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Veis thank you for providing an image that illustrates the real issue of this thread. This thread went wrong, not productive when the debate started about equipment or what could/should have been the proper course of action made by NWT. The thread should be focused on the management of the excess break lines and how well they were not secure and then show methods on how to improve securing the excess break line that can help prevent this type of unusual malfunction.

We lock the line by the textile rubbers and the tip of the loop by the lower tongue of the toggle

I wad my napkin or just forget about it and let it hit the floor. As far as the anthem goes, for me, it's sort of like when Ken suggested we all flag ourselves here. Why not, now that Trump is gone, right? The thing for me is we should be proud to be American not because of a song or flag but because of who we are as a people. For that I don't mind standing.

But why pledge allegiance to a flag, and not to the Constitution? And why "under God"?

What the hell? No, please don't tell people to use spring-loaded PCs for anything, the one and only place they belong in is the reserve tray. We moved away from them for a very good reason, and saying "but maybe we should go back to spring-loaded PCs in the discipline where that original reason is most pronounced?" is insane. Pretty much everyone uses BOC throw-outs for everything, aside from CReW people who sometimes prefer pull-out, and some places (including DFU, the Danish Parachuting Union) actually mandate throw-out for wingsuiting. With the burble a wingsuit creates, throw-out is the least risky method. And for wingsuit specifically, it's possible to have the throw-out pouch integrated in the suit itself, moving it away from the BOC and into the armwing, but that's more of a BASE-specific usage.

As a third party observer... nwt and BMAC, I think you two are needlessly seeing your exchanges as an argument. I don't think your posts are conflicting, I think they are complementary. nwt, I don't think you're wrong in assessing your incident. BMAC, I don't think you're wrong in assessing other factors that contributed to / might have prevented it. Informative reading from both sides. On another note, nwt, is your reserve still airworthy as a reserve? All that UV exposure... (Yeah, I'm joking. Sort of.)

I disagreed with many of GWB's policies (especially about Iraq) but quite unlike Trump, he was (and is) an honorable, and basically honest human being, and has concern for the country rather than just being out for himself.

What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear!

Agreed. Veterans don't have a monopoly on that either.

Nonsense. Plenty of people do unpleasant, dangerous and often life threatening work to benefit others, usually for very little money.

They still have it. They just choose not to use it anywhere near as much as before. The 'blocking' feature that came with the new format is part of the reason. If you don't like a troll, and are unable to resist feeding them, block them. They won't go completely away. If someone quotes them, their idiotic posts will show up as the quoted section. But it's a big help.

What is your feeling about (to go back to the skydiving analogy) someone who swoops the beer line at a demo and takes out a couple of spectators? It’s his freedom to swoop, after all. And that person (let’s say with claustrophobia) who just can’t stomach a mask; are their rights to be out and about more important than the bus driver who has his immune-compromised mother living with him? And as far as evolving information, I see that as a feature. I know that my understanding and decisions change as I gain more information — don’t yours? Wendy P.

Protesting by taking a knee or supporting someone who does is not “giving up on your country”. It is attempting to improve your country. Veterans do not have a monopoly on patriotism.

I suggest that the willfully unvaccinated who then get sick should bear 100% of the cost of their treatment. Why should responsible folks subsidize the irresponsible?

Pull out seems to have pretty much died since the introduction of freefly handles with tuck tabs and full bridle protection. Potential for a horseshoe with a throw out vs. potential for a total mal from a floating pull out pud - choose your fighter.

My gear is BOC. But I’ve owned every deployment method I’m aware of: ripcord, FOL, ROL, BOC, pull-out, and shoved into the cavity where the lateral comes out of the container (yes, really), with bungee loops and bights of bridle holding the 2-pin container shut. Any questions? Wendy P.

A ripcord is less uncool than going in. Talk with the instructors and riggers at your dz and do what works best for you. How old is your gear? Ha!

IMO it depends on your preferred style of jumping. Headdown / CReW / Attitude other than belly, consider pull out since relative wind from multiple axes might cause a pullout to sneak out too early. And CReW don't need no stinking throwout. belly / wingsuit, consider throw out or rip cord. Yes, at least one person I know is a ripcord advocate for wingsuiting. very few people still use ripcord for anything other than reserve deployment, mainly because of packing challenges IMO. welcome back

Except that you’re paralyzed below the knees and jumping out of an airplane. That’s by definition badass. Wendy P.

Which is unconstitutional. (And you're wrong. The ad was requesting chaplains, the application form was demanding Christians) Yes, it's specifically unconstitutional. If you want to get sued. Guess what, they're being sued. You are living in a fantasy world. Not only would multiple Christians be suing, it would be the headline news story on Fox, OAN, Breitbart, NYP for months and they'd be billing it as the death America as we know it. And you would be in full agreement with them.

Yeah they are.

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What is the difference between parachute riggers and lawyers? Riggers care if their clients are still alive!

Well, you could put a dummy converter on the underside of your EV, rigged up with an exploding dye pack (like banks use with cash bundles).

I started skydiving/AFF at the Champaign-Urbana Skydiving Club last fall when I was 18 then finished out my A-license in January in the student training program at Skydive Spaceland Houston. Since then, I've been skydiving with the UIUC Falling Illini Collegiate Skydiving Team as the (currently) only girl and travelling to Chicagoland Skydiving Center on the weekends to get more altitude and larger formation jumps. I've been thrown into a nuclear lake, hit jump number and freefall time for my B-license, and gone through ground school for the canopy course. This summer, I'm hoping to hit my C-license and make some hot air balloon jumps. Eventually, the goal is wingsuiting and BASE jumping. Now that I'm travelling to more dropzones and have enough tunnel time and training experience to begin more advanced diveflows, I figured it's time to introduce myself and get to know more of the community. I'll be tenting Friday-Sunday at dzs across Missouri + a few neighboring states this summer, so if you're located at any of those areas and want to get some jumps together feel free to reach out! I'm also open to US dropzone recommendations and meeting other USPA Collegiate Nationals competitors, so if you're planning to enter this year (or need extra team members) let me know! Blue skies! -Kathleen Beetner, ig: @kathleens_shenanigans