[Rick Masters]

Moderator's note: Some of these posts were moved from the Dockweiler club forum which would make them appear out of context in this new topic. So with Rick's permission, I've added those preceding posts as quotes within Rick's post to provide that context.

Ken Andrews is USHPA's newly elected Region 3 Director. Ken will be at Dockweiler this coming Sunday (January 24th, 2016) for a mixture of flying and discussions.

All Friends of Dockweiler are encouraged to show up for what promises to be a fun and informative day at the beach.

Are the 115 paragliding deaths* in 2015 a topic for discussion?

* just the ones I know of.

Are the 115 paragliding deaths* in 2015 a topic for discussion?

* just the ones I know of.

Probably not, but then anything can be a topic of general conversation.

The near future of Dockweiler hang gliding will certainly be up for discussion. Paragliding is not allowed there (county rules).

Frank

Frank, I was asking because three USHPA functionaries - the president-to-be, the insurance chairman and a big-mouth volunteer - have chosen to disparage me ad hominem without addressing my substantial concerns.

[wingspan33]

Rick,

IMHO the dominant motives involved with these three individuals are likely to include #1) Greed #2) Corruption and #3) Plain Stupidity (and/or some odd combination of two or more of these).

For them to disparage you, . . . I see that as a Badge of Honor. You, Sir, honor life! Whether it be that of a HG or PG pilot.

I'd rather not guess what it is that your "proud"(?) opponents honor.

[Rick Masters]

Plain Stupidity (and/or some odd combination of two or more of these).

Hubris.
Herd behavior.
Concussions.
Inability to count.

Probably in here somewhere:
http://selfdefinition.org/psychology/Robert-S-De-Ropp-The-Master-Game.pdf

[Bob Kuczewski]

IMHO the dominant motives involved with these three individuals are likely to include #1) Greed #2) Corruption and #3) Plain Stupidity (and/or some odd combination of two or more of these).

Hubris.
Herd behavior.
Concussions.
Inability to count.

[Rick Masters]

hubris
-- excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.

nemesis
-- the inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall.

downfall
-- To fail badly in any undertaking, particularly after its apparent initial success.

[Rick Masters]

[JoeF]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%E2%80%94

[Bob Kuczewski]

That's very inspiring Rick!!

If you can keep your head when all about you
   Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
   But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
   Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
   And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
   If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
   And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
   Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
   And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
   And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
   And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
   To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
   Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
   Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
   If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
   With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
   And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son.

Thanks for the link Joe!!