Creeping begins with launching the exit frame. Exits sometimes vary, depending on what the first formation is. We block the exit into the relative wind, and transition to the first formation by flying (or climbing!) to our slots.	Typical Dirt Dive Engineer the dive, standing up Walk through the randoms and blocks until everyone knows the dive. Creeping techniques (just randoms first, then blocks, three times each) working our muscle memory. Fine Tune Angles and keys Twice through completely, no talking Twice through again on 20 min. call The Big Rules On Team Playing Build the center first Let the center build Don't get your piece partner pregnant!
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unnsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. - CALVIN COOLIDGE	Typical line-up at the mock-up: someone's always missing! Where's that Cathy?! OH! This is a "B" exit. She's shoved in there somewhere.
Although back breaking, creeping is necessary to learn all the moves and angles. It allows us to see exactly what our space is going to be in the air, and how much and where we'll actually have to move from formation to formation.	Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - - W.H. MURRAY THE SCOTTISH HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION
"Let's Go." "Yes, let's go." Stage Direction: They do not move. - - LAST LINES OF WAITING FOR GODOT - - SAMUEL BECKETT	Then, typically, we'll wait an undetermined amount of time, with all our gear on, while the plane is lost somewhere. Team Mom Carolyn makes the wait more enjoyable.

Keeping a Dive Notebook

I haven't logged a jump in over a year, long since I logged my 2000th jump. And now I'm keeping a full-tilt dive notebook and a competition journal! The entire team keeps notes on our individual jobs during randoms and block moves, and we also include some notes on our piece partner's jobs. Knowing our jobs on each point well eliminates a lot of struggle with the engineering during competition.

We keep personal journals during competitions including our eating and sleeping habits, and how we felt, and how we performed. We compare our journals at the next training session and this will help us prepare better for our next competition.