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By DAVE WIHAK
What goes up must event-
ually come down. Such is the
dilemma of thewskydiver, whose
desire to soar like the eagle be-
comes reality for those glorious
shortlived moments that he is
in free-fall.
The sport of skydiving basic-
ally originated as a bizarre
quest for fun, with the partici-
pants bailing out of an airplane,
tumbling and gliding through
the air, and then culminating in
a parachute landing.
Needless to say, it's not the
safest sport in the world, and
at one time or another in the
past, a few of these "birds"
have had rough landings.
To say that the sport de-
mands a lot of courage is an
understatement, but for the
neople who enioy the chal-
lenge, the risks of diving
seem quite minute.
Ralph Glasser, a member of
the University of Michigan sky-
dining club said, "The sport is
a eery safe one, if the neces-
sarv precautions are taken."
"If a malfunction in your
main parachute, occurs, the
main thing is to keep your
cool," he added. "Then, you
won't wnite any time in engag-
ing your reserve parachute."
Safe landings aside, the re-
warding element of the sport
is the period of free fall.
From the moment the diver_
leaves the plane, his body is
exposed to the strong air cur-
rents, and any motion he{
makes will cause a change in
body direction.
Various techniques have been
mastered by divers, and with
improved parachutes and in-
creased participation, skydiving
has become competitive.
There are three categories of
skill that skydivers can com-
pete in, both on an individual:
and team basis.
The first category, which is
an individual competition, mea-
sures landing accuracy. The
parachutists will attempt to
drop as close as possible to a
10cm. wide disc, with the win-
ner having the closest average
distance from the disc over
three jumps. (The number of
jumps is arbitrary.)
THE ISSUES ARE CLEAR
Divers who have jumped
less than 50 times are clock-!
ed for the time it takes them f
to run to the disc from theirj
landing spot - hence, "hit
and run". Pity the person who
lands a mile away.f
The second category is called<
relative work, and if executed
properly, puts the Ringlingf
Brothers high wire act to1
shame.t
This category is a team com-
petition in which the skydivers
jump from the plane one after
another and then unite to cre-J
ate. various formations. Since it'
requires time, divers will jump
from 7500 feet, whereas they
jump from just 2800 ft. for the
accuracy competition.
Relative work competition
first involves the formation of
a star, in which the divers lock
on to each other and are timed
from the time they leave the
plane to the time of forma-
tion.
Another, more advanced
form of relative work, it the
formation of a three man
star - followed by a separa-
flyer jumps from an
6500 feet, and must
altitude of
execute a
tion and then reunification
into a new form, the cater-
pillar.
The caterpillar is a lateral
formation, in which the flyer
will latch on to the legs of the
man ahead, with the exception
of the leader, who guides the
"caterpillar" forward with his
outstretched arms.
For, example, there are world
records to be broken for the
most people in a forrhation; the
present record for the star for-
mation is 32.
Along the lines of innovation,
there is a third category in sky-
d i v i n g competition which
stresses individual style. The
sequence of moves to demon-
strate his mastery of the air's
currents.
This sequence requires a 360
deg. right turn, then a 360 deg.
left turn, and finally a back
loop. The flyer can accomplish
the loop by pulling the knees
toward the abdomen, where-
upon his body flips backwards.
Sounds easy, doesn't it?
The sport of skydiving is
still evolving into broader,
more complex competition,
and as Glasser surmised,
"there is a strong cohesion
and comradery among sky-
divers."
This weekend the Michigan
skydivers will host the Spring
Collegiate Skydiving Meet, at
Tecumseh Parachuting Service
in Tecumseh. The meet will
start at 10 A. M. on Saturday,
and will feature clubs from
Ohio State, Bowling Green, Fer-
ris State, Wayne State and
Michigan State. For more in-
formation call Club President
Jim Olson at 994-5728.
DEMOCRATS
1. Assistance to health care services
2. Support for child care
3. Consumer protestion
4. Fair Rental Practices Law
5. Assistance to legal services
for people
6. Safety Sidewalks
7. Pave Ellsworth Road
8. Use gasoline tax money for
street maintenance
9. Support Public Transit
10. Parks for the 2/3 of the City which
has only 1/3 of the Park space
'I.
2.
REPUBLICANS',
Widen State Street
Build Thoroughfares through
Downtown of Neighborhoods
3. Ignore Voter Defeat of
Packord-Beakes Bypass
4. Build new City Hall-County Bldg.
5. Enlarge Airport
6. Build 2 more Golf Courses
7. Took $134,000 Voted Transit
Funds for other purposes
8. Used gasoline tax money to
buy computer
9. Raised city utility rates 50%
10. Held up use of Voted Park Funds
*Based on plans or actions
Voted by the Republican
Council in the past 2 years
Vote Monday
APRIL 7
Daily Photo by SUE SHEINER
Wolverine of the week
This week's award goes to the gymnast sensation Harley
Danner, for his all around title victory in the Big Ten finals
last weekend.
In accomplishing this feat, Danner became the first fresh-
man in Big Ten history to win the ttle. He registered a score
of 101.25, and beat out senior Bill Mason from Iowa, who was
second with 100.8.
Danner was edged out in the optionals by Mason and
Minnesota's Jeff Lafleur, but his strong showing in the com-
pulsory events was enough to sew up the title.
Sports of-The Daily
Ali-Lyle bout on tube
NEW YORK-Muhammad Ali, who rejected a world heavy-
weight title fight with Britain's Joe Bugner, will defend his
crown against Ron Lyle at Las Vegas, Nev. May 16, The Asso-
ciated Press learned yesterday.
The bout will be shown on home television by ABC,
according to a reliable source. It will be Ali's second defense
in less than eight weeks. On March 24 he stopped Chuck
Wepner at Cleveland.
Ali will receive $1 million and Lyle, a 32-year-old ex-convict
from Denver, will get $75,000.
-AP
Soviet puc sters bump U.S.
MUNICH, Germany-Heavily favored Russia overcame a
stubborn young U.S. team 10-5 yesterday in an opening match
at the World Ice Hockey Group A championships.
The Americans, playing in the group for the first time in
five years, scored the first goal and led 2-1 early in the
first period before the 13-time world champion Soviets ripped
off three goals in less than two minutes for a lead they
never surrendered.
In an earlier game, Czechoslovakia routed Poland 5-0.
-AP
Male protest
PHILADELPHIA-The best five players on the Neshaminy
High School girls' softball team may have ben on the bench for
this week team's season opener, an 11-10 win over Pennsbury.
All five were boys.
They were football players who had tried out for the
girls' team after a court ruling declared that boys and girls
must be allowed to compete together in Pennsylvania high
school sports.
"We were out to prove one point," said Paul Salvatore, 18,
"and that is that boys would eventually dominate girls' sports."
The controversial ruling was handed down last month by
Commonwealth Court. It said the Pennsylvania Interscholastic
Athletic Association's separate-but-equal sports programs were
unconstitutional because an athelte's sex cannot determine if
he or she should be allowed to compete in school sports.
-AP
IRah, Rah, Men!
A clinic will be held for men interested in trying out for the
1975 Men's cheerleading squad beginning April 7 at 7:00 at the
I.M. Building. The clinic will be held all week with tryouts some-
time late in the wek. For further inforamtion call Robert Hersh
at 663-7963.
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