A jump, packing, and wind

I only fit one jump in today. The first load I could get on was load 3. An 8-way, and me. After the 8-way got out (including Tonya, Rocky, Jim Smith), I moved to the door, watched them for about 5 seconds, then dove out in perfect position to watch them come together. I just hung out watching, checking altitude, and correcting body position with as little thought as I could until it was their pull time. I had another few seconds, then I pulled.

With the 45-50 mph uppers, I got out well past the end of the runway. Jump run was 240, 1/2 mile past. By the time I pulled, I was over the road past the field at the "6" end of the runway.

I had the 230 today, and I'm glad I did. It wasn't making much movement at all when I steered into the wind. The ground winds were 13-14, just at my legal limit. When I turned downwind, I was screaming along the runway. Turned to base across from the corn, turned to final over the corn, and watched the corn get closer as the wind almost balanced out my canopy speed. I landed well past the corn in the grass. Very soft easy landing with into the wind.

Rocky and I talked afterwards about adjustments I could make to my landing pattern in this kind of wind. Start 200 feet lower, turn to base roughly parallel to where I want to land.

Then, I worked on packing the rig I just jumped. I hovered over Tracy as he packed the training rig for JR and he talked me through it. I started on the 230 I had just jumped, and got completely stuck on the lines. Tracy gave me some help, then Dave gave me some help. In the end, Dave told me it was definitely jumpable. Unfortunately, the wind never came back down. In the end, I put the rig on the floor and put a ticket on it.