lufkincy

I guess I could be considered old and possibly bold. All except the last 50 or so of my jumps were with a chest reserve. When the Security was introduced I bought one and made my last jumps with that. The 26ft conical reserve was on the back above the main. I hand deployed my reserve a half dozen times, coming down under both canopies. Made only one emergency cutaway using the Security. Carlos Wallace and I went to a dude ranch in Texas to make some exhibition jumps. We made a dozen or so over the weekend - all free jumps. One of my jumps was from about 15,000 ft - 5 cutaways. I had my normal chest reserve and a different reserve affixed to each of the 2 D-rings. I held two helmet boxes that had 26ft conicles and Carlos was holding a third helment box. Carlos was behind me and we exited together. He threw out the box he was holding. I cut away from that, then I lost the 1st and 2nd I was holding and cut away from each of those. I then deployed the first attached chest reserve, cut away from it and then deployed the last attached reserve. I cut away from it at about 5,000 feet, pulled my main and rode it down. I was very active until Memorial Day 1966 when I made my last jump. I had a series of minor malfunctions - mostly line overs, blown panels and broken lines. I had 5 of these in my last 7 jumps, so I figured someone was trying to tell me something. I haven't been back to a DZ since then. I hit the ground, walked to the hut and took off my helmet, instruments and rig, gave them to Gus Anagnostis for the club, and walked off the field. Cy Stapleton info@cytreasures.com www.hotlinecy.com