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your exactly right, no 2 cut-aways are the same, now, or will they ever be. i think the "experts" here have spoken for me. i am no expert, but i'm here. i'd really appreciate it if the resident "experts" would let me post without "breaking it down" after this it wont matter, i won't have an RSL to beat, then there will be no litigation. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Free: when it is your turn, (and it WILL come) you will handle your emergency procedures just as i did, rehearse, practice relentlessley. you' be fine. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

couldn't have unstowed them if i'd a had to, they were twisted up with the risers, all the way to the slider at the top of the main. when i retrieved the main, brakes were still stowed, slider still uncollapsed (i couldn't have reached it if i'da wanted to, and the lines had to be dissconnected from the risers for me to be able to untangle everything. in fact, as i said in my original post, my ring finger was caught in the left risers, i had to "yank" my hand free to get to the reserve handle, i'm glad i had gloves on! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i understand completely what your saying bill, but one things sure, i'm here. i was spinning on my back, i had one hand on my cut-away, and one on my reserve ripcord, i pulled my cut-away, and half a milisecond later, i pulled my reserve, i looked up long enough to see the pilot chute, and freebag shoot up into the air, and i was under my white PD 193 reserve, prettiest thing i'd ever seen! i had the reserve ripcord in my left had, went to unstow my brake, the right one was unstowed already, so i was turning to the right slowly, but i did forget that the toggles are set in velcro, so the left one was harder to unstow, and this was the first ride on it, i had the chance to observe for the "kink" in the cable, it wasn't there, i would've let the RSL have it, but i knew when i cut-away i would be in another quadrant when i chopped, thus minimizing the chance of firing the reserve into the main, never even saw the main until about 1000 agl. this was my first cut-away, my rig is going to be put back together now, and i will be removing my RSL, but maintaining my AAD. what caused the severity of the twists, and this is only speculation, is more than likely not leaving enough excess line stow, and upon deployment the d-bag hit the reserve and spun it up? i don't have a clue, it happened very quickly. by the way, i had just flexed my 3 rings the day before, just for this boogie, so it was an wasy pull, even with the twists, thanks for hard housings! by the way, whether i'm right or wrong on what i did, i'm alive, and the cut-away-reserve ride was "textbook" although i wont let it make me complacent. i did not write this post to get a bunch of "no, you should have done this, or no this couldn't have happened, i wrote it for our new folks, so they, maybe could benefit from my experience of constant rehearsal of emergency procedures, and being in the "zone" at deployment time. no other reason. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

my mind is constantly processing thoughts, not that i'm not having fun, but my head is on a constant swivel, canopy awareness (russian radar) traffic, then finally setting up for final, and always remind myself the sky dive is not over until i'm landed safely. i have a lot of fun, but i never let my guard down..ever. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

well, it finally happened. yesterday at AOTMB fifth jump of the day, normal skydive out of the CASA (Thanks Todd & Crew!) fun freefall, last audible alarm at 3500', arch out, deploy at 2600' immediate violent spinning malfunction. my chin was pinned to my chest, i could barely look up, and see my Cobalt, but i did, i saw my 2 red diamonds, canopy was fully deployed, BUT, i had line twists from the slider at the top of the canopy to my risers, my toggles and all were twisted up, it had my ring finger lodged in between them (glad i was wearing gloves) i immediately knew it was "unrecoverable" so i cut-away, and deployed my reserve, was under reserve at approx 1800' i was utilizing an RSL, but beat it to the reserve, i kept my cut-away handle, but lost my reserve ripcord when i unstowed my left brake (but i can live with that) i couldn't believe my reaction when i got to the ground, i was stoked, i don't know why, i've always wondered in the very back cathodes of my mind, if i would do the right thing, although i knew i would, i also would not have continued sky diving if i was not ready for this moment. the training, the constant rehearsals, drilling myself over, and over again, paid off. i had to buy beer (i don't even drink) for my first cut-away, and this was Sky Dive Aggieland's first cut-away. thanks to the really kewel chick who followed my freebag, and main down for me (she told me her name, but i forgot it, sorry sweetheart!) i hugged her, and told her "THANK YOU" thanks to Perry who saw me dragging my PD 193 on the asphalt on the way to the hangar, not a good thing. also thanks to Jahn of SDH for helping me get all my gear rounded up, and in one spot in the hanger, aggie dave, and pablo as well, they were all a big help. this was one great weekend! remember: you cannot rehearse your emergency procedures enough. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

