up early, took a bit of a walk through town, but nothing’s open. back to the hotel for a nice breakfast. set about buying my landing card, third party liability and helicopter rescue insurance. walked over to the BASE Point Cafe, and met Fabien briefly as he was on his way out to jump Yellow Ocean. got pointed to another group leaving in a couple of hours to jump the Nose. poked around, and headed back, but was advised by that group to definitely start with Yellow Ocean. waited for Fabien to return, but was told to come back end of day for the jump, due to the winds in the valley… again poked around town and dutifully returned at 4 pm, but the valley was swimming in clouds by that time. headed home with my rig, disappointed, but they say the hardest part of jumping is knowing when not to jump… did a little shopping, took a bath, and met up with Piyush for dinner. packed and to bed early, no evil television in the room tempting me to stay awake.
October 10th, 2015
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Oct 15
Basel & Lauterbrunnen
packed up last night, checked out early, train to the office, busy morning, quick lunch, and i’m off… caught the tram to the SBB train station, and train via Bern, Interlaken, and finally Lauterbrunnen. gorgeous area, beautiful mountains – could live here no problem… walked to the Hotel Staubbach and received a fantastic room looking north up the valley and directly at the falls. wine on the deck, and an uncomfortable dinner as i’m not feeling so great. hopefully will be over it tomorrow, looking forward to a good day jumping.
