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Way, way more importantly...... I know a number of DZs where we have to walk from the peasants landing area and cross the Sky-Gods one to get back to the hanger
Keep your head on the swivel when crossing the X-pert landing area... Them swoppy folk come out of no where - FAST
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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
Keep your head on the swivel when crossing the X-pert landing area... Them swoppy folk come out of no where - FAST
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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
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If you have no medical training or you are not the DZO or S&TA, there is NO reason for you to be out there. If you really want to help, the best thing you can do is assist in keeping others who have no reason to be out there away from the scene.
Agreed, but I think that everyone who skydives should have first aid training. IMO, this is a good idea because:
1) You might be first on the scene of an accident and help could take some time to arrive e.g. off landing
2) If you have some basic training, it helps focus you on what you should be doing when you come across an accident - this prevents panic which only makes things worse for the person hurt.
So in the interests of your fellow jumpers, spent a few dollars and a few hours, attend a first aid course, learn something new, and maybe, just maybe they will return the favor.
Of course I live in a country where you are extremely unlikely to be sued because of something you do, or don't do at the scene of an accident, but if this is one of your personal considerations, I hope that you can rise above it as at best it seems a perverse outcome of the legal system.
Stay safe.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -- Albert Einstein
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