Skydive #118 - May 29, 1999

Perris Valley, California
www.skydiveperris.com

All of these pictures are frame grabs from video tape by Zack Hoffman.
Zack really did an incredible job freeflying the camera to catch the story of this dive.

PD Free For All

Ready, Set, GO! Go + 2 seconds Transition #1
The PD coach in black is front float. Dan, in grey, is center float. Kirk, in white, is inside and I'm blue and white doing the rear float on this 4-way linked exit. Exit plus two seconds and we're heading downhill. So far, so good. Here we are on the transition to the second point. You can see Dan is high and is going over the back of the PD coach.

Dan whacks the PD coach Kirk funnels too
Because Dan was high during the transition, he fell into the low pressure air above the PD coach and you can see him whacking into him as he falls away. You can see how this is starting to drag the formation down. This is upsetting the balance of the rest of us and you can see Kirk being left a little high. So the cycle begins again and Kirk falls into my burble. Luckly, Kirk falls past me and over my arm. He only kicks it once on the way over.

Dan comes around to attempt to rejoin Can we rejoin? Accordian
A few seconds later, Dan has regained control and is getting turned around so he can attempt to rejoin. And Kirk is now turned around as well. Well, Dan has undershot the formation, but Kirk has gotten back into his open accordian slot.

Zipper Second accordian
Ok, so this isn't exactly how it was planned, but we decide to change things around a little the do the next point, a zipper. Since Dan isn't around, I take his spot and Kirk fills in the end. This last point is supposed to be a stair step diamond, but since Dan isn't in his slot, it's funtionally another accordian. This time you get a better view.

Not bad. Improv formations, so kind of a hoot.

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The PD coach in black is front float. Dan, in grey, is center float. Kirk, in white, is inside and I'm blue and white doing the rear float on this 4-way linked exit.	Exit plus two seconds and we're heading downhill. So far, so good.	Here we are on the transition to the second point. You can see Dan is high and is going over the back of the PD coach.


Because Dan was high during the transition, he fell into the low pressure air above the PD coach and you can see him whacking into him as he falls away. You can see how this is starting to drag the formation down.	This is upsetting the balance of the rest of us and you can see Kirk being left a little high.	So the cycle begins again and Kirk falls into my burble. Luckly, Kirk falls past me and over my arm. He only kicks it once on the way over.


A few seconds later, Dan has regained control and is getting turned around so he can attempt to rejoin.	And Kirk is now turned around as well.	Well, Dan has undershot the formation, but Kirk has gotten back into his open accordian slot.


Ok, so this isn't exactly how it was planned, but we decide to change things around a little the do the next point, a zipper. Since Dan isn't around, I take his spot and Kirk fills in the end.	This last point is supposed to be a stair step diamond, but since Dan isn't in his slot, it's funtionally another accordian. This time you get a better view.