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Swoop champ

by Steve Baker 18 October 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Swoop Champ, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

Freedom

by Steve Baker 18 October 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Freedom, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

Skydiving at Lillo

by Steve Baker 17 October 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Mark Ryall at Lillo, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. It’s good to be skydiving with my old mate Mark. Five magnificent jumps today: video to follow.

An autumn treat

by Steve Baker 9 September 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

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.

Freefall run through

by Steve Baker 22 August 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

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.

Finishing off the trip and reflecting on carbon offsetting

by Steve Baker 6 May 2008 in Politics, Fun Comments are Disabled

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. […]

The most fabulous day

by Steve Baker 5 May 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Today was a fabulous day. I jumped 8 times with Steve and Tristan (second and last from the left), with Mark joining for the last four on his recovering ankle: I never thought I would witness one airline pilot rodeo riding another in freefall: it was vastly amusing, taken in […]

Freefly!

by Steve Baker 5 May 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

First jump in shorts and T-shirt today: it feels much more real somehow. Naked next?

A record day

by Steve Baker 4 May 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

Seven jumps today; a new personal record. The seventh took me to exactly one logged hour of freefall. Ten a day remains elusive: we usually lose a couple of hours to wind, or find ourselves waiting for enough people to make a load Had to take Mark to the hospital […]

Three good formation jumps this morning

by Steve Baker 4 May 2008 in Fun Comments are Disabled

First, linked 360’s, then sidebodies on two jumps. Pulled early on the second jump – 4500 feet – and played with the canopy. Great fun, followed by a perfect landing. Third jump, flared gently, maintaining speed, and completely failed to run it out. Achieved a full length, high speed plant. […]