The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 17, 1978, Page Page 16, Image 18
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