firefighterchad

I've felt like my years in the sport have been fun and safe ones..... I also downsized to a stileto at 100 jumps... and my other 1150 jumps have all been on smaller eliptical canopies.... but i've been cautious in my years of jumping... i've always been eager to learn and pick up on the good and bad things that happen under canopy..... i've only had one cut away at 407 jumps... it was a pilot chute and tow..... but just last month i was jumping my older stileto that had 1200 jumps on the original lines... and on opening my steering line snapped....( i've been joking for a while that when i have a line break that i would get a new line set) i just wasn't planning on it being a steering line.. that was a 1000 lb test.... but it snapped and the lined wrapped around my hand while i was trying to straightend it... so i was unable to cut away.. so i landed it rear risers..... and all was good.............. so i guess my morale to the story is.... keep your cool........... learn all you can from experiences and other jumpers stories....... and remember to always love life........... with my job as a firefighter and also a swat medic....... i see enough sad things... and people that just dont enjoy life.............. Blue Skies!!! Griff25