On a lighter note, from the collection of Lillo videos, a reasonable two-way formation skydive achieving 12 points. To improve our speed and precision, we have some two-way tunnel time booked for February, something I recommend to anyone, just for fun.
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Exiting an aeroplane two and a half miles up
Jumping would have been a little chilly today, but here’s a still from Lillo:
Read MoreSkydiving, Lillo 2008
Thanks to Mark Ryall, a great edit of our skydiving trip to Spain:
Read MoreA tandem skydive at Lillo, Spain
Tandem at Lillo, Spain, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Using a stabilized 70-300 mm lens on the ground, I captured most of a tandem jump from exit at 13,000 feet, through parachute deployment, to the approach. Follow the link from either photo for more. Aggressive cropping was required for the higher-altitude […]
Read MoreSix great skydives at Lillo today
Highlights were a superb 2-way of 12 points with outfacing moves followed by a tracking jump. Looking forward to wingsuit: 2-3 minutes in freefall…
Read MoreAn autumn treat
A mid-October skydiving trip to Lillo will be a treat, fully carbon offset in due course, naturally. View Larger Map Looking forward to it.
Read MoreFreefall run through
Freefall run through, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker (on the left, looking away from the camera). Flickr, Aperture and a WordPress Blog make posting albums and comment just too easy for words – brilliant.
Read More“Difficult is worth doing”
Well done them! My jumps from those planes were rather less sophisticated. Difficult is worth doing, and not just in the air.
Read MoreRed Bull HUMVEE-mounted DJ
Grotesque, yet appropriate, which is cause for thought.
Read MoreFinishing off the trip and reflecting on carbon offsetting
We squeezed in three jumps this morning: one tracking, one fun and a four way formation. The Porter’s door is small for four big lads: So, despite practising the exit, we broke the formation while upside down and reformed before crossing over and under one another a couple of times. […]
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