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Cali smoke jumper footage

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Short interviews with some smokejumpers in California complete with GoPro footage.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28890070

Man, those landing sites are gnarly. Hills, wind and plenty of rocks to break ankles.


I'd still like to have my Sabre for that type of jump but it's interesting that on their website they go out of they way to say
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Note: Previous parachute training, either sport or military, is neither required nor advantageous for prospective smokejumpers.



Too many people swooping the fire line? :ph34r:

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