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Newspaper
Wimberley View
Location
Wimberley, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1992
Page
7
A personal account details a skydiving jump from 10 000 feet with Sky Dive San Marcos. Steve, Gail Sims, and Carlos Curti join as jumper and photographer. The writer describes the exhilarating freefall, the training, and the emphasis on safety amid nervous anticipation.
The narrative describes deploying a parachute mid descent, slowing to 10 to 15 mph, and navigating a five minute 5000 foot glide. Techniques include left and right riser pulls for turns and a double riser pull for a smoother landing, culminating in a controlled approach near the drop zone. See SKYDIVE.
Gail Sims, a sky diving photographer with nearly 4000 jumps, helped design a helmet rig for Sky Dive San Marcos. The setup features a 35mm camera and an 8mm video camera that record the entire jump, producing vivid stills and footage to relive the thrill of the first jump.
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