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To: Rakkasan1

Ok, rule of thumb: Any hobby where one of your your most experienced members is all of 32 years old is probably a hobby to avoid.


16 posted on 11/19/2004 7:29:56 PM PST by MichiganMan (Thank Michael Moore for 2004!!)
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To: MichiganMan

I did this ONCE, off of a bridge over the Pecos River in Texas. It is at the very limit of the height that it can "safely" be done. I did 77 static line jumps and 36 HALO jumps in the Army, none of them were like this.


26 posted on 11/19/2004 7:43:44 PM PST by speed_addiction (Ninja's last words, "Hey guys. Watch me just flip out on that big dude over there!")
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To: MichiganMan

They don't last that long. One of the real fun things to cotemplate is what happens if you don't get far enough away from the tower and your chute opens against it.


52 posted on 11/20/2004 7:20:25 AM PST by libstripper
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