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- Subject: Re: Thoughts concerning clouds
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:57:23 GMT
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- Reply-to: Ed@p7.f68.n110.z1.fidonet.org (Ed)
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- > From: romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu!FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU!belboz (Barry Brumitt)
- > beutel@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Jim Beutel) writes:
- > My second jump however was from 10,000. The ceiling was still near
- > 5000, although spotty. On the way up between 5000 and 8000 we could
- > see the target from time to time. After 8500 we were completely socked
- > in.
- > At this point, I was determined NOT to leave the aircraft..... The
- > pilot
- > circled several times looking for position. I was going single but
- > following out a high time three way. After several minutes at
- > altitude,
- > a spot was made. The three way exited. I did actually follow.
- > I quess my question would be..: What do the big guys (and gals) say..?
- > Would you have exited? Should it be avoided? Do it with a good spot?
-
-
- > Me, I'd'a gone... but I wouldn't've if I'd been at a DZ with lotsa
- > trees and bad areas, or if there wasn't a GPS/Loran spot, or if I knew
- > IFR traffic came through often...
- > Risk Assesment, Risk Evaluation. Assess the risks. Evaluate if you're
- > willing to take them.
- > Barry
-
- Totally agree, (Also with Mary Haskett's Statement.) Ed.
- > pps. Seems you should have talked those "high-time three-way folks
- > into jumping with you... pretty clique-y of them! But, there may be
- > other circumstances of which I am not aware.
-
- They may have been working on something, maybe not. I've seen people
- (mostly low-timers) who expect to be asked to jump with a group, and are
- offended if they are not --dismissing the group as "Sky-Gods" to console
- their egos. I've found that in alot of cases, that if you are willing to
- show a LITTLE humility, DESIRE to LEARN, and take constructive critisism,
- most high-timers are willing to include you on the jump. If you want
- to learn good RW skills, you need to be in a learning mode. But as
- Barry said, there may be others circustances of which I'm not aware.
- Blue Skies to yous guys DE
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