My first cutaway...

[orangemagoo 0]

So ... as long as I'm awake and at work and bored ....

My first cutaway happened on May 13. I had a line over that I could not correct. I spent about 7 or 8 seconds screwing around with it, and went to red at about 3,500.

I have a skyhook on my Micron, and I didn't even have a chance to reach for silver. It was already out. Boo yah!

Found my main at the top of a tree, found the freebag and skyhook (with cow snot and drool all over it), and stood up my reserve landing back at the dz.

It's only been a few weeks, and already I'm having trouble remembering it? Like my brain is blocking it out?

Anybody else experience that?

[freeflir29 0]

BEEEEERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!



Haven't had one yet. Several almost and a couple of should haves........but I have so far managed to work them all out. Not bad for 500+ jumps I guess.

[inzite 0]

Congrats on not dying!

I remember after my first cutaway, I let out the loudest "HELL YEAH!" after my reserve inflated. No fear, no second-guessing, just immediate action and follow-through on my part. Those 1001 practice cutaways that students do on the ground, just for the 1 (or more) times when they'll need to do it for real in the air, really do work.

Of course, 20 minutes after landing I learned that my freebag had been stolen by passer-bys who wanted a souvenir ($200+ out of my pocket), and the owner of the house my main had landed by wanted $35 for the service of walking my main 500 feet back to the DZ.

Still, I got off better than some of the other jumpers at our DZ. One PD main went missing for 6 months until jumpers learned some little old grandmother was using it to keep her cucumbers covered in her cellar. Apparently ZP is really good at keeping warmth in.

[freeflir29 0]

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Of course, 20 minutes after landing I learned that my freebag had been stolen by passer-bys who wanted a souvenir ($200+ out of my pocket),

Same thing happened to me when I had a 2 out due to a harness malfunction. Except it cost me $275.

[brianfry713 0]

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It's only been a few weeks, and already I'm having trouble remembering it? Like my brain is blocking it out?

Anybody else experience that?

I couldn't remember much of any of my jumps, so I strapped a camera on my head.

I broke my jaw skiing when I was 13 by smashing into a boulder. I don't really remember any of the time between when I saw the rock until right after I hit it.