posted Mar 4th, 2017 - One of the most popular ways how to explain the risks of skydiving in a funny way to the general public is related to car traffic: "The most dangerous part of skydiving is driving the car to the drop zone..."

"Indoor Skydiving" does not carry the same "risk", as neither an exit from an air plane nor flying and landing a parachute is necessary to do it. However, both activities still have a lot in common, and the dangerous trip to or from either the drop zone or the wind tunnel is one of it. The Sun Path Products NSL News reported the sad reality of this situation on 20 February 2017.

iFLY Seattle's Indoor Cloud League team recently had a traffic experience that did not cause any injuries for participants. However, there was an impact on the event in a different way. Northwest Skydiving League director Deb Correia reported from Seattle that her NWSL Tunnel Kicker on February 27th was difficult to attend after a propane tanker turned over on Interstate 5 mid-morning on the day of the event.

iFLY Seattle - February	AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
Teams	A,8,B,16	A,8,14	A,B,4	A,C,G	M,A,B	M,A	Total
Monica Aikins, Jerome Jeal, Dale Findlay, Jeramy Eggum	15	12	-	-	-	-	27
Ron Hensley, Gary Dutton, Dave Correia, Steve Platt	-	-	11	15	13	17	26
Olga Nikolova, Lynda Sharp, Deb Correia, Bill Selig	-	-	13	15	23	21	44
iFLY Seattle's Best of February	15	12	11	15	23	21	97

Deb Correia said that all traffic lanes were closed for eight hours, while it was snowing at the same time: "In Seattle, even a dusting of snow causes major traffic congestion. I debated canceling the event or moving the starting time, but we couldn't reschedule to another day since it was already February 27, and there was no time available at the tunnel on the 28th."

The February 27 event would be iFLY Seattle's only opportunity to turn in scores last month, and Deb Correia spread the word to the participants: "No one was concerned about the snow, and since we had plenty of notice, most people were game to give it a try. We knew there was a chance that some people might have to fly with two teams, but everyone was game."

However, eventually two participants could not get off work early enough to guarantee getting there and she ended up with only three lineups. The missing team was supposed to perform the A Class sequence, and Deb Correia had to change the plans.

The Indoor Cloud League rules allow a team to turn in scores in two neighboring categories, so the AA/AAA lineup could not add the A Class score to the leaderboard. Deb Correia was weighing the options: "In the end, we gave the two rookie teams the option of having one team fly R and RR and the other one RRR and A, or having both teams fly all four sequences and then decide."

Both groups decided to perform all four sequences, and Deb Correia was glad to support it: "It was definitely a challenge, especially since none of them had done Block 4 (Monopod - Monopod) before. Luckily, the tunnel was about 15 minutes behind schedule, which give us some extra prep time. We were also fortunate that February's draw had a lot of repetition between the four sequences." The results turned out well, as iFLY Seattle is currently in 2nd place for February, two points ahead of iFLY Tampa.

Monica Aikins, Jerome Jeal, Dale Findlay and Jeramy Eggum posted the AAA/AA Class scores after a training camp with Christy Frikken a week before the ICL event. The same lineup plans to compete at the NWSL outdoor meets this summer.