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Postby Andrew MacLean » Thu 14 Sep 2006 12:35 pm

Chris

I used to go skydiving. (I had to stop because I got too old). My KC was never a problem. I had to wear goggles to catch my lenses in case they fell out: but they never did.

I am pretty sure that you would be unwise to attempt a HALO jump (high altitude low opening), but very few civilian parachutists ever gain the sort of license that this sort of deployment would require. I never did, and in all the time I was involved in the sport, I never met a civilian parachutist who had this sort of qualification.

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Postby GarethB » Thu 14 Sep 2006 12:37 pm

Chris

Revisiting your post about getting lenses to fit in the correct place. I had this issue in late 2005 after I had my leses for about 12 months.

What this came down to was tear production being of the incorrect make up. So I experimented with lubricating eye drops and all is well, lens 99% time in proper place and comfrtable. Took about 3 months to find the best drops for me.

As for driving headlights used to be a problem, but my lenses are lightly tinted and both my daily cars have a light tinted screen that is designed to cut out glare and driving at night is comlpetly problem free. I also found that I need to keep the windows on the inside scrupulously clean otherswise the find dust that comes through the iar vents builds on the windscreen causing glare when lights hit it.

At the end of the day graft is your choice and you can always try everyones suggestion while you back to the bottom of the list. The graft option will always be there.

Hope this helps too.
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