Squeak 17 #1 May 6, 2008 Tighten your leg straps, and take calcium OUCHYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #2 May 6, 2008 Quote “It's just the beast in you, a manly thing. I've never met a challenge I've walked away from,” he said. huh? www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #3 May 6, 2008 Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I imagine that we can expect more injuries like this in the future, as the average age of skydivers increases.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #4 May 6, 2008 I used to have to hike my leg straps back up before I pulled all the time. (wave off, reach with both hands and yank leg straps back into place, then pull.) I wear slick suits and even when the leg straps are tight they still fell down. I always wondered if it would break your leg if they didn't get pulled back up. Yikes! A couple years ago I sewed a strap between them so they don't slip anymore. I did that when I almost fell out of the harness on opening one time. I'm pretty sure my legs would get broken if I fell out of the harness. I really recommend everyone sewing or tying your leg straps together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #5 May 6, 2008 I'm cornfused... why wouldn't he have just cinched down his legstrap during the 7,000' of wonderment?Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #6 May 7, 2008 It just sounds like crappy reporting/editing. Loose leg strap on the plane, hop & pop, femur broke on opening and the "7,000 foot fall" is just him trying to get down under canopy in (understandably) excruciating pain. At least that was my interpretation since they also say he "jumped out of the plane and pulled his ripcord." Maybe a Chester local knows the actual story?"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #7 May 7, 2008 Ahh... OK, I'm with you now. I can see that. It was the 7,000' FF that thru me.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