...to use their internet expertise to load up someone's mailbox with useless spam? i'm glad i have McAfee "spamkiller" it won't let such messages through, and in fact it eradicates them on a time interval that i select. whomever you are, please stop. also with the new McAfee program, you can trace back to the original ISP and original e-mail sender's address. so, in any event, you know who you are, and so do i. so cut it the f**k out. your antics are juvenile to say the least...grow up already. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Dave: it's 03:11 hours, i've been up since 02:30. see you guys in a few hours. i'm so stoked, i couldn't even sleep! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

BillVon: no, i would not. because i own my own company. and this was my post to the original. i checked the poster's profile, he's a student at SDC (3 jumps) not that this says anything about his credibility, that is not in question here, but my question remains unanswered. passmore is dead, this information is not going to save anyone's life, we all know if you jump impaired you could die, therefore rendering the original post useless, it should have never been posted, IMO, because it serves no purpose other than to let us know passmore was stoned when he crashed and burned. if passmore was the poster's brother/son/son-in-law/father, do you think he would have posted it? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

yes --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

would it not be your responseability to turn them in then? or is that more than you can bear? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

QuoteSo it wouldn't bother you to get put on unpaid leave for a while while they did a second test? And it wouldn't bother you to get fired for the .5% chance that the GC/MS test is wrong as well?*** BillVon: asked and answered. NO it wouldn't bother me. i'm aware of some of the tactics that are improvised to beat the test, i've NEVER done it. honest to god, i'm a "staright arrow" ask anyone who has ever jumped with me. and IF i did get a bad test, and had to wait 5-6 days to go back to work, when the results came back, i'd be reimbursed for my time, so it's not even a remote concern. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

So it wouldn't bother you to get put on unpaid leave for a while while they did a second test? And it wouldn't bother you to get fired for the .5% chance that the GC/MS test is wrong as well?*** BillVon: asked and answered. NO it wouldn't bother me. i'm aware of some of the tactics that are improvised to beat the test, i've NEVER done it. honest to god, i'm a "staright arrow" ask anyone who has ever jumped with me. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Duece: big blues, and gigantic puffys for you, may clear and calm skies be your benefactor. be safe, have fun, take care. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

your going to love it...it's quite. two external ports for audibles, and two for external audibles. but order a helmet bag or an extra face sheild right away, they scratch very easily, and as i mentioned, be mindful when your face sheild is up, and you stand up to get a gear check, unless you lower the sheild a bit (halfway) it will hit the top of the ceiling in the jumpship even further scratching your facesheild. and do NOT forget to close it before exiting. mine has never fogged up on me and upon deployment it allows excellent periferal vision, but after i collapse my slider, and go for the canopy ride, the shield comes all the way up, but beware that your lines will catch the face sheild in this position (on landing after contact with the ground while gathering up your lines. enjoy! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

BillVon: "NO" it would not bother me. i've been on the administrative side of this testing thing for so many years, and have never had a problem, it's fairly simple really, don't do it! i've never had a problem, nor do i anticipate one in the future. i'm "high" on life, why in the heck would i do dope? if someone wanted to search my vehichle (and it's happened in the last year, more than once) there welcome to it, all they'll find is a .45 Colt Commander Series # 80 in "condition # 1" for which i have a permit. nothing to hide, my life is an open book, i like it that way. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

You and I both accepted employment with the condition that we would submit to such testing.*** negative...i clearly stated that i am NOT subject to the uranaylasis when they come, i do it out of my own free will, to set an example, my men that work for me get the warm fuzzy for me for doing this, although i do it to assure them i am no better than they are, no more, no less. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

why are you opposed to random drug screening? i take about 6 drug screens a year, all random, it doesn't bother me, nor does it offend me, because i have absolutely nothing to hide, and as the project manager on an oil rig, i'm not required to participate, i do it to show my guys that i am subject to the same scrutiny they are, just because i'm there supervisor, doesn't mean i can do whatever i want. all they get from me is pure H2O. i think random drug screening will be imposed at one time or another, not a matter of "if" but "when" if nothing else, it does keep everybody honest. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

oh, but it's O.K. if some sky divers "flash" the pilot for extra altitude? we ALL know what happens after the "beer light" comes on, i shant eloborate, we all know. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

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