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Jumpers}From page 15 Several times in the invitational Saturday, the meet had to be : I stopped because of high winds which are the parachutists worst ! ciicuiy. "During the meet, the airplane 1 goes up to around 2500 feet and ' drops a piece of crepe paper with a weighted end to determine, the drop zone. This is important because if the drop zone is off, the jumper can wind up way off course," Schneider said. Several of the jumpers in the meet landed in the trees both Saturday and Sunday because of the changes in the wind. But most of the iumiiers had no difficulty with the almost perfect weather conditions, as many of them landed very close to the disc, with several bull's eyes. THE SCORE in a parachute meet is tallied by the distance from the disc the jumper lands, with the lower score being better. The maximum distance that is measured is twenty meters. After three jumps the tallys are added up tn HmfPi'minP fha uiinnor Although the wind is the parachutists biggest nemesis every once in a while a malfunction in the equipment can prove to be Sport Shorts There will be a Club Football jp. meeting Tuesday ai 7 p.m. in room, 305 Russell House. All those interested in playing club football next season are invited. ^wrmntmmr* A DOONESBUK SPECIAL feitrrysi SAsMM *? ShMd Andrews and MoMesl Subsidiary of Universal Prem Syndicate Kansas City NOW AVAIL TOUR FAVORITI T ; ?~ very frightening to the jumpers as well as the people below. "Last week during the council 1 meet, I had my first malfunction," said Schneider, a veteran of 152 jumps. "One of my lines got caught lirt in thp rnnnnv cnmoKnur K??* T kmniviivn y MUi JL was falling at a low speed because of the chute. "I tried to sh&ke the line loose but I decided pretty quickly to get rid of the chute." Schneider said that he unstrapped the harness which kept the canopy on his body, and let it fly off him. "That's when I went back to free fall speed." FREE FALL SPEED can be anywhere between 90 and 220 mph, according to Schneider, so he didn't have all that much time to rpn(it " T tnmoH mro?> untVi ? -WMVV* A VV&JL I1VU VTVi VT1UI lll^T stomach up and pulled my reserve chute which is placed on the chest," Schneider said. "Man, I tell you a beautiful sight." Many times, a jumper fights too long with the first chute during a malfunction and never gets the reserve one open. Schneider estimated that six or seven jumpers died last year, probably because of this fact. "I never said that it wasn't exciting, or scary." I ' ? FREE JUS DELIVERY ^83? 254-8800 * "* ?L^ 1 DNESHJKTS Jen Commune ES Again! \ he first "retrospective" g be whole DOONE8BURY scene. An I enlightening and warm backward IZ glance at' the | realistic f $ =| beginnings of rWalden Commune . and the personal 1 growth of each of . its characters. A j J unique overview in lavish full oolor, A - ... ? U VJU MID AUWUU11J, Award-nominated f? animation special. | Not juat a collection of strips, A DOONE8BUBY ^ : SPlDClAIi is a rare look at .90 DOONBSBURT and its creator, Garry I Trudeau. j > .ABLE AT I BOOKSTORE K ^ Bk ?"WFl' Btev * iMn Bk ' ..< < &mmM MjjPP 1 11 mI An advanced jumper uses the square canopy in the University of South Carolina - invitational. The meet which was once only a imsisuaJU&M&mmmM > ?p^s Cone makes fcxbr I | I i I IBM? l I ?I?" iMSnHHI Biifl T WMl, I,' ? i liBih " i |i1 Mil IB^he ^... ^ ^ ^ ^x Leslie Erickson-THE GAMECOCK dual meet between Clemson and USC has expanded this year to five area schools and some city clubs. ics people live in; I CONE MILLS 1 1440 BROADWAY NEW YORK N Y 10018