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Masters of Hard Knocks from the University of Gravity
 
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Like I said before. Sometimes you can land so hard it can kill you.
So if it doesn't kill you then it was a good jump.
"Si Vis Pacum Para Bellum"
If you want peace prepare for war!
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Strac Trooper
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| I couldnt wait to land. It was putting on your chute and equipment, then getting jmpi, then sitting around waiting to load onto the aircraft (which BTW was probably the most comfortable part of the whole jump, at least you had room to adjust) then it was the walk to the aircraft, which was awkward at best, finally you got seated into the aircraft, packed like sardines, in this you had to fasten your hook and pile fasteners (seatbelts)and sit there for what seemed like an eternity. now thru all of this a safety at some point comes walking across your lap on your ruck to get to the front of the aircraft. all the while you are either freezing or sweating your balls off. (if your the second or 3rd stick, you get the pleasure of the pack trays being pulled to the front of the aircratt. finally after a (hopefully) short flightthe command of outboard personnel stand up is given, (or is it inboard first?) that isn't so bad, then the inboard personel stand up, then it gets crowded again, for a moment. after that, it gets kind of easy, except for the gutwrenching feeling in your stomache that this is not right, and that this could be your last day on earth. finally after hooking up, checking static line, equipment, sounding off checks, etc, the stick is moving and you are heading out the door. you pass off the static line you see for a brief moment the long distance to the ground then it's a rush of violent wind you could only experience in hurricanes and tornadoes. Then after the feel of the opening shock does the stress lessen, at that point your realize all you have to do is follow the 5 points of performance and land as you were trained to. the landing isn't the worst part of the jump. It's the entire jump as a whole makes it tough. Focus on the landing after you have a full canopy overhead. there is way to much sh1t you have to go thru b4 the landing even becomes an issue.
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Regular Joe
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quote:
Originally posted by CCE82
And don't wear any under-wear!
Are you serious?
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Strac Trooper
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| one time i didn't wear underwear. I didn't have a legstrap tight enough. Somewhere between boarding the aircraft and exiting the aircraft, the family jewels ended up being divided by that legstrap. I could not get to the ground fast enough. I had a bruise on my nads that lasted for a week. I never jumped without wearing underwear after that.
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Regular Joe
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Never, except in winter when I wore longjohns/polypro wore underwear, especially in field. With over 200+ static line jumps in my log, I never caught my ball housing group in the leg straps of my harness or in a rapell harness(swiss seat or otherwise). I just made that another part of rigging up ("Check Ball Housing Group"). If leg straps are tightened appropriately (read; to point of crippling). I felt that with as often as we would get soaked to the bone in the field, and personally I could think of no more of compromising position to be in than changing my underwear and having the French & Indians attack! Unfortunately this is still a habit that I find hard to break. Feels kind of strange putting on a Brooks Brothers Suit to go to work or dinner and not wearing underdrawers. Just thought I'd throw in my 2cents
If you ain't gettin shot at...THEN it's a good day!
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Regular Joe
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| Question: Whats the deal with wrist watches and BCT?
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Detachment Sergeant
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You wear a wristwatch so that you know what time it is. what kind of a question is that?
 ALWAYS OUT FRONT
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