ridestrong 1 #101 September 9, 2010 Quote ....the fatal landing-accidents seem to be by "experienced and legitimate" canopy-pilots for the most part. if you read around the incidents, the younger ones seem to be more prone to comparatively "minor" injuries.. Yeah... but that kind of conflicts with putting together a good 'ol "I told you so" thread focusing on "100-300" jump wonders. People that have a tendency to do reckless and stupid things will likely do them whether they have 100 jumps, a 1,000 jumps, or 5,000 jumps. Other people may simply have an accident or incident beyond their control, whether at 100 jumps, a 1,000 jumps,... etc... It may be difficult to sometimes differentiate between the two. It would be a great disservice to start 'finger-pointing' and 'I told you so'ing', even though some here would like to see that. It would likely be more constructive to breakdown every incident into specific categories, listing all factors involved, and then compiling them together. Then one could provide pertinent statistics and percentages that may point to trends in incidents. I know the USPA has compiled incidents, but not sure if any trends have been proposed.*I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #102 September 9, 2010 Quote People that have a tendency to do reckless and stupid things will likely do them whether they have 100 jumps, a 1,000 jumps, or 5,000 jumps. the problem being that it's much less likely to live up to 5000 jumps if you are so reckless, thus those people are more likely to go in/get fucked up early in the game :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #103 September 9, 2010 QuoteQuote People that have a tendency to do reckless and stupid things will likely do them whether they have 100 jumps, a 1,000 jumps, or 5,000 jumps. the problem being that it's much less likely to live up to 5000 jumps if you are so reckless, thus those people are more likely to go in/get fucked up early in the game :( Are there any statistics that show, (experience|time in sport) in relation to number of deaths? Also, what is a reasonable number of jumps and time-in-sport ratio to consider someone "experienced". Maybe 1000 jumps|5+ years? not an expert, but experienced? or is 500+ and a 'D' license "experienced"? Certainly those with a 'D' have been deemed experienced enough to teach others with no experience. Textbook would say about 500+ jumps.*I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
