🚀 go-pugleaf

On my first jump I had a similar experience:
They hadn't dropped a WDI in a while and the winds had shifted so that
jump run was going *downwind*, which makes the plane passs the spot more
quickly. Additionally, I was slow to get out of the plane. Beyond even
that, I had line twists, so while my 'chute was flying straight away
from the drop zone, I was busy spinning around underneath it trying to
get myself straightened out forward. Urgh. 
Orientation from the air is something humans aren't hardwired with. It
*does* take practice. It helps if you havee a major landmark to look for
regardless of orientation. Once you know appx. where, it's easier to figure
out which direction.
Incidentally, that first jump was at Otay Lake in CA, 2 miles north of the
Mexican border. I got alot of cute comments as I returned from my long
walk from the south.

skies call,
-pablo