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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there chris.... say, once again... sending you the best, as to the work you all have done on your books...
:)
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WallMan
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Chris - I am sure a lot of us are curious - why do you no longer base jump?
Wally
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Betty Uno
Boulder climber
Lafayette, Colorado
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Have you read, this sounds silly, but have you read the Carlos Castenada books, the "Don Juan" series. Well, I have a point.
In one, he describes very clearly what seems to be an ancient Toltec/Nazgual rite. Men in bird suits who glide off canyons. It's at the end of, I think, the last book.
By that time, Castenada was calling it just an anthropological work, but real or not, I believe ancient canyon dwellers in South America and Mexico did fly. Why not? It seems too right somehow.
Hope people I know are in your book. It's a little demeaning, dude, to think anyone needs base jumping explained still, I do congratulate you.
Flying off the shelves, good pun. Betty
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area , California
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Aug 11, 2010 - 07:08pm PT
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Hey Chris
why did you chickened out and how much are you paying the grandpa?
You better pay more than $3.25/hr
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Aug 14, 2010 - 05:42pm PT
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This is a Great Book, I really loved the last page, a tribute to my friend and mentor "The Gambler"
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 18, 2010 - 11:39am PT
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Would I be incorrect to assume Sylvester is the Godfather of Base?
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Aug 18, 2010 - 02:06pm PT
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Sylvester never made B.A.S.E. and wasn't the first to jump El Cap. . .
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Aug 31, 2010 - 02:49pm PT
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Needs to be updated already with the "How to Avoid Getting Tased" appendix.
:-)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 31, 2010 - 06:59pm PT
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hey there, bump for you chris...
say, i dont have money to buy stuff... and can hardly buy my own books, when i need to, but, i will surely "plug" the book as best i can---being that folks, many that i know, do NOT even know what this is...
so, alas, i cannot review it, or i gladly would... :)
also,
oh my, yes, i hope you can post the bit about why you knew it was time to stop jumping...
god bless,
:)
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jstan
climber
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Nov 11, 2010 - 12:08am PT
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After watching the video showing Corliss' track I have to say aerodynamics and glide ratio have to be a complex function of altitude, velocity, humidity and temperature. All requiring the same extremely disciplined development used to establish the flight envelope of a new airplane.
The splat factor is going to be awful if this goes really big in civil air.
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