I just realized i haven’t posted in a while. The reason for that is threefold: i have been working a lot, jumping a lot more than i used to, and searching for a new house. That’s right, i finally decided to actually buy a house, mainly because i’m tired of moving my stuff around all [...]
Yesterday, against all odds, we went to Évora, Portugal again – praying for some holes in the low clouds. Somehow the universe did hear us and we ended up being able to jump 4 times. It was the first time i was recording video and i have to say it went really well. The GoPro [...]
I have to say i felt completely exhausted. Humans were just not meant to spend 22 straight hours inside a car, much less sleep in one. In any case, i really needed to get my stuff out of the Netherlands and the alternatives were more expensive so it had to be done. Here’s roughly how [...]
This Saturday I went back to Teuge for another day of jumping out of airplanes. The day started a bit foggy but windguru never failed me so far, so I knew that it would clear eventually. And so it did; around 11 clock in the morning I was part of the first load of the [...]
I already wrote about it in the past, but now we finally got the video of the exit (too bad we can’t record video ourselves yet, but the time will come ). Here’s the link to the video.
I woke up today at around 9 am and proceeded to call my buddy Ricardo to see if he had talked to our big master Mario Pardo about the DZ’s weather forecast for today. He had. Mario told him that the clouds were ok and, although there was a bit of wind, we should go [...]
Turns out that Portugal is in calamity alert due to the heavy winds and rain. The only place that seemed to escape this destiny was the country side, with just a few sprinkles in the morning and an afternoon of no rain. My only problem were the low clouds. As all skydivers know, low clouds [...]
That’s right, the Portuguese Parachuting Association just issued and mailed my A license. In a couple of weeks I will be able to start jumping with my dear friend Ricardo, in Portugal. Also, in another note, thinking of buying some freeflying pants. Anyone knows a nice price/quality ratio brand and online store? Currently considering these.
Just returned from another day in Teuge, skydiving. As it turned out I was right about the weather. It was a bit cold, especially in the first jump, but overall it was a very pleasant temperature and no wind. And you know what that means, right? Fast landings!!! The first jump was particularly great, because [...]
Just came back from an awesome weekend in my beautiful country of Portugal and I’m missing it already It started on Saturday morning, with a cool Airsoft game (similar to paintball, but more fun) in some cliffs in Evora. The plan was to go play in the morning, find a geocache nearby, and then stop [...]
Another great Saturday in the land that can have the 4 seasons all in one day. Started up early, getting up at 7am (part of my ongoing early riser experiment) and taking the train for 1 hour from Amsterdam to Apeldoorn. After that, since I took my bike with me, a nice 20m cycling ride [...]
Tomorrow I get to try out my new toy. That’s right, I just bought me a nice audible altimeter and can’t wait to use it. Here’s a pic: Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I’ll be able to do 3/4 jumps in Apeldoorn, Holland. They have a really cool parachute store right in front of [...]
Just came back from my dropzone in Portugal (Evora) with a mixed feeling of happiness and frustration. First things first: My best friend and jumps partner had his first cutaway today. On his first jump of the day! Talk about crazy luck. One of the cells on his canopy did not fully inflate, even after [...]
Just came back from my dropzone in Portugal (Evora) with a mixed feeling of happiness and frustration. First things first: My best friend and jumps partner had his first cutaway today. On his first jump of the day! Talk about crazy luck. One of the cells on his canopy did not fully inflate, even after [...]
A while back I decided to try Bungee jumping. Even though I had already finished my Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) skydiving course I figured it would be another interesting experience. The feeling of falling from a static object is a little different than falling from a perfectly fine airplane, as you feel a bit more [...]
Back from the dropzone.
Waiting for my flight, at the drop zone.
On my way to Evora, for a day full of skydiving
Yes, once again. I know, I have no life I’m curious to see how long WordPress will last, before I get bored and try to implement everything by hand again. But, the night is over and tomorrow there is a lot of jumping to do, in Evora – Portugal. Hopefully I can get someone to jump [...]
Are we on the verge of a potential rise of the US as a great power in football? Or was that just luck? I think there are a lot of kids in the US, these days, playing football and with the financial capacity they have, I would not be surprised that eventually they would become [...]