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- From: dbelliot@willamette.edu (David B. Elliott)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Clouds
- Message-ID: <C18Iyz.1D7@willamette.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 02:59:22 GMT
- Article-I.D.: willamet.C18Iyz.1D7
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Willamette University, Salem OR
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- While everybody is one the subject of clouds. I thought that I would add
- my own little bit.
-
- I made a student jump about a year ago in central Oregon (Sheridan) during the
- summer and we had a few clouds in the sky above the drop zone. Since I was
- still learning I popped the chute at about 5,000' and there were a few
- clouds below me. Since they were scattered I could see the zone well, and
- I could see around me clearly. I was able to pilot the chute through the
- cloud, and it was a very different experience, one which I will try to
- repeat. The absolute stillness and quiet was very different. For a few
- seconds it seemed that I was going nowhere regardless of what my body was
- telling me. It was facinating, although I have not punched through any
- clouds in free-fall or in a chute since. It was a jump worth remembering.
-
- IMHO, anyone who jumps when they can't see the ground for what ever reason
- is just plain dumb. As someone else had already said: No jump is worth
- dying over. Play by the rules and live to jump.
-