The weather is getting more and more crazy here in Europe. That was also the case in the time after Christmas here in Denmark. We wanted the last jumps of the year and the pond was frozen so we really wanted to skydive and swoop the pond.
This day the clouds was a thick layer from 900 ft to 2000 ft, and above there was beautiful blue sky all the way up. So we got up and made a GPS spot and jumped out 500 m from the pond. Wearing a Foretrex 201 I was able to do my setup like I use to but still I was not able to see the pond until 5-7 sec before starting my turn in 750 ft. so it was pretty exiting. On the first jump I was a little too close on my setup point so didn't get the right angle to the pond but made a nice Lacy boy
On my second jump the pilot was a little late on the exit so got out on the wrong side of the pond so had to morrow the setup but its still pretty easy on the GPS its showing the direction to the pond on a Compass rose, the distance to the pond "waypoint" and the time with my current speed is also shown so its actually possible to calculate a pretty good setup. I have used it before but not under this real conditions. Normally I have been able to cheat because I could see the pond.
Of cause its not recommended to jump these conditions but sometimes you just got to jump and then its nice to know that the technology is there to help us. The most important thing!!! We got to swoop the frozen pond.
And just for those that don't have a GPS you can always just jump out below the clouds. (With a T-10)
