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Flat exit at 4,900′, rolled in the wind but got stable. Deployed at 3500′. overshot target

This post is being typed up from notes taken from logbook

After all the exitement of the last jump, the accuracy practice jump altitude exits have been put up to 4.5-5k. But after talking to a few other jumpers about my exit, I no longer have any issues with exits of 3,000 feet. I exited at 4,800′, a little rocky, but quickly got stable and deployed after ~10 seconds. On landing my crosswind leg was way too wide, and i missed the target completely by around 50M

This post is being typed up from notes taken from logbook, but, this jump is burned into my mind, for ever!

So, Ive been talked into entering the British National Accuracy Championships. The way i see it, is itll be some damn cheap jumps, so, why not go for it. The only thing playing on my mind, is that the exit altitude is 3,500′. The lowest ive jumped from is around 5,500′. Im assured ill be fine, as theres another more experienced jumper also practising, and, we will be being dispatched on the way up for others to jump anyway.

We get airborne, and, as we get ready to leave at 3,500′. theres a layer of cloud. We carry on up to 12k, where all the main jumpers get out, before going back down now the cloud layer has passed. at 4000′ the red light comes on, so me and the other jumper open the door, and look for our exit spot, which is still a while away. Im looking out of the door, thinking how low we are, and looking at my alti, as we pass through 3,500′. The exit point is still ahead of us, and we are approaching 3,200′, and i can clearly see people standing on the dropzone. My arse is twitching. Still descending and the plane now turns into the final run in for us to exit. From this point onwards, altitudes are classified. Maybe ill publicly disclose them one day, I’ll deffo talk about them over a beer. But, the green light comes on, and the other guy is gone. Ive not felt like this since my very first consol jump. Alone in the exit door, with my arse biting my jumpsuit, knowing that if i dont jump, i’ll hate myself for it.

I look at my alti, and jump, grab my pilot chute, and throw it as hard as i can, this is where everything got………..interesting.

I see my canopy deploying, in slow motion, and, as its being pulled out of the bag, its spinning. Right now, theres 3 things going through my mind. the first one is that im hoping the floor wont be going through my mind in the very near future, the 2nd one is that i know my canopy opens with end cell closure, and starts to turn and dive, and the 3rd one is that ‘OH FOOOOK!!!!! I HAVE LINE TWISTS FROM HELL!!!!’ and ill need to sort them out to sort out the end cell closure to stop me from meeting the ground in the very near future.

The canopy opens, with me bouncing on the risers like a mad man, and, it fully inflates, holy crap, thats problem number one sorted, but, the lines are more twisted than an 80s tv hosts reunion. I grab the risers, and start kicking like im trying to fight off all of those twisted 80s tv hosts, and, after about 20 seconds, im under a fine controllable canopy.

I take up a landing pattern at around 1200′, and land about 30M short of my intended target, to cheers and shouts of ‘digi kicks like a bitch’ lol

but a jump ill never forget

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2 Way jump with Will T, also my birthday so was a freebie jump, yay

Linked exit, release and link arms, release and link to each others legs, turn 360 rinse and repeat. Break off at 6k and track before deploying main canopy @ 3.5k. Winds had picked up slightly since taking off, I knew i was going to land on the runway, about 10M short of my intended target, which is no big deal, but, upon flaring to land, I was dragged backwards. No biggie though 🙂

I have been on the lookout for a 190 square foot canopy for a while, but at the right price. The openings on my very old existing canopy are slowly getting more ‘interesting’ with each jump, so when a used Storm 190, with a little over 350 jumps from new popped up on facebook, i was straight onto my local rigger to see if it was suitable for me. Within an hour, i had paid a deposit, and will shortly be the owner of a new (used) canopy 🙂

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Rolling exit before opening up onto my back. Turned over and tracked away from plane. Practise fast / slow body positions before another track. Slowed fall and deployed @~ 4k. Carried out a few hard turns under canopy before a good landing on the south PLA

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2 Way jump with Alicja. Linked exit, which went upside down, but recovered. Worked on keeping level, sidesliding and forward / backward. Broke and tracked @ 5k, and pulled at 3.5k before an uneventfull landing.

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3 Way jump with Alicja and Lewis. Linked 2 way exit with Alicja, with lewis following to catch up. Prcatise sidesliding and forward / backwards with links. Finally got a 3 way link @ 5,500′. Broke away and tracked at 5000′ before deploying at 3.5k. Only just made it back to the northern PLA, with a dodgey straight in pattern, didnt land off though 😉

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Rolling exit @ 12,100′, small track. Tried getting into a sitfly position, and failed. Back onto belly, turns, another track and deployed at ~4k. Since taking off the wind direction had changed 180 degrees, but still a good landing on southern PLA ~15M from intended target

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Rolling exit at 12,700′. little bit of tracking, with barrel rolls (yay) and turns. Pulled @~ 4k. Good landing on southern PLA ~ 15-20M from intended target