32,000 Ft paraglide

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6369923.stm

Now not being a paraglider shoot me down but....

I am assuming that the paraglider has a way to cut away the main parachute and I know they have a reserve so why not use it?

If you see yourself going over 20,000ft and feeling faint do they not think gee.....better chop this and land the reserve.

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Very luck lady.

You dont often get a chance to cut-away from a PG (unless you have Quick-Outs, like on my Tandem or a Hook knife.... but then my Reserve would NOT like a terminal deployment!!!!)

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I am assuming that the paraglider has a way to cut away the main parachute and I know they have a reserve so why not use it?

If you see yourself going over 20,000ft and feeling faint do they not think gee.....better chop this and land the reserve.

I'll post a more elaborate answer if you're interested, but the short answer is:

1. No, paragliders usually don't have a release system. Some do, but those are few.

2. A paragliding reserve is usually something completely different than a skydiving reserve. Most are round and do NOT like terminal openings.

3. Most paraglider pilots don't skydive and therefore have zero freefall skill.

4. Most paraglider pilots don't want to freefall, or even think about it.

If you'd like to know more, just holler.

Alphons

And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
-- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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1 & 2 - correct

3 & 4 - wrong, O.K, so not always right.

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3 & 4 - wrong, O.K, so not always right.

You're saying that most PG pilots skydive? Surely not!

BTW, I've been looking into getting into PG for a while, so did a bit of research on it - is it right that a ground landing under just a PG reserve would potentially be pretty damaging by itself?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

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I know loads of folk that do (O.K so 3 or 4ish)




I did sa\y sort of

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You're saying that most PG pilots skydive? Surely not!

I ain't buying that, either.

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I've been looking into getting into PG for a while,

I find it to be totally different from skydiving, but equally good fun in its own way.

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is it right that a ground landing under just a PG reserve would potentially be pretty damaging by itself?

Never had one. I've been told that it's rough and injury-prone, but that a good PLF can go a long way.

Alphons

And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
-- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Sorry missed the reserve bit.....(it's the vodka)



SOme folk go for a small reserve, to pay lip service tyo having one. I only the other hand like a propper siz one, because if I need it (and I have not to date), then I want a propper landing.

One of the other problems is, location... were not generally over a flat DZ. I'll be in the moutains, most likely, so that's an added hazard.


So, it depends really.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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Hi birds,
The only one harness you can cut -away !
Blue skies
Chris
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and groovy cut-away