Westminster Chute Repack

Courtesy of Bob and Mary Ann Galandak Westminster/Taneytown area

Registration Fee:$10 per participant with chute; $5 each extra chute

Food Available: grill with burgers, chips, grilled veggies. A few drinks. $3-5 depending on your appetite.

Bring additional snacks/drinks. Yes, alcohol is allowed.

Location

Galandak's Converted Mill: due north of D.C., due south of Gettysburg, NW of Baltimore. About 15 minutes from the MD 140/MD 97 junction just west of Westminster. From this junction follow 97 north 3.1 miles (3 lights) to Stone road at the top of the hill. Turn right and follow stone rd for 6.3 miles. Right before the Mayberry junction (stopsign) there is a large yellow house on the left, and the large red mill on the right. 3001 E Mayberry rd; 410-848-6213. Park along Stone road on the right before the mill or turn right and park along Mayberry road.

From Baltimore: from 695 take 795 and follow signs to Westminster.

From D.C. take 270 to 27 (Damascus). Continue past 70, all the way through downtown Westminster. Get on 140 west for about 1/2 mile, then turn on 97 north.

From the Pulpit Take PA 16 through Waynesboro. Continue past the MD/PA border where PA 16 becomes MD 140. Pass through Emmitsburg and Taneytown. 3 or 4 miles after Taneytown turn left onto Mayberry; follow the twists and turns of Mayberry until you come to the mill (large red building) at the right corner of the intersection of Mayberry and Stone road.

What to Bring:

• Parachute with Harness
• Parachute Manual
• Bungies and carabiners for stretching out the parachutes
• Padded weights long enough to stretch across a parachute. example: old phone books, or if industrious put sand in a ziplock, tie inside a tube sock.
• Music cassettes.

We will supply small rubber bands and bungee retaining loops.

Any suggestions are appreciated. For information contact Brian Vant-Hull: 301-434-1146 or brianvh@umd5.umd.edu