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Hi In my first skydiving career (1200 jumps, stopped many years, now coming back) I used to have an overpowering feeling something would happen "this jump" and this was about every 200-300 jumps. It never went away and I fully expect it will happen to me again now as I resume. In reality nothing ever happened at these times and mals and other incidents always seemed to happen when I was having care free, blue skies, shit i'm flyin well today kind of days. Bottom line ..dont worry about the occassional worry ...just means you are sane and respect the risks...just be ready always have fun, Steve regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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safer than BASE sure, safe to the point that you can dick around, not pay attention to the game and expect to get away with it continually? no regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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thanks all for the feedback, its good to understand how this stuff comes about. appreciate diablos comments about the BASE environment and stability, however I have lots of footage of BASE guys dumping on their backs, sides , while somersaulting through lines etc. Seems to toerate that, or maybe as someone pointed out luck is a wonderful thing. I think part of my question stems from student days, when our instructor hauled out rig, started to show us the deployment sequence, then grabbed a few lines and pulled them down a few feet towards the container saying "imagine these have caught on your foot", he then continued to deploy and the speed at which the remaining stows became a tangled mess was frightening. Hence my question and leaning towards the tail pocket method. Anyway thanks for the discussion, I love this stuff, I learn something every day! regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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thanks for the info Mark. I would love to see those videos of Bill's, my intuition was that the recovery from horshoe mal theory was just something that was nice to be beleive rather than a realiable mechanism. BASE seems to have found an answer to reliable deployment with the lines stowed on the tail of the canopy. Seems simpler (I like simple) and field tested fairly well now. Seems to work fairly well with unstable deployments also. I guess time will tell, if the free bags keep coming off, I guess its something that doesnt need fixing. Maybe they are two different good answers to a situation requiring high reliability. Steve regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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something that puzzles me. The BASE community is very dependent on one canopy opening, so its a very square 7 cell, similar (in shape at least) to skydiving reserve. BASE canopy is free packed, skydiving reserve is packed in a (free) bag. Is this to try and avoid horshoe mals? (maybe the free bag will clear itself), stage the opening for canopy survivability? or to fit into groovy looking containers. Would like to understand how it evolved that way. Thanks for your thoughts, Steve regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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anyone got any thoughts on whether plastic should keep its place on pilot chute handles?? in my home country all plastic reserve handles for skydiving have been mandated out of existence. Just thinking of the situation where the well weathered, sun exposed and/or very cold plasic handle breaks before or during pull...and Murphy dictates it will happen when some poor bastard decides to hum it a little.......paranoid? moi?...yep...and it has served me well. This thought was provoked by video of aluminum pull out handles. take care, Steve PS: love the "do or do not...." sig line, a favourite edit for site name ~TA regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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felicitations Julien great story, thanks for sharing it in English Steve regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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some useful links (i'm not living in Oz any more so cant be more specific)....both in Sydney area http://www.sydneyskydivers.com.au/ http://www.parachutesaustralia.com/ enjoy Steve regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was
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all the cautionary words may be right....on the other hand....I am married to the girl that had the same affect on me at work about 22 years ago...cant imagine my life without her regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was