Faber 0 #1 November 7, 2004 Sorry this aint posted at Blinc,but i couldnt open it??(mick or others feel free to paste this to Blinc,i will try again later as i will upload pics) heres the storry: A mate and i go to my local 900fter we both jumps handheld off 400ft,hard winds but straight in the back and no gusting,nothing to worry about. Soon as we lands i deside to jump the 180ft option whith my 2.rig,i have a 48´zp pc on in case i wanted to freefall it but due the direction of winds ill have to SL it to make it to a safe LZ. As im up there chekking my gear i notice that it starts gusting abit,but still not anything i worry about.I hook up my SL and notice my mate that im about to jump(it has become dark now).I climb over the rail and double chek that my sl setup hangs as i want it to. "3 2 1 C ya" as the point of no returns i notice that the pc is beeing blown in to the from of my jump/fall pathern,i quickly i set extra off and tryes to pull my feet up so i dont catch up the pc. I feel nothing and gets a canopy quick and flew longer than i ever did off 180ft. My mate says his impressed about how quick the canopy is out,but(as i know) he didnt saw a SL before that one.He also says that it made alot of noice(besides the normaly canopy crak),this we will look at the video soon as i get it from him. As the jump i felt the pc were close to me but didnt felt it snag any thing,it felt just like a regular SL jump. However as i packs the canopy again i notice that both the pc and the bridel has been dameged. Bridel: has been ripped abit and got some burns on it(i wont jump this bridel again) PC: 2 holes in the mesh section 2-5 in dia,looks like it has catched somthing rather than burnt. Carry-on-SL: has some degree of burn but nothing that i cant jump again. My conclusion is that i may have hit the oc and done the holes by my boots,as the pc has been draged whith me to a point were it broke,the bridel has then been turned and as i get line strech in quickly turns on the rain at the object which causes the burn on both bridel and SL. I feel lucky after wards,as i wrote to Mac the same day i could have seen the fatality of me were i hung up whith my pc in my boot which resulted in a break of the breakcord,leaving me on a freefall into Valhalla as said i will post pics of the damede,later today(right now i need to be the family father i am aswell/kids b-day). Stay safe out there guys Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #2 November 7, 2004 Thanks Johnny to copy my post as requested,i have now uploaded pics at Blinc of my damegede gear http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=52618&posted=1#post52618 Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K763 0 #3 November 8, 2004 Hey Faber! Glad you're ok! Take care, mate, I want to meet you sometime in THIS life! Glad you lived...maybe gusty winds aren't such a good idea? xo Karen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #4 November 9, 2004 well perhaps "deathboots" are even worse huh I have no plans dying anytime soon Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
