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Tuesday, April 28, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON
Ornithology 101 field trips
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megaphone, with everyone cheering," said Riddle, who is in his 40s. "It was great up to the point where I broke my foot in front of 40,000 people."
The owner of the parachute center, William Gibson, said the odds of being killed while jumping were 70,000-1.
"The safety factor in skydiving is greater than in many other sports," said Gibson, who is a certified jumpmaster with the United States Parachute Association. "We have top of the line equipment and instruction." The safety factor is getting better all the time."
from beginning students to a Green Beret who has done night jumps at 26,000 feet for the U.S. Army's special forces.
The skydivers jump every weekend, including the winter, weather permitting. They have different levels of experience.
"The only thread of common interest running between these people is skydiving," said Greg Benbow, of Overland Park.
David Wayne, also of Overland Park, said the sport could be compared to scuba diving.
"You put yourself in a foreign environment and suspend yourself in it," he said. "You notice the people here aren't acting like kids, and there's no music. There's no need for extra stimuli."
However, some skydivers find that jumping out of a plane is not stimuli enough and have taken to jumping off television aerials.
"It goes back to being a little
"I was cussing the tower all the way to the top," he said. "But it's not like jumping out of a plane. Ground comes at you a lot faster."
Tucker is working on receiving his BASE jump badge, which requires that someone jump from a building, an antenna, a span, or bridge, and the earth, such as a cliff.
kid," said Andy Tucker, a mechanic from Olathe. "The remember when you were sitting in a treehouse or on top of a building or on a bridge, peeking down wondering what it would be like to jump?"
"Nobody is to let you jump unless we think you're ready, and we have confidence that you know what's happening," said Gibson, who has jumped more than 1,200 times. "I'm not going to lose any students."
Tucker, along with another member of the club, spent three hours climbing a television aerial to jump to 1,700 feet from its 109.
Gibson said safety was the most important factor in the sport and invited people to discover a new experience. The cost of instruction, equipment and the first jump is $100. All jumps after that are $25, including equipment.
People who just want to learn how to jump from a plane, can take a course and jump for the first time all in the same day.
"I can't tell you which building because it's illegal," said Tucker, who so far has only jumped from an antenna.
On Campus
A faculty and staff recognition ceremony is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union ballroom. The KU baseball team is scheduled to play Friends University at 3 p.m. today at Quigley Field. "Marketing Yourself: Resume and Interviewing," a Women's Resource Center workshop, is scheduled for 3 p.m. today in the International Room at the Kansas Union.
A study abroad informational meeting for proposal writing and scholarships is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union.
■ "Proust et le TeXte Intermable," a French colloquium, is scheduled for 3 p.m. today in the International Room at the Kansas Union.
A study abroad informational meeting for proposal writing and scholarships is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union.
duled for 4 p.m. today in the Walnut Room at the Kansas Union.
The Classified Senate is scheduled to meet at 5:15 p.m. today in the Northeast Conference Room at the Burge Union.
- The KU Hispanic-American Leadership Organization is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the International Room at the Kansas Union
"Is Chinese a Topic-Prominent language?" a linguistics colloquy, is used for 7 p.m. at 207 Blake Hall
A student trombone recital with David Cooper is scheduled for 8 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital Hall at Murphy Hall.
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