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4The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, November 13, 1986 Skydivers experience rapture of the heights By CAROLE FERGUSON Staff Writer 1 climbed out onto a little step on the side of the plane and held on to the wing. The wind seemed strong enough to blow a person off. It reminded me of a James Bond movie only instead of a tuxedo, I was wearing a jumpsuit, big boots and a heavy parachute. Once I had gained my footing outside the plane, the hardest part was over, but 1 could still chicken out. The only things in sight on the ground were tiny trees, cars and dots that represented people 3,000 feet below. In the plane, my jumpmaster nodded, so I let go. Sheer terror struck and, for a moment, I think I blacked out. I just fell backward and down. Then I looked up, relieved to see my parachute open safely above me. I was floating up in the sky, just hanging there enjoying the scenery. A voice spoke to me no, not from above from the radio inside my helmet. "OK, you have a good canopy. Now release your toggles." Now it would be easy all the way down. After making a safe landing and gathering up my gear, I kept think ing, "I jumped out of a plane," and, more importantly, "I lived to tell about it." My friends wouldn't hear the end of this for weeks. It was October when I took my first jump at the Franklin County Sport Parachute Center, where members of the UNC Sport Para chute Club have been skydiving this fall. The airport, located about 50 miles northeast of Chapel Hill near Louisburg on Highway 56, is a year round jumping spot for both beginners and experienced skydivers. For some students, parachuting is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. "I just wanted to do it once or twice for the excitement," junior Holly Baker says. "I'm not worried as long as they pull my chute for me." ATTENTION STUDENTS Carolina Basketball Tickets Student tickets are still available for Carolina's Exhibition opener with Yugos lavia on Saturday evening. November 22nd. Tickets are also available for the season opener against Stetson on Thursday, December 4th and the game against Miami on Saturday afternoon, December 6th. Present your student I.D. and athletic pass at the Smith Center Box Office between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. ami. gfqmj& gm ITWdD sl(D) COLOR ENLARGRfENTS Student But others jump once and get hooked. "It's better the second time," junior Coleman Ross says. Ross has made three jumps since his first in October and plans to progress to what is called freefall. Mike Treman, a third-year dental student, has helped reorganize the UNC Sport Parachute Club, a club which he says has been gaining interest around campus this semes ter. It meets about once a week and is trying to attract interested students. Treman, who began parachuting 8 years ago as an undergraduate in Arizona, has made approximately 13,000 jumps. He says he got hooked because jumping "makes you feel like you can conquer the world." Treman jumps almost every weekend, usually working on formation jumps with other advanced parachutists. Treman remembers feeling fright ened during his first few jumps, but says that parachuting is all fun now. "It's not scary at all," he says. Not even when you dive out of a plane in a clump of 50 fellow parachuters in a formation? We might wonder. But beginning jumpers have to start with the basics. Before they go up in planes, novices must take an all-day class. Students are trained how to exit the aircraft, how to use correct emergency procedures and how to execute safe Parachute Landing Falls (PLF's). In the PLF training, students jump off a platform into sawdust to simulate an actual landing. Some of the students hesitate to fall from the platform, and with good reason, as UNC junior Jeff Taber will testify. Taber landed shoulders-first and says he was sore for two weeks after the training. After a rigorous day of training and nervous tension, students go up to jump. During the first five jumps, a static line attached to the plane automatically pulls the canopy open as soon as the student is in the air. After the initial five static line jumps, 3Lj!f. tfP MHMMlff ggg WIIIh BJILY FOR TWO (additional 8xl0's only $1.79 each) Available from the same 110, 126, disc or 35mm color negative or 126 and 35mm color slide (not available from 110 slide). This coupon must accompany order. Offer expires January 31, 1S87. Details in Photo Department. Stores w v 9: $ if:;- x: Mike Treman arrives at the Franklin the student can progress to freefall, pulling his own rip-cord. Members of the parachute club get a $20 discount on lessons. They cost $125 and subsequent jumps cost $25. Students say the expense of the sport is often a problem, especially since most hesitate to ask their parents for help. None of the students asked had Remember family or friends, with Special Occasion, Get Well or -Memorial carrls. Hardback Cafe and Bookstore (hard bakka fa and book stxTr) ad., n. 1. ad, unusual, outlandish, offbeat. 2.. n. a new meaning for two of our oldest pastimes. (&. B o O Mon-Sat Lunch 11:30-4:00 Dinner 6:00-10:00 Sunday Brunch 11:00-3:00 Placing Bold Writers With Bold Readers Since 1985 110 North Columbia Street, Chapel Hill 933-5100 tw i : DTHDan Charlson County Sport Parachute Center even told their parents before they made their first jumps. Most seemed to agree that parents worry too much. UI told my parents a few days later," Baker says. "They were so shocked and upset at first, but later they understood why I wanted to do it. But I'm not planning to tell them next time either." American Heart Association WE'RE FIGHT NG FOR YOUR LIFE K S T O R e) , ' ' r , , ... , "A ' ..