These pics are from the December 2003 International Boogie held in Corrientes, Argentina. The turnout was lower than expected and the weather was unbelievable (more rain than I've ever seen) but somehow we managed as a group to have a wonderful and magical experience in the north of Argentina and at the Falls (known there as Cataratas) that form the border of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Prior to arrival we had permission to land at the National Park in a crowded bus parking lot (with moving buses and the whole nine yards) but upon arrival we were informed that we would be arrested and our gear confiscated (stolen) if we landed there. So it was onto the "secondary" landing area, a dirt road cut out of the jungle, not only was this dirt road remote and somewhat difficult to see from the air, but it also had the added feature of a power line running across the road at our desired landing area, which was just wide enough to get a canopy into (remember that trees grow inward and at the top of the tree canopy it was just wide enough at several places to get your personal canopy in there).
A couple of us chickened out after viewing the landing area (Supreme Commander included, less than Supreme at that point, merely wanted to stay alive). But we later changed our minds and went with our mentally handicapped friends. Somehow (miracle) we all landed safely on this dirt road in the middle of the jungle. Several of us pounded in pretty hard (Maury) and we were all pretty #$%##@%*! happy to be alive.
After discussing this jump amongst ourselves and coming to the realization that we were certifiably insane to make this jump under these conditions, we decided that a special subgroup of The Flying Hellfish was appropriate, this group is now known as the "Do or Die" Club.
