SKY DIVING
From Knob Knowledge
The skydiving club was restarted in 1989 by Cadet John Bast (Bravo Company) and B. Todd Shattuck (Echo Company), after being inactive for a long time. With the assistance of the Army ROTC supply sergeant a charter was put together, money for gear was solicited, and jumps were begun. Bast and Shattuck had only about 40 jumps each when they began organizing. "The gear is an interesting story. The Gamecock club had some top notch gear. Their club staff got caught doing something with club money so USC disbanded the club and secured the gear. Not knowing what they had they sold us $25,000 of gear for I believe about $5000. Combined with some relicts we found in the Gym - we jumped. I used an old Cloud XL that had Golden Knights colors we found in the gym. We jumped in Camden and in Denmark at those two DZ's. If you look in either the '89 or '90 yearbook there is a picture of John and I jumping in dress grays. It's actually not me but our jumpmaster; I was not available for the picture." (Source: B. Todd Shattuck) (HN)
