( and OH Yes !!!! They ALL want to
be on the next load ) ( and WILL )
"I want to stand on your
container jimmy"... said Brian Maher.......
" No can do, Brother",,,,,
replied the Batrack Boy......
" I 'm goin' on a " big way
later..."....Brian was crushed.... : - )
The only thing to make him feel
better was to come zoomin' in over the parking lot,,,, swoooooping
the hell outta the traffic cones.... which he did superbly..... the other
guys were keepin' the downwinders out near the windsock....
... " Can you do a tandem video on
load 8" ??? asked Kelly....Jimmy looked up....." hmmmmm for YOU
Kelly?? of course!!!! was the reply,,,,, "just so long as i can still do
the "big way later"....
.Matter of fact...... he
thought..." If I do the tandem load..... then the "big way later" will be
# 2,900. "....
"hahahahahahahaha.".. he
laughed, maniacally.....this will be just perfect.....",,,
as he considered the sunset
load.......
Well hurry hurry hurry,,, can you
say Back to Back?.....the student would just have to wait til the Big Way
was over,, for his video..... But while they waited,,, he and his buddy
would be able to witness,,, " a big way later"...... we were all pumped
up.....
Chuck was enlisted to video the
dive,,, and Joey Larry and Tim,, built the base 3..... Brandy floated, and
Kristie floated, and Susie, Janny and Jimmy dove.......Yeeee Hahhhhh!!!!!
we were SKYDIVIN'............
and with a sweet view of the sun , orange as a peach,,, guiding our
way,,, as it streaked it's dying rays eastward,,,
through a crack in the cloud
deck......Hahahahaha......"Him Him...".... (well you all know the rest)
they cried out at 10 grand..... It seemed the freaks,, yelled "%&*
Him!!! " the loudest..... Jimmy took it as the complement it was intended
to be !..... and even punched fists with those lovable aerial
dolphins !! .....
Nearly at 10 grand,,, and
the wide angle camera won't energize.........
Drat... damn..... blasted
thing..... all ready to go and "No Joy"....
"must be battery",, he thought,,,
" at least i HOPE that's all it is..."..unless something is broken..
It would be an omen of
things soon to come.....
Hook the camera up to the
helmet,,, secure the keeper strap, don't even turn it on,,,, wait for
red,,, Juice the VX-1000... wait for green,,,, "Yeah yeah yeah,,,,
getouttttt!!!!!!!"...
Ready set GoOOOO~!.... one hand on
Sue's right thigh, one on Janets left,,,,,oooooze with them to the
door,,,,,,, BANG!!!!!!!!!! something from the top of the helmet, hits
against the floater bar,,,,, DRAT!!!!!!!!... follow through with the
exit.... dive dive dive..... grin to see the 3 way there,,, with Kristie
taggin' it,,,,
She's on it,,,, like as if as
though it was Sholtez with a grin on his face,,,,, ;-)
Brandy is docked.... Suesie
Hughesie there next and Janny Jan Jan,,, in her slot like as if as
though Boxman himself ....was watchin' her..!!!!! The man with the
wings,,,,, throws out every square inch of them!!!!!....( yes Johnny!!! I
was OK with those wings....) deaccelerating to the speed of the
formation....... stopping level with it..... dashing over to take Sues
left wrist,,, and gently tugging her over with him,,, to complete the dock
with Janet...... Yeah!!!! the loop is closed... Joey looks over his
shoulder,,, Nods are given,,, Point 2 builds,,, then it's....( as Marcel
would say....)
" a big circle.". Chuck is
getting it all and everyone smiles as jimmy rotates 360,, in the
center.....
Wow..... what else can be
said.....????
Well..... THIS can be said......
Chuck's eyes WIDEN>>>>> as he catches the deploying Spectre 210..... and
SEEEEEES only the BEST camera that jimmy OWNS...... separating from the
batrack,,, and continuing earthward,,,, " sans cypres".....
Jimmy is without a clue.......
doh!!!!!!
We land, we grin, we praise each
other, we high five,,, We each LIE about how " good we did".....Jimmy
reaches up.... Uh Ohhhh... NO wide angle lens... bummer..... WHY no wide
angle lens?????.. because the damned CAMERA to which it is attached,,,,
is Likewise.... GONE!!!!!!!! Gone....gone... lost...forever missing...
Oh " Woe Is
Me"..........gone,,,,, like the sun which has just slipped beneath the
horizon, gone...like the grin on jimmy's face,,,, gone....like a tandem
student as soon as they are given the video....gone... like the sunny
weather on a weekend....... Gone,,, like jimmys earlier enthusiasm for
" big ways later"..Gone Like the 3 bottles of Labatts which jimmy slugged
down,,,,, within 5 minutes of landing....gone like Henrys' lunch counter,
just when you're hungry..Gone like 89 x ray when ya wanna
make a hop & pop!! ; - ) .and
now.....
....Only darkness,,,, only
bewilderment,,,, only uncertainty ,, only despair,,,,
only a tandem student waiting for
a video which seems never to be,,,,,,, for alas...
ALL his raw footage has Just
completed a
13,501 foot delay from 13,500 foot
exit altitude................Ah wellllll at least Chuck got the
verifying footage,,, which shows the camera WITH the batrack,,,,,
alllllllmossstttt through Opening... only "not quite".......
....................... the phone
call is made,,,,,"Nancy,,,I'm staying overnight,, and will Look for the
Sony DCR-TRV 20..... in the morning.............".....She is
Sympathetic.... : - ) Many say,, " You'll never find it"....." I'll try
at first light " replies jimmy ... he sleeps