I received the new Skydiving magazine in todays mail. It is always with mixed emotions that I thumb through it. It is wonderful to see and read about such exciting things, but it's also sad because I miss jumping so much.
The new magazine tells of a new German National record organized last month. A 156 man formation was built with only Germans. Skydiving is filled with records... largest formation built in the state, largest formation built at a dropzone.... believe it or not, largest all-amputee or all-deaf record. Anything to get a group of skydivers together for some serious and fun jumping is wonderful.
Let me tell you that organizing a big record like this is an amazing feat. The man who organized this record is Dieter Kirsch. Dieter received a 2-level Activ-L on February 17th, 2006 from Dr. Jochen Feil in the Atos-klinik in Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. Feil has over 2000 skydives himself. I became acquainted with Dieter after meeting Dr. Feil at the Spine Arthroplasty Convention in Montreal in May.
From an email I received from Deiter on May 17th:
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On monday the 15th of May 2006 I got back in the air! I made my first 4 skydives. with no problems. That was 12 weeks and 3 days after the surgery. I donīt take any painkillers and I donīt have any pain. Right now, it is allready hard for me to remember how it was, not to be able to get out of bed in the morning.
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Dieter, congratulations!!! What an amazing accomplishment, organizing a successful blot like this!
I love exit shots:
Here is the completed formation:
