on the forum - so I'm making a new thread about tips for jumping in cold weather. Let's see what we get
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Re:Thanksgiving Weekend - 2007/11/29 13:05I know but I have to give him some trouble some time!
Perv? Moi? Well, yeah, okay.....
Sounds like a good idea to me. I'd really like to find a good pair of cold weather gloves.
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