Ramblers Drop Zone Action ⭐️ e-News #450 (1-7 Feb. 2021)

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

ACHIEVEMENTS

⭐️ Daniel Rojas Cruz – Completed AFF
⭐️ Travis Carli – Completed AFF
⭐️ Jack Michael – Completed AFF

Monday 1st February. Our newest student Travis Carli did Stage 1 today. Other students Josh Jacobie and Daniel Rojas Cruz did AFF Stages 5 & 6.

Travis TAF 1 – photo by Sara
Daniel smiling above the clouds – Photo OliM
Daniel AFF Stage 5 – Photo Adrian
Josh AFF Stage 5 – remember to check in for height
Josh AFF Stage 6

Tuesday was overcast. No skydiving!! On Wednesday 3rd  we were back in the sky. Travis Carli was right back into it and did AFF Stages 2, 3 & 3. Daniel Rojas Cruz did Stages 7 & 8.

Travis ready for AFF Stage 3
Travis AFF Stage 4 – great turns and super stable – Photos by Sara
Daniel AFF Stage 7 – front flipping
Daniel AFF Stage 8

On Thursday  Travis did Stages  5, 6 & 7. Daniel Rojas Cruz did Stages 9 – completing his AFF.  Congratulations!

Travis AFF Stage 5 – flying for the first time by himself
Travis AFF Stage 6 – Photos by Adrian
Daniel AFF Stage 9 exit
Lin B-Rel 1 – forward movement – Photos by OliM
Sabine B-Rel 3
Mickey B-Rel 4

Friday was busy. Travis and Xi Jin did AFF 8. Jordy McEvoy, Sabine and Ekrem all did some B-Rel jumps.

Travis tracking for days – Photos by Adrian
Xi doing his fast fall AFF 8 – Photo OliM
Jordy B-Rel 4 – Photo Adrian
Sabine smiling on B-Rel 4 – Photo OliM
Ekrem B-Rel 5 with Kurt – Photo Adrian

Saturday was busier! There was a little bit of everything happening. Rieche Very, Jesse Price, Sally Ware, Lauren Harris, James Inwood, Eric Ward, Eyre Ward and Matiko Ramsay all did a Tandem.

New first timers Justin Ross, Charlie Roache, Lachlan Dennis and Craig Core all did their AFF Stage 1.  Chloe Nichol did Stage 5, Dom Gretener did Stages 5 & 6,  and Travis Carli did Stage 9 – completing his AFF.  Congratulations!

Liam Kwast and Glen Kilpatrick also did Refresher jumps. Plus B-Rels. Plus the girls 4-way team Bellas were training. It was a great Saturday of jumping.

Rieche tandem – Photo Andy
Jesse tandem with Andy – Photo Ty
Sally tandem – Photo Sara
Lauren tandem – Photo Adrian
Eyre tandem – Photo Sara
Justin TAF Stage 1 with Mark – Photo Skydive Ramblers
Charlie TAF 1 – absolutely loving it – Photo Adrian
Lachlan TAF 1 – Photo Andy
Craig TAF 1 – Photo Skydive Ramblers
Chloe AFF Stage 5 – Photo Adrian
Dom AFF Stage 5
Dom AFF Stage 6 – Photos by Mark S
Eric Refresher – still got it after 4 years away
Naaman Refresher – back after some tunnel practice – Photos by OliM
Daniel B-Rel 3 – Photo Adrian
Stuart B-Rel 4 – excellent job allowing him to play with others – Photo OliM

There were more Tandems on SundayMark McKenzie, Emma McKenzie, Tyson Schneider, Jasmine House, and second generation Rambler – Mason Van Den Burg all took the plunge.

Charlie Roache, Lachlan Dennis and Justin Ross did AFF Stages 2, 3 & 4. And Jack Michael did Stage 9 – completing his AFF.  Another Congratulations! That’s three this week. Plus more B-Rels happening! What a great week it was.

Emma loving her jump
Tyson tandem – Photo MarkS
Jasmine having a ball
Mason finally in freefall after a “Lifetime”(12 years) watching from the sidelines! – Photos by Sara
Charlie AFF Stage 2 – Photo JohnH
Lachlan AFF Stage 4 – turning with Fisch – Photo OliM
Justin AFF Stage 3 with Fisch And Ben playing amongst the clouds

Justin AFF Stage 4 turns and deployment – Photos by Ben
Jack AFF Stage 9 – exit looking good – Photo Sara
Cooper Refresher – Photo Mark S
Hiro – B-Rel 1 – Photo JohnH
Tom B-Rel 6 with help from Andrew – Photo Adrian

See ya,

Macca and Team Ramblers.

VISITOR BOOK COMMENTS

 Michelle Williamson – Best Christmas Present ever.  Thanks Uncle Ian.

 Mia Williamson – Love it. I want to do it again.  First jump 12 years old.

 Matty Hodges – ‘First Jump’ 48 YO – Awesome!! Best experience ever!!  Great job Sara!  Thank you Ben for an awesome surprise gift jump!!!  Will do again!!!

 Bev Hagston – 2nd Jump  ( First one was over 20 years ago).  Was amazing!! Can’t wait to do it again.  Next time with my 16 yr old daughter, she will love it also!!!

 Elza Sprey & Yolanda Dalton – First Jump – Amazing experience, definitely going to do it again!

 Jaya Grothers – Wooooo!

 Alastair Bell – Will be back amazing!

 Russell Gale – Loved it!  Loved the service!


(to be confirmed…)

As an experienced skydiver, I took my whole family to Ramblers to introduce each of them to a tandem jump. Ramblers is an awesome experience for tandems and for fun jumpers.

“Wow! Just wow.” – by Erin Gillespie

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