Sorry to hear about that. I lost a few close friends while jumping. 100% was from swooping and all could have been avoided.
Great pics trigger happy!
Sorry to hear about that. I lost a few close friends while jumping. 100% was from swooping and all could have been avoided.
Great pics trigger happy!
Wow, BOTH canopies deployed at the same time? That's rare as hell, and VERY bad ju-ju. So sorry for the guy that died and your friend/boss as well, but I'd have to say there's a 3rd person carrying some blame as well, for not doing a good pre-jump inspection of their rig. Even us unwashed Okies back in the 80's would look over each other's rigs like monkeys looking for fleas, and sometimes a potential problem WAS found.
Bad things do happen, but it makes me wonder what happeneD and if it was use error. Did he deploy the main then have a problem? Did he Not cut away the main and deployed the reserve? I wonder what the reserve repack date was? Did he free fall through the hard deck and have his Cypres fire which would deploy the reserve not taking into account the main? Either way its horrible.
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Where I jumped in missisippi 14000 was the standard jump altitude, no oxygen needed. For the sunset load they would climb and everyone exits at 15-16 but we didn't hang out up there. I would imaging circling at that altitude would be a bad idea. We were also a little below sea level if I remember correctly.
Spd...i just out of Gold Coast Skydivers for a bit and went to the Mardi Gras boogie a few times. One of my favorite DZs in the US.
Main did not deploy. Pulled the reserve and well, ya know what happens when you take the tension off something? What happened next is still somewhat up in the air but you can be the best bomb De-fusier in the world but try it with a panicked person strapped to ya. Burned in with just a drag.
I see you running, tell me what your running from
Nobody's coming, what ya do that was so wrong.
You guys are totally bumming me out here.
What's "swooping?" Sorry to hear about friends lost.