mewithoutyou, "January 1979"
Drop altitude 1500 feet AGL, time of drop approximately 0850
KFBG 301355Z 11004KT 7SM BKN250 16/10 A3003 RMK SLP172
Conditions at: KFBG observed 1355 UTC 30 March 2005
Temperature: 16.0°C (61°F)
Dewpoint: 10.0°C (50°F) [RH = 68%]
Pressure (altimeter): 30.03 inches Hg (1017.0 mb)
[Sea-level pressure: 1017.2 mb]
Winds: from the ESE (110 degrees) at 5 MPH (4 knots; 2.1 m/s)
Visibility: 7 miles (11 km)
Ceiling: 25000 feet AGL
Clouds: broken clouds at 25000 feet AGL
Weather: no significant weather observed at this time
Didn't jump yesterday, and passed up an opportunity for a second chute (as opposed to actually going to work).
This was probably one of the best jumps I've had in a while.
Good exit, although I probably didn't tuck my head down hard enough since my helmet and right chin got rubbed by risers. I didn't want to have a long walk, but since I was noticing high winds at altitude (but not at surface) steering for a location away from brush and water would be important.
Thank god I was jumping a steerable parachute. I was able to buttonhook a landing less than 400m away from the assembly point. I even avoided a gust at landing, and the landing was soft.
In some ways I'm kicking myself for not taking the second chute offered (there were four left after manifest call was complete), but I didn't think I could in good faith take one...particularly since I didn't tell my boss I was going on this jump. Oops.
Two to go. Unfortunately, it looks like the jump that's scheduled for Friday might get rained out since the weather is calling for thundershowers. Time to start digging. I would really, really, really like to be done by the end of the first week in April at the very latest.
Hmm. I noticed that song in the SXSW Featured Artists torrent (which was HUGE) and brought it up... I can see that being music to jump out of planes to. (And it's one of the better ones in the collection.)
ReplyDeleteIt took me a few hours (got lucky and got a fairly quick feed) to download the SXSW '05 torrent and I honestly could not think of a better way to drum up interest in bands than torrenting a huge percentage of the performers.
ReplyDeleteIf I'd had an opportunity to go, the hour and a half I spent vetting the torrent would have been key in planning my plan of attendance.
That being said, I liked the mewithoutYou song (although I find their Flash website unbearably annoying). Finding out that they were a Christian band was incidental, although that doesn't change whether I like the song or not. I could say the same thing about the song "The Sun Also Rises" by Brave Saint Saturn, which is a good song in spite of the heavy-handed religion I associate with that band.
"January 1979" actually reminds me of two songs by The Cure, namely "Doubt" and "Shiver and Shake."