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One of the most ridiculous things happened to me today (even though it's completely my fault, I find it very very very improbable set of coincidences). I jumped hop 'n' pop from 1200m and didn't bother to put on my jumpsuit and went with shorts and shirt instead. After packing the canopy, I put my pull-up cord in the pocket (no zipper or anything). Upon jumping and deploying, the cord slipped from the pocket, went up into the canopy at some point during the snivel, passed through the slider grommet and locked the slider up. I managed to get it down somewhere a bit above 700m. I've had my hard deck set for ~650m (the decision to cutaway). There was a lot of thermics and the canopy seemed too unstable to be safely landable. I've always looked at "don't jump with stuff in your pockets" as "you can drop that stuff and lose it + it could kill someone below. Never considered it could also go up. The takeway: don't jump with wih stuff in your pockets (that could slip out).

You should probably ask this question in a paraglider forum. This is not something that happens to skydiving canopies. Tension knots do happen with our gear during deployments, but not mid-flight. As a sport parachute rigger, I could only speculate on possible reasons. There are similarities in the canopies used in these sports, but there are also great differences.

Ignorance outweighs reason.

For the confused among us:

Hi folks, Well, here is some good news: Colin Powell: Trump 'lies all the time' https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/colin-powell-donald-trump-constitution-305616 Jerry Baumchen

No, it doesn't. It highlights, instead, Hemingway's genius, and says that complex thoughts, language, and vocabulary are not the only metrics that matter. Tolstoy was a pretty good writer, too, and he didn't even write in English, so maybe English isn't that important. The ability to analyze the issues, and then formulate and communicate the analysis and the plan, is key to effective leadership. The ability to analyze mass emotions, and then channel them to a cause, is demagoguery. They're different. In the case of this discussion, Trump's interview language is below those of the other examples. Don't deflect, just move on. Wendy P.

I did a google search and found this: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/antifa-rumors-spread-local-social-media-no-evidence-n1222486

Died peacefully in his sleep. R.I.P. BSBD.

When in the first few lines the words "Crybaby in Chief" are used - all credibility is lost forever. There is no use trying to go through the rest of the article. There is no balance - it is a far left hit piece.