-, Campus Calendar The DTH Campus Calendar appears daily. Announcements must be placed in the box outside The Daily Tar Heel office, 104 Union, by noon one day before weekend announcements by noon Wednes day, the DTH will print announce ments from University-recognized campus organizations only. Thursday 12:15 p.m. The Ackland Art Museum will show the videotape, "Mud or Blood: Issues in Photojournalism." Career Planning and 3 p.m. Placement Services will hold a panel on internships in 226 Union. 3:30 p.m. Career Planning and Placement Services will hold an interviewing skills t workshop in 210 Hanes. 4:30 p.m. Study Abroad will discuss study in Italy with UNC in 210 Union. Study Abroad will discuss study in Denmark with UNC in 205 Union. Study Abroad will discuss study in Latin America with UNC in 206 Union. 5:30 p.m. The Pre-MedicalPre-Dental Advising Office will hold an interviewing skills workshop. Sign-up is at Steele, 2nd floor bulletin board, 5:45 p.m. Career Planning and Placement Services will . sponsor a presentation by Morgan Stanley at the Carolina Inn. For seniors only. The Presbyterian Campus Ministry will have an undergraduate dinner at 110 Henderson Street, to be followed by a presenta tion regarding the Oxfam fast. Chimera will host Dr. Hal White to speak on "Man's Future in Space" in 1A Swain. The UNC Outing Club will meet in the Union. Russian and East Euro pean Studies will host 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Sam added, "We're just glad to have him back where he is supposed to be." University officials originally scheduled Silent Sam to return to Chapel Hill in early . October, but asked the Karkadouliases to wait until Nov. 6. The delay, prevented University Day, Halloween and the inauguration of UNC President CD. Spangler from overshadowing his homecoming. Trouble with the truck the Kar kadouliases planned to use to haul the statue, further postponed his return to Monday. Silent Sam then waited in the Peep!? b'rtfa defects PERSONALIZED WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE Our private practice offers confidential care including: Birth Control Free Pregnancy Tests Relief of Menstrual Cramps Abortion (to 20 weeks) Gynecology Breast Evaluation SAVE CIGARETTE PAPERS RETAILER You tn auftoriwd oui sont lor rtdtmpbon ot Vm Wi writ fovnburat you 3St plUB 01 handhno, pnMdviQ that you and tfw oonsvnw havt oonipttd u4h fit km mi of our aflai ov) urfiat proMbML anatf ar MicM by law. Good only la USA Cm mkm V201 Gerald Surh to speak on The Working Class in St. Petersburg 1905" in 569 Hamilton. The Association of Polit ical Science Students and The Pre-Law Association will sponsor a Pre-Law Career Workshop in Toy Lounge, Dey Hall. The Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association will hold a candlelight vigil in the pit to honor Harvey Milk. A biographical film will be shown at 7:30. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship will hold a campus chapter meeting with host David Chadwick to discuss the importance of prayer. 7 JO p.m. UNC Women's Basketball Club will meet to discuss Winter League competion in the Union. All interested newcomers welcome. Wzmz cf Inhered The UNC Glee Clubs are holding auditions through Nov. 14. Contact Professor Tamte Horan, 225 Hill Hall, 962-5695. Yackety Yack yearbooks will be on sale for $21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Nov. 21 in the Pit. The Yackety Yack is offering free portrait sittings until Nov. 19. Call 962-3912 or drop by 106 Union to schedule an appointment. One Student Congress Seat repres enting Granville Towers (Dist. 10) is open. Any interested Granville resi dents should come by Suite C to obtain a petition. Chuck Matthie, Executive Director of the Institute for Community Economics, and Lanier Fonvielle, Durham City Council Member, will discuss "Affordable Housing and the Community Land Trust Model" Friday at 12:30 p.m. in 102 New East. The MBA Program will present Hugh McColl, Jr., Chairman of the Board, NCNB Corporation, Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the Hanes Art Center Auditorium. A mandatory meeting of candidates for the vacant Granville Towers Student Congress seat will be held 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17 in the South Gallery of the Union. from page 1 Morehead Planetarium parking lot to retake his post. Before he was remounted Wednesday, the Karka douliases cleaned and repaired Silent Sam's commemorative plaques and pedastal. Eleftherios Karkadoulias said he would restore the Caldwell Monu ment, an obelisk south of Silent Sam, Wednesday and today. From Chapel Hill, Karkadoulias said he and his team would travel to Raleigh to take some cast iron rails on the second level of the state capitol to Cincinnati for repair. The Karkadouliases, who operate one of three shops in the United States capable of the restorations Silent Sam needed, were chosen by the University partly because of earlier work on statues in Raleigh's Union Square. Eleftherios Karkadoulias, who moved to the United States from Greece in 1970, said that he learned his trade in the old country and that to be a restorer one must possess a feeling for the art plus the necessary skills. PMS Evaluation and Treatment TRIANGLE WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER 109 Conner Dr Suite 2202. Chapel Hill. NC 942-0011 or 942-0824 Across from University Mail KAXVfUmiXLH C&TSX PUSES SEPTBgSOl 35 ON ANYC3 rMflfe 10 ad coupon. TmcoRaumrMptyatyaMBKOMuai nnni innni n cortsOtutn Iraud. 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